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12/12/2011 - « Nous ne pouvons pas combattre le changement climatique en condamnant l’Afrique à la pauvreté », a déclaré le président de la Banque africaine de développement, Donald Kaberuka, présent à la Conférence des Nations unies sur le changement climatique, qui se clôt aujourd’hui à Durban, en Afrique du Sud.
Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Poverty Reduction, Congo Basin Forest Fund, Environment
08/12/2011 - The battle against deforestation in Africa has taken a step nearer to victory with a new pact aiming at greater protection for the world’s second biggest rain forest. The Congo Basin forest area covers more than 200 million hectares in central Africa and is vital to world ecology and a stable climate. But Africa’s forests have been shrinking steadily over the years.
Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Congo Basin Forest Fund, Environment
05/12/2011 - Forests take up a huge amount of the continent, but are one of Africa’s most misunderstood and undervalued natural resources. At a discussion on deforestation at the climate change conference, or COP 17, in Durban, delegates learned that forests account for 23 percent of Africa’s land area. The largest are the forest ecosystems of the Congo Basin and Upper Guinea.
Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Congo Basin Forest Fund, Environment
05/12/2011 - The UN-based fund that helps compensate developing countries combat deforestation should start fighting the causes as well as the effects. That was one of the main recommendations from forestry experts who gathered at the climate change conference, COP 17, in Durban.
Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Congo Basin Forest Fund, Environment
10/12/2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) joined representatives from other multilateral development banks (MDB) on Monday, 6 December 2010, in a joint side event on “Scaling-up International Climate Finance” during the ongoing COP16 Climate Conference. It was an opportunity to share with stakeholders how MDBs are collaborating to expand access to international financing and bolster investments in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Categories: Mexico, Environment, Climate Change, Congo Basin Forest Fund
06/12/2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will be holding its side event on the proposed Africa Green Fund on 9 December 2010 in Cancun, Mexico.
Categories: Mexico, Environment, Climate Change, Congo Basin Forest Fund
06/12/2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) joined other Nairobi Framework (NF) partners for a panel discussion on future plans to promote Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) activities in Africa during the COP 16 Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico.
Categories: Mexico, Environment, Climate Change, Congo Basin Forest Fund, Poverty Reduction
29/11/2010 - «Familiariser les négociateurs sur le changement climatique, des pays de la Communauté économique des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO) sur les questions liées au marché du carbone et favoriser les échanges entre négociateurs pour une position unique et convergente dans les négociations avec les Parties signataires de la Convention Climat (COP) à Cancun au Mexique». Ainsi se résument les objectifs d’un atelier de formation sur le marché du carbone et sur le Programme de Réduction des émissions provenant de la déforestation et de la dégradation des terres (REDD), financé par la Banque, du 8 au 13 novembre 2010 à Niamey. L’atelier a été organisé par le Centre Régional d’Agro-météorologie et d’Hydrologie (AGRHYMET) et s’est tenu dans les locaux dudit centre à Niamey.
Categories: Mexico, Energy & Power, Climate Change, Environment, Poverty Reduction, Congo Basin Forest Fund
29/11/2010 - An African Development Bank (AfDB delegation has arrived in Cancun, Mexico, to participate in the Sixteenth Conference of Parties (COP 16) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), taking place from November 29 to December 10, 2010.
Categories: Mexico, Climate Change, Environment, Energy & Power, Poverty Reduction, Congo Basin Forest Fund
24/03/2010 - At the invitation of Asfaw Dingamo, Minister of Water Resources, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Ethiopia Field Office joined officials of the Government, Parliamentarians and other stakeholders from civil society, private sector and the donor community to celebrate World Water Day on 22 March 2010, under the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”.
Categories: Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility, Multidonor Water Partnership Program, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative, NEPAD, Congo Basin Forest Fund
