Press Releases

30/11/2011 - Three African leaders yesterday launched the Africa Pavilion at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa. The conference, also known more technically as the Seventeenth Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), runs from 28 November through 9 December.

Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Environment

28/10/2011 - Africa should unleash its immense natural resources to pursue sustainable economic growth and development, participants at the African Economic Conference said at the end of the event on Friday in Addis Ababa.

Categories: Ethiopia, Climate Change, Environment

28/09/2011 - Even though Africa contributes roughly 7% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the continent can play an important role in mitigating the GHGs emissions and reducing the harmful impacts of climate change. Determining which actions to take is a complex process, but developing nations have been given latitude to propose nationally appropriate measures to contribute to global mitigation efforts while taking into account their development objectives.

Categories: Morocco, South Africa, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment

28/09/2011 - The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) held its fourth special session in Bamako, Mali on 15-16 September 2011 to discuss and consolidate the common African negotiating position on a comprehensive climate change regime beyond 2012. They also worked to prepare for the Rio+20 Sustainable Development Conference to take place in June 2012. The African Development Bank (AfDB) consulted on its draft report on the Africa Green Fund as mandated by the African Union Summit of July 2011.

Categories: South Africa, Brazil, Mali, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment

26/09/2011 - Eskom and the African Development Bank (AfDB) today signed two loan agreements for a total value of USD365 million that will enable the first large-scale implementation of renewable wind and solar generation in Eskom’s history.

Categories: United States of America, South Africa, Energy & Power, Climate Change, Private Sector Development, Environment

19/09/2011 - At the end of a two-day regional workshop on livestock development and drought preparedness held in Djibouti, technical experts and development partners have endorsed a programme that would enhance livelihoods of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in the Horn of Africa.

Categories: Climate Change, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Human and Social Development, Environment

20/07/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and global conservation group WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) have come together to work closely on green economy and development issues in Africa. Both organisations signed a cooperative agreement to this effect in Geneva on 20July.

Categories: Switzerland, Environment

15/07/2011 - Enlightening WWF’s future collaboration with the AfDB, Jim Leape affirms: “Like the African Development Bank, WWF is a trusted partner across Africa, working with governments, business and civil society… He strongly supports the Bank to revise its Safeguards policies. He further said: “With the Bank, we hope to share expertise, technical assistance as well as policy learning, as well as on how to help value and protect Africa’s incomparable natural and biodiversity heritage.”

Categories: Environment

15/07/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a technical cooperation agreement with the Government of Denmark for the establishment of a sustainable energy fund for Africa (SEFA) for capacity building and investment in sustainable energy over a five-year period. The budget for the fund is set at a DKK 300 million (equivalent to USD 57 million).

Categories: Denmark, Energy & Power, Environment, Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa