Press Releases
13/07/2011 - The President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, received a delegation from WWF International, led by its Director-General, James Leape, in Tunis on Tuesday July 12, 2011.
Categories: Environment
13/07/2011 - The recent drought in East Africa, which is already directly affecting 10 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, serves to remind us of a pressing reality in the region: Africa is the continent most vulnerable to climate change.
Categories: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Climate Change, Environment
08/07/2011 - Energy and climate experts sought ways to help Africa grab a greater share of world carbon markets at the Africa Carbon Forum, held in Marrakech, Morocco, on 4-6 July 2011. Africa has long been under-represented in those markets, receiving only 2 percent of the $2-3 billion traded annually through the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), the recognized broker for carbon emissions trading.
Categories: Energy & Power, Climate Change, Environment
30/06/2011 - The 2011 Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum, hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), ended today with African countries clearly showing their willingness to tackle climate change effects head on. The challenge remains adequate access to climate change financing for Africa.
Categories: Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment
24/06/2011 - African efforts on climate action received a welcome boost today with approval of a ground-breaking renewable energy project in Morocco that should be a game-changer for solar power at large-scale.
Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment
20/06/2011 - African delegations from Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, and Tunisia will attend the CIF (Climate Investment Funds) Partnership Forum on 24-25 June in Cape Town, South Africa to share experiences with fellow CIF pilot countries from around the world. Burkina Faso, the DRC, Morocco, Mozambique, and Zambia will also be there for the learning and to present their CIF investment plans and projects for approval at closed CIF committee meetings coupled with the forum. Kenya and Mali will also present their investment plans for initial feedback.
Categories: Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Climate Change, Environment
09/06/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has officially made this year’s Annual Meetings in Lisbon, Portugal, carbon friendly. This announcement follows acquisition of carbon credits after an investment in a composting project, in Cape Town, South Africa.
Categories: Portugal, Climate Change, Environment
08/06/2011 - More than 400 stakeholders from 45 nations, including 15 African countries, will gather in Cape Town, South Africa on 24-25 June for the 2011 Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum, co-hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB).
Categories: Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment
23/05/2011 - Conservation experts from the African Development Bank, development agencies, civil society, and regional governments met in Tunis, Tunisia on May 17-18, 2011 to identify and share trends and experiences to strengthen biodiversity conservation in Africa.
Categories: Climate Change, Quality Assurance & Results, Environment
08/04/2011 - The project will generate roughly 960,000 tons of sugarcane per year that will be used to produce 83,000 cubic meters (83 million liters) of anhydrous ethanol for export and possibly domestic consumption; and 165 Giga-Watt hour (GWh) of electricity of which roughly 100 GWh will be delivered to the domestic market.
Categories: Sierra Leone, Energy & Power, Private Sector Development, Climate Change, Environment
