News & Events
08/12/2011 - The World Wildlife Fund and the African Development Bank announced the progress made in the partnership between them that was signed in July 2011 to promote green growth at the climate change conference, or COP, in Durban.
Categories: South Africa, Environment, Climate Change
07/12/2011 - Everyone agrees green growth is a good thing. So why isn’t the whole world speeding along the low carbon route? Why are there so many red lights along the way? The reason is that many low carbon projects are costly, beyond the reach of many if not most African governments. The private sector is not closing the gap. The reason is that investors are worried whether their money is safe.
Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Private Sector Development, Energy & Power, Environment
07/12/2011 - Africa is lagging behind the rest of the world in seeking help to cut carbon emissions, despite being the continent that suffers the most from the harmful effects of climate change. That was one message that came across at the climate change conference, or COP 17, currently happening in Durban.
Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Environment
07/12/2011 - The President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, met the African Group of Negotiators taking part in the UN climate change negotiations in Durban on 7 December, and assured them of the Bank’s continued support.
Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Environment
07/12/2011 - Cutting the price of energy is one way to fight poverty, the delegates at the climate change conference, or COP 17, heard in Durban.
Categories: South Africa, Brazil, Climate Change, Energy & Power, Environment
07/12/2011 - Africa as a continent suffers a huge lack of power. Most people in sub-Saharan Africa have little or no access to affordable, easily-available electricity. Even a developed country like South Africa is plagued by power cuts.
Categories: South Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, Climate Change, Energy & Power, Environment
07/12/2011 - When the much-praised guide to climate science The Atlas of Climate Change was first launched, the late Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Wangari Maathai, wrote in her foreword: “We have come a long way on climate change, from ignorance and denial to policy recommendations and global negotiations. The Atlas of Climate Change should inspire us all to action.”
Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Environment
07/12/2011 - The African Development AfDB (AfDB) is at the leading edge in putting climate change adaptation into the mainstream of development. The AfDB is also on the forefront in creating tools to climate proof AfDB-financed investments, and to mainstream climate change adaptation into development.
Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment
05/12/2011 - Climate change affects agriculture in Africa more than in the rest of the world and that can cause hunger in various countries there. But it is possible for governments to fight the problem, delegates at the climate change conference, COP 17, in Durban heard.
Categories: South Africa, Mali, Climate Change, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production, 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
