News & Events
05/12/2011 - Land carries a powerful emotive charge in Africa. So while some welcome opportunities presented by foreign direct investment in African land, others are alarmed by a new “scramble” for post-colonial, post-independence Africa.
Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Agriculture & Agro-industries, 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
05/12/2011 - Five Multilateral Development Banks, who are lending some $8.4 billion annually for climate action in cities, agreed today on a new partnership to combat global warming.
Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment
02/12/2011 - Africa is the most vulnerable continent to the adverse effects of climate change, and urgently needs to deal with them. But doing so will be costly. That was the message heard at a session at the international climate change conference, COP 17, currently underway in Durban.
Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Environment
01/12/2011 - African Development Bank (AfDB) experts stressed the severity of the impact of climate change on water resources in Africa and the importance of putting water at the center of climate negotiations, at a discussion held during the COP 17 climate conference in Durban.
Categories: South Africa, Water Supply & Sanitation, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative
01/12/2011 - La 17e Conférence des parties à la Convention-cadre des Nations Unies sur le changement climatique (COP17), qui s’est ouverte le 28 novembre dans la ville ensoleillée de Durban, en Afrique du Sud, constitue une tribune appropriée pour que l’Afrique fasse entendre sa voix et réclame justice sur le dossier du changement climatique.
Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Environment
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
15/11/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will showcase its strong record in supporting climate-friendly projects at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, taking place between 28 November and 9 December 2011.
Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment
01/11/2011 - Between 17 and19 October 2011, the Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev Africa) Programme—a joint initiative of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa—held its first annual stakeholder forum on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-I). The conference theme, “Development First: Addressing Climate Change in Africa,” reflected the need for integrating development and climate policies and emphasized the importance of African ownership of policy formulation and the decision-making process.
Categories: South Africa, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Initiative, Climate Change, Environment
01/11/2011 - “The multi-billion dollar financing gap in Africa’s energy sector, coupled with the continent’s abundant untapped natural resources, creates an opportunity to attract private investment, accelerate growth, and embark on a sustainable and lower carbon growth path.” This was the message Hela Cheikhrouhou, director of the AfDB’s Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department, gave to two high-level conferences in Scandinavia in October 2011.
Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment
