• AfDB at Rio+20: smoothing way to green and thriving Africa

    AfDB at Rio+20: smoothing way to green and thriving Africa

     

    The AfDB has demonstrated its unwavering commitment and its capacity to deliver on Africa’s sustainable development agenda. It has developed its Green Growth Vision Paper and is investing about USD6.4 billion over a five-year period from 2011 to2015 through its Climate Change Action Plan in the energy, transport, water and agriculture sectors to support low-carbon and climate-resilient development in Africa.

  • Green Growth: Creating an Enabling Environment

    Green Growth: Creating an Enabling Environment

     

    • Adequate regulatory and policy frameworks need to be put in place
    • Engagement of the private sector is key
    • Access to information and support for innovation through research and development activities is critical
    • Predictable access to adequate financing for Green Growth
  • Clean Energy Development in Egypt

    Clean Energy Development in Egypt

     

    The development of renewable energy resources in Egypt is on the right track but needs substantial strengthening in several areas. To address the present shortcomings of the renewable energy development program the following actions are proposed : the strengthening of the present institutional arrangement; the formulation of a strategy for solar power development; the development of a coherent financing mechanism; the reduction of technical risks.

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