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« Nous ne pouvons pas combattre le changement climatique en condamnant l’Afrique à la pauvreté » - Donald Kaberuka
12-Dec-2011 - « Nous ne pouvons pas combattre le changement climatique en condamnant l’Afrique à la pauvreté », a déclaréle président de la Banque africaine de développement, Donald Kaberuka, présent à la Conférence des Nations unies sur le changement climatique, qui se clôt aujourd’hui à Durban, en Afrique du Sud.
Africa’s United Front at COP 17 in Durban Wins its Climate Change Concerns a New Respect
09-Dec-2011 - Africa emerged from the climate change conference, or COP 17, in Durban with a strong united front when it comes to tackling climate change on the continent, and in particular for fighting for its fair share of climate change adaptation and mitigation funds. Panelists speaking at COP17's Africa Day on 8 December 2011 on how Africa can grow and develop but remain on the low carbon track affirmed that Africa wanted to control its own destiny
Securing a Triple Win with Health and Climate Change
09-Dec-2011 - UK medical journal The Lancet recently headlined climate change as “the biggest global health threat of the 21st century.” Yet this presents a triple-win opportunity for Africa with three development agendas. With just 12.3 percent of the world’s population but 25 percent of the global disease burden, harnessing health and poverty reduction goals to climate-change mitigation and adaptation strategies makes financial and logistical sense. “In Africa, we have an opportunity to win on several fronts at once against climate change, health...Agricultural Use of Groundwater and Management Initiatives in the Maghreb
09-Dec-2011 - The agricultural sector in the Maghreb is using natural resources so intensively that there is an urgent need to install government control mechanisms at both the national and local level. The rapid growth in the use of ground water for irrigation has resulted in a major increase in agricultural productivity, but the practice is unsustainable because of the over-use of aquifers and salinisation of the water and soil.
Africa Calls for Climate Finance Pledges to be Met and Mulls Carbon Tax Solution to Bridge Gap
09-Dec-2011 - While Africa has long battled against the poverty that has scarred much of the continent for decades, the combat against climate change is relatively new. But they are not separate struggles. That was the idea that dominated a debate on climate finance at the climate change conference, or COP 17, in Durban. The president of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, underlined this point, saying: “We have two challenges, fighting global poverty and fighting climate change. Fail one, fail the other.”
African Development Bank Discusses its Energy Strategy for Africa at COP 17
09-Dec-2011 - More than 600 million Africans in sub-Saharan Africa cannot access electricity in their homes from a grid. In order to improve this situation as quickly as possible, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has been working during 2011 on a new energy strategy for Africa with an emphasis on low carbon methods. Appropriately, the AfDB discussed progress on the strategy and forward plans on it with experts at the climate change conference, or COP 17, in Durban.The Bank celebrates the international anti-corruption day
09-Dec-2011 - Fighting corruption: each and everyone, the Bank's eye and ears on the ground La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a marqué à Tunis, ce 9 décembre 2011, la journée internationale de lutte contre la corruption avec pour slogan : «Agissons maintenant contre la corruption, avec le département de l’intégrité et de la lutte contre la corruption (IACD)».
AfDB-WWF Partnership: Several Projects Already Underway
08-Dec-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. The overall aim of the joint venture is to promote knowledge-sharing between developing countries to further the cause of sustainable economic growth, or green growth. James Leape, the director-general of WWF International, said: “Perhaps our first challenge is to define what ‘green growth’ actually is.
Africa Calls for its Fair Share of Climate Funds
08-Dec-2011 - African leaders in Durban said it was time Africa got is fair share of global climate finance. They strongly reiterated that, while Africa is determined to embark resolutely on the path of clean development, it needs adequate access to climate finance, with a clear link between development, adaptation and mitigation.
Development and Climate Adaptation Go Hand in Hand
08-Dec-2011 - Development and climate change are two sides of the same coin in Africa so it makes sense that funding for both should act as a catalyst for progress to benefit local communities. That was the key message from a panel discussion held at the climate change conference, or COP 17, in Durban on how climate change funds could be put to best use. Panelists agreed that no region has greater need for development and greater resilience than Africa, which is the most sensitive to climate impacts.
New Pact Promises More Protection for Congo Basin Forests
08-Dec-2011 - The battle against deforestation in Africa has taken a step nearer to victory with a new pact aiming at greater protection for the world’s second biggest rain forest. The Congo Basin forest area covers more than 200 million hectares in central Africa and is vital to world ecology and a stable climate. But Africa’s forests have been shrinking steadily over the years.
How Africa’s Huge Renewable Energy Stores could Help Bridge Power Gap
07-Dec-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. Yet the continent has a wealth of untapped renewable alternatives, said experts on Africa’s clean energy potential and on current projects there, at the climate change conference, or COP17, in Durban. Delegates from Madagascar, Kenya and South Africa spoke on renewable energy in Africa at the discussion.
COP 17: AfDB President Reiterates Support for African Group of Negotiators
07-Dec-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. The Chair of the African Group of Negotiators, Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, highlighted the Bank’s continuous support and solidarity to the African Group of Negotiators (AGN). He also emphasized the support that the Bank had already given to the AGN, in the form of analysis and knowledge as well as finance.
New Edition of Atlas of Climate Change Lauded by Many at COP 17
07-Dec-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.” The Atlas has now gone into its third edition, and it was much talked about at the climate change conference, or COP 17, in Durban.Africa must Calm Investor Unease over backing Costly Low Carbon Projects
07-Dec-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. This was one of the topics discussed in a session at the climate change energy conference, or COP 17, in Durban.
Brazilian Example could Help Africa unlock its Renewable Energy Potential
07-Dec-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. Around 1.5 billion people around the world do not have electricity because they are not connected to a power grid. That means those people have no choice to resort to far costlier fuels, which can also be more dangerous.
AfDB Mainstreams Climate Change Adaptation into Development Finance
07-Dec-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. Also, it has developed a climate change action plan in partnership with the Global Climate Adaptation Partnership (GCAP). Panel heard about these developments at a discussion at the climate change conference, or COP 17, in Durban.
Africa Green Growth Fuelled by Sun, Wind and Water
07-Dec-2011 - As a continent of mainly developing economies, Africa can least afford to lose percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to climate change. Where GDP is built on unsustainable growth, there could be adverse economic effects in the future, said the moderator Buchizya Mseteka, adding that this made mitigation and adaptation both an environmental and an economic imperative.
Africa Slow in Seeking Carbon Emission aid Despite Urgent Needs
07-Dec-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. Countries around the world can submit proposals to the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCC) for assistance in dealing with carbon emissions.