Au Pavillon Afrique de la COP22 à Marrakech, mercredi 9 novembre 2016, une première table ronde s’est tenue sur l’Initiative africaine pour les énergies renouvelables (IAER, ou dite AREI par acronyme anglais) – trois sont prévues d’ici au 18 novembre, date de...
The second edition of the Climate Finance Day (CFD) was held on Friday, November 4, 2016 in Casablanca, Morocco. CFD 2016 was organized by the Casablanca Finance City Authority (CFCA) with the African Development Bank (AfDB) as the Main Sponsor. The conference was in line with the ...
Près d’une année après la signature, à Paris, d’un accord historique visant à limiter le réchauffement climatique, les 196 États acteurs des négociations sont réunis, depuis le 7 novembre, à Marrakech (Maroc), pour la 22econférence des Nations unies sur le climat (COP22). Objectif de...
Delegates from 196 countries held up solar lanterns on Monday in a show of solidarity symbolising the transformation to clean technology which is essential to achieve the Paris Agreement goals. This took place as the 22nd Conference of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol under the United Nations...
The Government of France and the Africa Development Bank on November 6 signed a €6-million agreement for the implementation of the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI). The resources will help set up the Delivery Unit of the Initiative to be hosted at the African Development Bank The...
07-Nov-2016
COP22, African COP
November 7, 2016 sees the opening of COP22, the 22nd edition of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in other words, the United Nations World Climate Conference. The successor to COP21, which resulted in the historic Paris Agreement...
Lucy Wanjiru, aged 65, no longer has to walk over long distances to fetch water for domestic use, thanks to the Menengai Geothermal Development Project in Kenya’s Rift Valley, some 180 kilometres northwest of the capital, Nairobi. The project is co-financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB),...
The Honorable Minister of Infrastructure of Rwanda, James Musoni, officially launched on November 1, 2016, the SE4All Action Agenda, during the iPAD Rwanda Energy Infrastructure Forum that gathered international stakeholders, financiers, industry experts, and Government representatives.
During...