African Ministers for the Environment held a high-level meeting at the Africa Pavilion at the ongoing United Nations climate change conference in Paris, France.
The Ministers from Africa’s 54 nations were briefed on the status of the Conference of Parties (COP21) and key points which they should...
“If we want Africa to achieve land degradation neutrality by 2030, if Africa must transform its agriculture and drive its development priorities to acceptable levels, then we have to take the regional flagship programmes outlined by New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and partners very...
07-Dec-2015
Africa needs more funding for adaptation
More finance, capacity building for communities and institutions and use of technology are vital to making Africa adapt to climate change.
Speakers during a side event entitled “Climate Change Adaptation Funding in Africa: Experience from the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and Special...
Although the objective of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) is definitive, most of them lack both practical and technical methods of implementation.
The INDCs combine the top-down system of a United Nations climate agreement with a bottom-up system through which countries...
Blending projects with climate finance is helping to bring many climate change related projects to life in several regions around the globe, thanks to the dedicated commitment and engagement of the European Union.
At the European Union side event “EU and International Climate Finance: delivering...
Experts at the ongoing Paris climate conference have underlined the need to prioritise climate finance for water and climate change adaptation in Africa.
At the high-level event with the theme "Seizing Opportunity for Africa: Prioritising Water in the new Climate Financing Mechanism," hosted by...
A high level panel of African agricultural experts has said that the continent’s agricultural transformation depends on the successful outcome of the climate negotiation process.
Speaking during a panel discussion organised by the African Development Bank at the ongoing UN climate change...
The World Bank in partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Meteorological Organization has announced a US $600 million programme to improve hydrometeorological services in 15 West African countries.
The programme, Strengthening Climate Change and Disaster Resilience in...
by Akinwumi Adesina The term ‘glacial pace’ – implying millennially slow movement – takes on real and literal meaning with climate change. The disappearance of our glaciers may in fact have hastened dramatically, but thus far it is our efforts to stop them doing so that have moved at a...