Africa has launched an ambitious African Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) as the continent’s a major contribution to Conference of Parties (COP21) taking place in Paris, France. The launch of the initiative which aims to produce 300 gigawatts (GW) of electricity for the continent by 2030 is a...

“It is amazing that many women in Africa continue to use hoes to till the soil in their small-scale farms in this age of technological advancement,” Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, said Tuesday as she addressed officials at the launch of the African Renewable...

Tuesday, December 1, was Africa Day, the day when the continent most affected by climate change was in the spotlight at the COP21 meetings in Paris. The day was also chosen for the official inauguration of the Africa Pavilion, an area dedicated entirely to the continent where climate change issues...

As attention turns to Paris for the much-anticipated UN climate conference (COP21), US President Barack Obama has agreed with proponents of a pro-poor deal that ensures more support for developing economies to adapt to climate change impacts. The US President’s message echoes what some...

The heads of the world’s largest development banks have pledged to work together to substantially increase climate investments and ensure that development programs going forward consider climate risks and opportunities. In a joint statement released on Monday, November 30 at the 21st ...

Multilateral development banks (MDBs) identified climate financing for development action as a crucial step in putting the world on the pathway for sustainable development at the 21st Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris on Monday....

The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, was one of the first high-profile visitors to the Great Green Wall project, a virtual film on climate change challenges and efforts afoot by grass root communities to build resilience and adaptation mechanisms against the effects of...

.more_iteration {display: none;} Context The Burundian economy is driven by an agriculture sector which accounts for just over 30 percent of GDP and employs more than 90 percent of the population. Climate change is expected to greatly threaten the sector as crop productivity is slowed due...