The 2012 Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum will take place in Istanbul, Turkey on November 6-7, 2012. The Forum, a global gathering of CIF’s diverse stakeholders, will offer plenary and parallel sessions to explore ways to maximize CIF’s effectiveness. At the Forum, the...

In September, the Governments of Liberia and Tanzania opened their doors to officials of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and its implementing partners, including the AfDB, to begin exploring development of investment plans under the CIF’s Program for Scaling Up Renewable Energy in Low Income...

learn from the country’s experience in managing wind energy project impact on birds and bats. The CIF-organized coverage mission was part of a CIF exercise to visit Clean Technology Fund (CTF) pilot countries to draw from their experience in managing wind energy project effects on birds and bats...

In September 2012, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved three path-breaking projects for climate resilience funded by the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and AfDB for a total of $50.75 million. The three projects – two in Niger and one in Mozambique aim to...

Mineral resources are a catalyst for development in sub-Saharan Africa, whose share of global gross domestic product is a minuscule two per cent, Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, said Tuesday. In a keynote speech at the ongoing African Development Forum in Addis Ababa, Prime...

The 8th African Development Forum (AFD VIII) opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Monday with a call on African countries to harness their huge natural resources for the benefit of their growing populations. Addressing participants at the opening ceremony, the African Development Bank (AfDB...

Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA), the Initiative for African Land Policy (LPI) and Section Support to the Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) of the ECA will organize a day of dialogue on natural resources management in Africa on October 22, 2012, in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). Entitled: "optimizing...

Experts and management of the African Development Bank Group are geared up for the eighth African Development Forum (AFD VIII) to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from October 23-25 on the theme “Governing and Harnessing Natural Resources for Africa’s Development.” The AFD, a biennial event of...

Part of the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) commitment to Africa’s move toward climate resilience and low carbon development is expanding access to international climate change financing. The Bank’s Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department (ONEC) is leading this charge. This first semi-...