The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) have approved projects in Niger and Mozambique that aim to strengthen their populations’ resilience to climate change by improving hydrometeorological methods and communication in Niger and climate-proofing agricultural supply chains in Mozambique....

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has secured and will implement additional resources amounting to USD 43 million to stimulate Africa’s climate resilience. These resources were obtained at the Global Environment Facility (GEF)  42nd Council Meeting (5-7 June 2012), which approved three...

The African Development Bank (AfDB), in conjunction with International Development UEA and the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia UK, offered AfDB staff a training course on Climate Change, Energy and Transport on 26 to 27 April 2012 in Tunis, Tunisia. AfDB...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and global conservation group WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) have launched today a joint report on the state of Africa’s environment.   The Africa Ecological Footprint Report: Green Infrastructure for Africa's Ecological Security takes stock of the...

On 22 May 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB) hosted a Joint MDB Adaptation Finance Tracking Workshop on the sidelines of the Climate Change Conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), held from 14 to 25 May  in Bonn, Germany. The MDBs discussed the adaptation...

Africa has experienced rapid economic growth over the last decade. Annual growth rates across the continent, averaging five to six percent per year, regularly outpaced those of other regions. A significant driver of growth has been the high demand and prices for raw materials. However, macro-...

Africa depends on its natural resources, now and for the future. Climate change is a major consideration in Africa, perhaps more than anywhere else. Farmers and herders need arable land and water. Today, expanding agriculture, logging, and the need for firewood are clearing forests and causing a...

The Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank Group today in Tunis approved the equivalent of USD 436 million for the financing of Morocco’s power project, and two other investments in Africa. The first approval is an AfDB loan of Euro 168 million and USD 100 million Clean Technology...

This is the twelfth volume of Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on African Countries published by the Statistics Department of the African Development Bank Group. The publication also provides some informa tion on the broad development trends relating to gender, poverty and environmental...