COP27: Unlocking the sticky climate finance for developing nations
As the UN climate talks in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, near the official end – of Friday, the 18th – climate finance and financing loss, damage …
Congo DRC to produce Low cost, climate-friendly battery materials.
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt: With the world adopting cleaner energy transitions, ambitious efforts to accelerate plans for low-cost and low-emissions lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials in …
Floods erode Malawi’s years of hard work and development.
CHIKWAWA (Malawi) The raging floods induced by Tropical Storm Ana devastated Malawi’s Chikwawa District, located on the west bank of the Shire River {about 50 kilometers …
Solar-powered boreholes liberate Zambia’s Kafue Basin from wild fruits.
In 2014, the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF) under the Climate Investment Fund (CIF) funded the Strengthening climate resilience project in the Kafue sub-Basin in Zambia. …
Energy Shift: How can Africa ensure a just transition?
In 2019, the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources (UNU-INRA) report on Africa’s stranded assets warned that Africa must forego burning 90percent of known …
Energy access: why women are catalysts for change.
Climate change impacts men and women differently. When the COVID-19 pandemic has led to income losses increasing the poverty burden in many countries, Sheila Oparaocha, …
Restoring Critical African forests
Africa forest cover accounts for 23 percent of its planned area. Africa is also home to the most significant proportion of forest-dependent subsistence households globally. …
Building resilience in Africa
Africa accounts for total funding of $300 million of the f The pilot project for climate resilience is a USD1.2 billion adaptation funding window of the …
Geothermal Energy: a high risk but worthy investment.
Today we are talking about the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program in Low-Income Countries (SREP) funded by the Strategic Climate Fund. the Strategic Climate Fund …
Giant Solar plant lighting up Morocco from the desert
Today for the Financing change in Africa series, we feature the $5.4 billion Clean Technology Fund (CTF). One of two multi-donor trust funds under the …
Financing Change in Africa: Where are we?
The Climate Investment Funds (CIF), a multilateral climate finance mechanism, has been working with the continent’s premier financial development institution, the African Development Bank (AfDB) …
Financing Change in Africa.
Starting coming Thursday, 1st April 2021, the Africa Climate Conversations is collaborating with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) for …