AfDB to deploy resources to fight climate change

By Nneka Nwogwugwu

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is hosting thematic sessions and side events alongside partner organizations, including the African Union Commission, UN Economic Commission for Africa, UN Development Program, UN Environment Program, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and World Bank Group. The three-day virtual event runs 26-29 September 2021.

Sam Cheptoris, Minister of Water and Environment of Uganda, said: “We have seen recently that the world is not on course to limit warming to as close to 1.5 degrees Celsius as possible, as laid out in the Paris Agreement.

“This increases risk of severe impacts at a moment in which we are looking to grow quickly. For Africa, this is a generational crisis and one we will have to adapt to. In the face of the climate crisis, Africa must come together and chart a course to low-emission growth that is good for all Africans and the world.”

Al Hamndou Dorsouma, Officer-in-charge for Climate Change and Green Growth at the African Development Bank, said the Bank stood ready to deploy its resources to save people and planet and generate wealth for our continent.

“The Africa Climate Week presents us an opportunity to dialogue with partners to generate a pipeline of transformative projects and programs that will deliver Africa’s post Covid-19 recovery in line with Africa’s Agenda 2063, the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement goals,” Dorsouma said.