In advance of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) next month, public development banks meeting in Abidjan agreed on action points to tackle Africa’s climate finance gap.
The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27, is dubbed ‘African COP’ as the impact of climate change on African countries will be a key theme of discussions. Agriculture and food systems will also be a critical focus of COP27, with Saturday, 12 November, dedicated to both themes, in addition to adaptation.
WHAT: First Continental Policy Conference on the theme “Promoting the Peace, Security, and Development Nexus: The Promise of Regional Integration.”
African Development Bank Group Acting Chief Economist and Vice President Kevin Urama has called for more robust capacity development and research on the impact of climate change in Africa.
What: Launch of East Africa Regional Economic Outlook 2022
Who: African Development Bank Group, East Africa Regional Office
When: 28 October 2022 | 14:00 hrs East Africa Time (GMT+3)
Opening Remarks by Abebe Aemro Selassie at Press Briefing on the Regional Economic Outlook, October 2022
Sub-Saharan Africa: Living on The Edge
Food Security: EU contributes €100 million to IMF’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust to support vulnerable African, Caribbean and Pacific countries
Good morning, good afternoon and welcome to today’s press conference on the economic outlook for Europe. Coming into 2022, thanks to the strength, coordination and solidarity displayed in policy responses to COVID19, Europe was on its way to exit the pandemic. Meanwhile, rising inflation was expected to gradually subside as commodity prices and supply bottlenecks would ease.
