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AfDB aims to accelerate climate action with $25bn African climate fund

The President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adeshina has said the finance institution is committing to the provision of $25bn to climate finance by 2050 to enhance action on climate adaptation.

Adeshina stated this during the African Climate Summit, held at The Kenyatta International Convention Centre, Nairobi, Kenya.

The African Climate Summit, the first of its kind in Africa, aims to address the increasing exposure to climate change and its associated costs, both globally and particularly in Africa while also seeking a prosperous, carbon-free Africa.

The summit is setting Africa’s agenda for the Conference of Parties for the 28th annual meeting of members of the UNFCCC, scheduled to hold in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from November 30 to December 12, 2023.

AfDB president, Akinwunmi Adeshina and Kenya’s President, William Ruto. Photo Credit: State House Kenya

Adeshina said: “At the national level, we must accelerate actions on climate adaptation and that is why the African Development Bank has committed to providing $25bn to providing climate finance by 2025.

“We have also launched the African Adaption Act Commission programme together with the Global Centre on Adaptation, the largest climate adaption programme in the world. Africa must develop with what it has not what it does not have.”

The AfDB president added that this combination would only contribute 0.5 per cent to global emissions.

“We cannot power Africa with potential. We must truly unlock Africa’s renewable energy potential. That is why the Africa Development Bank is implementing $20bn to harness the power of solar and deliver electricity to 250 million people.

“We must power every home, school, and hospital and provide stable, affordable and reliable power. But we must be pragmatic, Africa must use its natural gas and combine it with renewable energy”, he said.

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