By Mike Aladenika.
President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina has reaffirm the essential and collaborative roles and contributions of Civil Society Organisations to the Bank's efforts at building the continent's resilience to climate change.
Dr. Adesina who stated this while addressing the plenary of the 2022 Civil Society Forum recently in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, said the African Development Fund’s Climate Action Window to mobilize up to $13 billion to provide 20 million farmers with climate-smart agricultural technologies and 20 million farmers and pastoralists with weather-indexed insurance.
According to him, the scheme will also revive one million hectares of degraded land, and provide renewable energy for about 9.5 million people. “We will need you, civil society organisations, to strongly advocate for and support the 16th replenishment of Fund, as it holds great promise for supporting the most vulnerable in the face of climate change devastation,”
The African Development Fund is the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group that supports eligible African countries in strengthening their economic capacity, reducing poverty, and spurring economic and social development..
The two-day forum which has "Engaging Civil Society for Climate Resilience and Just Energy Transition.” as its theme provided a template for open dialogue with civil society actors, allowing them to share their views and proposals ahead of the global climate summit, COP27, slated for mid-November in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El Sheikh.
Adesina said "COP27 must help refocus attention on Africa’s needs and priorities". He also commended African civil society organisations for their contribution toward strengthening the continent’s resilience and adaptation to climate change.
Similarly, the AFDB’s Vice President for Agriculture Human and Social Development, Dr. Beth Dunford, reiterated civil society’s role as an essential link between the bank and African communities, adding “We are in it together to build climate resilience and bring about a just energy transition that enhances transparency and accountability.”
Vice President for Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth, Dr Kevin Kariuki, projects that "for Africa to meet its needs for socio-economic development, it must double its energy consumption by 2040.
Kariuki said "to make this happen, the Bank is committed to engaging in permanent and constructive dialogue with all African climate change stakeholders, including the civil society, to deliver tangible results and ensure a successful COP27 for Egypt, and for Africa”.
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