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English section ................................................................................... 6

Targeted News Service 20 June 2011 .............................................................................................. 6

2011 CIF Partnership Forum: African Countries Are Ready for CIF Investments ..................... 6

CNBC Africa, 24 June 2011 ............................................................................................................ 7

« Sustainability of a Green Economy », live interview with Hela Cheikhrouhou ...................... 7

The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2011 ................................................................................ 7

Africans planning electric power with climate change in mind .................................................. 7

The Chronicle (Ghana), 4 July 2011 ............................................................................................... 8

Africa: Countries Call for Easy Access to Climate Change Finance .......................................... 8

Energy Tribune (Houston, USA), 29 June 2011 .............................................................................. 9

Women Excluded From Climate Change Projects In Africa....................................................... 9

The Guardian (London), 28 June 2011 ......................................................................................... 11

Women excluded from climate change projects in Africa, UN experts warn ........................... 11

AlertNet (Reuters’ humanitarian news site), 27 June 2011 ........................................................... 12

Gender Indicators for Global Climate Funds Still an Afterthought .......................................... 12

Reuters, 29 June 2011 ................................................................................................................... 14

Inga hydro project on Congo river too risky-AfDB .................................................................. 14

States News Service 24 June 2011 ................................................................................................. 14

The following information was released by the World Bank: ................................................... 14

All Africa, 24 June 2011 ................................................................................................................ 16

Information Session for the Media On Climate Change - African Media Has Crucial Role to

Play ............................................................................................................................................ 16

All Africa, 27 June 2011 ................................................................................................................ 17

Clean Energy Development - Opportunity for Local Spinoffs in Africa (AfDB) ..................... 17

All Africa, 27/06/2011 ................................................................................................................... 17

Africa: 'Microfinance Can Help Rural Communities Adapt to Climate Change' ...................... 17

Ghana Business News, 28 June 2011 ............................................................................................ 19

African Development Bank to invest $3.5b in improving energy access in Africa .................. 19

The Pak Banker Daily (Pakistan), 25 June 2011 .......................................................................... 19

African Efforts on Climate Action Get Boost ........................................................................... 19

African Press Organization, 28 June 2011 ................................................................................... 21

Janneh calls for more youth mobilization initiatives on climate change, development ............ 21

The Pak Banker Daily (Pakistan) 27 June 2011 ........................................................................... 22

Clean Energy Development: Opportunity for Local Spinoffs in Africa.................................... 22

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Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011

Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011

Plus News Pakistan 27 June 2011 ................................................................................................. 23

Clean Energy Development: Opportunity for Local Spinoffs in Africa.................................... 23

Inter Press Service 27 June 2011 by Kristin Palitza ..................................................................... 23

'Microfinance Can Help Rural Communities Adapt to Climate Change' .................................. 23


Gender Indicators for Global Climate Funds Still an Afterthought .......................................... 25


Micro Loans Eyed for Renewable Energy Projects ................................................................... 27

AfDB.org, 24 June 2011 ................................................................................................................ 28

Climate Change: Africa is Leading With its Own Plan, Says AfDB ........................................ 28

African Press Organization, 24 June 2011 ................................................................................... 29


Silobreaker.com, 24 June 2011 ..................................................................................................... 30


HumanitarianNews.org, 24 June 2011 .......................................................................................... 30


OrganizedWisdom.com, 24 June 2011 .......................................................................................... 31


Pollutionsolutions-online.com, 24 June 2011 ............................................................................... 32


Pollutionsolutions-online.com, 24 June 2011 ............................................................................... 32


AfriBiz.info, 27 June 2011 ............................................................................................................. 33


AllAfrica.com, 24 June 2011 ......................................................................................................... 34

African Efforts on Climate Action Get Boost (AfDB) .............................................................. 34

Haveeru nline ( aldives), 2 June 2011 .................................................................................... 35

CIF to fund renewable energy investments in Maldives ........................................................... 35

I RIA ( aris), 2 June 2011 .......................................................................................................... 36

Maldives Among Six Pilot Countries to Receive CIF´s Funding for Renewable Energy

Investments ................................................................................................................................ 36

AllAfrica com - Jun 2 , 2011 ......................................................................................................... 37

Information Session for the Media On Climate Change - African Media Has Crucial Role to

Play ............................................................................................................................................ 37

AllAfrica com, 2 June 2011 ......................................................................................................... 38

African Efforts On Climate Action Get Boost (AfDB) ............................................................. 38

ESI-AFRICA.COM 5 July 2011 ..................................................................................................... 39

African leaders plan to launch green fund ................................................................................. 39

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CarbonAsia – 26 June 2011 .......................................................................................................... 40

Summary highlights of the meeting ―Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum‖ ... 40

The Ecosystem Marketplace's Forest Carbon News, 13 June 2011 .............................................. 40

Tracking Terrestrial Carbon ...................................................................................................... 40

Stakeholder Forum, Outreach Bulletin, 25 June 2011 .................................................................. 41

Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum Opens in Cape Town, South Africa ................. 41

Fin24.com (South Africa), 24 June 2011 ....................................................................................... 42

Gordhan: Africa must end reliance on aid ................................................................................. 42

CityPress.co.za (South Africa), 24 June 2011 ............................................................................... 43

Gordhan calls for rethinking of African development trajectory .............................................. 43

EngineeringNews.co.za (South Africa), 24 June 2011 .................................................................. 44

Reformulate African development trajectory – Gordhan .......................................................... 44

South African Press Association, 24 June 2011 ............................................................................ 45

Reformulate African development trajectory – Gordhan .......................................................... 45

The Star (South Africa), 28 June 2011 .......................................................................................... 46

Blockade pressure on Eskom to clean up its act ........................................................................ 46

ESI-Africa.com (online power journal), 1 July 2011 .................................................................... 48

Plans to develop stalled Inga 3 hydropower project may be too risky ...................................... 48

Mbendi.com (South Africa), 5 July 2011 ....................................................................................... 49

Countries get US$ 534 million for bold plans to climate-proof water, farming, forests, and

cities ........................................................................................................................................... 49

Businesslive.co.za (South Africa), 27 June 2011 ........................................................................... 51

Bank calls for funds to help Africa adapt to climate change ..................................................... 51

Business Day (South Africa), 27 June 2011 .................................................................................. 51


Business Day (South Africa), 24 June 2011 .................................................................................. 52

Gordhan urges action on climate change ................................................................................... 52

Business Day, 27/06/2011 ............................................................................................................. 53


News Tonight Africa (South Africa), 24 June 2011 ....................................................................... 53

Climatic Change a Tough Challenge to Humanity, Says Pravin Gordhan ................................ 53

News Tonight Africa (South Africa), 27 June 2011 ....................................................................... 54

African Development Bank Calling for More Funds Enabling Africa to Adapt to Climate

Change ....................................................................................................................................... 54

Environment.co.za, 4 July 2011 ..................................................................................................... 54

Africa: Countries Call for Easy Access to Climate Change Finance ........................................ 54

Ghana Business News, 23 June 2011 ............................................................................................ 55

AfDB budgets $145m for Africa‘s Climate Development Fund ............................................... 55

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All Africa, 28 June 2011 ................................................................................................................ 55

Fast And Inclusive - That's the Goal for Climate Change Investment Plans, Says AfDB Expert

................................................................................................................................................... 55

ABCLive.in (India), 25 June 2011 ................................................................................................. 56

CIF's Strategic Climate Fund Approves Moroccan‘s 125MW Solar Power Plant .................... 56

Business Report (South Africa), 27 June 2011 .............................................................................. 58

‗Balance African progress, climate change‘ .............................................................................. 58

IOL.co.za (South Africa), 27 June 2011 ........................................................................................ 58

‗Balance African progress, climate change‘ .............................................................................. 58

VAdvert.co.uk (London), 29 June 2011 ......................................................................................... 59

African Efforts on Climate Action Get Boost ........................................................................... 59

Business Daily (South Africa), 29 June 2011 ................................................................................ 61

Microfinance way out in funding climate change projects ........................................................ 61

Eye Witness News (South Africa), 24 June 2011 ........................................................................... 63

‗Countries lack funds to deal with climate change‘ Chanel September | 24 Jun 2011 ............ 63

Eye Witness News (South Africa), 27 June 2011 ........................................................................... 64

'More investment needed to deal with climate change' ............................................................. 64

Legal Brief News (South Africa), 5 July 2011 ............................................................................... 64

Women excluded from projects, say UN experts ...................................................................... 64

Books Live (South Africa), 5 July 2011 ......................................................................................... 64

Wild Law Update: Women in Agriculture Excluded from Climate Change Projects ............... 64

Radio Musi-O-Tunya (Zambia), 25 June 2011 .............................................................................. 65

Challenges facing the implementation of Climate Change initiatives....................................... 65

Radio Musi-O-Tunya (Zambia), 25 June 2011 .............................................................................. 66

Climate change: Call to transform traditional paradigms of funding ........................................ 66

Zambezi FM Radio (Zambia), 25 June 2011 ................................................................................. 66

Challenges facing the implementation of Climate Change initiatives....................................... 66

Zambezi FM Radio (Zambia), 25 June 2011 ................................................................................. 67

Climate change: Call to urgently transform traditional paradigms of development and funding

................................................................................................................................................... 67

Lesotho National Broadcast, 24 June 2011 ................................................................................... 67

Climate Change is the Most Pressing Challenge Faced by Humanity - Gordhan ..................... 67


Low Literacy Levels about Climate Change among African Inhabitants ................................. 68

Radio Lesotho, 1 July 2011 ........................................................................................................... 68

African Countries Show Willingness to Tackle Climate Change Effects ................................. 68

Lesotho Television, 1 July 2011 .................................................................................................... 69

African Countries Show Willingness to Tackle Climate Change Effects ................................. 69

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Preventionweb.net, 1 July 2011 ..................................................................................................... 70

Countries get $534 million for bold plans to climate-proof water, farming, forests, and cities 70

Section française .............................................................................. 72

All Africa, 24/06/2011 ................................................................................................................... 72

Session d'information aux journalistes sur le changement climatique - La presse africaine a un

rôle crucial à jouer ..................................................................................................................... 72

All Africa, 27/06/2011 ................................................................................................................... 73

Le développement de l'énergie propre - Une opportunité de retombées locales pour l'Afrique

(BAD) ........................................................................................................................................ 73

All Africa, 30/06/2011 ................................................................................................................... 73

Appel des pays africains pour un financement climatique accessible et efficace ..................... 73

Tunisia IT (Tunis), 01/07/2011 ...................................................................................................... 75

BAD : Appel des pays africains pour un financement climatique accessible et efficace .......... 75

AfDB.org, 30/06/2011 .................................................................................................................... 76


Midipress.com, 04/07/2011 ........................................................................................................... 77

Les pays africains appellent à un financement accessible ......................................................... 77

Guinée Inter, 01/07/2011 ............................................................................................................... 80


LeFaso.net (Burkina Faso), 27/06/2011 ........................................................................................ 81

Fonds d‘investissement climatique : Un financement de 30 milliards de dollars attendu pour

l‘Afrique ! .................................................................................................................................. 81

Sidwaya (Burkina Faso), 27/06/2011 ............................................................................................ 83

Fonds d‘investissement climatique : Un financement de 30 milliards de dollars attendu pour

l‘Afrique ! .................................................................................................................................. 83

Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 05/07/2011 ..................................................................................... 84

Développement durable : les pays africains sollicitent des financements climatiques accessibles

et efficaces ................................................................................................................................. 84

Horizons (Mauritanie), 05/07/2001 ............................................................................................... 86

Forum des Fonds d‘investissement climatiques: Le difficile financement de l‘adaptation....... 86

Deutsch / Español / Sesotho ............................................................. 88

Klimaretter.info (Deutschland), 28 Juny 2011 .............................................................................. 88

Frauen wollen mehr Geld für Anpassung .................................................................................. 88

IPSNoticias.net, 29 Juño 2011 ...................................................................................................... 89

Microcréditos para adaptarse al cambio climático .................................................................... 89


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English section

Targeted News Service 20 June 2011

2011 CIF Partnership Forum: African Countries Are Ready for CIF

Investments

African delegations from Algeria,

Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Niger,

Nigeria, South Africa, and Tunisia

will attend the CIF (Climate

Investment Funds) Partnership

Forum on 24-25 June in Cape

Town, South Africa to share

experiences with fellow CIF pilot

countries from around the world.

Burkina Faso, the DRC, Morocco,

Mozambique, and Zambia will

also be there for the learning and

to present their CIF investment

plans and projects for approval at

closed CIF committee meetings

coupled with the forum. Kenya

and Mali will also present their

investment plans for initial

feedback.

The African Development Bank

(AfDB) has helped all of these

nations develop their investment

plans and will be in Cape Town to

help them take this next big step

in their quest for green

development.

* Morocco will present to the

Clean Technology Fund (CTF)

Committee its project for a

125MW concentrated solar power

(CSP) plant at Ouarzazate. It

represents the first project to be

implemented from the MENA

Region CTF Investment Plan,

which aims to accelerate global

deployment of CSP by investing

in expansion programs in five

countries of the Middle East and

North Africa (MENA) region:

Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco

and Tunisia. When implemented,

this will be one of the largest

concentrated solar power

developments in the world,

adding more than 1 gigawatt of

solar power generation capacity to

the Middle East and tripling

today's global capacity of CSP.

* Burkina Faso is set to present its

investment plan to the Forest

Investment Program (FIP) Sub-

Committee for approval. It is

requesting USD 30 million to

implement projects designed to

promote decentralized, sustainable

forest management that supports

wider stakeholder participation

and deeper appreciation of the

forest value chain. The AfDB

expects to channel about half of

the FIP funds to Burkina Faso,

along with its own co-financing,

to support investments in national

forests and nature parks and their

administration.

* The Democratic Republic of the

Congo (DRC) will also present its

USD 60 million FIP investment

plan for approval. DRC was

selected as a FIP pilot country due

to its advanced stage in the

'preparation for REDD+' process,

demonstrated by its being the first

country in the Congo Basin with

an approved Readiness

Preparation Proposal (R-PP). Its

FIP investment plan has been

informed by national REDD

objectives on afforestation and

reforestation, subsistence

agriculture, land use planning,

land and forest tenure, improved

wood-fuel stoves, and district-

level integrated development.

* Mozambique will present its

investment plan to the Pilot

Program for Climate Resilience

(PPCR) Sub-Committee for

approval. It aims to mainstream

climate change in central budgets

and planning, sectoral

investments, and the private

sector. It will hinge on

Mozambique's NAPA priorities to

1) strengthen early warning

systems; 2) build the capacity of

farmers to deal with climate

change; 3) reduce the impacts of

climate change along the coastal

zone; and 4) improve water

resources management. The

AfDB has helped execute several

studies, including the Strategic

Environmental and Social

Environmental Assessment

(SESIA) of the investment plan,

an institutional assessment and

public expenditures review, and a

coastal cities vulnerability study

among others.

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* Zambia is also presenting its

PPCR investment plan for

approval. The AfDB has been

working closely with the

government of Zambia and other

partners to develop a PPCR

investment strategy in line with

national development priorities,

including strengthening early

warning weather systems,

integrating climate resilience in

infrastructure planning and

investments, and strengthening

the adaptive capacity and

livelihood of farmers and natural

ecosystems in the most affected

areas of southern and western

Zambia.

* Kenya and Mali will both offer

drafts of their investment plans to

the Scaling Up Renewable Energy

Program in Low Income

Countries (SREP) Sub-Committee

for feedback. Kenya could benefit

from up to USD 50 million in

SREP financing and Mali up to

USD 40 million to pilot and

demonstrate the economic, social

and environmental viability of

low carbon development

pathways in the energy sector by

creating new economic

opportunities and increasing

energy access through the use of

renewable energy solutions.

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CNBC Africa, 24 June 2011

« Sustainability of a Green Economy », live interview with Hela

Cheikhrouhou

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The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2011

By Scott Baldauf, Staff writer

Africans planning electric power with climate change in mind

Africa is set to be hit hard by

climate change, and it already

faces the highest electric power

costs in the world. But new

initiatives could put Africa at

forefront in adapting alternative

energies.

In ancient Rome, the way to stay

in power was to provide bread and

circuses. In much of Africa, the

key is to keep the lights on.

This week, riots turned the

normally peaceful streets of

Dakar, Senegal, into a civic

warzone not seen since the last

time Vancouver, Canada, hosted a

hockey match. Burning tires – and

worse, burning office buildings

for the local power company –

were left behind wherever

protestors went, loudly showing

their anger about the inability of

the state electric company,

Senelec, to keep up with growing

demand for power. Some towns,

like Mbour, 80 kilometers from

Dakar, have gone 48 hours

without electricity.

Power cuts are daily affairs across

the African continent. Electricity

is such an unreliable commodity

in Nigeria, for instance, that

Nigerians have nicknamed their

electric power company PHCN

―Please Hold Candle Now.‖ (The

real name is Power Holding

Company of Nigeria.) Even in

South Africa, the continent‘s most

developed economy, electric

power cuts are becoming

increasingly common, with ―load

shedding‖ sending whole

neighborhoods into darkness for

peak power-use hours.

Climate change is going to make

this current problem even worse,

development experts predict,

since Africa is the continent likely

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to suffer the most from the drastic

changes in temperature and

rainfall, according to World Bank

studies. But while African nations

are faced with growing discontent

over their inability to plan ahead,

there are encouraging signs that

they are teaming up with

international investment

institutions like the African

Development Bank and with

individual donor nations like

China and India to meet the

growing need for infrastructure,

says Bob Pittman, vice president

of climate change programs for

the African Development Bank in

Tunis.

―African governments and the

African people are already taking

charge to create the solutions to

their problems,‖ says Mr. Pittman,

after attending a climate change

conference in Cape Town.

Particularly on the growing

challenges of climate change,

which can mean reduced access to

rainwater in some areas, and

growing needs for electricity in

others, ―Africans are in the lead in

developing some of the processes

for meeting the problem of

climate change.‖

African citizens bear the highest

electricity tariffs in the world,

Pittman says, a cruel burden for a

continent that has a

disproportionately high number of

people living at or below the

poverty line. Yet that very fact is

already pushing African nations to

develop alternative power sources

such as wind and solar, which are

too expensive to develop in

countries that have cheaper access

to fossil fuels.

―Those who do pay high tariffs

are finding that solar in rural areas

is a suitable technology,‖ says

Pittman. ―And in Kenya, a wind

power project on Lake Turkana is

being developed. Kenya plans to

have 30 percent of its power

based on wind power.‖

―African governments and the

African people are not being

coerced into making these plans,‖

says Pittman. ―We‘re just trying

to run and keep up with them and

stay relevant in this changing

world.‖


The Chronicle (Ghana), 4 July 2011

Africa: Countries Call for Easy Access to Climate Change Finance

The 2011 Climate Investment

Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum,

hosted by the African

Development Bank (AfDB) has

ended with a call on managers of

the United Nations Climate

Change Fund (UNCCF) to

remove the bottlenecks in

accessing the climate change

financing for Africa.

"The bottom line is that there is an

urgent need to improve access to

climate finance at the scale

required for transformational

impact in Africa," said Bobby

Pittman, Vice President for

Infrastructure, Private Sector and

Regional Integration at the

African Development Bank.

"Mechanisms need to be put in

place that can best respond to

Africa's needs," he added. Under

the Climate Investment Funds'

Clean Technology Fund, a total of

$197 million was approved for the

165 megawatt Ouarzazate I

Concentrated Solar Project in

Morocco.

This is a large-scale investment

that is expected to reduce the

costs of concentrated solar energy

and help create thousands of

direct and indirect jobs in

Morocco by 2020, notably by

developing local renewable

manufacturing. Morocco is

partnering with the African

Development Bank and World

Bank, two partners in the Climate

Investment Funds, on this project.


recently introduced financing for

concentrated solar power in Sub

Saharan Africa through a financial

package to South Africa totaling

$365 million. Its aim is to help the

country 'green' its energy sector.

The financial package included a

loan of $265 million, as well as a

$100 million concessional loan

from the Clean Technology Fund.

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The package will support South

Africa's national electricity utility,

Eskom, in implementing a $1.3

billion renewable energy project

including concentrated solar

power and the first utility-scale

wind power plant in South Africa.

Climate resilient programmes

approved during the Forum

include $86 million for

Mozambique to improve the

capacity of roads and coastal

cities to withstand climate change,

transform its hydro-

meteorological services and

enhance climate-resilient

agricultural production and food

security. Zambia will receive $86

million to strengthen climate

resilience in Barotse and the

Kafue River Basin.

In the forestry sector, two new

investment plans have been

approved: $32 million for Burkina

Faso to decentralize sustainable

forest management, encourage

participatory protection of state

forest reserves and integrate

information-sharing, and $60

million for the Democratic

Republic of Congo to address

deforestation and degradation and

provide small grants to promising

small-scale initiatives falling

within the Reduced Emission

from Deforestation and Forest

Degradation (REDD+) program.

The funding will also help the

country to engage the private

sector in REDD+.


Energy Tribune (Houston, USA), 29 June 2011

Women Excluded From Climate Change Projects In Africa

Of the millions of dollars spent on

climate change projects in

developing countries, little has

been allocated in a way that will

benefit women. Yet, in Africa, it

is women who will be most

affected by climate change.

According to United Nations data,

about 80 percent of the continent's

smallholder farmers are women.

While they are responsible for the

food security of millions of

people, agriculture is one of the

sectors hardest hit by climate

change.

"There is a lot of international talk

about climate change funding for

local communities and especially

for women, but not much is

actually happening," says Ange

Bukasa, who runs investment

facilitation organisation Chezange

Connect in the Democratic

Republic of Congo (DRC).

Bukasa was one of the delegates

at the Climate Investment Funds

(CIF) 2011 Partnership Forum,

which was held from Jun. 24-25

in Cape Town, South Africa.

The Climate Investment Funds

(CIF), established by the World

Bank in cooperation with regional

multilateral development banks,

provide funding for developing

countries' climate change

mitigation and adaptation efforts.

Since their launch in 2008, the

CIF have allocated 6,5 billion

dollars to climate change projects

in 45 developing countries. More

than a third of the money went to

15 African states.

But most of the money – more

than 70 percent – is financing

large-scale clean technology

energy and transportation

projects. These are traditionally

male-dominated sectors of the

formal economy.

Only 30 percent is being spent on

small-scale projects that directly

benefit poor, rural communities

and thereby potentially improve

women's livelihoods.

Experts at the United Nations

Development Programme

(UNDP) warn that the funds could

run the risk of perpetuating

existing gender imbalances.

To take into account the gendered

nature of energy consumption and

domestic labour patterns in a

resource-poor context, women

need to be consulted when

designing and implementing

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climate change mitigation and

adaptation initiatives, they say.

But that doesn't happen often

enough. "The links between large

regional institutions that

administer the funds and the

people on the ground who need to

access them are missing," says

Bukasa, who works with farmers

in Katanga in the southern DRC

and elsewhere in the country.

She complains about a lack of

consultation of women, who make

up the majority of smallholder

farmers in the area. Bukasa also

points out that most rural

communities have not been

sufficiently educated about what

climate change is and how to

mitigate it or adapt to it.

"People may have heard the

words 'climate change', but they

have no clue what to do about it

and where to access information,"

Bukasa warns.

That means that they remain

unable to identify problems and

solutions related to climate

change and hence cannot develop

their own projects and apply for

funds. Their only option is to

"continue farming like before",

she sighs.

Such feedback from climate

change experts working at

community-level seems to have

had some effect, however. The

banks managing the CIF have

now pledged they will integrate

gender indicators into all

operations and include them in the

main criteria for the approval of

grants.

Gender analysis, sex-

differentiated data, gender

monitoring and gender auditing

will also be part of all projects

financed by the CIF to ensure they

benefit men and women equally,

they promise.

"We are planning to take gender

into greater account and are

introducing more and more

indicators to assess the gender

dimension of projects," says

Mafalda Duarte, climate finance

coordinator at the African

Development Bank (AfDB), one

of the regional institutions

administering the funds.

Duarte says there is a particular

focus on financing off-the-grid

energy technologies that will

improve the lives of women and

girls, because they are still

lumped with the burden of

fetching wood and water in rural

communities.

The funds will go towards solar

energy projects, improved

cooking stoves, sustainable

forestry projects, solar-powered

irrigation as well as water storage

and heating systems. "When we

review proposals we ensure that

women will be able to access the

funded technologies," Duarte

adds.

The only drawback is that the

focus is again on small-scale

investments that only make up a

small percentage of the overall

funds. Duarte admits that more

needs to be done: "We do need to

increase the scale of gender-

sensitive projects because we

have too many poor hotspots on

the continent."

Florah Mmereki, project manager

at Wena Industry and

Environment, an environmental

education trust based in

Gaborone, Botswana, agrees that

efforts need to be accelerated:

"The few climate change project

projects that exist in Botswana

today are not targeted at women.

It's a huge oversight."

Mmereki says women remain

excluded because participation in

many climate change adaptation

projects usually requires an

upfront investment, such as a

contribution to the cost of energy-

efficient wood stoves.

"But rural women don't have

access to funds. They are the ones

working in the fields, but it's their

husbands who manage the

money," she notes. "There are

many gender barriers that still

need to be removed."

By Kristin Palitza


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The Guardian (London), 28 June 2011

Women excluded from climate change projects in Africa, UN experts warn

IPS: Gender barriers prevent women across the developing world access funds for communities dealing with the effects of climate change

According to the UN, 80% of the

continent's smallholder farmers

are women. Photograph: Jacob

Silberberg/Getty Images















change.



























15 African states.

But most of the money – more

than 70 percent – is financing





formal economy.









































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she sighs.






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communities.










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the continent."

























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guardian.co.uk


AlertNet (Reuters’ humanitarian news site), 27 June 2011

Gender Indicators for Global Climate Funds Still an Afterthought

CAPE TOWN, Jun 27 (IPS) - Of

the millions of dollars spent on






affected by climate

change.According to United

Nations data, about 80 percent of

the continent's smallholder

farmers are women. While they

are responsible for the food

security of millions of people,

agriculture is one of the sectors

hardest hit by climate change.



















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15 African states.

But most of the money - more

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the continent."






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Find out more about the forces

behind climate change - but also

about the growing citizen

awareness and new climate

policies towards sustainable

development

http://ipsnews.net/climate_change

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Source: Content partner // Inter

Press Service

By Kristin Palitza


Reuters, 29 June 2011

Inga hydro project on Congo river too risky-AfDB

Current plans to develop the

stalled $8-$10 billion Inga 3

hydropower project on the Congo

river may be too risky because of

costs and time, a senior African

Development Bank (AfDB)

official said on Wednesday.

The bank is financing a study for

the Democratic Republic of

Congo (DRC) government to

optimize development of the

Congo river's immense

hydropower potential, with a pre-

feasibility study expected in

September.

Current plans for the development

of the Inga 3 project entail drilling

up to 70 kilometres of tunnels into

rock formations whose geology is

not well known, and only drawing

a maximum of 3,500 megawatts

of power.

Hela Cheikhrouhou, director

energy and environment at AfDB,

told Reuters on the sidelines of a

G20 infrastructure meeting that

preliminary findings suggested

this was a very risky option

because it could cost more and

take more time than anticipated.

Cheikhrouhou said the findings

showed it would be better to

remove the tunnelling option in

favour of open channels which

could be helped with a dam.

"With that solution, the DRC

government ... could build a 3,500

up to 7,000 megawatt project

which will be per cost of

electricity generated cheaper,

faster to implement and less

risky," Cheikhrouhou said.

The Inga 3 hydropower scheme

on the Congo is one of the largest

proposed projects in Africa aimed

at overcoming power shortages

that have curtailed economic

growth.

Cheikhrouhou said rough

estimates suggested it would cost

in the region of $7 billion for a

3,500 MW project, doubling to

$14 billion for 7,000 MW, with

first power only likely in 2020 in

what would be a public-private

partnership.

She said global mining group

BHP Billiton , South Africa and

Nigeria would probably be the

main clients.


States News Service 24 June 2011

The following information was released by the World Bank:




African efforts on climate action

received a welcome boost today

with approval of a ground-

breaking renewable energy

project in Morocco that should be

a game-changer for solar power at

large-scale.

The 125 megawatt concentrated

solar power plant at Ouarzazate is

the first project in a regional plan

that will eventually triple today's

global investments in

concentrated solar power. The

regional plan is funded to the tune

of $200 million in Climate

Investment Funds (CIF) and

African Development Bank

(AfDB) and World Bank co-

financing.

The green light for the Moroccan

project came on the eve of the CIF

Partnership Forum, which opened

today in Cape Town and is hosted

this year by the African

Development Bank.

New money for the CIF to scale

up renewable energy in low

income countries was also

announced by Norway earlier in

the week. The 150 million krones

pledge (equal to $US 27 million)

builds on recent commitments of

new financial support from

Australia and Korea.

"We need to accelerate the

transition to clean energy while

ensuring the supply vital to

growth and opportunity and this is

a core priority of the Government

of South Africa," said Hon. Pravin

Gordhan, Minister of Finance,

South Africa , in opening remarks

at the Forum. "Indeed, South

Africa became one of the

developing countries to lead,

making a voluntary pledge to

reduce emissions by 34 percent by

2020." He urged the Forum to be

robust in its interrogation of ideas

and initiatives and develop

solutions that engage all

stakeholders so that the interests

of society as a whole are taken

forward.

Delivering a message on behalf of

Donald Kaberuka, AfDB

President, Vice President Bobby

Pittman said "the CIF are a useful

transitional instrument to learn

from as Heads of States gear up to

discuss the future of climate

finance in Durban later this year.

Africa needs financing that is

clearly dedicated to its priorities

and challenges in responding to

climate change."

The African continent has entered

full-force into climate action,

leading with new climate-friendly

policies and programs and more

than a third of current approved

funding. Elsewhere in the world,

momentum on climate is also

growing, with CIF pilot projects

in 45 countries.

Here in South Africa, next week

additional CIF committees

(including the pilot program for

climate resilience) are set to

approve a series of projects that

should allocate more than $US400

million to new climate adaptation

initiatives in some of the poorest

countries in the world.

"The CIF's Strategic Climate

Fund gives priority to highly

vulnerable least developed

countries, including the small

island developing states. As

momentum grows for climate

action on the ground, the CIFs can

be a real game-changer," said,

Admed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa,

the Presidential Envoy for Science

and Technology from the

Maldives, and co-chair of the

CIF's Strategic Climate Fund .

Speaking at the opening ceremony

today, Andrew Steer, World Bank

Special Envoy for Climate

Change , said: "The CIFs are the

largest and most exciting living

laboratory for financing climate

action in the world. We're now

starting to fire on all cylinders.

Africa receives more funding

through the CIFs than any other

region, but it's still not enough."

The CIF forum here in Cape

Town brings together delegates

from participant countries, five


UN agencies, civil society,

indigenous peoples, local

communities, private sector, and

other stakeholders to discuss CIF

results and impact and chart

strategic directions in climate

financing. More than 250

stakeholders from 45 nations,

including 15 African countries,

are here for the two-day meeting.


Burkina Faso, DRC, Egypt,

Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali,

Morocco, Mozambique, Niger,

Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia,

and Zambia are sharing their

experiences in developing and

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executing CIF investment plans,

discussing achievements and

challenges, and learning from

fellow CIF pilot countries and

expert panelists.

This year's forum features

sessions on private sector

engagement in mitigation and

adaptation investments, scientific

updates and guidance on

prioritizing actions, climate

modeling, and the development of

local, clean technology

manufacturing industries.

Note to Editors

This Ouarzazate project in

Morocco is the first to be


Region Clean Technology Fund

Investment Plan, which aims to

accelerate global deployment of

concentrated solar power by

investing in expansion programs

in five countries of the Middle

East and North Africa region:


and Tunisia.

When implemented, this will be

one of the largest concentrated

solar power developments in the

world, adding more than one

gigawatt of solar power

generation capacity to the Middle

East and tripling today's global

capacity of concentrated solar

power.

Contacts:

African Development Bank:

Chawki Chahed, Local # in South

Africa: +27 (0) 82 85 83 840, T.

+216 71 10 27 02M. +216 98 70

31 68, Skype | Twitter | Linkedin:

chawkichahed

The World Bank: Robert Bisset,

Local in South Africa: +27 (0)82

858 2128, [email protected]

Climate Investment Funds:

Heather Worley,

[email protected]


All Africa, 24 June 2011

Information Session for the Media On Climate Change - African Media

Has Crucial Role to Play

The media has a fundamental role

to play in sensitizing policy

makers and the peoples of Africa

about the challenge of climate

change, according to journalists at

an information session held at the

2011 Climate Investment Funds

Partnership Forum on 24 and 25

June 2011, in Cape Town, South

Africa. These populations, and

their decision-makers, are still

poorly informed and unaware of

these issues, even though they are

fundamental to their future.

The African media is still not

organized by speciality and few

journalists are cognizant of the

complex issues of climate change,

despite the participants agreeing

that the effects of climate change

in Africa are real: for example,

desertification and less access to

water.

How can this poor level of

awareness on African

environmental matters be

improved? As far as the

population is concerned, the focus

should be on education:

increasing the quantity and quality

of information on the effects of

changes, but also on what to do on

a daily basis to alleviate pollution

and improve the environment.

As for the media, despite the

restricted resources of the African

media, increased awareness can

be achieved through publishing

good stories, and by using low

cost media, such as the social

media. International organizations

can also be more supportive by

organizing more training sessions

for African journalists.

And the media should be better

trained, both in general and on

environmental issues. Regarding

climate change, one journalist

said: 'We need a cultural

adjustment policy", emphasizing

the need for a change of mindset

on the continent.

As for governments, the issue of

climate change should become a

priority. Governments should

leverage available funds better to

adapt and mitigate climate

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change, and manage these funds

properly, said another journalist.

A dozen journalists from all

regions of Africa and Europe

participated in this event. They

interacted with representatives

from the African Development

Bank and the World Bank



Clean Energy Development - Opportunity for Local Spinoffs in Africa

(AfDB)

How to increase local content and create additional jobs in clean energy projects in Africa

Tanja Faller, an energy economist

at the African Development Bank

(AfDB) described the opportunity

offered to Africa by developing a

clean energy industry during a

session on 'Leap into Green

Growth: Promoting Clean

Technology Manufacturing" at the

Climate Investment Funds

Partnership Forum, from 24 to 25

June in Cape Town, South Africa.

"Clean energy is an opportunity to

leapfrog the continent to a green

growth path', said Ms Faller. She

indicated that this development

can bring about the creation of a

whole industry providing good

quality jobs for local populations.

However, the challenges ahead

are quality and certification of

equipment, the capacity of

countries to take up the challenge,

and the training of highly skilled

labour.

What is the way ahead? Ms Faller

emphasized two elements:

fostering innovative systems to

suppot clean technology solutions,

and flexibility in donors'

procurement processes to allow

the creation of local demand,

notably by having local content

criteria the prequalification

process.

'Strengthening the support of

clean technology manufacturing

can ensure the sustainability of

renewable energy in Africa', said

Ms Faller. Major investments in

renewable energy can only be

sustainable if local jobs are

available".

The AfDB is supporting green

growth in Africa through a variety

of tools, such as grant support.

sovereign lending, sharing

knowledge, private project

financing, equity, and policy-

based lending.


All Africa, 27/06/2011

Africa: 'Microfinance Can Help Rural Communities Adapt to Climate

Change'

Cape Town — Projects to fight

climate change are being designed

all around the world. But only five

percent of them can be financed

with the current international

funds available, which means

resources have to be used more

wisely. Microfinance could be

one solution.

Climate change is one of the

greatest challenges to

development that the world has

ever faced.

According to the World Bank,

mitigation of its effects in

developing countries could cost

140 to 175 billion dollars per year

by 2030, while adaptation costs

are expected to reach between 75

and 100 billion dollars per year

between 2010 and 2050.

"The low-income masses will be

most affected by climate change

in their daily lives. We need

solutions for mainstreaming

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adaptation projects to also include

these people," said African

Development Bank director for

energy, environment and climate

change development Hela

Cheikhrouhou.

She spoke at the Climate

Investment Funds (CIF) 2011

Partnership Forum, held from Jun.

24-25 in Cape Town, South

Africa.

The CIF, established by the World

Bank and regional multilateral

development banks, provide

funding to support developing



Even though more than a third of

CIF money have so far gone to 15

African countries, few people in

rural and poverty-stricken areas -

who struggle most to access

financing - have been able to

benefit from the schemes, largely

due to administrative barriers.

"We need to make sure that funds

can be accessed by rural

populations because there is

urgency in making climate change

projects happen on the ground,"

said Victor Kabengele, project

coordinator at the ministry of

environment of the Democratic


He demanded less red tape and

fewer conditions -- otherwise

including the poor in climate

change projects would remain an

empty promise. Without money,

the best ideas are worth little,

Kabengele pointed out: "Money is

the name of the game. Access to

microcredit is therefore crucial."

But only a few microfinance

projects have been launched to

date that help Africa's poor to

invest in climate change projects.

One of them is a results-based

financing scheme run by the

Global Partnership on Output-

Based Aid (GPOBA).

This partnership among six

agencies include the Australian

government's aid agency AusAID,

the World Bank and its

International Finance Corporation,

the Swedish government's

development agency SIDA,

Britain's Department for

International Development and

the Netherlands' Directorate-

General of Development

Cooperation.

GPOBA backs private financial

institutions in communities where

poor people are excluded from

basic services because they cannot

afford to pay the full cost of user

fees, for example connection fees

to energy-efficient electricity

schemes.

A local bank would, in this case,

receive a subsidy to make

available microcredit to

communities to help them

purchase renewable energy

systems for their homes.

"We want to increase access to

basic services for the poor, such

as infrastructure, technology,

healthcare and education, that will

help them deal with climate

change," explained GPOBA

senior specialist Mustafa Hussain.

"At the same time, we hope to

kick-start new markets in rural

areas, especially for renewable

technologies," he added.

In 2010, GPOBA helped to start

131 output-based aid projects with

3.5 billion dollars in World Bank

funding and 2.8 billion dollars

from governments. Almost a third

of the money was invested on the

African continent.

In Uganda, for instance, a subsidy

facilitated finance for a private

company that operates water

supply systems. This enabled the

company to provide access to

clean piped water to more than

8,000 additional households in

rural areas that previously didn't

have running water.

"Through the subsidy, microcredit

agencies feel confident to give

credit (to the poor) because they

know they will be re-financed by

us based on pre-agreed results.

This leads to more and more

growth and investments in rural

communities," Hussain explained.

Another successful way of giving

the rural residents access to

financial services is a mobile

money transfer system developed

by Kenyan mobile phone operator

Safaricom.

As almost 70 percent of Kenyans

live in rural areas where they

struggle to get to banks or ATMs,

only 40 percent of the country's

39 million people have a bank

account.

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But 83 percent of Kenyans own a

mobile phone. That gave the

directors of Safaricom an idea: the

company started to make financial

services available over the phone

through a service called M-PESA,

which is Swahili for mobile

money.

Customers can now pay their bills

and transfer money using their

phones while also accessing

numerous financial services, such

as micro-saving, microcredit and

even micro-insurance.

"Rural people save an average of

three hours per transaction

because they don't need to travel

long distances to financial

institutions and stand in queues

anymore," says M-PESA head of

product development Japhet

Aritho.

"Saving on transport also saves

about three dollars per transaction,

money that people can now spend

on food or other investments."

M-PESA already has 700,000

customers who conduct 90 million

transactions per month.

The project also offers services

specifically tailored for fighting

climate change: There is a crop

insurance programme where

premiums and claims can be paid

via mobile phone and farmers

receive weather information via

sms.

Another programme allows rural

residents to access solar-powered

water pumps via a smartcard that

they can load credit onto via their

mobile phones.

At the CIF forum, experts agreed

that such microfinance initiatives

are key to mitigating and adapting

to climate change. Said

Kabengele: "Access to credit is

crucial. So far, rural financing is

relatively limited. We need more

of it."

Kristin Palitza


Ghana Business News, 28 June 2011

African Development Bank to invest $3.5b in improving energy access in

Africa


(AfDB) has hinted that it intends

to invest billions of dollars into

Africa‘s energy sector in the next

three years.

According to a statement on its

website on June 24, 2011, the

bank said ―Over the next three

years, the AfDB intends to invest

more than $3.5 billion in

improving energy access.‖

The Bank says more than a third

of the amount will go to

renewable energy.

The announcement was made by

the AfDB‘s Vice President,

Bobby Pittman, at the just-ended


Partnership Forum hosted by the

Bank in Cape Town, South

Africa.

Mr. Pittman told over 250

participants at the forum that

―Africans are leading with their

own plans for climate change, and

they have called for additional

financing instruments that respond

directly to their priorities.‖

Nearly 600 million people in

Africa remain without access to

modern energy and about $1

billion is invested in renewable

energy in Africa yearly, according

to the International Energy

Agency.

By Ekow Quandzie


The Pak Banker Daily (Pakistan), 25 June 2011

African Efforts on Climate Action Get Boost










large-scale.




that will eventually triple today‘s








financing.






Development Bank.

















South Africa, in opening remarks












forward.












climate change.‖ The African

continent has entered full-force

into climate action, leading with

new climate-friendly policies and

programs and more than a third of

current approved funding.

Elsewhere in the world,



in 45 countries.










―The CIF's Strategic Climate












CIF‘s Strategic Climate Fund.




Change, said: ―The CIFs are the



action in the world. We‘re now




region, but it‘s still not enough.‖























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expert panelists.

This year‘s forum features










African Press Organization, 28 June 2011

Janneh calls for more youth mobilization initiatives on climate change,

development

The UN Under-Secretary General

and Executive Secretary of the

Economic Commission for Africa

(ECA), Mr. Abdoulie Janneh on

Sunday called for sustained youth

mobilization "to get out the

message of sustainable

development, as they have the

greatest stake in the future

sustainability of our planet".

Addressing the opening session of

the Conference of Foreign

Ministers of the African Union,

on the eve of the 17th AU

Summit, he said that "all hands

must be on deck to ensure that the

outcomes of the on-going climate

change negotiations which

continue in Durban later on this

year and the Rio +20 Summit

taking place in Brazil next year

take account of Africa's interests

and concerns", according to the

Information and Communications

Service of ECA.

"As they have the greatest stake in

the future sustainability of our

planet, Africa's youth should be

mobilized to get out the message

of sustainable development.

Indeed, they also have to

contribute by bringing their

dynamism to bear through ideas,

taking business risks and

contributing to educating and

mobilizing the rest of society

behind agreed goals", he

explained.

He announced that in the case of

Rio +20, "ECA is working closely

with the AUC, AfDB and UNEP

to prepare the background

documents that will guide Africa's

negotiating position".

"We are also organizing the

African Regional Preparatory

Conference for Rio +20 in

October 2011, where a common

African position on the

negotiations will be adopted", he

promised, calling on "member

States to continue to pay very

close attention to this process

whose outcomes will affect the

future growth trajectory of our

continent."

Citing recent studies, he recalled

that youth unemployment in

Africa is over 20% in many

countries "but even this figure

underestimates the gravity of the

problem", proposing a new

"strategy that combines public

works programmes and enhanced

investment in infrastructure and

production ... to tap into the nexus

between job creation, sustainable

development and social stability."

Accordingly, "we must now pay

greater attention to green growth,

which could leap-frog old and

environmentally unsustainable

technologies and enable African

countries to take advantage of

their current potential in

agriculture, tourism, forestry, and

eco-industries", Mr. Janneh

insisted

He assured that the United

Nations system in Africa will

continue to strengthen its

partnerships in support of

continental development

initiatives, and "with the

conclusion of the review of the

Ten Year Capacity Building Plan,

the UN Regional Coordination

Mechanism for Africa is poised to

build on previous achievements

by developing concrete capacity

building programmes for the

African Union, its NEPAD

programme and the Regional

Economic Communities", he also

announced.

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RCM-Africa resolved at its 11th

session which was co-chaired by

the AU Commission that an

annual report on its activities

should henceforth be submitted to

the AU Summit through

appropriate organs, it would be

recalled.

He urged the ministers to have

their respective governments

implement the recommendations

of the African Peer Review

Mechanism (APRM) National

Programmes of Action, especially

as they refer to improved

governance and greater

accountability, "while paying

closer attention to policy on land,

our greatest asset, and the huge

illicit financial outflows from

Africa."

Lack of good governance and

corruption are regularly cited as

some of the reasons for Africa's

economic setbacks and need to be

looked at closely, although Africa

displayed relative resilience to the

fall-out of the global economic

and financial crisis of 2008/9.

Moreso, "there is also much to

cheer in the fact that Africa is

increasing recognized as a

destination for foreign investment

and as a global growth pole", Mr.

Janneh said. However, he quickly

warned that this is "no reason to

be too sanguine because this rate

is far below the minimum growth

rate estimated to achieve the

MDGs."

Furthermore, Africa's good

performance is relative in the

sense that while growth rates fell

quite sharply to 2.4% in 2009 it

was not as bad as other regions, as

its "recovery rate of 4.7% in 2010

was also swifter", he explained.

Insisting on the aspects of good

governance, he said that "Africa's

commitment to improved

governance since the adoption of

NEPAD and APRM was not

misplaced and might even have

provided a safety valve in some

countries by helping to maintain

political stability in the face of

severe economic shocks."

Hence, he suggested that "the

revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia

and changes elsewhere in North

Africa (might be) evidence of the

desire to upscale and improve

governance."

"While youth unemployment was

a factor, the desire for greater

freedom, demands for greater

accountability and distaste with

the scale of corruption also played

a significant role in the demand

for change, he concluded.


The Pak Banker Daily (Pakistan) 27 June 2011

Clean Energy Development: Opportunity for Local Spinoffs in Africa

How to increase local content and

create additional jobs in clean

energy projects in Africa Tanja

Faller, an energy economist at the





session on ‗Leap into Green


Technology Manufacturing‖ at

the Climate Investment Funds



―Clean energy is an opportunity to


growth path‘, said Ms Faller. She










labour.










process.

‗Strengthening the support of



renewable energy in Africa‘, said

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available‖.







based lending.


Plus News Pakistan 27 June 2011

Clean Energy Development: Opportunity for Local Spinoffs in Africa

How to increase local content and create additional jobs in clean energy projects in Africa

Tanja Faller, an energy economist

at the African Development Bank




session on ‗Leap into Green


Technology Manufacturing‖ at

the Climate Investment Funds



―Clean energy is an opportunity to


growth path‘, said Ms Faller. She










labour.










process.

‗Strengthening the support of



renewable energy in Africa‘, said




available‖.







based lending.


Inter Press Service 27 June 2011 by Kristin Palitza

'Microfinance Can Help Rural Communities Adapt to Climate Change'

Projects to fight climate change

are being designed all around the

world. But only five percent of

them can be financed with the

current international funds

available, which means resources

have to be used more wisely.

Microfinance could be one

solution.




ever faced.




140 to 175 billion dollars per year

by 2030, while adaptation costs

are expected to reach between 75

and 100 billion dollars per year

between 2010 and 2050.





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Cheikhrouhou.





Africa.










rural and poverty-stricken areas -


financing - have been able to























date that help Africa's poor to





Based Aid (GPOBA).



government's aid agency AusAID,

the World Bank and its


the Swedish government's


Britain's Department for


the Netherlands' Directorate-


Cooperation.








schemes.
























African continent.








rural areas that previously didn't

have running water.














Safaricom.




only 40 percent of the country's


account.

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money.









because they don't need to travel





Aritho.















sms.





mobile phones.








of it."



Gender Indicators for Global Climate Funds Still an Afterthought















change.






















Since their launch in 2008, CIF

has allocated 6,5 billion dollars to

climate change projects in 45

developing countries. More than a

third of the money went to 15

African states.


than 70 percent - is financing





formal economy.











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Bukasa warns.








she sighs.










grants.







they promise.


















communities.










adds.










the continent."


























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Micro Loans Eyed for Renewable Energy Projects

Cape Town – Projects to fight

climate change are being designed

all around the world. But only five

percent of them can be financed

with the current international

funds available. Microfinance

could be a solution.


mitigation of the effects of climate

change in developing countries

could cost from 140 to 175 billion

dollars per year by 2030, while

adaptation costs are expected to

reach between 75 and 100 billion

dollars per year between 2010 and

2050.










Cheikhrouhou.





Africa.



development banks, provides


countriesÆ climate change





rural and poverty-stricken areas û


financing û have been able to





populations because there is an


















date that help AfricaÆs poor to





Based Aid (GPOBA).



governmentÆs aid agency

AusAID, the World Bank and its


the Swedish governmentÆs


BritainÆs Department for


the NetherlandsÆ Directorate-


Cooperation.








schemes.























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African continent.








rural areas that previously didnÆt

have running water.














Safaricom.




only 40 percent of the countryÆs


account.








money.









because they donÆt need to travel





Aritho.















sms.





mobile phones.








of it."


AfDB.org, 24 June 2011

Climate Change: Africa is Leading With its Own Plan, Says AfDB

‗Africans are leading with their




directly to their priorities,‘


(AfDB) Vice President, Bobby

Pittman, said at the 2011 Climate

Investment Funds Partnership

Forum.

The AfDB is hosting the event

from 24-25 June 2011, in Cape

Town, South Africa.

Addressing 250 participants at the

opening session, the Vice

President added: ‗Looking ahead,

it is becoming clear that future

climate financing could benefit

from instruments that are open to

all countries and can be adjusted

to respond to country priorities

and implementation capacity; and

a clear allocation of resources per

implementing agency, which can

be revised based on the pace of

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execution of projects and

programs.‘

Given that nearly 600 million

people in Africa remain without

access to modern energy,

broadening the supply of low-cost

environmentally-friendly energy

to more people and developing

renewable forms of energy to

diversify the sources for

generating electric power are

major Bank priorities. About USD

1 billion is invested in renewable



Agency. Over the next three


more than USD 3.5 billion in

improving energy access, with

more than a third of the amount

going to renewable energy.

The African Development Bank is

responding to climate change with

a clear focus on the areas that are

most critical for Africa and on

expanding Africa‘s access to

international climate change

financing, both through global

mechanisms like the Climate

Investment Funds and dedicated

internal mechanisms design to

meet specific African challenges.

‗Despite all of these efforts, the

bottom line is that there is an




impact in Africa and put in place

mechanisms that can best respond

to Africa‘s needs,‘ Vice President

Pittman concluded.


African Press Organization, 24 June 2011











Forum.



Town, South Africa.














programs.‘







































Pittman concluded.


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Silobreaker.com, 24 June 2011











Forum.



Town, South Africa.














programs.‘







































Pittman concluded.


HumanitarianNews.org, 24 June 2011











Forum.



Town, South Africa.














programs.‘












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Pittman concluded.


OrganizedWisdom.com, 24 June 2011











Forum.



Town, South Africa.














programs.‘







































Pittman concluded.


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Pollutionsolutions-online.com, 24 June 2011











Forum.



Town, South Africa.














programs.‘







































Pittman concluded.


Pollutionsolutions-online.com, 24 June 2011











Forum.



Town, South Africa.














programs.‘












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Pittman concluded.


AfriBiz.info, 27 June 2011











Forum.



Town, South Africa.














programs.‘







































Pittman concluded.


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AllAfrica.com, 24 June 2011

African Efforts on Climate Action Get Boost (AfDB)


Partnership Forum Opens in Cape

Town, South Africa.







large-scale.












financing.






Development Bank.





























forward.












climate change."









in 45 countries.






















CIF's Strategic Climate Fund.




Change, said: "The CIFs are the















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expert panelists.










Note to Editors












and Tunisia.









power.


Haveeru Online (Maldives), 25 June 2011

CIF to fund renewable energy investments in Maldives

MALE, June 25 (HNS) – The

Maldives has been selected as one

of the six pilot countries to

receive funding for financing

renewable energy investments in

the country under the Scaling Up

Renewable Energy Programme

(SREP) of the Climate Investment

Funds (CIF).

The President‘s Office stressed

that the SREP sub-committee, in

June 2010, agreed on an

indicative allocation of up to

US$30 million for Maldives,

which are expected to leverage,

additional resources on a scale of

1:4 (or approximately US$120

million).

The Office noted that the

additional funds would expectedly

be mobilised by multilateral

development banks, bilateral

donors and more notably the

private sector.

The President‘s Office further

said the Maldives is eligible to

potentially access additional (up

to US$60 million) SREP

resources, which are available in

reserve. However, the reserve

fund can be accessed by each of

the six pilot countries based on

defined criteria which will be

developed by the SREP sub-

committee, the Office added.

―The CIF‘s Strategic Climate




island developing states,‖ said

Ahmed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa,

the President‘s Envoy for Science

and Technology, speaking at CIF

2011 Partnership Forum being

held in Cape Town, South Africa.

―As momentum grows for climate


be a real game-changer,‖ added

Moosa, who also co-chairs the


The CIF forum in Cape Town

brings together delegates from

participant countries, five











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are attending the two-day

meeting.












expert panellists.






prioritising actions, climate

modelling, and the development

of local, clean technology


Maldives‘ Science Envoy Moosa

co-chaired the Strategic Climate

Funds Trust Fund Committee

meetings on Thursday and

participated in the panel

discussions of governance of the

CIF‘s at the Partnership Forum

yesterday. Moosa will also be co-

chairing the Joint Trust Funds

Committees (Clean Technology

Funds and Strategic Climate

Funds) meetings to be held

tomorrow.

Science and Technology Envoy

Ahmed Moosa, Permanent

Secretaries Ahmed Saleem and

Yusuf Riza of Ministry of

Housing and Environment and

Ministry of Economic

Development are heading the

Maldives delegation at the CIF

meetings and the Partnership

Forum held in Cape Town.


ISRIA (Paris), 24 June 2011

Maldives Among Six Pilot Countries to Receive CIF´s Funding for

Renewable Energy Investments

The Madives has been selected as

one of six pilot countries to

receive funding for financing

renewable energy investments in

the country under the Climate

Investment Funds´ Scaling Up

Renewable Energy Programme

(SREP).

In June 2010, the SREP sub-

committee agreed on an indicative

allocation of up to USD 30

million for Maldives, which are

expected to leverage, additional

resources on a scale of 1:4 (or

approximately USD 120 million).

The additional funds would

expectedly be mobilized by


bilateral donors and more notably

the private sector. The Maldives is

also eligible to potentially access

additional (up to USD 60 million)

SREP resources which are

available in reserve. However, the

reserve fund can be accessed by

each of the six pilot countries

based on defined criteria which

will be developed by the SREP

sub-committee.





island developing states,¨ said

Ahmed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa,

the President´s Envoy for Science

and Technology, speaking at CIF

2011 Partnership Forum being

held in Cape Town, South Africa.

¨As momentum grows for climate


be a real game-changer," added

Moosa, who also co-chairs of the


The CIF forum in Cape Town

brings together delegates from

participant countries, five















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expert panelists.










Maldives' Science Envoy Moosa,

Co-chaired the Strategic Climate

Funds Trust Fund Committee

meetings on 23rd July and

participated in the panel

discussions of governance of the

CIF's at the Partnership Forum

today. Moosa will also be Co-

Chairing the Joint Trust Funds

Committees (Clean Technology

Funds and Strategic Climate

Funds) meetings to be held on

Sunday 27th July.

The Maldives delegation at the

CIF meetings and the Partnership

Forum held in Cape Town this

week is headed by Science &

Technology Envoy Ahmed

Moosa, Permanent Secretaries

Ahmed Saleem and Yusuf Riza of

Ministry of Housing &

Environment and Ministry of

Economic Development,

respectively.


AllAfrica com - Jun 2 , 2011

Information Session for the Media On Climate Change - African Media

Has Crucial Role to Play

The media has a fundamental role

to play in sensitizing policy

makers and the peoples of Africa

about the challenge of climate

change, according to journalists at

an information session held at the


Partnership Forum on 24 and 25

June 2011, in Cape Town, South

Africa. These populations, and

their decision-makers, are still

poorly informed and unaware of

these issues, even though they are

fundamental to their future.

The African media is still not

organized by speciality and few

journalists are cognizant of the

complex issues of climate change,

despite the participants agreeing

that the effects of climate change

in Africa are real: for example,

desertification and less access to

water.

How can this poor level of

awareness on African

environmental matters be

improved? As far as the

population is concerned, the focus

should be on education:

increasing the quantity and quality

of information on the effects of

changes, but also on what to do on

a daily basis to alleviate pollution

and improve the environment.

As for the media, despite the

restricted resources of the African

media, increased awareness can

be achieved through publishing

good stories, and by using low

cost media, such as the social

media. International organizations

can also be more supportive by

organizing more training sessions

for African journalists.

And the media should be better

trained, both in general and on

environmental issues. Regarding

climate change, one journalist

said: 'We need a cultural

adjustment policy", emphasizing

the need for a change of mindset

on the continent.

As for governments, the issue of

climate change should become a

priority. Governments should

leverage available funds better to

adapt and mitigate climate

change, and manage these funds

properly, said another journalist.

A dozen journalists from all

regions of Africa and Europe

participated in this event. They

interacted with representatives

from the African Development

Bank and the World Bank.





AllAfrica.com, 24 June 2011

African Efforts On Climate Action Get Boost (AfDB)

Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum Opens in Cape Town, South Africa







large-scale.












financing.






Development Bank.





























forward.












climate change."









in 45 countries.






















CIF's Strategic Climate Fund.




Change, said: "The CIFs are the





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expert panelists.










Note to Editors












and Tunisia.









power.


ESI-AFRICA.COM 5 July 2011

African leaders plan to launch green fund

C 17 ‒ to be held in outh Africa in November

Malabo, Equatorial Guinea ---

ESI-AFRICA.COM --- 05 July

2011 - African leaders are

planning to launch a fund this

year for the purpose of helping the

continent access and manage its

share of the money that it receives

from the global U.N. Green

Climate Fund.

Reuters reports that climate

negotiators have yet to establish

the Green Climate Fund, which

the United Nations wants to be

able to deliver US$100 billion a

year by 2020. The idea of the fund

was one of the few agreements to

come out stalled climate talks in

2009.

The resources will help poor

countries brace for the effects of

climate change while also

investing in projects that mitigate

it, such as renewable energy and

protecting forests.

The global cost of combating and

adapting to climate change is

estimated at US$46 trillion up to

2050, or US$1 trillion a year.

Ibrahima Dia ‒ a senior U.N. and

African Union official involved in

the talks ‒ said the African

Development Bank would

establish and manage the fund,

which was needed as African

states individually lack the

knowledge and technology to

secure their share of global

climate funds.

The fund will be launched at

COP17, the next round of climate

change talks in South Africa in

November. African leaders have

been trying to firm up a united

position for the continent, which

experts say will be one of the

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because of its susceptibility to

drought.

Dia told Reuters on the sidelines

of an African Union summit in

Equatorial Guinea, where leaders

discussed climate change, that

only four countries ‒ South

Africa, Tunisia, Morocco and

Egypt ‒ currently had the

expertise, the knowledge and

technology to attract the money

from global climate funds.

―We want to use the knowledge

and expertise of the African

Development Bank in managing

ad hoc mechanisms to set up that

African Green Fund,‖ Dia added.


CarbonAsia – 26 June 2011

Summary highlights of the meeting “Climate Investment Funds (CIF)

Partnership Forum”


Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum

took place from 24-25 June 2011

in Cape Town, South Africa. The

Forum was organized by the


(AfDB) and the World Bank, in

collaboration with other

multilateral development bank

(MDB) partners. It brought

together approximately 450

participants, including

representatives of governments,

non-governmental and

intergovernmental organizations,

United Nations agencies,

indigenous peoples and the

private sector.

The aim of the 2011 Partnership

Forum was to provide an

opportunity for CIF stakeholders

to: share their experiences of how

the CIF are working in their

countries; exchange lessons

learned about what is most

effective and discuss how the CIF

can be expanded or improved;

share on-the-ground

achievements, challenges and

knowledge; and help other CIF

stakeholders apply lessons

learned. The Forum also aimed to:

raise awareness of the CIF and the

country selection process; provide

feedback to the CIF governing

bodies; and identify opportunities

for further stakeholder

participation.


The Ecosystem Marketplace's Forest Carbon News, 13 June 2011

Tracking Terrestrial Carbon

The collection of stalled and

wrecked policies accumulating on

the shoulder of the road to

meaningful climate action are not

distracting project developers and

market players who appear to be

staying confident with eyes fixed

directly ahead.

In California, another firestorm of

commentary and debate broke

yesterday with news that the state

will delay enforcement of its cap-

and-trade scheme until 2013, a

year later than previously planned.

Despite repeated assurances over

recent months that rule making

and planning was going at pace to

avoid delays in the roll out of the

cap-and-trade program, it appears

California's regulators have faced

more hurdles and detours than

could fit into their ambitious time

line.

On the sleepier international

climate policy front, it came as

little surprise when climate talks

at Bonn ended with the post-

Kyoto outlook gloomy as

ever.With the EU being the only

developed world constituency to

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agree to a post-2012 Kyoto-like

agreement, many observers

remain unconvinced that

disagreements between developed

and developing nations will be

resolved between now and the

Durban talks in December. At the

same time negotiators continue

punting on broader policy issues,

REDD+ remains an enticing topic

as negotiators move slowly

forward evaluating financing

mechanisms and options for forest

emissions reference levels.

In Indonesia, the new car smell

from the national forest

moratorium (officially sanctioned

just last month), has worn off as

reports of its first alleged violation

emerge. A Malaysia-based

company with palm oil interests in

Indonesia has been accused of

violating the moratorium by

clearing peat forest the day after

the landmark decree was signed.

The company, however, denies

wrong doing, saying the operation

was halted, and besides, it was

part of a legal concession anyway.

We're trying hard to imagine a

better recipe for confidence in the

monitoring and enforcement

many critics voiced concerns over

prior to the belated Presidential

decree.

Meanwhile, project developers are

cruising down the autobahn.

Indonesia's Papua province will

be the home to a new public-

private partnership designed to

fuel regional demand and

reinvestment in REDD+and other

conservation projects using VCS

project grouping. The firstforest

project to be registered formally

under the American Carbon

Registry added a new notch to its

belt after receiving a $5.6M

investment from a US rail

company. And what's more, the

first government-backed

insurance package was unveiled

covering political risks to a

pioneering private REDD+

project developer. Not to give an

overly happy picture, we also

caught wind of one highly-rated,

but nevertheless distressed,

project calling out for bids to

bankroll its next seven years in

Mozambique. It's probably no

surprise by now for our dear

readers to see the array of

dedicated project developers

working to forge boldly ahead

while broader and fundamental

political efforts seem to be

stymied or only just moseying

slowly along, but deep down

we're sure there's still a little seed

of hope in all of you that

policymakers can find that needed

rest-stop and finally get back up

to speed with their private

counterparts.


Stakeholder Forum, Outreach Bulletin, 25 June 2011

Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum Opens in Cape Town, South

Africa

Yesterday the Climate Investment Funds’ diverse array of stakeholders descended upon the Cape Town

International Convention Centre (CTICC) to take stock of progress, lessons learnt and delineate a climate-

smart path forward, writes Sabrina Chesterman.


of the CIF 2011 Partnership

Forum yesterday in Cape Town,

Andrew Steer, World Bank










More than 250 stakeholders from

45 nations, including 15 African

countries, are here for the two-day

meeting. This year‘s forum

features sessions on private sector






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expert panelists.

―We need to accelerate the





of South Africa,‖ said Hon. Pravin



at the Forum.




Pittman said ―the CIF are a useful








climate change.‖










African Efforts on Climate

Action get Boost







large-scale.












financing.






Development Bank.





the week.

The 150 million krones pledge

(equal to $US 27 million) builds

on recent commitments of new

financial support from Australia

and Korea


Fin24.com (South Africa), 24 June 2011

Gordhan: Africa must end reliance on aid

Cape Town - The development

trajectory on the African continent

should be reformulated, Finance

Minister Pravin Gordhan said on

Friday.

Speaking at the Climate

Investment Funds partnership

forum hosted by the African

Development Bank, he indicated

Africa would be a key player in

global growth and development in

the next 20 to 30 years.

Africa within the multi-polar

context was the site of new

sources of demand, the site of new

sources of growth, and the sight

potentially even of new

possibilities of innovation and

experience.

"What Africa does require is that

the traditional paradigms of

development and funding and aid

need to be transformed," Gordhan

said.

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What was required was a new

formula and a new approach

which linked action on climate

change to genuine development

for the peoples of Africa.

"For industrialisation and

economic development in Africa;

for genuine job creation on the

African continent and skills

development.

"And a systematic and urgent

process that will eradicate poverty

on this continent as well.

"So, while we are focusing on

funding and climate change issues

and technology issues and related

matters, let us also ask ourselves

how we can, if you like,

reformulate the development

trajectory that we are used to on

the African continent and use this

an opportunity to experiment on a

much broader scale to ensure that

the benefits of growth and the

benefits of development don't get

left with a small elite, but the

billion people on the African

continent in 10 years' time can say

that as a result of interaction...

they can see a real change in their

lives."

Gordhan said he firmly believed

that the African continent could

also be a site for research and

development.

It could also be a centre for

innovation, and what was required

was the right kind of partnerships

which would enable Africa to

fulfil this particular potential.

"One of the serious challenges

that all of us face is climate

change and its various instruments

being seen as private goods or

public goods and how do we

make these public goods more

generally available, certainly to

the most vulnerable people around

the world, will be one of the many

challenges that we face," he said.


CityPress.co.za (South Africa), 24 June 2011

Gordhan calls for rethinking of African development trajectory

The development trajectory on the

African continent should be

reformulated, Finance Minister

Pravin Gordhan said today.

Speaking at Climate Investment

Funds partnership forum hosted

by the African Development

Bank, he indicated Africa would

be a key player in global growth

and development in the next 20 to

30 years.







experience.

―What Africa does require is that



needs to be transformed,‖

Gordhan said.






―For industrialisation and




development.

―And a systematic and urgent



So, while we are focusing on











benefits of development don‘t get



continent in ten years time can say



lives.‖



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development.






―One of the serious challenges







the must vulnerable people around


challenges that we face,‖ he said.

- SAPA


EngineeringNews.co.za (South Africa), 24 June 2011

Reformulate African development trajectory – Gordhan




Pravin Gordhan said on Friday.







30 years.







experience.




needs to be transformed,"

Gordhan said.










development.





















lives."




development.
















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South African Press Association, 24 June 2011

Reformulate African development trajectory – Gordhan




Pravin Gordhan said on Friday.







30 years.







experience.




needs to be transformed,"

Gordhan said.










development.





















lives."




development.

















South African Press Association, 27 June 2011

Solar Water Heaters Offer Relief to Locals

For years the only hot water in

Zoleka Mali's home came out of

a pot on her paraffin stove.

But earlier this year, South

Africa's power company Eskom

installed a solar heater on her

roof, giving her a free and endless

supply of hot water as part of a

campaign that aims to ease

pressure on the grid and make

solar power more popular.

"I don't know much about

renewable energy though or

environmental stuff," said Mali.

What she does know is the clear

benefits of her water heater, what

South Africans call a geyser.

"The geysers use the sun to heat

up the water. My electricity is not

affected and I have even stopped

using my paraffin stove as it was

dangerous," said the mother of

two from Zwide township in the

industrial city of Port Elizabeth.

Eskom offers a basic free

allowance of electricity to low-

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income South Africans, which is

enough to keep the lights on but

not enough to have regular water

for bathing or cleaning.

So many use paraffin stoves that

are a leading cause of home fires

which can be hard to contain in

crowded neighbourhoods.

Mali is one of the 30,000

beneficiaries in Port Elizabeth,

where the black and silver rooftop

geysers have become known

locally as "flies", because of the

way they look from a distance,

shimmering in the sun.

Eskom's objective is to install one

million solar water heaters

throughout country by 2015, with

tens of thousands already installed

in other cities around the country.

The company is offering 110-litre

geysers for free in township

homes, but wealthier families

needing larger volumes also

receive a subsidy to encourage

them to switch to solar.

Eskom has so far spent 340

million rands ($49 million, 35

million euros) on its rebate

programme.

"Eskom and government's joint

objective is to save energy and to

encourage the use of renewable

energy, as well as to provide relief

to low income households," said

Eskom spokeswoman Hillary

Joffe.

The solar project has already

reduced the demand for electricity

by 22 megawatts, she said.

That's a tiny fraction of the power

produced by a coal power plant,

but about one-fifth of the

electricity that would be generated

by a planned solar field in the arid

Northern Cape.

South Africa has dramatically

expanded access to electricity

since the end of white-minority

rule in 1994, but nearly one in

five people still has no power at

home.

Expanded access has left Eskom

battling an electricity shortage due

to a lack of investment in new

capacity and an ageing power

stations that resulted national

blackouts in January 2008.

Massive new coal plants are being

built to cope with South Africa's

energy needs, but international

loans for those projects have also

required the country to commit

more resources to renewables.

The country already emits half of

Africa's greenhouse gas

emissions, mostly from coal-

powered power stations.


earlier this month approved a

$365 million loan to help fund

Eskom's wind and solar projects.

The country also keen to be

perceived as more

environmentally friendly in the

run-up to UN climate talks in

November in Durban, which will

seek to create a deal to follow up

on the Kyoto Protocol.


The Star (South Africa), 28 June 2011

Blockade pressure on Eskom to clean up its act

Environmental activists have

threatened to repeat their blockade

of Eskom‘s head office if the

power utility fails to live up to its

promises to invest in renewable

energy.

At dawn yesterday, Greenpeace

Africa activists used three tipper

trucks to unload 5 tons of coal in

front of Eskom‘s Megawatt Park,

Sandton, offices, effectively

blocking the office park‘s main

entrance and causing a huge

traffic jam in Sunninghill.

The action was intended to

highlight the perceived cost of

Eskom‘s heavy reliance on coal

for power, such as environmental

destruction; the pollution of

scarce water supplies; and the

destruction of people‘s health and

well-being.

The environmental activists

started their operation shortly

before rush hour. With them were

three tipper trucks coming off the

highway, along with a van full of

support staff, who quickly set up

their traffic cones and unfurled a

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banner reading ―Eskom clean up

your act‖.

The three tippers dumped their

coal loads at the main entrance to

Eskom‘s head office, causing a

snarl-up at the alternative entrance

and a traffic back-up along

Maxwell Drive.

At noon yesterday, the coal was

still blocking the entrance to

Megawatt Park, but traffic was

flowing as normal.

Greenpeace insisted yesterday

morning ―it‘s their (Eskom‘s)

mess‖ and that the company

would have to clean it up.

While there had been a small

police presence, the protest passed

peacefully and no arrests were

made.

Greenpeace‘s Melita Steele said

South Africans should be

concerned about where their

power comes from. ―Eskom

should end its addiction to coal

and shift massive investments to

large-scale renewable energy

products,‖ said Steele.

Her organisation wants Eskom to

stop its construction of the Kusile

coal-fired power plant in

Emalahleni, set to produce 4

800MW of power while using 17

million tons of coal a year. Ninety

percent of South Africa‘s power is

derived from coal.

―Everybody has been very

understanding and seems to

comprehend the need for action to

prevent climate change,‖ said

Dianne McAlpine, a Greenpeace

activist handing out flyers to

passing motorists.

The activists argue that renewable

energy is a much more efficient

and cost-saving way to secure the

country‘s energy needs.

South Africa already emits half of

Africa‘s greenhouse gas

emissions, mostly from coal-fired

power stations.


earlier this month approved a

$365 million (R2.4 billion) loan to

help fund Eskom‘s wind and solar

projects.

The country is also keen to be

perceived as more

environmentally friendly in the

run-up to UN climate talks in

November in Durban, which will

seek to create a deal to follow up

on the Kyoto Protocol.

Responding to the activists,

Eskom spokeswoman Hilary Joffe

said her company had two

renewable energy programmes on

the table, but were stifled by a

lack of funding.

The energy utility had committed

to ensuring that 43 percent of all

new capacity would be renewable

energy.

―We have money that‘s sitting

there for renewable energy

projects, but we need the

government to release it,‖ said

Joffe.

Eskom had also started a 100MW

wind power station in the Western

Cape, with a 100MW solar plant

planned for the Northern Cape.

As the demonstration wound

down, Steele warned there would

be further protests if Eskom failed

to deliver on its promise to ratchet

up its efforts to secure renewable

energy sources.

One of Eskom‘s objectives is to

install 1 million solar water

heaters by 2015.

The company is offering 110-litre

geysers for free in township

homes, and wealthier families

needing larger volumes receive a

subsidy to encourage them to

switch to solar.

Beauregard Tromp


AfricanBusinessReview.co.za (South Africa), 28 June 2011

Greenpeace Africa's dirty protest at Eskom HQ

Environmental group dump coal outside South Africa's power utility offices

Greenpeace Africa turned the war

on coal dirty yesterday as they

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dumped five tonnes of it outside

Eskom‘s head office in

Johannesburg.

The environmental group put

more pressure on South Africa‘s

power utility to switch to cleaner

energy sources on the day that

Eskom‘s financial results for the

year to end in March were

released.

New power stations at Kusile and

Medupi have helped to increase

Eskom‘s carbon dioxide

emissions from 224.7 million

tonnes to 230.3 million tonnes

over the last financial year.

"Instead of locking SA into a dirty

energy future by investing in

Kusile, Eskom should be

investing in people and green

jobs,‖ said Greenpeace climate

campaigner Melita Steele.

―Eskom‘s investments in

renewable energy are limited to

tiny projects of 100MW of wind

and 100MW of solar. This

illustrates Eskom‘s lack of

commitment to a sustainable

future for SA."


(AfDB) recently announced $365

million, which includes $100m

from the Clean Technology Fund,

would be loaned to Eskom to

facilitate projects in the Western

Cape and Northern Cape.

Melissa Rudd


ESI-Africa.com (online power journal), 1 July 2011

Plans to develop stalled Inga 3 hydropower project may be too risky

Cape Town, South Africa --- ESI-

AFRICA.COM --- 01 July 2011 -

Current plans to develop the

stalled US$8 to US$10 billion

Inga 3 hydropower project on the

Congo River may prove to be too

risky because of costs and time,

according to a senior African

Development Bank (AfDB)

official.

The bank is financing a study for


Congo (DRC) government to

optimise development of the

Congo River's immense

hydropower potential, with a pre-

feasibility study expected in

September.

Current plans for the development

of the Inga 3 project entail drilling

up to 70km of tunnels into rock

formations the geology of which

is not well known, and only

drawing a maximum of 3,500

MW of power.

AfDB energy and environment

director Hela Cheikhrouhou told

Reuters on the sidelines of a G20

infrastructure meeting that

preliminary findings suggested

this was a very risky option,

because it could cost more and

take more time than anticipated.

Cheikhrouhou said the findings

showed it would be better to

remove the tunnelling option in

favour of open channels which

could be helped with a dam.

―With that solution, the DRC

government could build a 3,500 to

7,000MW project which will be

per cost of electricity generated

cheaper, faster to implement and

less risky, Cheikhrouhou said.

‖We think this is actually a game-

changer,‖ she added.

The Inga 3 hydropower scheme

on the Congo River is one of the

largest proposed projects in Africa

aimed at overcoming power

shortages that have curtailed

economic growth on the

continent.

Cheikhrouhou said rough

estimates suggested it would cost

in the region of US$7 billion for a

3,500 MW project, doubling to

US$14 billion for 7,000 MW,

with first power only likely in

2020 in what would be a public-

private partnership.

She revealed that global mining

group BHP Billiton, South Africa

and Nigeria would probably be

the main clients.


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Mbendi.com (South Africa), 5 July 2011

Countries get US$ 534 million for bold plans to climate-proof water,

farming, forests, and cities


(CIFs), a partnership of five


approved $444 million in grants

and near-zero-interest loans to

support Cambodia, Mozambique,

Nepal, St. Lucia, and Zambia in

their efforts toward national-level

climate resilience. Also in Cape

Town two new investment plans

were endorsed for Burkina Faso

and Democratic Republic of

Congo for a total of $90 million in

grants.

Under the CIFs‘ Pilot Program for

Climate Resilience, five nation-

wide strategic programs for

climate resilience were approved:

$105 million for Cambodia to

improve irrigation, flood and

drought management, climate-

resistent agriculture and forestry

in coastal areas, and mainstream

climate resilience into

development planning; $102

million for Mozambique to

improve the capacity of roads and

coastal cities to withstand climate

change, transform their hydro-

meteorological services, and



security; $110 million for Nepal

to build climate resilience of

watersheds in mountain regions,

build resilience to climate-related

hazards, and build climate-

resilient communities through

private sector participation; $17

million for St. Lucia to build

national climate resilience (as part

of the Caribbean Regional

Program); and $110 million for

Zambia to strengthen climate


Kafue River Basin.

The total $444 million funding

envelope for these five countries

is nearly half grants ($207

million) with $237 million in

near-zero-interest credits. These

countries join Bangladesh,

Grenada, and St. Vincent and

Grenadines as the first eight

countries in the world to create

Strategic Programs for Climate

Resilience (SPCRs) linked to their

development plans with CIF

support.








be a real game-changer," said





CIF‘s Strategic Climate Fund, at

the end of the first week of

meetings.

Under the CIF‘s Forest

Investment Program, two new

investment plans were endorsed:

$30 million in grant funding for

Burkina Faso to decentralize

sustainable forest management,

encourage participatory protection

of state forest reserves, and

integrate information-sharing; $60

million in grant funding for

Democratic Republic of Congo to

address deforestation and

degradation, provide small grants

to promising small-scale REDD+

initiatives, and engage the private

sector in REDD+.

―This week we‘ve seen

impressive strategic plans from

the many developing countries

who want to partner with the

Climate Investment Funds. Now

even more countries are queuing

up. At this point, nearly all CIF

funds have been allocated and as

we press forward on

implementing these important

projects, we are seeing a need for

additional financing – at least to

cover the gap between today and

when the Green Climate Fund is

fully operational,‖ said Andrew

Steer, World Bank Special Envoy

for Climate Change.

During the Clean Technology

Fund meetings, the Government

of India expressed interest in

submitting an Investment Plan

soon. Despite a current shortage

of funds, the Climate Investment

Funds have invited India to

prepare an Investment Plan that

will be reviewed in November

2011.

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―We estimate that current

programs in the Clean

Technology Fund will result in

1.56 billion tons of CO2

reductions or avoidance. If and

when India partners with the CTF

we will see even more dramatic

CO2 reductions being financed by

the Climate Investment Funds,‖

Steer added.

OTHER RECENT

FINANCING DECISIONS

As announced last week during

the first CIF Committee Meetings,

the CIFs‘ Clean Technology Fund

also approved $197 million for the



Morocco, a large-scale investment

that is expected to help bring

down the costs of concentrated

solar and create as many as

80,000 jobs in Morocco by 2020.

This solar power plant is the first

project in a Middle East and

North Africa Regional Plan that

will eventually triple today‘s


concentrated solar power.

Morocco is partnering with the

African Development Bank and

World Bank, two partners in the

Climate Investment Funds, on this

project.

―Despite all of these efforts, the







to Africa‘s needs,‖ said Bobby





The Morocco solar project was

approved just days after the World

Bank Board of Directors approved

US$47.12 million under the

PPCR to help Grenada and Saint

Vincent and the Grenadines

improve the safety of their

buildings from the impacts of

climate change and increase their

public institutions‘ capacity to

assess natural risks. Rehabilitating

vulnerable infrastructure is a

central part of the Caribbean

Regional Program and ties

directly to PPCR‘s focus on

vulnerable countries and small

island developing states.

Additional donor support to the

CIFs was also pledged recently to

help scale-up renewable energy in

low-income countries. Norway

announced a 150 million krones


and Australia announced a pledge

of 25.5 million Australian dollars

(equal to $US 27 million).

The financing announcements

made during the annual CIF

Committee Meetings coincided

with the 2011 CIF Partnership

Forum, a 2-day public dialogue

co-hosted by the African

Development Bank and co-

chaired by South Africa. Speeches

were made by South African

Finance Minister, Pravin

Gordhan, and South African

Minister of International Relations

and Co-operation, Maite Nkoana-

Mashabane. The Forum attracted

more than 500 CIF stakeholders

from 79 countries to assess

progress on CIF investments,

explore ways to scale-up

countries‘ impact on climate

change, and share lessons learned.

More than 70 civil society

representatives attended the event

with many more participating

online to discuss green jobs,

biodiversity-smart planning for

wind farms, and how to finance

large-scale, transformative

investments. The event featured


engagement, scientific updates,

and climate modeling.

Discussions were held on the

significance of CIF governing

bodies‘ equal representation of

developed and developing

countries, on innovative

financing, on national-level

planning, and on the importance

of involving a range of

participants in decision-making.

―Through the CIFs we‘re learning

important lessons on climate

action and helping inform the

discussions on climate finance.

It‘s clear that Africa needs

financing that reflects its priorities


climate change,‖ Pittman said.

The $6.5 billion Climate

Investment Funds are a global

partnership of the African

Development Bank, Asian

Development Bank, European

Bank for Reconstruction and

Development, InterAmerican

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Development Bank, and the World Bank Group.


Businesslive.co.za (South Africa), 27 June 2011

Bank calls for funds to help Africa adapt to climate change


has called for additional funding

and new financing instruments to

help African countries adapt to

climate change.

"We think there needs to be a real

scaling up of funds, which must

take into account the unique

challenges in Africa," the bank‘s

vice-president for infrastructure,

Bobby Pittman, said yesterday

after the annual Climate Change

Investment Funds (CIF)

Partnership Forum, co-hosted by

the bank, which drives funding

decisions on climate-friendly

development supported by the

CIF.

Mr Pittman said the CIF was a

"transitional instrument" that

could help heads of state prepare

for discussions on climate finance

in Durban later this year.

The Cancun climate change talks

last year agreed to establish a

$100bn international Green

Climate Fund, and the African

Union is keen to establish

something similar.

The CIF started 18 months ago,

and is the largest fund of its kind,

with $6,5bn committed to green

development projects in 45

countries. Africa has been

allocated $2,6bn of these funds,

but needed "billions more", said

Mr Pittman.

"African countries are struggling

to find financing to match their

proposals for (adapting to) climate

change. (They) need more than

subsidies for climate adaptation

projects. They need facilities to

pay for project structuring costs

and provide early equity," he said.

The CIF‘s Clean Technology

Fund has allocated $500m to SA,

which is expected to leverage

$1,8bn more from multilateral

financiers and the private sector.

Eskom has been allocated $350m

to develop grid-connected

renewable energy sources, such as

solar water heaters and utility-

scale wind power.

"SA was one of the first

beneficiaries of the fund," said the

World Bank‘s director for

southern Africa, Ruth Kagia,

noting that SA had the

opportunity to show change was

possible as it was one of the

world‘s biggest carbon emitters.

On Friday, Finance Minister

Pravin Gordhan told the forum

that greater urgency was needed

to combat climate change.


Business Day (South Africa), 27 June 2011



has called for additional funding

and new financing instruments to

help African countries adapt to

climate change.













CIF.






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something similar.








Mr Pittman.


















scale wind power.














Business Day (South Africa), 24 June 2011

Gordhan urges action on climate change

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says ordinary citizens want urgent shift in policy

around climate change speaking at green investment conference

CAPE TOWN - Climate change is

the most pressing challenge faced

by humanity today and greater

urgency is needed to address it,

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan

said this morning at the Climate


Forum.

"The challenge is how do we

generate the right level of

urgency, which is what ordinary

citizens, the billions of people

who live on this earth, want?" said

Mr Gordhan.

"They don‘t want years and years

of negotiations, they don‘t want

long bureaucratic processes to

decide whether $100m is going to

be lent to someone," he said.

The Forum is an annual event co-


Development Bank where funding

decisions are taken on climate-

friendly development. It is being

held in Africa for the first time

this year, and has attracted from

African nations, United Nations

agencies, multilateral

development banks, the private

sector and civil society.

Bobby Pitman, the vice president

of infrastructure for the African

Development Bank said: "Africa

has contributed less to climate

change than other continents, but

the relative economic costs are

relatively higher here than

elsewhere in the world. From now

until 2030, the estimated costs are

around 3% of the continent‘s

GDP or $40bn per year."

TAMAR KAHN


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Business Day, 27/06/2011


African Development Bank calls for additional funding and new financing instruments to help African

countries adapt to climate change

CAPE TOWN — The African

Development Bank has called for

additional funding and new

financing instruments to help

African countries adapt to climate

change.













CIF.











something similar.








Mr Pittman.


















scale wind power.













TAMAR KAHN,

[email protected]


News Tonight Africa (South Africa), 24 June 2011

Climatic Change a Tough Challenge to Humanity, Says Pravin Gordhan

Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan

has marked the climatic change as

a tough challenge to humanity

while stressing on the need to of

some policies against the matter,


Partnership Forum.

"The challenge is how do we




who live on this earth, want?",

added the minister. "They don‘t

want years and years of

negotiations, they don‘t want long

bureaucratic processes to decide

whether $100m is going to be lent

to someone‖.

The Finance Minister has

forecasted that during the next 20

to 30 years, the country will prove

its worth to play a major role in

global growth and development.

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The forum is scheduled to

organize events annually in

collaboration with the African

Development Bank, co-host. This

year, the forum was organized in

Africa for the first time.

The Vice President of

infrastructure for the African

Development Bank, Bobby

Pitman, claimed that Africa has

contributed less towards the

climatic changes as compared to

other countries. However, he

expressed some disappointment

over the relatively high economic

costs.

Till 2020, the estimated costs will

be around 3% of the continent‘s

GDP or $40bn per year, revealed

Bobby Pitman.


News Tonight Africa (South Africa), 27 June 2011

African Development Bank Calling for More Funds Enabling Africa to

Adapt to Climate Change

African Countries desperately

needs to adapt to climate change

and thus to serve the need,

additional funds and new financial

instruments are being looked and

called for by The African

Development Bank, who also co-

hosted the annual Climate Change

Investments Funds (CIF)

Partnership Forum that playa a

major role in making funding

decisions regarding climate-

friendly development.

Regarding the situation, the

Bank‘s Vice-president for

infrastructure, Mr. Bobby

Pittman, said after the Forum that




challenges in Africa".

Mr. Pittman in his statement also

marked that the CIF was a

"transitional instrument," with the

help of which the heads of state

can easily prepare and turn the

circumstances to favor discussions

on climate finance in Durban later

this year.

To serve the purpose, The Cancun

climate change talks were held

last year during which it was

agreed to establish a $100bn

international Green Climate Fund,

and thus for the African Countries

as well, the African Union is keen

to establish something similar.

CIF has been serving the countries

since 18 months and has today

become the largest fund of its

kind, which has already made

commitments worth $6,5bn

towards green development

projects in 45 countries.

Continuing in his statement, Mr.

Pittman said that ―Africa has been


but needed billions more".

Sonwabile Makoni


Environment.co.za, 4 July 2011

Africa: Countries Call for Easy Access to Climate Change Finance


Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum,


Development Bank (AfDB) has

ended with a call on managers of

the United Nations Climate

Change Fund (UNCCF) to

remove the bottlenecks in

accessing the climate change



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Ghana Business News, 23 June 2011

AfDB budgets $145m for Africa‟s Climate Development Fund


(AfDB) has budgeted an amount

of $145 million for the

establishment of a climate fund

for Africa known as the ―Clim-

Dev Africa Special Fund‖

(CDSF).

The establishment of the

ClimDev-Africa Special Fund

follows a resolution adopted by

the Board of Governors of the

Bank in 2010.

This is to fight against climate

change and the development of

low carbon economies in Africa,

the AfDB said.

―Regarding the fight against

climate change and the

development of low carbon

economies, the Bank is

establishing the Clim-Dev Africa

Special Fund, with a $145 million

budget‖, the AfDB disclosed in a

press statement earlier this month.

The fund, a multi-donor facility

initiated by the African

Development Bank, African

Union Commission (AUC) and

the Economic Commission for

Africa (ECA), is to finance

climate information for

development in Africa.

―Its objective is to integrate

climate information and services

into development planning and to

mainstream climate

considerations into policies and

programs,‖ the AfDB 2010

Annual Report stated.

In this context, the AfDB intends

to maintain its strategic goal as a

―privileged partner of Africa‖, as

well as meeting the urgent needs

for economic and social inclusion

across the continent.

In a related development more

than 400 stakeholders from 45

nations, including 15 African

countries, will gather in Cape

Town, South Africa on June 24-

25 to attend the 2011 Climate



the AfDB.

The investment package for the

CIF is $6.7 billion.

The annual event where funding

decisions on climate-smart

development worldwide are taken

will for the first time be hosted in

Africa.

The forum will be attended by

African delegations from Ghana,

Algeria, Burkina Faso, DRC,

Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali,



and Zambia who will share their



discuss achievements and

challenges, and learn from fellow

CIF pilot countries and expert

panelists.

According to the AfDB, Africa

will put 38% of CIFs‘ $6.5 billion

to work across the continent.

According to the AfDB, in Africa,

pledges of $2.6 billion in CIF

financing are leveraging

additional funds from Multilateral

Development Banks (MDBs) and

other sources for one regional and

13 national investment plans

covering renewable energy and

energy efficiency, clean urban

transport, climate-compatible

development planning, and

sustainable forest management

initiatives among others.



Fast And Inclusive - That's the Goal for Climate Change Investment Plans,

Says AfDB Expert

Speed versus consultation was the

main debating point during the in-

country partnerships session at the

Climate Investment Fund (CIF)

Partnership Forum, hosted by the


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(AfDB) in Cape Town on 24 and

25 June, 2011.

On the one hand, there is the need

to act and deliver on climate

change as quickly as possible. But

on the other hand, a wide variety

of stakeholders, including the

program beneficiaries, must be

engaged at all levels. There is an

inherent tension between speed

and consultation, as the latter

tends to be a lengthy process.

Mafalda Duarte, Principal Climate

Specialist at the AfDB and CIF

Coordinator, said there must be

concerted efforts to bring

stakeholders to the table. One of

the main challenge in this regard

is the creation of a 'mapping

system' that ensures inclusiveness

and representativeness of

stakeholders in any country.

Another issue is private sector

engagement is how best to engage

private investors in climate

investment plans.

One solution is to reinforce

government systems and provide

better clarity from partner

governments to facilitate private

sector investments plans and to

ensure better coordination among

donors.

"If countries prepare better for

these new opportunities for

increased climate investments,

they will be better recipients of

these investments and attain better

results', said Ms Duarte.

Her comments were echoed by

fellow panelist, Guy Patrice

Dkamela of the Network for the

Environment and Sustainable

Development in Central Africa.

He suggested creating a common

communications platform that

would create clear

communications rules and a

strategy for consulting all actors.

In the same vein, David Reed,

Climate Change Consultant ,

argued for the creation of

matchmaking agencies - national

climate registries that would help

match up national needs with

available funding, helping to link

stakeholders in the process.

With more creative ideas like this,

it should be possible to be fast and

inclusive at the same time. Given

the urgency to address climate

change, this is good news indeed.

Ms Duarte says more

collaboration and climate change

in a podcast entitled: "Where does

the CIF fit in the climate finance

puzzle?" She was joined in the

studio by Matthew Wyatt from

the Department for International

Development (DFID, UK) and

Thomas Heller, Climate Policy

Initiative.


ABCLive.in (India), 25 June 2011

CIF's Strategic Climate Fund Approves Moroccan‟s 125MW Solar Power

Plant


received a welcome boost on

Friday with approval of the 125

megawatt concentrated solar

power plant at Ouarzazate in

Morocco by CIF's Strategic

Climate Fund.












financing.






Development Bank.








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at the Forum.

"Indeed, South Africa became one

of the developing countries to

lead, making a voluntary pledge

to reduce emissions by 34 percent

by 2020." He urged the Forum to

be robust in its interrogation of

ideas and initiatives and develop




forward.












climate change.‖









in 45 countries.



























































and Tunisia.







East and tripling today‘s global


power.

Written by Dinesh Singh Rawat

from Cape Town


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Business Report (South Africa), 27 June 2011

„Balance African progress, climate change‟

Climate change policy planning

and funding of ameliorative

efforts for global warming needed

to take account of the

―development trajectory‖ of the

African continent, Finance

Minister Pravin Gordhan told

delegates to a climate change

forum at the weekend.

Gordhan said he believed that

Africa would be emerging as ―a

key player‖ in the world economy

in the next 30 years.

He was speaking at the Climate


Partnership Forum, an annual

event hosted by the African

Development Bank (AfDB) and

the World Bank where funding


development worldwide are taken.


traditional paradigms of funding

and aid need to be transformed,‖

he said.

―A new formula which links

action on climate change to

genuine development for the

peoples of Africa for

industrialisation and economic

development… is needed.‖

Such initiatives should be directed

at genuine job creation and skills

development ―and urgent and

systematic processes that will

eradicate poverty on this continent

as well,‖ he added.

Gordhan said he was ―a firm

believer‖ that Africa would

become the site for research and

development for new technologies

and policies to fight climate

change.

He said climate change was the

―key issue facing humanity‖,

which he believed would test the

human ability ―to co-operate to

overcome adversity, to overcome

our instinct to act only within our

own self-interest and attempt to

act to redefine the global interest‖.

―Let us ask ourselves how we

can… reformulate the

development trajectory on the

African continent and use the

opportunity… to ensure the

benefits of growth don‘t get left to

a small elite,‖ he said, adding that

the change should benefit Africa‘s

1 billion people.

AfDB communications officer

Chawki Chahed said that Africa

would put nearly 40 percent, or

$2.6 billion (R17.9bn), of the

CIF‘s $6.5bn to work across the

continent this year.

The funding is earmarked for

renewable energy and energy

efficiency projects, climate-

compatible development planning

and sustainable forest

management.

Delegates from 45 countries

attended the forum. The African

delegates hailed from Algeria,

Burkina Faso, the Democratic

Republic of Congo, Egypt,



Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia and

Zambia.

Donwald Pressly


IOL.co.za (South Africa), 27 June 2011

„Balance African progress, climate change‟

Climate change policy planning

and funding of ameliorative

efforts for global warming needed

to take account of the

―development trajectory‖ of the

African continent, Finance

Minister Pravin Gordhan told

delegates to a climate change

forum at the weekend.

Gordhan said he believed that

Africa would be emerging as ―a

key player‖ in the world economy

in the next 30 years.

He was speaking at the Climate


Partnership Forum, an annual

event hosted by the African

Development Bank (AfDB) and

the World Bank where funding

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development worldwide are taken.


traditional paradigms of funding

and aid need to be transformed,‖

he said.

―A new formula which links

action on climate change to

genuine development for the

peoples of Africa for

industrialisation and economic

development… is needed.‖

Such initiatives should be directed

at genuine job creation and skills

development ―and urgent and

systematic processes that will

eradicate poverty on this continent

as well,‖ he added.

Gordhan said he was ―a firm

believer‖ that Africa would

become the site for research and

development for new technologies

and policies to fight climate

change.

He said climate change was the

―key issue facing humanity‖,

which he believed would test the

human ability ―to co-operate to

overcome adversity, to overcome

our instinct to act only within our

own self-interest and attempt to

act to redefine the global interest‖.

―Let us ask ourselves how we

can… reformulate the

development trajectory on the

African continent and use the

opportunity… to ensure the

benefits of growth don‘t get left to

a small elite,‖ he said, adding that

the change should benefit Africa‘s

1 billion people.

AfDB communications officer

Chawki Chahed said that Africa

would put nearly 40 percent, or

$2.6 billion (R17.9bn), of the

CIF‘s $6.5bn to work across the

continent this year.

The funding is earmarked for

renewable energy and energy

efficiency projects, climate-

compatible development planning

and sustainable forest

management.

Delegates from 45 countries

attended the forum. The African

delegates hailed from Algeria,

Burkina Faso, the Democratic

Republic of Congo, Egypt,



Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia and

Zambia.

Donwald Pressly


VAdvert.co.uk (London), 29 June 2011

African Efforts on Climate Action Get Boost

CAPE TOWN – African efforts

on climate action received a

welcome boost today with

approval of a ground-breaking

renewable energy project in

Morocco that should be a game-

changer for solar power at large-

scale.












financing.






Development Bank.










―We need to accelerate the





of South Africa,‖ said Hon. Pravin



at the Forum. ―Indeed, South


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2020.‖ He urged the Forum to be






forward.




Pittman said ―the CIF are a useful








climate change.‖









in 45 countries.










―The CIF‘s Strategic Climate







be a real game-changer,‖ said,










































expert panelists.










Priya Lopes


Energy-daily.com, 6 July 2011

Poor frameworks block African energy plans

Poor legal frameworks, issues of

governance and inadequate

safeguards for investors are

hindering growth in Africa's

renewable energy sector, despite

perceived huge potential in the

region.

Investors from Asia, the Middle

East, Europe and North America

are lining up to tap Africa's

lucrative renewable energy

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resources. Many among them are

spending huge sums upfront on

research and on extracting

assurances from governments on

future investment.

In some cases, future investors are

helping to create legal

frameworks where none exist.

The International Renewable

Energy Agency said it will host

high-level consultations in Abu

Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, this

week in a bid to jump-start broad-

based cooperation on accelerating

renewable energy use in Africa.

IRENA said such cooperation was

necessary to seize emerging

opportunities to speed up work on

developing the resource on the

continent.

"The issue is not shortage of funds

for investment, but rather the

inability of African markets to

attract a substantial share of that

investment," IRENA Assembly

President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber

said.

"This is largely due to a lack of

coherent and consistent policies,

technical, regional and

institutional capacity, enabling

mechanisms and regulatory

frameworks, making the region

comparatively unattractive for

entrepreneurs and investors," Al

Jaber said.

The consultations will be Friday

and Saturday in Abu Dhabi and

will follow on commitments made

by a Capital Markets Initiative,

programs called CoP-17, Rio+20,

and the International Year of

Sustainable Energy For All, set

for next year.

IRENA officials said 45 African

countries, including about 30

African ministers and assistant

ministers, had said they would

attend.

Representatives from the African

Union and non-African delegates

will include U.N. organizations,

China, India, France, Germany

and the United Arab Emirates.

The oil-rich Emirates has been in

the forefront of recent initiatives

on promoting renewable energy.

In addition to being IRENA

president, Al Jaber is the

Emirates' special envoy for

Energy and Climate Change and

will be aided by IRENA Director

General Adnan Amin.

The ministerial meeting aims to

push for development of scenarios

and strategies for Africa and to

launch a continent-wide effort to

prepare African economies to try

and ease current constraints in the

deployment of renewable energy.

IRENA's 2011 work plan gave the

continent priority as experts noted

that Africa, which represents 15

percent of the world population,

accounts for only 5 percent of

global primary energy use.

However, nearly half of that is

traditional biomass, a major cause

of health problems and

deforestation.

The deterioration in quantity and

quality of power distribution

networks is impeding African

development, the experts found.

An African Development Bank

estimate said Africa needs $27

billion a year investment to

achieve its goal of universal

access to reliable and cleaner,

electric power in all 53 countries

by 2030. Current investment in

energy in sub-Saharan Africa

reaches around $2 billion a year.

"There is great potential for

capitalizing on renewable

resources in Africa provided that

the right enabling environment is

created," Amin said.


Business Daily (South Africa), 29 June 2011

Microfinance way out in funding climate change projects

Projects to fight climate change

are being designed all around the

world. But only five per cent of

them can be financed with the

current international funds, which

means resources have to be used

more wisely. Microfinance could

be one solution to fund climate

change projects.

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ever faced.




$140 to $175 billion per year by

2030, while adaptation costs are

expected to reach between $75

and $100 per year between 2010

and 2050.

―The low-income masses will be





these people,‖ said African




Cheikhrouhou.



Partnership Forum, held from

June 24-25 in Cape Town, South

Africa.





countries‘ climate change


ADMINISTRATIVE

BARRIERS




rural and poverty-stricken areas –


financing – have been able to



―We need to make sure that funds




projects happen on the ground,‖


coordinator at the Ministry of




fewer conditions — otherwise





Kabengele said: ―Money is the

name of the game. Access to

microcredit is therefore crucial.‖



date that help Africa‘s poor to





Based Aid (GPOBA).



government‘s aid agency

AusAID, the World Bank and its


the Swedish government‘s

development agency (Sida),

Britain‘s Department for


the Netherlands‘ directorate-

general of Development

Cooperation.






fees, for example, connection fees


schemes.







―We want to increase access to





change,‖ said GPOBA senior

specialist Mustafa Hussain.

―At the same time, we hope to



technologies,‖ he added. In 2010,

GPOBA helped to start 131

output-based aid projects with

$3.5 billion in World Bank

funding and $2.8 billion from

governments. Almost a third of

the money was invested on the

African continent.

Share In Uganda, for instance, a

subsidy facilitated finance for a

private company that operates

water supply systems. This

enabled the company to provide

access to clean piped water to

more than 8,000 additional

households in rural areas that

previously didn‘t have running

water.

―Through the subsidy, microcredit


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communities,‖ Mr Hussain said.






Safaricom.

As almost 70 per cent of Kenyans



only 40 per cent of the country‘s


account.

But 83 per cent of Kenyans own a

mobile phone.

That gave the directors of

Safaricom an idea: the company

started to make financial services

available over the phone through

M-Pesa. Customers can now pay

their bills and transfer money

using their phones while also

accessing numerous financial

services, such as micro-saving,

microcredit and even micro-

insurance.

―Rural people save an average of


because they don‘t need to travel



anymore,‖ says M-PESA head of


Aritho.

―Saving on transport also saves

about $3 per transaction, money

that people can now spend on

food or other investments.‖ M-

PESA already has 700,000










sms.





mobile phones.




to climate change. ―Access to

credit is crucial. So far, rural

financing is relatively limited. We

need more of it,‖ said Kabengele.

By Kristin Palitza


Eye Witness News (South Africa), 24 June 2011

„Countries lack funds to deal with climate change‟ Chanel September | 24

Jun 2011

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan

on Friday said that many countries

do not have the money to

implement new technology which

could help climate change.

He addressed delegates from

around the world at the Cape

Town International Convention

Centre earlier.

Gordhan told participants at the

Climate Investment Fund Forum

that conferences like these play a

pivotal role. He said global

warming is one of the biggest

challenges to date which affects

around six billion people.

Gordhan said so far nearly every

continent has been affected by

natural disasters.

However, he added funding for

events like these remains a

problem due to fiscal constraints.

The African Development Bank‘s

Bobby Pittman agreed saying they

hope this platform will encourage

donors to open their purses.

(Edited by Lindiwe Mlandu)


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Eye Witness News (South Africa), 27 June 2011

'More investment needed to deal with climate change'

The consensus at the Climate

Investment Forum appeared to be

that governments should be

putting aside more money to deal

with the effects of climate change.

The conference brought together

representatives of 40 nations in

Cape Town this weekend.

It was a chance for politicians,

investors and environmental

groups to tackle the issue of how

to finance strategies against

climate change.

The African Development Bank's

Energy, Environment and Climate

Change Director Hela

Cheikhrouhou said substantially

more investment is needed.

―The needs are estimated for

adaptation alone at $40 billion a

year in Africa, so this why these

global discussions are very

important,‖ she said.

Nathan Adams


Legal Brief News (South Africa), 5 July 2011

Women excluded from projects, say UN experts





benefit women.

Yet, says a report in The

Guardian, in Africa it is women,

who are primarily responsible for

agriculture, which has been hard

hit by climate change, who will be

the most affected. According to

the report, experts at the UN


(UNDP) warn that mitigation

funds could run the risk of

perpetuating existing gender

imbalances. For instance, notes

the report, since their launch in

2008, funding organisation

Climate Investment Funds (CIF)

has allocated $6.5bn to climate-

change projects in 45 developing

countries. More than a third of the

money went to 15 African states.


than 70% - is financing large-

scale clean technology energy and

transportation projects. The report

says these are traditionally male-

dominated sectors of the formal

economy, and not the informal

small farms sector. However,

notes the report, banks managing

the CIF have now pledged they

will integrate gender indicators

into all operations and include

them in the main criteria for the

approval of grants.

Full report in The Guardian


Books Live (South Africa), 5 July 2011

Wild Law Update: Women in Agriculture Excluded from Climate Change

Projects

Kristin Palitza says that though

millions of dollars are spent on

climate change projects in Africa,

little has been done to consult

with the women whose livelihood

will be most affected by these

projects.

While 80% of the continent‘s

smallholder farmers are women,

70% of the funds, provided by

organisations such as Climate

Investment Funds (CIF), goes into

financing large-scale clean

technology energy and

transportation projects –

traditionally a male-dominated

sector.



(UNDP) say that women need to

form a larger part of the

consultation process, to avoid

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perpetuating gender imbalances.

Another worry is that most of the

rural communities involved

remain uninformed about climate

change mitigation efforts:









about 80 percent of the

continent‘s smallholder farmers

are women. While they are

responsible for the food security

of millions of people, agriculture

is one of the sectors hardest hit by

climate change. ―There is a lot of

international talk about climate

change funding for local

communities and especially for

women, but not much is actually

happening,‖ says Ange Bukasa,

who runs investment facilitation

organisation Chezange Connect in


Congo (DRC).

•Read the complete article in the

Guardian


Radio Musi-O-Tunya (Zambia), 25 June 2011

Challenges facing the implementation of Climate Change initiatives

Capetown - Zambia's Principle

Economist in the Ministry of

Finance and National Planning,

David Kaluba says one of the

greatest challenges facing the

implementation of Climate

Change initiatives is the lack of

coordination among stakeholders.

Mr Kaluba, though

acknowledging that governments

must own the initiatives, said civil

society organisations possess the

comparative advantage of

proximity to the grassroots and

should thus formalise their

collaboration with government at

the national level through

advocacy, awareness and

information promotion.

He said in an interview with

Mwendalubi Maumbi in

Capetown today that some sectors

of society still don‘t understand

how Climate Change is affecting

them and civil society

organisations would do well to act

as facilitators and and partners on

the ground as they are already

specialised in regional and district

levels.

He said Zambia‘s inclusion of

Climate Change factors in the

Sixth National Development Plan

is a step in the right direction but

noted that there was still a lot of

awareness needed for both

citizens and policy makers.

Mr Kaluba is in Capetown to

represent Zambia at the Climate

Change Investment Funds (CIF)

Conference. Hosted by the Africa

Development Bank, the

conference brings together

delegates from 45 countries, five


UN agencies, civil society, and


results and chart strategic

directions in climate financing.

Early this year, Zambia concluded

an assessment of the economic

impacts of climate change in

Zambia with financial support

from the United Nations

Development Program, UNDP

and the Norweigian government.

According to the assessment,

since the 1970s, Zambia has lost

billions of kwacha in mitigating

the effects of climate change

across the country through the

repair of infrastructure and

relocating of people in times of

floods and provision of food in

times of drought.

Meawhile, Mr Kaluba revealed

that government has targeted six

districts in the Southern Province

for capacity building in

implementing climate resilient,

adaptation and mitigation

measures.

By Mwendalubi Maumbi

Story broadcast on 25 June 2011





Radio Musi-O-Tunya (Zambia), 25 June 2011

Climate change: Call to transform traditional paradigms of funding

AND as local communities in

various countries across the globe

especially in developing nations

struggle with the effects of

climate change, governments,

civil society organizations and

funders have been challenged to

urgently transform traditional

paradigms of development and

funding in order to bring about

genuine development.


Investment Funds Conference in

Capetown yesterday, South

African Minister of Finance ,

Pravin Gorghan said funding

should be aimed at

industrialization and economic

development in Africa; for

genuine job creation on the


development.

Mr Gordhan said there was a great

need to reformulate the

development trajectory used on

the African continent in order to

ensure that the benefits of

development don't get left with a

small elite, but the billion people

on the African continent.

He urged the Forum to be robust

in its interrogation of ideas and

initiatives and develop solutions

that engage all stakeholders so

that the interests of society as a

whole are taken forward.

Mr Gordhan said this in his

opening speech at the Climate

Investment Fund, CIF Conference

in Capetown yesterday.




Zambezi FM Radio (Zambia), 25 June 2011

Challenges facing the implementation of Climate Change initiatives

Capetown - Zambia's Principle

Economist in the Ministry of

Finance and National Planning,

David Kaluba says one of the

greatest challenges facing the

implementation of Climate

Change initiatives is the lack of

coordination among stakeholders.

Mr Kaluba, though

acknowledging that governments

must own the initiatives, said civil

society organisations possess the

comparative advantage of

proximity to the grassroots and

should thus formalise their

collaboration with government at

the national level through

advocacy, awareness and

information promotion.

He said in an interview with

Mwendalubi Maumbi in

Capetown today that some sectors

of society still don‘t understand

how Climate Change is affecting

them and civil society

organisations would do well to act

as facilitators and and partners on

the ground as they are already

specialised in regional and district

levels.

He said Zambia‘s inclusion of

Climate Change factors in the

Sixth National Development Plan

is a step in the right direction but

noted that there was still a lot of

awareness needed for both

citizens and policy makers.

Mr Kaluba is in Capetown to

represent Zambia at the Climate

Change Investment Funds (CIF)

Conference. Hosted by the Africa

Development Bank, the

conference brings together

delegates from 45 countries, five


UN agencies, civil society, and


results and chart strategic

directions in climate financing.

Early this year, Zambia concluded

an assessment of the economic

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impacts of climate change in

Zambia with financial support

from the United Nations

Development Program, UNDP

and the Norweigian government.

According to the assessment,

since the 1970s, Zambia has lost

billions of kwacha in mitigating

the effects of climate change

across the country through the

repair of infrastructure and

relocating of people in times of

floods and provision of food in

times of drought.

Meawhile, Mr Kaluba revealed

that government has targeted six

districts in the Southern Province

for capacity building in

implementing climate resilient,

adaptation and mitigation

measures.




Zambezi FM Radio (Zambia), 25 June 2011

Climate change: Call to urgently transform traditional paradigms of

development and funding

AND as local communities in

various countries across the globe

especially in developing nations

struggle with the effects of

climate change, governments,

civil society organizations and

funders have been challenged to

urgently transform traditional

paradigms of development and

funding in order to bring about

genuine development.


Investment Funds Conference in

Capetown yesterday, South

African Minister of Finance ,

Pravin Gorghan said funding

should be aimed at

industrialization and economic

development in Africa; for

genuine job creation on the


development.

Mr Gordhan said there was a great

need to reformulate the

development trajectory used on

the African continent in order to

ensure that the benefits of

development don't get left with a

small elite, but the billion people

on the African continent.

He urged the Forum to be robust

in its interrogation of ideas and

initiatives and develop solutions

that engage all stakeholders so

that the interests of society as a

whole are taken forward.

Mr Gordhan said this in his

opening speech at the Climate

Investment Fund, CIF Conference

in Capetown yesterday.




Lesotho National Broadcast, 24 June 2011

Climate Change is the Most Pressing Challenge Faced by Humanity -

Gordhan

Cape Town –June 24, 2011 -

South Africa‘s Finance Minister

Mr. Pravin Gordhan said climate

change is the most pressing

challenge faced by humanity

today and greater urgency is

needed to address it. He was

speaking this morning at the


Partnership Forum in Cape Town,

South Africa.

Minister Gordhan said the

challenge is how do countries




who live on this earth, want.

He said people do not want to

hear about unending negotiations

or long bureaucratic processes to

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decide whether so much money is

going to be lent to someone.

The forum is an annual event co-


Development Bank where funding

decisions are taken on climate-

friendly development. It is being

held in Africa for the first time

this year, and has attracted from

African nations, United Nations

agencies, multilateral

development banks, the private

sector and civil society.

The Vice President of

Infrastructure for the African

Development Bank Mr. Bobby

Pitman said: "Africa has

contributed less to climate change

than other continents, but the

relative economic costs are

relatively higher here than

elsewhere in the world.

From now until 2030, the

estimated costs are around 3% of

the continent‘s GDP or $40bn per

year." Mr. Pitman was

representing AfDB President Mr.

Donald Kaberuka.

By Ntsane Molemohi in Cape

Town



Low Literacy Levels about Climate Change among African Inhabitants

Cape Town – June 25, 2011 -

During the 2011 Climate

Investment Fund (CIF) Forum in

Cape Town, pilot countries

presented their cases to the forum

where deliberations took place

with participants from the audio.

The outcome of the deliberations,

moderated by Tumi Makgabo,

Africa Worldwide Media, saw it

that there is low literacy levels

about climate change among

african inhabitants.

As a result, this contributes to lack

of systems which could counteract

against the impacts of climate

change in the African continent.

It appeared in the session that

smooth progress on climate

change programmes is delayed by

lack of swift cooperation and

synchronisation between the

civilians and the government

commitments. Among pilot

countries are Zambia, Nepal,

Mexico and the Democratic

Republic of Congo.

Media could be a vehicle to

bridge the gap between different

sectors of the society in terms of

driving forward issues of climate

change with different

programmes. It was deduced

from the media training session

parallel to the forum on thursday

that media also, has to be abreast

with climate change issues in

order to convey accurate

information and messages.

Ntsane molemohi.


Radio Lesotho, 1 July 2011

African Countries Show Willingness to Tackle Climate Change Effects

Maseru – July 1 - The 2011




(AfDB), came to an end on June

30, this year with African

countries clearly showing their

willingness to tackle climate

change effects head on.

According to the African

Development Bank Group press

release, the challenge remains

adequate access to climate change


Vice President for Infrastructure,

Private Sector and Regional

Integration at the African

Development Bank, Mr. Bobby

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Pittman said the bottom line is

that there is an urgent need to

improve access to climate finance

at the scale required for

transformational impact in Africa,

and that mechanisms need to be

put in place that can best respond

to africas needs, he added.

Under the Climate Investment

Funds Clean Technology Fund, a

total of usd197 million was

approved for the 165 Megawatt

Ouarzazate I concentrated solar

project in Morocco.











Bank, two partners in the climate

investment funds, on this project.



concentrated solar power in sub



USD 365 million. Its aim is to

help the country green its energy

sector.

Climate resilient programs

approved during the forum

include USD 86 million for








security. Zambia will receive

USD 86 million to strengthen

climate resilience in Barotse and

the Kafue river basin.

Through the Climate Investment

Funds, were learning important

lessons on climate action and

helping inform the discussions on

climate finance. Its clear that

Africa needs financing that

reflects its priorities and

challenges in responding to

climate change, the AfDB‘s

Bobby Pittman concluded.


Lesotho Television, 1 July 2011

African Countries Show Willingness to Tackle Climate Change Effects

Maseru – July 1 - The 2011




(AfDB), came to an end on June

30, this year with African

countries clearly showing their

willingness to tackle climate

change effects head on.

According to the African

Development Bank Group press

release, the challenge remains

adequate access to climate change


Vice President for Infrastructure,

Private Sector and Regional

Integration at the African

Development Bank, Mr. Bobby

Pittman said the bottom line is

that there is an urgent need to

improve access to climate finance

at the scale required for

transformational impact in Africa,

and that mechanisms need to be

put in place that can best respond

to africas needs, he added.

Under the Climate Investment

Funds Clean Technology Fund, a

total of usd197 million was

approved for the 165 Megawatt

Ouarzazate I concentrated solar

project in Morocco.











Bank, two partners in the climate

investment funds, on this project.



concentrated solar power in sub



USD 365 million. Its aim is to

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help the country green its energy

sector.

Climate resilient programs

approved during the forum

include USD 86 million for








security. Zambia will receive

USD 86 million to strengthen

climate resilience in Barotse and

the Kafue river basin.

Through the Climate Investment

Funds, were learning important

lessons on climate action and

helping inform the discussions on

climate finance. Its clear that

Africa needs financing that

reflects its priorities and

challenges in responding to

climate change, the AfDB‘s

Bobby Pittman concluded.


Preventionweb.net, 1 July 2011

Countries get $534 million for bold plans to climate-proof water, farming,

forests, and cities

Cape Town - The Climate

Investment Funds (CIFs), a

partnership of five multilateral

development banks, approved

$444 million in grants and near-

zero-interest loans to support

Cambodia, Mozambique, Nepal,

St. Lucia, and Zambia in their

efforts toward national-level

climate resilience. Also in Cape

Town two new investment plans

were endorsed for Burkina Faso

and Democratic Republic of

Congo for a total of $90 million in

grants.

Under the CIFs‘ Pilot Program for

Climate Resilience, five nation-

wide strategic programs for

climate resilience were approved:

$105 million for Cambodia to

improve irrigation, flood and

drought management, climate-

resistent agriculture and forestry

in coastal areas, and mainstream

climate resilience into

development planning; $102

million for Mozambique to

improve the capacity of roads and

coastal cities to withstand climate

change, transform their hydro-




security; $110 million for Nepal

to build climate resilience of

watersheds in mountain regions,

build resilience to climate-related

hazards, and build climate-

resilient communities through

private sector participation; $17

million for St. Lucia to build

national climate resilience (as part

of the Caribbean Regional

Program); and $110 million for

Zambia to strengthen climate


Kafue River Basin.

The total $444 million funding

envelope for these five countries

is nearly half grants ($207

million) with $237 million in

near-zero-interest credits. These

countries join Bangladesh,

Grenada, and St. Vincent and

Grenadines as the first eight

countries in the world to create

Strategic Programs for Climate

Resilience (SPCRs) linked to their

development plans with CIF

support.








be a real game-changer," said





CIF‘s Strategic Climate Fund, at

the end of the first week of

meetings.

Under the CIF‘s Forest

Investment Program, two new

investment plans were endorsed:

$30 million in grant funding for

Burkina Faso to decentralize

sustainable forest management,

encourage participatory protection

of state forest reserves, and

integrate information-sharing; $60

million in grant funding for

Democratic Republic of Congo to

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address deforestation and

degradation, provide small grants

to promising small-scale REDD+

initiatives, and engage the private

sector in REDD+.

―This week we‘ve seen

impressive strategic plans from

the many developing countries

who want to partner with the

Climate Investment Funds. Now

even more countries are queuing

up. At this point, nearly all CIF

funds have been allocated and as

we press forward on

implementing these important

projects, we are seeing a need for

additional financing – at least to

cover the gap between today and

when the Green Climate Fund is

fully operational,‖ said Andrew

Steer, World Bank Special Envoy

for Climate Change.

During the Clean Technology

Fund meetings, the Government

of India expressed interest in

submitting an Investment Plan

soon. Despite a current shortage

of funds, the Climate Investment

Funds have invited India to

prepare an Investment Plan that

will be reviewed in November

2011.

―We estimate that current

programs in the Clean

Technology Fund will result in

1.56 billion tons of CO2

reductions or avoidance. If and

when India partners with the CTF

we will see even more dramatic

CO2 reductions being financed by

the Climate Investment Funds,‖

Steer added.

OTHER RECENT

FINANCING DECISIONS

As announced last week during

the first CIF Committee Meetings,

the CIFs‘ Clean Technology Fund

also approved $197 million for the



Morocco, a large-scale investment

that is expected to help bring

down the costs of concentrated

solar and create as many as

80,000 jobs in Morocco by 2020.

This solar power plant is the first

project in a Middle East and

North Africa Regional Plan that

will eventually triple today‘s


concentrated solar power.

Morocco is partnering with the

African Development Bank and

World Bank, two partners in the

Climate Investment Funds, on this

project.

―Despite all of these efforts, the







to Africa‘s needs,‖ said Bobby





The Morocco solar project was

approved just days after the World

Bank Board of Directors approved

US$47.12 million under the

PPCR to help Grenada and Saint

Vincent and the Grenadines

improve the safety of their

buildings from the impacts of

climate change and increase their

public institutions‘ capacity to

assess natural risks. Rehabilitating

vulnerable infrastructure is a

central part of the Caribbean

Regional Program and ties

directly to PPCR‘s focus on

vulnerable countries and small

island developing states.

Additional donor support to the

CIFs was also pledged recently to

help scale-up renewable energy in

low-income countries. Norway

announced a 150 million krones


and Australia announced a pledge

of 25.5 million Australian dollars

(equal to $US 27 million).

The financing announcements

made during the annual CIF

Committee Meetings coincided

with the 2011 CIF Partnership

Forum, a 2-day public dialogue

co-hosted by the African

Development Bank and co-

chaired by South Africa. Speeches

were made by South African

Finance Minister, Pravin

Gordhan, and South African

Minister of International Relations

and Co-operation, Maite Nkoana-

Mashabane. The Forum attracted

more than 500 CIF stakeholders

from 79 countries to assess

progress on CIF investments,

explore ways to scale-up

countries‘ impact on climate

change, and share lessons learned.

More than 70 civil society

representatives attended the event

with many more participating

online to discuss green jobs,

biodiversity-smart planning for

wind farms, and how to finance

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large-scale, transformative

investments. The event featured


engagement, scientific updates,

and climate modeling.

Discussions were held on the

significance of CIF governing

bodies‘ equal representation of

developed and developing

countries, on innovative

financing, on national-level

planning, and on the importance

of involving a range of

participants in decision-making.

―Through the CIFs we‘re learning

important lessons on climate

action and helping inform the

discussions on climate finance.

It‘s clear that Africa needs

financing that reflects its priorities


climate change,‖ Pittman said.

The $6.5 billion Climate

Investment Funds are a global

partnership of the African

Development Bank, Asian

Development Bank, European

Bank for Reconstruction and

Development, InterAmerican

Development Bank, and the

World Bank Group.

Source: World Bank

Section française


Session d'information aux journalistes sur le changement climatique - La

presse africaine a un rôle crucial à jouer

La presse a un rôle fondamental à

jouer pour sensibiliser les

décideurs et les populations

africaines aux enjeux du

changement climatique, ont

déclaré les journalistes présents à

une session d'information

organisée dans le cadre du Forum

2011 de Partenariat sur les Fonds

d'investissement climatiques, qui

se tient les 24 et 25 juin 2011, à

Capetown, Afrique du Sud. Or,

ces populations, et leurs

décideurs, sont encore mal

informées et trop peu sensibilisées

à ces enjeux pourtant

fondamentaux pour leur devenir.

Les médias africains sont encore

peu spécialisés et peu de

journalistes sont au fait des enjeux

complexes du changement

climatique. Or, ont souligné avec

insistance des journalistes, les

effets du changement climatique

en Afrique sont réels:

désertification, ensablement de

nombreuses villes, accès plus

difficile à l'eau, par exemple.

Comment changer cet état de

choses sur le continent africain?

Au niveau des populations, il faut

miser sur l'éducation: sensibiliser

sur les effets des changements,

mais aussi sur les gestes à faire, au

quotidien.

Du côté des médias, et malgré

leurs maigres ressources, ce qui

importe, c'est de mettre en valeur

de bonnes histoires et d'utiliser

des supports peu couteux, comme

les médias sociaux. Les

institutions multilatérales doivent

aussi prendre la responsabilité

d'aider davantage au renforcement

des capacités des médias africains.

Ils doivent aussi être mieux

outillés, en général, et en

particulier dans le domaine de

l'environnement. En matière de

changement climatique, 'nous

avons besoin d'une politique

d'ajustement culturel', a

mentionné un journaliste pour

souligner le changement de

mentalité qui doit s'opérer sur le

continent.

Du côté des gouvernements, il

faut faire de cet enjeu une priorité.

En tirant profit des fonds de plus

en plus disponibles pour s'adapter

et atténuer les changements

climatiques. Mais ces fonds

doivent être bien gérés, prévient

un journaliste, dans un continent

où perdurent des problèmes de

gouvernance.

Une dizaine de journalistes

provenant de toutes les régions

d'Afrique ont participé à cet

événement. Ils ont aussi pu

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interagir avec des représentants de

la Banque mondiale et de la

Banque africaine de

développement.



Le développement de l'énergie propre - Une opportunité de retombées

locales pour l'Afrique (BAD)

Comment accroître le contenu local et créer des emplois supplémentaires dans les projets d'énergie

propre en Afrique ?

Tanja Faller, économiste énergie à

la Banque africaine de

développement (BAD), a mis en

relief les opportunités offertes à

l'Afrique par le développement

des entreprises d'énergie propre au

cours d'une session sur "Le saut

qualitatif pour emprunteur la voie

de la croissance verte :

promouvoir les industries à base

de technologie propre". Cette

session était organisée lors du

forum du partenariat des fonds

d'investissement climatique, les

24 et 25 juin au Cap, en Afrique

du Sud.

"L"énergie propre est une

occasion offerte au continent pour

faire un saut qualitatif et

emprunter la voie d'une croissance

verte", a déclaré Mme Faller. Elle

a indiqué que cette évolution peut

amener la naissance de toute une

industrie créatrice d'emplois de

qualité pour les populations

locales.

L'avenir réserve toutefois des

défis, qui concernent la qualité et

la certification des équipements,

la capacité d'absorption des pays

récipiendaires et la formation

d'une main d‘œuvre hautement

qualifiée.

Quelles perspectives d'avenir

s'ouvrent à ce développement ?

Mme Faller a souligné deux

éléments : le renforcement des

systèmes innovants pour qu'ils

appuient les solutions de

technologie propre, et la prise en

compte de la souplesse dans les

processus des donateurs en

matière d'acquisition de biens et

services, en vue de permettre la

création d'une demande locale, en

introduisant notamment des

paramètres de contenu local dans

les processus de pré-qualification.

"Le renforcement de l'appui aux

industries de technologie propre

peut garantir la viabilité de

l'énergie renouvelable en

Afrique", a souligné Mme Faller.

"De grands investissements dans

l'énergie renouvelable ne peuvent

être durables que si des emplois

locaux sont disponibles."

La BAD soutient la croissance

verte en Afrique à travers toute

une gamme d'instruments : des

dons, des prêts souverains, le

partage du savoir, le financement

des projets du secteur privé, des

prises de participation et des prêts

d'appui aux réformes

économiques.



Appel des pays africains pour un financement climatique accessible et

efficace

Le Forum de partenariat 2011 des

Fonds d'investissement

climatiques (FIC), accueilli par la

Banque africaine de

développement (BAD), s'est clos

aujourd'hui en montrant la

détermination des pays africains à

combattre résolument les effets du

changement climatique en

Afrique. Le défi réside en l'accès à

un financement approprié.

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« Le fait est qu'il est urgent

d'améliorer l'accès au financement

climatique au niveau nécessaire

pour transformer de manière

significative l'Afrique et pour

mettre en place les mécanismes

les mieux à même de répondre

aux besoins de l'Afrique », a

déclaré Bobby Pittman, vice-

président de la BAD chargé de

l'Infrastructure, de l'intégration

régionale et du secteur privé.

Certains pays comme le Maroc,

qui ont élaboré leurs propres plans

de développement vert, sont

arrivés à obtenir des financements

au titre des Fonds

d'investissements climatiques au

Cap. Le Fonds pour les

technologies propres, un des

instruments des Fonds

d'investissements climatiques, a

entériné un prêt de 197 millions

USD pour le projet d'énergie

solaire concentrée de Ouarzazate I

au Maroc.

Ce projet de grande envergure

(165 mégawatt) devrait réduire les

coûts de l'énergie solaire et

contribuer à créer des milliers

d'emplois au Maroc d'ici 2020,

notamment en développant une

industrie manufacturière locale en

énergie renouvelable. Le Maroc

travaille en coopération avec la

Banque africaine de

développement et la Banque

mondiale, deux acteurs des Fonds

d'investissement climatique, sur

ce projet.

La Banque africaine de

développement a introduit

récemment l'énergie solaire

concentrée en Afrique

subsaharienne à travers une

enveloppe financière de 365

millions USD destinée à aider

l'Afrique du Sud à développer son

énergie verte. Le montage

financier comprend un prêt de 265

millions USD ainsi que 100

millions de dollars de prêts

concessionnels du Fonds pour les

technologies propres. L'enveloppe

financière appuiera l'opérateur

électrique public sud-africain,

Eskom, dans la mise en Å"uvre

d'un projet d'énergie renouvelable

d'un montant total de 1,3 milliard.

Ce projet, outre l'introduction de

l'énergie solaire concentrée en

Afrique subsaharienne, mettra en

Å"uvre la première centrale

électrique éolienne d'envergure en

Afrique du Sud.

Des nouveaux programmes

stratégiques de résistance au

climat ont été entérinés. Le

Mozambique a ainsi bénéficié

d'un financement de 86 millions

USD pour améliorer la capacité

de ses routes et de ses villes

côtières à supporter le

changement climatique. Le

financement permettra également

d'améliorer les services

hydrométéorologiques et de

développer une production

agricole résistant au changement

climatique et, partant, la sécurité

alimentaire. La Zambie a

bénéficié de son côté de 86

millions USD pour renforcer la

résistance climatique à Barotse et

dans le bassin de la rivière Kafue.

Dans le secteur des forêts, deux

plans d'investissement ont été

approuvés. Un financement de 32

millions USD permettra au

Burkina Faso de décentraliser sa

gestion forestière durable,

d'encourager une protection

participative des réserves

forestières nationales et d'intégrer

le partage des informations. De

son côté, la République

démocratique du Congo, avec un

financement de 60 millions USD,

essaiera de traiter les problèmes

de déforestation et de dégradation

forestière et de fournir de petits

crédits à des initiatives à petite

échelle. Les initiatives visées sont

celles s'inscrivant dans le

programme « Réduire les

émissions de CO2 provenant de la

déforestation et de la dégradation

des forêts » (REDD+). Le


d'inciter le secteur privé à adhérer

au programme REDD+.

Des initiatives ayant valeur

d'exemple ont été également été

approuvées. Dotées de faibles

montants au regard des besoins

des pays, ces initiatives pilotes

permettent néanmoins de

démontrer que des financements

concessionnels peuvent aider les

pays africains à aller de l'avant

dans leur développement pro-

climat.

« A travers les Fonds

d'investissements climatiques,

nous sommes en train d'apprendre

d'importantes leçons sur l'action

climatique éclairant nos

discussions sur le financement

climatique. Il est clair que

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l'Afrique a besoin de

financements qui reflètent ses

priorités et ses défis dans la

réponse au changement

climatique », a conclu M. Pittman.


Tunisia IT (Tunis), 01/07/2011

BAD : Appel des pays africains pour un financement climatique accessible

et efficace


Fonds d‘investissement


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développement (BAD), s‘est clos

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nécessaire pour transformer de

manière significative l‘Afrique et

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énergie verte.

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répondre aux besoins de

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chargé de l‘infrastructure, de

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de 1,3 milliard. Ce projet, outre

l‘introduction de l‘énergie solaire


subsaharienne, mettra en œuvre la

première centrale électrique

éolienne d‘envergure en Afrique

du Sud. Des nouveaux

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climatique», a conclu M. Pittman.


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efficace

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changement climatique.


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d‘inciter le secteur privé à adhérer

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LeFaso.net (Burkina Faso), 27/06/2011

Fonds d‟investissement climatique : Un financement de 30 milliards de

dollars attendu pour l‟Afrique !

Au cours d‘une conférence en

ligne sur les résultats attendus du

Forum 2011 de partenariat sur le


climatique (FIC) prévu les 24 et

25 juin à Cap Town, la directrice

énergie, environnement et

changement climatique du groupe

de la Banque africaine de

développement, Mme Hela

Cheikhrouhou, a annoncé que

cette initiative vise à canaliser les

financements pour l‘Afrique.

Plus de 400 participants issus de

45 pays dont quinze africains sont

réunis à Cap Town (Afrique du

Sud), les 24 et 25 juin 2011 pour

le forum de partenariat des FIC,

co-abrité par la BAD. Ces assises,

qui doivent prendre des décisions

sur le financement du

développement pro-climat à

l‘échelle mondiale, se tiennent

dans un contexte où le continent

se lance résolument dans une

croissance verte.

Environ 30 milliards de dollars

doivent en principe être débloqués

par les pays donateurs pour servir

cette cause, a-t-on appris. Ces

fonds qui seront décaissés suivant

une procédure accélérée est une

initiative de la BAD qui vise à

canaliser les financements pour

l‘Afrique, a expliqué la directrice


changement climatique de

l‘institution panafricaine. Très

vulnérable, l‘Afrique a besoin de

17 milliards de dollars par an pour

son adaptation aux effets du

changement climatique, selon la

Banque mondiale. Alors que le

FIC ne dispose pour l‘instant que

d‘un montant global de 6, 5

milliards de dollars.

La part de l‘Afrique se chiffre à

2,5 milliards à ce stade pour

l‘ensemble des programmes-

pilotes dans les 15 pays. Mais la

BAD espère que ces engagements

de financements du FIC servent

de catalyseur à des financements

additionnels de la part des

Banques multilatérales de

développement (BMD) et d‘autres

sources. Ces financements

concernent un programme

d‘investissement régional et 13

programmes nationaux couvrant,

entre autres, l‘énergie

renouvelable et l‘efficience

énergétique, le transport urbain

propre, une planification du

développement compatible avec

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l‘environnement et une gestion

durable des forêts.

« L‘adaptation coûte de plus en

plus chère pour la croissance et le

développement économique

propres. C‘est pourquoi, il

importe que les pays développés

interviennent pour aider l‘Afrique

à répondre à ces questions »,

reconnaît Mme Cheikhrouhou.

Elle plaide aussi pour que la voix

du continent soit entendue tout en

exhortant à réfléchir pour lutter

contre la désertification et la

construction de routes plus

résistantes au changement

climatique. Car dit-elle, « le rôle

de la BAD est de catalyser les

meilleurs investissements ». Selon

un responsable du bureau local de

la BAD au Burkina, la question

du développement vert est un

domaine prioritaire de l‘institution

qui en a consacré une division.

LE BURKINA PLAIDE POUR

SON PROGRAMME

D‟INVESTISSEMENT

FORESTIER

Les débats au cours des sessions

du forum se focaliseront sur

l‘implication du secteur privé

dans les investissements pour

l‘atténuation et l‘adaptation au

changement climatique. Des

aperçus et des conseils

scientifiques les actions

prioritaires, la modélisation

climatique et les techniques pour

les industries manufacturières

locales propres seront également

abordés. Pays de savane, le

Burkina Faso présentera à cette

occasion son plan

d‘investissement forestier.

Elaborée par des experts

nationaux, la stratégie définit la

vision d‘une nouvelle foresterie.

Selon les premières estimations, le

plan nécessitera 30 millions de

dollars en vue de financer des

projets destinés à promouvoir la

gestion durable et décentralisée

des forêts. La BAD, de son côté,

espère contribuer à hauteur de la

moitié du financement requis pour

la réalisation du plan. D‘autres

pays comme la RDC, le

Mozambique, le Maroc, le Niger,

etc., bénéficieront de soutiens

similaires pour la réalisation de

programmes-pilotes.

Le plan d‘investissement forestier

du Burkina permettra, en effet,

d‘approfondir les expériences

réussies en la matière à l‘image du

ranch de gibier de Nazinga ou de

projets d‘aménagement forestier

et de gestion du bois de charbon.

La vision de la foresterie définie

par le Plan entend intégrer la

multifonctionnalité de la forêt en

conciliant ses rôles économique,

écologique et social. Pays de

savane plus ou moins productif

(entre 12 et 17m3 par ha), le

Burkina dispose à ce jour de 78

forêts classées étendues sur 3,9

millions d‘ha, soit 14 % du

territoire national. Le bois de feu

représente 85% du total du PIB de

tous les produits ligneux

commercialisés dans le pays, suivi

par le bois de service (12%) et le

bois d‘œuvre (3%).

La consommation annuelle de

bois d‘œuvre se chiffre autour de

25 000 m3, dont 93% sont

importés des pays voisins, et

seulement 7% disponibles sur

place. Mais une récente étude du

ministère chargé de

l‘Environnement prévient

qu‘entre 1990 et 2010, le pays a

perdu 17,5% de son couvert

forestier. On estime qu‘environ 50

000 ha de forêts disparaissent

chaque année pour la satisfaction

des besoins énergétiques.

Cette.déforestation, qui

s‘accompagne de perte de la bio-

diversité (végétale notamment

mais aussi animale) et de la

dégradation des capacités

productives des sols implique

aussi la diminution de

séquestration du carbone par la

végétation mais aussi par les sols

et engendre ainsi le rejet de

grandes quantité de carbone dans

l‘atmosphère. L‘évaluation

économique des dommages

environnementaux révèle que le

coût annuel de la dégradation de

l‘environnement au Burkina Faso

pour l‘année 2008 est compris

entre 18% et 22% du PIB, soit

environ 760 milliards de F CFA,

indique une source du ministère

de l‘Environnement.

Saturnin N. COULIBALY

(Sidwaya)


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Sidwaya (Burkina Faso), 27/06/2011

Fonds d‟investissement climatique : Un financement de 30 milliards de

dollars attendu pour l‟Afrique !

Au cours d‘une conférence en

ligne sur les résultats attendus du

Forum 2011 de partenariat sur le


climatique (FIC) prévu les 24 et

25 juin à Cap Town, la directrice


changement climatique du groupe

de la Banque africaine de

développement, Mme Hela

Cheikhrouhou, a annoncé que

cette initiative vise à canaliser les

financements pour l‘Afrique.

Plus de 400 participants issus de

45 pays dont quinze africains sont

réunis à Cap Town (Afrique du

Sud), les 24 et 25 juin 2011 pour

le forum de partenariat des FIC,

co-abrité par la BAD. Ces assises,

qui doivent prendre des décisions

sur le financement du

développement pro-climat à

l‘échelle mondiale, se tiennent

dans un contexte où le continent

se lance résolument dans une

croissance verte.

Environ 30 milliards de dollars

doivent en principe être débloqués

par les pays donateurs pour servir

cette cause, a-t-on appris. Ces

fonds qui seront décaissés suivant

une procédure accélérée est une

initiative de la BAD qui vise à

canaliser les financements pour

l‘Afrique, a expliqué la directrice


changement climatique de

l‘institution panafricaine. Très

vulnérable, l‘Afrique a besoin de

17 milliards de dollars par an pour

son adaptation aux effets du

changement climatique, selon la

Banque mondiale. Alors que le

FIC ne dispose pour l‘instant que

d‘un montant global de 6, 5

milliards de dollars.

La part de l‘Afrique se chiffre à

2,5 milliards à ce stade pour

l‘ensemble des programmes-

pilotes dans les 15 pays. Mais la

BAD espère que ces engagements

de financements du FIC servent

de catalyseur à des financements

additionnels de la part des

Banques multilatérales de

développement (BMD) et d‘autres

sources. Ces financements

concernent un programme

d‘investissement régional et 13

programmes nationaux couvrant,

entre autres, l‘énergie

renouvelable et l‘efficience

énergétique, le transport urbain

propre, une planification du

développement compatible avec

l‘environnement et une gestion

durable des forêts.

« L‘adaptation coûte de plus en

plus chère pour la croissance et le

développement économique

propres. C‘est pourquoi, il

importe que les pays développés

interviennent pour aider l‘Afrique

à répondre à ces questions »,

reconnaît Mme Cheikhrouhou.

Elle plaide aussi pour que la voix

du continent soit entendue tout en

exhortant à réfléchir pour lutter

contre la désertification et la

construction de routes plus

résistantes au changement

climatique. Car dit-elle, « le rôle

de la BAD est de catalyser les

meilleurs investissements ». Selon

un responsable du bureau local de

la BAD au Burkina, la question

du développement vert est un

domaine prioritaire de l‘institution

qui en a consacré une division.

LE BURKINA PLAIDE POUR

SON PROGRAMME

D‟INVESTISSEMENT

FORESTIER

Les débats au cours des sessions

du forum se focaliseront sur

l‘implication du secteur privé

dans les investissements pour

l‘atténuation et l‘adaptation au

changement climatique. Des

aperçus et des conseils

scientifiques les actions

prioritaires, la modélisation

climatique et les techniques pour

les industries manufacturières

locales propres seront également

abordés. Pays de savane, le

Burkina Faso présentera à cette

occasion son plan

d‘investissement forestier.

Elaborée par des experts

nationaux, la stratégie définit la

vision d‘une nouvelle foresterie.

Selon les premières estimations, le

plan nécessitera 30 millions de

dollars en vue de financer des

projets destinés à promouvoir la

gestion durable et décentralisée

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des forêts. La BAD, de son côté,

espère contribuer à hauteur de la

moitié du financement requis pour

la réalisation du plan. D‘autres

pays comme la RDC, le

Mozambique, le Maroc, le Niger,

etc., bénéficieront de soutiens

similaires pour la réalisation de

programmes-pilotes.

Le plan d‘investissement forestier

du Burkina permettra, en effet,

d‘approfondir les expériences

réussies en la matière à l‘image du

ranch de gibier de Nazinga ou de

projets d‘aménagement forestier

et de gestion du bois de charbon.

La vision de la foresterie définie

par le Plan entend intégrer la

multifonctionnalité de la forêt en

conciliant ses rôles économique,

écologique et social. Pays de

savane plus ou moins productif

(entre 12 et 17m3 par ha), le

Burkina dispose à ce jour de 78

forêts classées étendues sur 3,9

millions d‘ha, soit 14 % du

territoire national. Le bois de feu

représente 85% du total du PIB de

tous les produits ligneux

commercialisés dans le pays, suivi

par le bois de service (12%) et le

bois d‘œuvre (3%).

La consommation annuelle de

bois d‘œuvre se chiffre autour de

25 000 m3, dont 93% sont

importés des pays voisins, et

seulement 7% disponibles sur

place. Mais une récente étude du

ministère chargé de

l‘Environnement prévient

qu‘entre 1990 et 2010, le pays a

perdu 17,5% de son couvert

forestier. On estime qu‘environ 50

000 ha de forêts disparaissent

chaque année pour la satisfaction

des besoins énergétiques.

Cette.déforestation, qui

s‘accompagne de perte de la bio-

diversité (végétale notamment

mais aussi animale) et de la

dégradation des capacités

productives des sols implique

aussi la diminution de

séquestration du carbone par la

végétation mais aussi par les sols

et engendre ainsi le rejet de

grandes quantité de carbone dans

l‘atmosphère. L‘évaluation

économique des dommages

environnementaux révèle que le

coût annuel de la dégradation de

l‘environnement au Burkina Faso

pour l‘année 2008 est compris

entre 18% et 22% du PIB, soit

environ 760 milliards de F CFA,

indique une source du ministère

de l‘Environnement.

Saturnin N. COULIBALY


Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 05/07/2011

Développement durable : les pays africains sollicitent des financements

climatiques accessibles et efficaces

Le forum de partenariat 2011 des



Banque africaine de


début juillet, en montrant la




Afrique

Le forum a reconnu que le défi

pour ces pays résidait en l'accès à

un financement approprié. « Le

fait est qu'il est urgent d'améliorer

l'accès au financement climatique

au niveau nécessaire pour

transformer de manière







l'infrastructure, de l'intégration






au titre des fonds


CAP.

Le fonds pour les technologies

propres, un des instruments des

fonds d'investissements

climatiques, a entériné un prêt de

197 millions de dollars pour le

projet d'énergie solaire concentrée

de Ouarzazate I au Maroc.



Page 85 / 92










BAD et la Banque mondiale, deux

acteurs des Fonds


ce projet.

La BAD a introduit récemment


Afrique subsaharienne à travers

une enveloppe financière de 365

millions de dollars destinée à

aider l'Afrique du Sud à

développer son énergie verte.

Le montage financier comprend

un prêt de 265 millions de dollars

ainsi que 100 millions de dollars

de prêts concessionnels du fonds

pour les technologies propres.

L'enveloppe financière appuiera

l'opérateur électrique public sud-

africain, « Eskom », dans la mise

en œuvre d'un projet d'énergie

renouvelable d'un montant total de

1,3 milliard de dollars.




millions de dollars permettra au








démocratique du Congo (RDC),

avec un financement de 60

millions de dollars, essaiera de

traiter les problèmes de

déforestation et de dégradation



échelle.

Les initiatives visées sont celles

s'inscrivant dans le programme «

Réduire les émissions de CO2

provenant de la déforestation et de

la dégradation des forêts »

(REDD+). Le financement

permettra également d'inciter le

secteur privé à adhérer au

programme REDD+.


d'exemple ont également été









climat.


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Horizons (Mauritanie), 05/07/2001

Forum des Fonds d‟investissement climatiques: Le difficile financement de

l‟adaptation

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Page 88 / 92



Deutsch / Español / Sesotho

Klimaretter.info (Deutschland), 28 Juny 2011

Frauen wollen mehr Geld für Anpassung

Tagung des 'Climate Investment Funds' in Südafrika: Bislang 6,5 Milliarden US-Dollar flosssen seit

2008 in 45 Entwicklungsländer, um dort Anpassungsmaßnahmen an den Klimawandel zu finanzieren.

Allerdings zielen 70 Prozent der Mittel auf Großprojekte, weshalb Frauen in ländlichen Regionen oft

leer ausgehen.

Tagung des Climate Investment

Funds (CIF) in Südafrikas

Hauptstadt: Auf dem "Partnership

Forum" stand eine

frauenfreundlichere

Klimafinanzierung auf dem

Programm. Bereits heute werden

in den Entwicklungsländern

Millionen US-Dollar für

Klimaprojekte aufgebracht. Doch

obwohl Frauen die

Hauptleidtragenden der

Erderwärmung sind, bleiben die

finanziellen Mittel für sie meist

unerreichbar.

Feldarbeit ist in Afrika zumeist

Frauensache. Was aber, wenn

wegen der Erderwärmung

zunehmend die Erträge ausfallen?

(Foto: Kristin Palitza/IPS)

Bislang stellte der CIF 6,5

Milliarden US-Dollar 45

Entwicklungsländern zur

Verfügung, mehr als ein Drittel

des Betrags ging an 15

afrikanische Staaten. Die

Weltbank hatte den CIF 2008 in

Zusammenarbeit mit regionalen

Entwicklungsbanken ins Leben

gerufenen, um arme Länder im

Kampf gegen den Klimawandel

zu unterstützen. Der Löwenanteil

aber – über 70 Prozent– wurde in

Hightech- und Transportprojekte

investiert - klassische

Männerdomänen. Lediglich 30

Prozent der Mittel flossen in die

Finanzierung kleiner Initiativen,

die dem ländlichen Raum und

somit auch den Frauen zugute

kommen.

"Auf internationaler Ebene ist

zwar viel über die

Klimafinanzierung zum Wohl der

lokalen Gemeinschaften und

Frauen zu hören, doch umgesetzt

wird herzlich wenig", erlärt Ange

Bukasa von Chezange Connect,

einer Organisation zur Förderung

von Investitionen in der

Demokratischen Republik Kongo.

Experten des UN-

Entwicklungsprogramms (UNDP)

warnten auf dem Treffen in

Kapstadt, dass der CIF das

existierende

geschlechtsspezifische

Ungleichgewicht noch weiter

verstärken könnten. Frauen müsse

bei der Entwicklung und

Umsetzung von

Anpassungsmaßnahmen an die

Erderwärmung ein stärkeres

Mitspracherecht eingeräumt

werden.

Doch Mitsprache von Frauen in

Klimafragen ist derzeit eher die

Ausnahme als die Regel. "Die

Verbindung zwischen großen

regionalen Institutionen, die die

Fonds verwalten, und den

Menschen an der Basis, die die

Gelder benötigen, fehlt", urteilt

Ange Bukasa, die in Katanga im

Süden der Demokratischen

Republik Kongo mit Bauern

zusammenarbeitet.Frauen sind aus

der kleinbäuerlichen

Landwirtschaft Afrikas nicht

wegzudenken. Dennoch werden

sie in Klimafragen nicht

berücksichtigt.

ZUSAGEN FÜR

FRAUENFREUNDLICHE

PROJEKTE

Ein weiteres Problem ist, dass die

meisten Menschen in den

ländlichen Gebieten des

schwarzen Kontinents überhaupt

nicht wissen, was der

Klimawandel ist und was er

speziell für sie bedeutet -

geschweige denn was sie tun

müssen, um ihn aufzuhalten oder

abzumildern. "Den Menschen

mag das Wort 'Klimawandel'

bekannt vorkommen, doch haben

sie keinen blassen Schimmer, wie

sie sich schützen oder sich

überdas Thema informieren

können", erläutert Bukasa. Somit

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sind sie nicht in der Lage, die

Probleme zu analysieren,

Lösungsansätze zu finden und für

diese dann Gelder beim CIF zu

beantragen. Bukasa: "Ihnen bleibt

also nichts anderes übrig, als

weiterzumachen wie bisher."

Doch offenbar ist die Kritik an der

Männerlastigkeit des

Finanzierung durch den CIF bei

den richtigen Stellen

angekommen. So kündigten jene

internationalen Kreditinstitutionen

an, welche den Fonds verwalten,

dass sie bei der Bewilligung von

Geldern künftig die Interessen

von Frauen stärker

berücksichtigen wollen.

"Wir sind entschlossen,

Frauenfragen bei der

Klimafinanzierung einen höheren

Stellenwert einzuräumen",

erklärte auf der Tagung Mafalda

Duarte,

Klimafinanzierungsexpertin bei

der Afrikanischen

Entwicklungsbank (AfDB), eine

jener regionalen Institutionen, die

den CIF verwalten. Man werde

einen besonderen Fokus auf die

Finanzierung von

Energieprojekten legen, die das

Leben von Frauen und Mädchen

nachhaltig verbessern können.

Schließlich seien sie es, die in den

ländlichen Gebieten für die

Wasser- und Holzbeschaffung

zuständig sind.

Neue Energiesparkocher in

Sambia: Das Magazin Geo hatte

recherchiert, wie sich RWE mit

diesen Kochsystemen Zertifikate

generieren lassen. (Foto: Per-

Anders Pettersson/GEO)

Finanziert werden sollen

beispielsweise

Solarenergieprojekte, verbesserte

Kochöfen, nachhaltige

Waldprojekte, Wasserspeicher-

und Heizsysteme. "Wir werden

sicherstellen, dass Frauen Zugang

zu den von uns finanzierten

Technologien erhalten", betonte

Duarte. Allerdings sieht der CIF

für Kleinprojekte nur Mittel in

einem bescheidenen Umfang vor.

Mafalda Duarte forderte deshalb,

die Fondsmittel für kleinere

Projekte aufzustocken.

Aus Kapstadt Kristin Palitza (IPS)


IPSNoticias.net, 29 Juño 2011

Microcréditos para adaptarse al cambio climático

CIUDAD DEL CABO, jun (IPS)

- Sólo cinco por ciento de los

proyectos diseñados para

adaptarse al cambio climático son

ejecutados debido a la escaza

disponibilidad de fondos, lo que

obliga a hacer un uso eficiente de

los recursos. La solución al

problema puede estar en el

microcrédito.

El cambio climático es uno de los

mayores desafíos que se conozcan

para el desarrollo.

Mitigar los efectos del fenómeno

en los países en desarrollo puede

costar entre 140.000 y 175.000

millones de dólares al año hasta

2030, según el Banco Mundial. La

adaptación asciende a entre

75.000 y 100.000 millones de

dólares al año entre 2010 y 2050.

"La vida cotidiana de las personas

de menores ingresos será la más

afectada por el cambio climático.

Se necesitan soluciones que las

incluyan en los grandes proyectos

de adaptación", señaló Hela

Cheikhrouhou, directora de

energía, ambiente y cambio

climático del Banco Africano de

Desarrollo.

Cheikhrouhou dio una

conferencia en el Foro de

Asociación para Fondos de

Inversión Climáticos (CIF, por

sus siglas en inglés) 2011,

realizado en esta ciudad

sudafricana el 24 y 25 de este

mes.

El CIF, creado por el Banco

Mundial y bancos de desarrollo

multilaterales regionales, ofrecen

asistencia financiera para

proyectos de adaptación y

mitigación del cambio climático

en países en desarrollo.

Más de un tercio del fondo de CIF

se distribuyó en 15 países

africanos, pero son pocos

campesinos y las personas más

pobres, con mayores dificultades

para conseguir dinero, los que se

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beneficiaron con esas iniciativas,

en gran parte por barreras

administrativas.

"Necesitamos asegurar fondos

para las poblaciones rurales pues

se necesitan proyectos contra el

cambio climático con aplicaciones

prácticas", señaló Victor

Kabengele, coordinador de

proyectos del Ministerio de

Ambiente de República

Democrática del Congo

También es importante que haya

menos papeleo y pocas

condiciones, de lo contrario la

inclusión de los pobres en

proyectos contra el cambio

climático seguirá siendo una

promesa vacía, señaló Kabengele.

"El nombre del juego es dinero y

es importante poder acceder al

microcrédito", añadió.

Pero son pocos los proyectos

actuales que ayudan a los pobres

africanos a invertir en iniciativas

contra el cambio climático. Uno

de ellos está gestionado por la


Based Aid (GPOBA), asociación

de donantes y organizaciones

internacionales que trabajan para

facilitar el acceso a servicios

básicos.

Se trata de una asociación de seis

organismos, la agencia de ayuda

australiana AusAID, el Banco

Mundial y su Corporación

Internacional de Finanzas, la

agencia para el desarrollo de

Suecia, SIDA, el Departamento

para el Desarrollo Internacional

de Gran Bretaña y la Dirección de

Cooperación para el Desarrollo de

Holanda.

GPOBA apoya a instituciones

financieras en comunidades que

carecen de servicios básicos por

falta de recursos económicos,

como la conexión a programas de

electricidad con un uso eficiente

de la energía.

En ese caso, un banco local recibe

subsidios para otorgar

microcréditos a las comunidades y

ayudarlas a comprar sistemas de

energía renovables para las

viviendas.

"Queremos aumentar el acceso a

los servicios básicos de las

personas más pobres, como

infraestructura, tecnología, salud y

educación, para que puedan hacer

frente a las consecuencias del

cambio climático", explicó

Mustafa Hussain, especialista de

GPOBA.

"También pretendemos

implementar nuevos mercados en

zonas rurales, en especial de

tecnología renovables", añadió.

GPOBA colaboró en 2010 con el

lanzamiento de 131 proyectos con

3.500 millones de dólares

aportados por el Banco Mundial y

2.800 millones por los respectivos

gobiernos. Casi un tercio de ese

dinero fue invertido por el

continente africano.

En Uganda, por ejemplo, un

subsidio facilitó fondos para una

empresa privada que opera

sistemas de suministro de agua.

Eso permitió que la compañía

ofreciera agua potable a más de

8.000 hogares rurales que carecían

de agua corriente.

"Mediante el subsidio, las

agencias de microcréditos se

animan a otorgar préstamos a los

más pobres porque saben que los

refinanciaremos en base a

resultados pre-acordados. Eso

lleva a un mayor crecimiento y

que haya inversiones en las

comunidades rurales", explicó

Hussain.

Otra forma exitosa de otorgar

fondos a los campesinos es un

sistema de transferencia de dinero

desarrollado por el operador de

telefonía móvil keniata Safaricom.

Casi 70 por ciento de los keniatas

viven en zonas rurales y tienen

dificultades para acceder a bancos

o cajeros automáticos y sólo 40

por ciento de los 39 millones de

habitantes tienen cuenta bancaria.

Pero 83 por ciento de la población

tiene un teléfono celular, lo que

llevó a Safaricom a ofrecer

servicios financieros a través de la

iniciativa llamada M-PESA,

dinero en swahili.

Los clientes pueden pagar cuentas

y hacer transferencias de dinero

con sus teléfonos así como

acceder a otros servicios

financieros, como micro-ahorro,

microcrédito e incluso micro-

seguros.

"Los campesinos se ahorran unas

tres horas en promedio por cada

transacción al no tener que

desplazarse largas distancias hasta

la sede de instituciones

financieras ni hacer largas colas",

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señaló M-PESA, jefa de

desarrollo de producto, Japhet

Aritho.

"También se ahorran unos tres

dólares en transporte por cada

transacción, que ahora pueden

gastar en alimentos y otros

rubros", añadió.

M-PESA ya tiene 700.000

clientes, los que realizan 90

millones de transacciones por

mes.

El proyecto también ofrece

servicios diseñados

específicamente para combatir el

cambio climático. Hay un

programa para asegurar cultivos

en que las primas y las

reclamaciones se pueden pagar

por teléfono móvil y los

agricultores reciben por mensaje

de texto información sobre el

clima.

Otro programa ofrece acceso a

bombas de agua que funcionan

con energía solar a través de

tarjetas inteligentes que se cargan

con dinero a través de sus

teléfonos móviles.

En el foro de CIF, especialistas

coincidieron en que las iniciativas

financiadas con microcréditos son

clave para mitigar y adaptarse al

cambio climático.

"El acceso al crédito es

fundamental. Por ahora, los

fondos para el medio rural son

relativamente limitados.

Necesitamos más", remarcó

Kabengele.

Por Kristin Palitza



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