Tag: Energy
Trade and the environment
04 Jan 17 ThemesTrade is inextricably linked to the threat of climate change, one of the most urgent issues facing sustainable development. While growth in trade-related activities can contribute ...
Sustainable energy financing key to bright future for Africa’s poorest countries
22 Dec 16 NewsAccess to finance is vital for Africa’s poorest countries to develop sustainable energy initiatives and build renewable power capacity, which would contribute to ending poverty, ...
Climate change and clean energy in the 2030 Agenda: What role for the trade system?
03 Nov 16 News
The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (the 2030 Agenda) including 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and supporting targets and the Addis Ababa Action A...
African govts urged to harmonise energy laws to attract investments
02 Nov 16 NewsAfrican governments have been urged to harmonise regulatory and legal frameworks to attract more investors into the continent’s energy sector.
Kipyego Cheluget, the Common Marke...
Financing infrastructure in Africa: First STC on transport, intercontinental and inter-regional infrastructures, energy and tourism
28 Oct 16 NewsThe First Ordinary Session meeting of the STC on Transport, Intercontinental and Interregional Infrastructures, Energy and Tourism will be held in Lomé, Togo from 13 to 17 March 2...
Despite high energy needs, industries can help reduce global greenhouse gas emissions
05 Sep 16 NewsIndustries and the products they make can play a considerable role in the global effort to tackle climate change. Making them part of the solution while helping them stay competiti...
Harnessing resources for industrialization – SADC talks energy infrastructure investment
22 Aug 16 NewsSouthern African leaders are expected to discuss measures to mobilise resources for developing energy infrastructure as a key enabler for the region’s industrialisation thrust as...
SADC member states urged to establish more joint investments on energy, water
07 Jul 16 NewsSouthern African Development Community (SADC) Member States must establish more joint investments on strategic energy and water projects to promote region energy and water security...
Cooperation in energy, trade; Major focus of PM’s Africa trip
05 Jul 16 NewsDeepening cooperation in areas of hydrocarbons, maritime security, trade and investment, agriculture and food will be major focus of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s five-day ...
A record breaking year for renewable energy: New installations, policy targets, investment and jobs
07 Jun 16 NewsOn 1 June, REN21 published the most comprehensive annual overview of the state of renewable energy. The Renewables 2016 Global Status Report reveals that renewables are now firmly ...
Fueling growth and financing risk: The benefits and risks of China’s development finance in the global energy sector
19 May 16 NewsAccording to new GEGI research in collaboration with Yongzhong Wang of the Chinese Academy of Social Science’s Institute for World Economics and Politics, in just over a decade C...
WEF Kigali meeting to address skills, energy gap
10 May 16 NewsThe World Economic Forum for Africa, scheduled to kick off in Kigali tomorrow, will be an opportunity to create awareness about the anticipated Fourth Industrial Revolution, which ...
Harvesting the sun: Scaling up solar power to meet Africa’s energy needs
11 Apr 16 NewsIn Niger’s eastern region of Diffa in the south of the Ténéré Desert – a vast sandy area across Niger and Chad up in the Sahara desert – are the ruins of a centu...
Drought relief, energy and food security the focus of Bank visit to Southern Africa
08 Apr 16 NewsAfDB Group President Akinwumi Adesina concludes Friday, a five-day visit to three Southern African countries – Mozambique, Malawi and South Africa – where he pledged support fo...
New report: Nearly $1 trillion wasted globally on extraneous coal projects, amount could end world energy poverty
31 Mar 16 NewsSecond Global Coal Plant Tracker Report shows risk of excessive investment remains after reported China coal permit suspension
On 29 March, the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, and CoalSw...
Renewable energy investments: Major milestones reached, new world record set
29 Mar 16 NewsCoal and gas-fired electricity generation last year drew less than half the record investment made in solar, wind and other renewables capacity – one of several important firsts ...
Africa – the next clean energy powerhouse?
22 Mar 16 NewsCan Africa be the next clean energy powerhouse? That was the question posed by the second plenary panel at the Africa CEO Forum – and panelists reached the conclusion that the an...
Energy crisis continues to be Africa’s metaphor for backwardness – Adejumobi
16 Mar 16 NewsThe metaphor for Africa’s continued backwardness is the energy crisis that many countries in the region are grappling with, says Economic Commission for Africa sub-regional offic...
“Lighting up and Powering Africa”: AfDB puts energy on the front burner of Africa’s development agenda
09 Mar 16 NewsEnergy is the central theme of the African Development Bank’s 2016 Annual Meetings as well as its 2015 Annual Report. The theme, “Energy and Climate Change”, unders...
Why “inefficiency” is needed in energy financing for Africa
03 Mar 16 NewsOne of the most important findings noted at the Africa launch of the World Bank’s Progress Toward Sustainable Energy: Global Tracking Framework 2015 (GTF) report for th...