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African leaders must work engage private sector for climate financing
(2015-12)
Africa needs to mobilize its investments, to stimulate sustainable development on the continent to increase its resilience. According to International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Africa needs to rely ...
Climate finance: developed countries want Africa to turn to its private sector
(2013-11)
The issue of funding for the fight against climate change impacts has moved into high gear at the ongoing climate talks (COP19) in Warsaw. While African negotiators are asking developed countries to safe the green climate ...
UN Rwanda responds quickly to earthquake emergency needs
(2008-02)
The UN agencies in Rwanda join forces to assist in meeting the immediate needs caused by the earthquake that struck the Western Province on Sunday 3rd February. On February 3rd an earthquake struck the Western Province of ...
Upcoming ECA study on African SIDS to highlight transformative development opportunities in the face of climate change
(2013-06)
The Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) will be held in Apia, Samoa, in 2014 to focus the world’s attention on a group of countries that remain a special case for sustainable development ...