At the United Nations Climate Conference in Egypt, leaders called for concrete action on adaptation and the thorny issue of loss and damage. The COP27 Presidency kicked off the Sharm El-Sheikh adaptation agenda to rally global action around 30 outcomes needed to address what the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)...

COP 27 is taking place against the backdrop of multiple and interacting crises, all competing for attention: food and energy insecurity, inflation, debt, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a looming recession. All this makes the climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt) the third ‘tough’ COP in a row, after COP 25 was moved from Chile...

Speech by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group, at the 2022 Civil Society Forum, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, 6 October 2022. Your Excellencies, Ambassadors Your Excellencies, Honorable Ministers Executive Directors of the African Development Bank Senior Management and Staff of the Bank Leaders and members of Civil Society...