UN economic commissions call for innovative finance to combat climate change
Stories & Blogs ECAOct 24, 2024(Story )As countries battle multiple environmental, social and financial crises, experts have emphasized the need for innovative financing mechanisms to combat climate change and accelerate sustainable development.
Implementation technicalities of international carbon trade largely unresolved at the 2024 Bonn Climate Change Conference
Stories & Blogs ECAJun 19, 2024(Story )As interest in carbon markets in Africa continue to rise, the sixtieth session of the subsidiary bodies (SB60) of the UNFCCC failed to reach agreement on all technicalities related to the implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, demonstrating t
As trees rise, parched African landscapes spring back to life
Stories & Blogs UNEPJun 13, 2024(Story )When Yeshitila Haile looks up at the hillside behind his farmstead, he puts his hand on his heart and speaks with great satisfaction about how he has helped to transform the landscape in which he grew up.
Carbon tax on fossils fuels, marine and aviation transport could generate additional development financing for Africa
Stories & Blogs ECAApr 25, 2024(Story )A carbon taxation regime covering carbon tax on fossil fuel, maritime transport, and aviation could generate additional funds to support the Africa energy transition, says Claver Gatete, Executive Secretary of ECA
Placing Farmers at the Core of Development Efforts is important to Achieve Food Security
Stories & Blogs ECAApr 25, 2024(Story )As Africa races against time to meet the SDGs, the continent faces formidable challenges aggravated by climate change, inflation, and regional conflicts.
African countries to dominate the world’s top 10 growing economies, ECA report.
Stories & Blogs ECAMar 28, 2024(Story )African countries are predicted to dominate the world’s top 10 highest growing economies in 2024, according to a report on Recent Economic and Social Developments in Africa.
Sixth Africa Climate Resilient Investment Summit (ACRIS VI)
Stories & Blogs ECAMar 13, 2024(Story )ACRIS is a flagship event of the Africa Climate Resilient Investment Facility (AFRI-RES) – a joint initiative of the Economic Commission for Africa, the African Union Commission, and the World Bank with initial funding support from the Nordic Development
UN Environment Assembly advances collaborative action on triple planetary crisis
Stories & Blogs UNEPMar 01, 2024(Press Release )Member States delivering 15 resolutions aiming to boost multilateral efforts to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss and pollution.
At UNEA-6, Heads of State call for greater cooperation on the environment
Stories & Blogs UNEPFeb 29, 2024(Press Release )World leaders expressed determination to accelerate multilateral action on the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss and pollution.
Central Africa needs to enhance sub-regional cooperation to ensure satisfactory appropriation of natural capital accounting as a tool for mobilizing financing for the green economy
Stories & Blogs ECAFeb 02, 2024(Story )"No Central African country, despite the Congo Basin’s enormous natural resource endowments, has an economic and environmental accounting system…", emphasized Dr. Nebiyeleul Gessese,