Africa Climate Change Fund of the Africa Development Bank in dialogue with the delegation of Global Affairs Canada | African Development Bank

The Director of the African Development Bank’s Climate Change and Green Growth Department, Prof. Anthony Nyong, received a delegation from the Global Affairs Canada’s Cooperation for Pan-African and Regional Development Program in Ivory Coast on 25 April in Abidjan.

The delegation, led by Mrs. Lara Bremner, head of the programme, was in Abidjan as part of her collaboration with key pan-African and regional partners, including the African Development Bank’s Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF). Mrs. Eve Sandra Beremwoudougou, First Secretary and Senior International Assistance Officer and GAC’s representative on the ACCF’s Oversight Committee, accompanied her.

Global Affairs Canada, a Canadian government department, joined the ACCF as a donor in March 2020 with a contribution of USD 7 million to support the Fund’s work to develop a gender-transformative climate change workflow focused on the empowerment of women and girls for climate resilience.

Nyong welcomed the officials and highlighted how the bank is mainstreaming climate change into all of its investments. He said the ACCF, which has benefited from Canada’s contributions, is focusing on helping entities such as civil society organizations, non-governmental organizations and small businesses, often left out of the bank’s main funding, gain access to climate finance.

“The ACCF not only provides funds for climate action, but also helps to strengthen the capacities of the institutions it affects,” he said, adding that the GAC’s contributions have strengthened the bank’s work to mainstream gender into its climate change projects.

In her remarks, Bremner praised the Africa Climate Change Fund and advised on how it could expand its geographic reach and promote its engagement with the private sector. She added that the results of the projects should be further shared through social media and other platforms. She offered Canada’s support to disseminate the results of the ACCF.

Ms. Rita Effah, coordinator of the Africa Climate Change Fund, briefed Bremner on the fund’s third call for proposals (CFP3) and how the selected projects will address gender inequality in the host countries. The projects cover key sectors such as agriculture, forestry, energy and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).

“These projects are expected to contribute to addressing the root causes of gender inequality and strengthening the resilience of African communities to the impacts of climate change,” said Effah.

The manager of the bank’s climate change and green growth division, Dr. Al Hamndou Dorsouma, attended the meeting.

About tea ACCF

The Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF or Fund) is a multi-donor trust fund that is well positioned to contribute to the achievement of the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) goal of tripling its climate finance efforts and increasing its striving for a climate-resilient Africa. The AfDB established the ACCF in April 2014 with an initial contribution of €4.725 million from the government of Germany to support African countries in building their resilience to the negative impacts of climate change and transitioning to sustainable low-carbon growth. ACCF was converted into a Multi-Donor Trust Fund in 2017 with contributions from the Flemish, Belgian and Italian governments. Global Affairs Canada and the Government of Quebec joined the fund in 2020 and the Global Center on Adaptation, the Republic of Ireland and the Federal Ministry of Finance of Austria in 2022. The size of the trust is $28.8 million.

For more information: visit https://accf.afdb.org