World Bank Group announced Thursday it is providing USD$22.5 billion to Africa for climate mitigation and adaptation across five years beginning with 2021, adding to the $17 billion already committed through the Africa Climate Business Plan. The announcement was made during the One Planet Summit in Nairobi, with President Uhuru…
President Faure Gnassingbé of Togo was the only African leader to participate Wednesday on a high-level panel during One Planet Summit, held on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Gnassingbé and philanthropist Bill Gates, along with President Hilda Heine of the Marshall Islands, participated in a…
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged USD$300 million to support agricultural research to help smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia meet the challenges of climate change. Bill Gates announced the initiative at this week’s One Planet Summit in Paris, as one of several key investment partnerships in agriculture;…