Africa’s $25-billion climate change war chest
ZUBAIDA MABUNO ISMAIL, BIRD STORY AGENCY THE African Development Bank plans to commit some 25 billion US dollars (US$) to programmes to mitigate the impact of Climate Change - among them, clean energy and emergency food production - over the next three years. This is just a fraction of the estimated amount - between US$1.3 trillion and US$1.6 trillion - that the continent requires to tackle the threat by 2030. Speaking at the 57th Annual Meeting of the bank in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, the bank's president, Akinwumi Adesina, said Africa needs more resources to combat the effects of climate…