This week's news includes the recently concluded World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) in Brussels, Belgium. All this week, Afrik21 has published a series of articles on the circular economy in Africa. It also covered the war in Sudan, with food insecurity and climate change affecting at least 7 million internally displaced people.
At the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) in Brussels, Belgium, the European Union (EU) announced €40 million in funding to support the transition to the circular economy in Africa.
Circular economy: in Brussels, the EU unveils a €40m initiative for Africa
In Morocco, however, the Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development has announced an investment of €648 million for the adoption of the circular economy in Rabat, Casablanca, Tangiers, Fez, Marrakech and Agadir.
MOROCCO: €648m to be committed to the circular economy of waste in six cities
In South Africa, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is granting Standard Bank $300 million to finance “affordable” housing and renewable energy.
SOUTH AFRICA: IFC commits $300m for housing and clean energy
On the subject of the war in Sudan, we learned this week that the World Bank is to provide $130 million in funding for food security, while at least 7 million internally displaced people are now exposed to famine exacerbated by climate change.
War in Sudan: who will benefit from the $130 million released for food security?
At the same time, a new scientific report indicates that rising water levels in the Great Lakes region of East Africa are threatening the survival of pink flamingos. Another direct consequence of climate change.
Rising water levels threaten Africa’s pink flamingos in the Great Lakes region
See you next week
