African Development Bank

Non-fossil to fossil energy ratio and scaling up climate investment in all sectors

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Some progressFor every $1 the AfDB provides to fossil fuels, $2.5 goes to renewables & $3.6 goes to T&D between 2016-2019.

Explanation

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has seen a reduction in its ratio of renewable energy lending compared to fossil fuel lending due to an increase in fossil fuel financing in 2019.

For every $1 the AfDB provides to fossil fuels, $2.5 goes to renewables & $3.6 goes to T&D between 2016-2019.

Mitigation financing has remained constant and adaptation financing has seen a large uptick. In 2017, the AfDB stated that 100% of energy lending went towards renewable energy.

                        

                           

OECD (2018) OECD DAC Recipient Perspective – Climate Finance
Oil Change International (2018) Shift the Subsidies database
Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks Climate Finance (2019,2018,2017,2016,2015,2014,2013)

                                              

This work is funded by Good Energies Foundation.

Last Update: July 2022

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