Climate finance can help developing countries adapt to climate change and phase out their emissions.
- Guest Lecturer, Climate Change Economics, University of Oxford & Director, Climate and Sustainability Programme, ODI Global
After the Covid-19 pandemic, we must seize the opportunity to make urban centers more livable places by investing in affordable housing, basic services, clean energy and active transport.
South Africa and Kenya have some valuable lessons for other African countries on how to finance urban infrastructure development.
Most African cities are expensive, informal and non-industrial. This has produced unique socioeconomic and environmental risks that must be carefully considered in policy development.
From an economic point of view, low-carbon plans in rapidly urbanising areas can have massive benefits for East African cities.
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