Press Release

October 19, 2022

Bridging the finance gap that impacts how Africa funds resilience

A growing climate emergency and its intensifying toll on African soil make climate adaptation and early warning systems critical focus areas in building resilience on the continent. The most effective way to confront the crisis is, firstly to be armed with information that allows one to prepare well in advance, and secondly to ensure a country has the resources to meet the demand for assistance when natural disasters strike.
September 27, 2022

Parametric development insurance shows real impact on African continent amidst calls for increased climate finance in run up to COP27

JOHANNESBURG, 27 SEPTEMBER 2022 – Less than two months to this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, African leaders are turning up the heat on countries which pledged climate finance to help developing countries adapt to the effects of climate change but have not delivered. Agreements in Paris and Copenhagen had earmarked billions ...