| dc.description | The 2022 African Economic Conference (AEC) was held on 09- 11 December 2022 in Balaclava, in the island nation of Mauritius, with a strong call for Africa to adopt innovative technologies to tackle what speakers described as ‘the looming climate change threat’ to the continent.
The 2022 African Economic Conference (AEC 2022) was jointly organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
A Plenary Session on National to Regional Blue Bonds-Attract Blue Impact Investing to Unleash the Potential of the African Blue Economy for Climate Smart Development in Africa was held during the conference. Dr. Adam Elhiraika moderated it, Director of the Macroeconomics and Governance Division, UNECA, and the panelists were:-Daouda Sembene, Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development. Former Senior Economic Advisor to the President of Senegal. Former IMF Executive Director - Virtual participation; Dr. Hanan Morsy, Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist,
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA); Mr. Yuvan Beejadhur, Senior Adviser to the Director-General, Office of the Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO); Professor Anthony Nyong, Regional Director of the Global Center on adaptation, Africa; Mr. Kevin Njiraini, Regional Director, Southern Africa, International Finance Corporation (IFC)- Virtual participation and reported by Dr. Nassim Oulmane, UNECA.
This session aimed to engage the panelists in a discussion on how African countries can mobilize blue bonds, how these bonds can be prudently used to meet sustainable development objectives, how a regional approach could scale up blue economy activities to the point that they have an impact on climate impact, how to leverage the AfCFTA framework to develop sustainable regional blue value-chains, and how to promote Africa’s efforts to “build forward better.” | en |
| dc.title | African Economic Conference-2022: Plenary Session on National to Regional Blue Bonds-Attract Blue Impact Investing to Unleash the Potential of the African Blue Economy for Climate Smart Development in Africa | en |
| dc.title.alternative | Supporting Climate-Smart Development in Africa | en |
| ags.publisherPlace | Addis Ababa | en |
| ags.publisherName | UN. ECA | en |
| dc.contributor.other | African Development Bank (AfDB) | |
| dc.contributor.other | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | AFRICA | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | MAURITIUS | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-03T07:48:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-01-03T07:48:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-12-10 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10855.1/3353 | |
| dc.format.medium | JPEG | |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.type | Photo | |
| ags.creatorCorporate | United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa | |
| ags.creatorConference | UN. ECA African Economic Conference (AEC) (2022, DEC. 09-11: Port Louis, Mauritius) | |
| ags.subjectThesaurus | CLIMATE CHANGE | |
| ags.subjectThesaurus | MARINE ENERGY RESOURCES | |
| ags.subjectThesaurus | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | |
| ags.subjectThesaurus | FREE TRADE AREAS | |
| ags.subjectClassification | 16.07.00 METEOROLOGY | |
| ags.subjectClassification | 03.08.00 MARINE RESOURCES | |
| ags.subjectClassification | 07.01.00 GENERAL INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND TRADE POLICY | |
| ags.descriptionNotes | Conference | |
| ags.rights.TermsOfUse | Public | |
| ags.availabilityLocation | ECA-HQ | |
| uneca.workflow.processed | true | |
| uneca.language.supported | en | |
| dc.relation.isPartOf | African Economic Conference 2022 | |
