Natural Eco Capital in partnership with African Development Bank (AfDB), and Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) organized a 3-day virtual capacity building workshop for the SMEs and Financial Institutions in Africa October 6-8,2020.
The training discussed and engaged participants on a newly developed toolkit for screening of their activities. These newly developed instruments are designed to promote the integration of climate actions into private sector operations at the AfDB level and at the level of other financial institutions (FIs) across Africa. They are also prepared to enable SMEs to identify incremental costs of climate measures that are eligible for climate /finance at scale and encourage them to proactively pursue climate action.
Below are the resources used during the workshop
- Overview of Climate Change and Understanding of NDCs – Challenges & Opportunities for SMEs in Africa
- Climate Opportunities and Risk Screening Tool
- GHG Accounting Tool
- Training Manual for Climate Screening and Opportunity Toolkit & Business Carbon Footprint Toolkit Training Manual
- Introduction to the Climate Change Risk and Opportunity Screening Toolkit
- Guidelines for mainstreaming climate change into lines of credit
For more enquiry, contact us on afdbsmeproject@ecopital.com
