Advancing Environmental Assessment in Africa - Consultation draft DBSA Handbook
Climate change, transboundary impacts, gender, and health are just some of the critical issues at stake in advancing and increasing the value of environmental assessment in financing activities in Africa. The Sustainable Banking Network (SBN) is a learning platform established in 2012 by IFC and emerging market regulators and banking associations to facilitate knowledge exchange and collaboration to advance sustainable finance. One of the pillars of this work is the integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into financial sector activities. With this mind, SBN and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) invite you to explore current and emerging priorities for commercial banks, development finance institutions, prospective developers, government authorities, non-governmental organizations, and environmental assessment practitioners, as they collectively strive to improve environmental assessment on the continent. This webinar, livestreamed on Dec. 10, also features a consultation on the upcoming 4th edition of DBSA’s Handbook on Environmental Assessment Legislation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Benefitting from collaboration with practitioners across Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia, Zanzibar, and Zimbabwe, the new edition covers the institutional, legal, and procedural frameworks for Environmental Assessment in 26 countries. It addresses essential new topics, and features translation of relevant sections into French and Portuguese. Participants are invited to provide feedback on ways the next edition can be improved to best meet the needs of practitioners across different parts of the environmental assessment process, including the financial sector and regulators. Download now the Consultation Draft African Environmental Assessment Legislation Handbook: https://www.dbsa.org/EN/About-....Us/Publications/Page Learn more about SBN: https://www.ifc.org/sbn
