Food security is a broad term for food availability together with the status of nutrition, food quality and adaptive capacity of individuals or a group. This resource provides information on the key elements of achieving food security and developing the agricultural sector.

Oceans face massive threats including over-exploitation, pollution, biodiversity decline, climate change and acidification. This document looks at these challenges and particularly how they impact on the most vulnerable countries, regions and populations, using Madagascar as a case-study.

Africa is warming much faster than the rest of the world with dry regions likely to suffer from more frequent droughts, and tropical regions predicting more frequent and intense precipitation and scorching temperatures. This resource looks at the main causes of climate change in South Africa and the impact on the region.

The African Development Bank Group has set down a new agenda for the Bank Group, building on its existing 2013-2022 Strategy. There are five development priorities for the institution. The High 5s are to: Light up and Power Africa; Feed Africa; Industrialise Africa; Integrate Africa; and Improve the Quality of Life for the People of […]

Sustainable transportation infrastructure, design and planning must consider emissions, water and sustainability. This document looks at resilience and adaptation to climate change and methods of mitigating the impact.

This resource provides an overview of the links between road, rail, shipping and other forms of transport, addressing transport in the light of obstacles to international and local trade, and challenges that hamper economic development and/or damage to the environment, as well as solutions, planning and financing.

This document provides a short summary of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

On January 1, 2016, the United Nations resolution on the implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) came into force. This booklet is a guide to the SDGs and each of their objectives.

Evidence suggests that transitioning to a green economy has sound economic and social justification. This document provides a synthesis for policy makers on the pathway to a green economy.

This resource deals with the development and management of water resources in Southern Africa. It addresses water and climate change, opportunities within the sector, challenges and funding trends in the African water infrastructure landscape, and possible areas of intervention.