Original disclosure @ AFDB website
Updated in EWS Jun 8, 2025
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According to the Bank’s website, this project aims to apply the principles of the circular economy in order to provide an integrated set of support activities to remove obstacles to the elimination, reduction and control of sources of pollution to POPs and mercury in the 11 participating African LDCs. With regard to the measures required under the Stockholm and Minamata Conventions, several priority issues, such as strengthening capacities for the implementation of the conventions, appear to be common themes for African LDCs, as well as for the 11 countries concerned by the project.
The project area is the territory of the 11 participating LDCs. The entire population will benefit from the reduction in POP and mercury emissions and discharges, as these substances spread nationally and internationally, and have adverse effects when discharged into the air or water.
Environmental Category: [1] High Risk
Finance Type: Standard grant
Commitments (UA): 1,403,125
Conversion Rate USD (2024-12-02): 1,32974
The total cost of the project is estimated at only 21,300,000 USD.
Innocent ONAH
Natural Resources Officer, ECNR
African Development Bank
www.afdb.org