AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoUrban Climate Governance: Forty mayors worldwide have signed a pact led by C40 to shape how AI-driven data centres are sited, powered and regulated, aiming to protect city energy and water supplies and climate targets as data-centre growth accelerates. Flood & Public Health: In Freetown, residents on the Hill Side Bypass Road say an abandoned drainage clearing project is worsening flooding and sanitation, raising fears of higher mosquito-borne disease risk; authorities are urged to complete the work. WASH Emergency Response: In a separate sanitation push, Ghana’s Zoomlion has started nationwide emergency fumigation after floods, targeting filth and sewage hazards—an approach Sierra Leone communities facing heavy rains will watch closely. Green Finance: Sierra Leone’s banking and microfinance sectors have adopted the Sierra Leone Voluntary Sustainable Finance Principles, a sector-wide ESG lending and risk framework. Energy & Jobs Link: The World Bank highlights youth employment and energy affordability as key to growth, while urging renewable power to cut manufacturing costs. Tourism for Conservation: Sierra Leone’s tourism minister urges diaspora investment, framing tourism as both an income source and a way to protect forest communities.
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