This publication is the last in a series of MDG reports.

For a number of countries, green economy is no longer a choice but a necessity dictated by the growing environmental degradation and depletion of their natural resources, and by climate change and its impact on food security, the energy transition, infrastructure and health.

The purpose of this report is to update the 2009 Joint Annual Meetings of the AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance, Planning and Development on the progress made in the implementation of the Climate Change and Development (Clim-Dev) Africa programme by the African Union (AU) Commission and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) since the 20