The Regional Postgraduate School of Integrated Management and Development of Tropical Forests and Territories (Eraift) recently organized a significant event titled “English Speaking Days for Nature, Biodiversity, and Climate” at the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles in Kinshasa.
The event, held from April 17 to 18, aimed to discuss current environmental challenges and highlight the multilingual nature of Eraift’s training offerings to increase its national and international visibility.
This initiative, organized to celebrate Eraift’s 25th anniversary, brought together a diverse panel of participants, including the UNESCO representative in the DRC, scientists, bankers – notably Rawbank, journalists, members of civil society, representatives of the Congolese administration, and members of Raddi, the Eraift alumni association.
A major highlight of this event was Rawbank, the leading banking institution in the DRC, committing to financially support carbon project developers. Thibaut Deckers, Head of Rawbank’s Trading Room, expressed the bank’s willingness to contribute to global carbon neutrality by 2050 by supporting these projects. With climate change becoming one of the most urgent challenges of our time, the carbon market offers unprecedented opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while promoting sustainable development.
Since joining the UN Global Compact in 2017, Rawbank has been striving to make firm commitments to sustainable development, and this further commitment to support carbon projects aligns with this vision. As a leading bank in the DRC, Rawbank thus demonstrates its commitment to combating climate change, placing environmental stewardship at the heart of its efforts to address this issue, going beyond the traditional scope of the banking sector.
This event highlighted the growing importance of financial institutions in the fight against climate change, emphasizing the crucial role that banks and other financial entities can play in promoting global sustainable development and carbon neutrality. Rawbank’s commitment to supporting carbon projects provides a tangible example of the increasing involvement of financial institutions in addressing major environmental challenges.
The Editorial team