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Africa Climate Finance Talks Report

Africa is host to 33 of the 46 Least Developed Countries, an indicator of its vulnerability to current and future impacts of climate change. Implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions is therefore urgent but is limited by many barriers including finance. Climate finance is one of the critical means of implementation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement, required for developing countries to implement their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). ACTADE in partnership with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) under the Regional Programme Energy Security and Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa, organised climate finance talks which attracted a variety of African stakeholders and experts to appreciate the ongoing debate about climate finance and demystify its complexity as elaborated in this reportAfrica is host to 33 of the 46 Least Developed Countries, an indicator of its vulnerability to current and future impacts of climate change. Implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions is therefore urgent but is limited by many barriers including finance. Climate finance is one of the critical means of implementation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement, required for developing countries to implement their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). ACTADE in partnership with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) under the Regional Programme Energy Security and Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa, organised climate finance talks which attracted a variety of African stakeholders and experts to appreciate the ongoing debate about climate finance and demystify its complexity as elaborated in this report.