Presentation of Collins Otieno, PACJA, during the Session 3 of the GCF Watch international webinar series "Engaging with the GCF in different regions and countries".

1. Advancing the role
of the African
CSOs in the
Administration of
GCF
29th July 2021
African Regional
Node on Climate
Finance

2. Climate finance and its sources
 Public sources of
climate finance –
21B
 Private sources of
climate finance –
55B
 Multilateral sources
of climate finance –
20B
 Carbon markets –
USD 2B

3. Green Climate Fund (GCF)
 The total portfolio of approved projects by 2019 was USD 3.7 billion of GCF financing through 76
projects globally.
 Pacific Islands Renewable Energy Investment Programme (Approved December 2016): Cook Islands,
Tonga, Republic of Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Nauru and
Samoa
 Africa Universal Green Energy Access Programme (Approved October 2016): Benin, Kenya, Namibia,
Nigeria and Tanzania
 GCF-EBRD Sustainable Energy Financing Facilities (Approved October 2016): Armenia, Egypt,
Georgia, Jordan, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Serbia, Tajikistan, Tunisia
 Caribbean Sustainable Energy Facility (Approved October 2016): Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts &
Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent & Grenadines
 East Africa KawiSafi Ventures Fund (Approved November 2015): Kenya and Rwanda

4. A growing portfolio
Kenya
Peru
Senegal
Malawi
Mexico
Maldives
~$5b for 102 projects
Bangladesh
Tuvalu
Fiji
Gambia
Armenia
El Salvador
Tajikistan
Sri Lanka
Mali
Viet Nam
Chile
Eastern Caribbean
Samoa Vanuatu
Pacific Islands
Mauritius
South Africa
Argentina
Mongolia
Uganda
Status as of B22 (Feb 2019)
Madagascar
Namibia
Morocco
Ecuador
Pakistan
Rwanda
Egypt
Georgia
Jordan
Moldova
Serbia
Tunisia
Uzbekistan
Tanzania
Ethiopia

5. African Climate Finance Picture
 Less than 3% of climate finance flows in Africa today –
yet Africa is the most vulnerable to the impacts of
climate change and contributes the least (4%)
 Africa’s economy is still emerging and requires the
support to adapt and mitigate the impacts of climate
change – consider Paris Agreement – annex one and
non annex one countries
 While adaptation remains the key focus for Africa,
mitigation has continuously been prioritized at the
expense of the African continent and its people

6. Resources vs. the Challenge
 GCF should be at USD 100B
– we haven’t arrived there.
Shall we arrive there?
 Accessibility of GCF remains
a huge debate. Will it ever
end?
 We have sections of Paris
Agreement – facilitating
access to climate finances
undone. e.g. adaptation and
loss and damage and non
markets of article 6. Will
COP 26 help?

7. Why are we in this? Challenges to
accessing climate finance
 Special requirements to accessing
global climate funds – policies,
regulations, strategies etc.
 Difficulty in accessing requisite data
and information – GCF is a key
example
 High upfront costs for skills and
infrastructure development and
strengthening of the institutions –
again GCF, Adaptation fund etc.
offer best case scenarios
 Non institutional set ups of most
grassroots institutions/agencies –
generally it is the developed
countries who benefit the most from
climate finances

8. Opportunities to shift the scenario
– Private sector
 Enhancing access to
technical resources
 Raising awareness with
intention to capacity build the
public
 Strengthening governance
systems
 Reforming the regulatory
frameworks to favor access
to climate finance
 Lobbying and advocacy

9. Opportunities to shift the
scenario – Public sector
 Advancing awareness
and capacity
 Enhancing an enabling
environment for
accountability and
transparency
 Enhancing the use of
evidence and information
– climate finance
tracking/coding
 Enhancing political will
and mandate

10. How do we do it?

11. Background – Introduction to PACJA
 A continental coalition of 1000+ CSOs
from diverse backgrounds 45 African
countries.
 Founded in 2008, Johannesburg, South
Africa
 Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya
 Brings together brings together Faith-
based Organizations, Community-based
organizations, Non-Governmental
organizations, Trusts, Foundations,
Farmers and Pastoralists’ Groups
among other sectors.
 Works with Governments to drive
African agenda at Int’l level
 Strong partnership with several int’l
partners in North & South

12. In-depth Understanding of PACJA

13. THE END
Collins Otieno
PAN AFRICAN CLIMATE JUSTICE
ALLIANCE (PACJA)
www.pacja.org collins@pacja.org
+254 701 355 362