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WestAfricanAllianceonCarbonMarketsandClimateFinance
OusmaneFallSARR,CoordinatoroftheWestAfricanAlliance
ObjectivesoftheAlliance
1. FosteractiveparticipationbyWestAfricandelegatesintheUNFCCCnegotiations
2. Promoteaccesstomarketmechanismsandclimatefinanceopportunities
3. PilotthetransitionofCDMrelatedcapacitiesandactivitiestotheParisAgreementcontext
4. SupportArticle6pilotexperiencesinthesubregion
“WehavetomakecarbonmarketsaccessibleforWestAfricancountriestomakesureleastdevelopedcountriesdonotmissthetrainundertheParisAgreementastheydidwiththeCDM”(OusmaneFallSarr,Coordinator)
Currentstatusofimplementation
TheAlliancecurrentlycomprisesBenin,CapeVerde,Coted’Ivoire,TheGambia,Ghana,Guinea,Guinea-Bissau,Mali,Mauritania,Niger,Nigeria,Liberia,BurkinaFaso,SierraLeone,SenegalandTogo.
Supportedby:
OrganisationSteeringCommittee
Coordinator,Secretariat,Donors,thematicworkinggroupchairs
Membermeeting
AllianceCoordinator
FinancialPartnerRCCLomé/BOAD
AllianceNationalFocalPoints
AllianceSecretariatENDAEnergie,supported
byClimateFocus
CarbonMarketsandCarbonPricing
Transparency TechnologyTransferClimateFinance
TechnicalPartners:ClimateFocus,EEA,DIA,AERA,Perspectives
Strategicguidance
Implementationcoordination
TechnicalWorkingGroups
Activities-Workshops
• FirstworkshoponmarketmechanismsandNDCimplementation,Dakar,January2018• SecondworkshoponArticle6negotiations,Lomé,July2018
Activities–RepresentationinUNFCCCnegotiationsandsideevents
• Upto5memberssupportedtoparticipateininternationalevents(I4C,ACF,SBSTA,COP)• Alliancesideevents
Activities–Art6readinesssupport
• Tenderamongmembercountries• NigeriaandTogoselectedforsupport• Workshopsfornationalstakeholders• Institutionalcapacitybuilding• CDMtransition
Experiencesandchallengestodate• VeryfastgrowthoftheAlliance(startinNov2017)• Keyroleplayedbyregionalorganisations(UNFCCC/RCCLomé,BOADandENDAEnergie)• SettingupthestructureoftheAllianceistimeandressourceintense• Alliancehasseenstrongmembercommitmenttoinvesttimeandenergyintoactivities(essential)• ValueaddedtoWestAfricancountriesthroughstrengthenedcoordinationandpreparationforthenegotiations• RelevantcontributionoftheAllianceinlinkingnegotiationswithdomesticissuesandconnectingthedotsbetweendifferentnegotiationstreams• Potentialtoforgenewpartnerships
Website:www.westafricaclimatealliance.org
Thankyou.