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.