New initiative to increase Africa’s access to climate adaptation
The African Development Bank and Global Center on Adaptation have launched a new initiative to help African countries access more climate adaptation funding.
The new initiative will fall under the Technical Assistant Programme of the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Programme.
A climate rationale is the scientific basis of a project and describes the climate change scenario, outlining the climate problem in a particular country (eg flooding or drought for an adaptation project) and region that the project will be implemented in.
The rigorous requirement by Green Climate Fund (GCF) for climate rationale based on 30 years of point-source climate data has led to a high attrition rate for funding proposals with an adaptation focus.
Through this new initiative, Direct Access Entities in Africa will receive additional support to enhance their capacity with regards to climate data, tools and methodologies that help them meet the critical requirements of climate rationale for compelling funding proposals that could merit approval by the GCF Board.