Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale Wednesday presided over the opening session of a three-day Africa Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN) preparation workshop for COP29 in Nairobi.<\/p>\n
The workshop themed \u2018Africa\u2019s collective voice for climate action and development\u2019, has brought together United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) National Focal Points and Negotiators from across Africa to consolidate the continent\u2019s position ahead of COP29 set for November\/December this year in Baku, Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n
AGN currently chaired by Kenya\u2019s Special Climate Envoy Amb. Ali Mohamed, is a pan-African team of experts representing the climate in international climate change negotiations based on a common and unified voice.<\/p>\n
With Africa battling adverse impacts of climate change, CS Duale regretted the limited financial and technical capacities adding that it was time for Africa to rethink its priorities to shape the future of climate action through collaborations.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfrican countries have seen major droughts and floods; storms and cyclones have intensified and become more frequent, while the financial and technical capacity of the continent to adapt to climate change and increasing climate and natural hazard continues to be limited,\u201d he told participants.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy 2050, negative climate impacts could cost African countries $50 billion annually. Our priority, therefore, is to increase the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He further called for a regional approach to tackle the crisis which he observed is increasingly becoming severe.<\/p>\n
\u201cClimate change is a challenge that knows no borders hence requires us to rethink our priorities, making a regional approach essential. Africa has already made considerable progress in integrating Climate Action into development priorities, supported by various strategies and actions\u201d the CS noted<\/p>\n
While acknowledging the commitment demonstrated by African leaders, the Cabinet Secretary seized the opportunity to root for the enhanced role of governments in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change\u00a0(UNFCCC)\u00a0processes, which includes establishing and strengthening the National Focal Points Forum.<\/p>\n
\u201cMoving forward, we envision the National Focal Point Forum becoming an annual event preceding the AMCEN meetings. For this vision to be realized, we must establish an institution that will support it for the long term\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The meeting of experts is expected to come up with an African Position Paper for COP 29.<\/p>\n
Issues of consideration<\/strong><\/p>\n Issues of priority to be considered include climate finance which still is insufficient and unequal.<\/p>\n \u201cReform is needed to make finance available, affordable and accessible, especially to developing economies. Securing a strong favourable finance deal at COP 29 is therefore vital\u201d Duale advised.<\/p>\n Secondly, the paper should also address innovative funding mechanisms including private-sector investments. The team will be expected to consider prioritising adaptation, loss, damage and secure the necessary financial and technical assistance to close the adaptation finance gap.<\/p>\n Lastly, the Africa Position Paper will prioritise the insufficient financial and technical support to effectively implement, track and report on current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).<\/p>\n \u201cWe lack clarity on the amount of current and future funding, capacity building and technical support required to implement our NDCs. This vagueness undermines the transparency of support framework under the Paris Agreement and should be prioritized in the upcoming negotiations\u201d Duale said.<\/p>\n The Africa Position Paper will be presented to AMCEN and CAHOSCC next month for consideration and adoption.<\/p>\n The post COP29: AGN meeting opens in Nairobi amid climate finance concerns<\/a> first appeared on KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale Wednesday presided over the opening session of a three-day Africa Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN) preparation workshop for COP29 in Nairobi. The workshop themed \u2018Africa\u2019s collective voice for climate action and development\u2019, has brought together United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) National Focal Points and Negotiators from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}