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Where are we??

AFRICA’S POLICY PERSPECTIVES ON CLIMATE FINANCE ACTION: The Taskforce Experiences Presented by: David Ebong Email: debong@cleanenergy.co.ug www.cleanenergy.co.ug. Where are we??.

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Where are we??

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  1. AFRICA’S POLICY PERSPECTIVES ON CLIMATE FINANCE ACTION: The Taskforce ExperiencesPresented by: David EbongEmail: debong@cleanenergy.co.ugwww.cleanenergy.co.ug

  2. Where are we?? • Limited innovative approaches to implement existing Convention decisions and commitments related to the 4 identified themes - • Advancing development goals in a sustainable way; • Full potential of technology; • Addressing action on adaptation; • Realising the full potential of market mechanisms) • Currently the Climate Change Financing Regimes are fragmented and lacks clear priorities and therefore begs these questions: • How do we better organise and consolidate our existing work programme • How do we fill the gaps that have been identified. • How do we develop a clear mandate to take us forward

  3. Mandate of parliamentarians taskforce: • Coordinating secretariat for dialogue and experience sharing on climate change financing best practices parliamentary activities. • Providing policy mechanisms aimed at strengthening linkages across sectors; in parliament, executive, and CSOs participation for coordinated delivery on climate change financing. • Developing innovative framework for policy decision support mechanism aimed at strengthening PPP as a means of delivery.

  4. Policy gaps: • Failures for decades to address SD issues due to uncoordinated structures with unclear mandates on development financing escalating income inequalities in the region. • Insufficient expertise-Parliamentarians & parliament staffs are largely from non scientific backgrounds. • Policy reforms Vs its weakest linkage- “implementation” weak oversight on climate change financing. Few systems exist to support financing framework.

  5. The Parliamentary Committees-SSA as a Case Study: • Various ministries are accountable to Standing Committees in relation to budget priorities but limited capacity in integrating climate change. • The budget committees: - Realign mandates to for strengthening institutional coordination, linkages and integration of climate change budgets . • Parliaments committees lack proactive systems-approvals of quarterly budgets & work plans.

  6. Gaps in climate finance budget tracking in parliaments: • Quarterly activity and financial reports not scrutinized resulting to weak oversight- Actions reactive. • Oversight committees exists:- PACs, LGPAC, Statutory Authority etc but no system exists to track climate change finance resource abuses to logical conclusion. • The audit mandates limited to financial audits:-mandates of audit institutions to focus on policy compliance audits prioritizing policy compliance audits on climate change.

  7. Thank YOU

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