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AF Board elevates Nigeria as committee chair, approves $12.4million projects

By Chinedum Uwaegbulam
19 October 2015   |   2:00 am
NIGERIA representative to the Adaptation Fund Board (AFB), Mr. Peter Tarfa has been elevated to Chairman of the Project Programme Review Committee (PPRC). The Adaptation Fund was established under the Kyoto Protocol of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and has committed US$330 million in 50 countries since 2010 to climate adaptation and resilience activities. To…
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NIGERIA representative to the Adaptation Fund Board (AFB), Mr. Peter Tarfa has been elevated to Chairman of the Project Programme Review Committee (PPRC).

The Adaptation Fund was established under the Kyoto Protocol of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and has committed US$330 million in 50 countries since 2010 to climate adaptation and resilience activities. To date, 51 projects have been approved with the majority in the implementation stage.

The committee is charged with reviewing the project and programme reports submitted by National Implementing Entities (NIEs) and Multilateral Implementing Entities (MIEs) as well as make recommendations to the Board on project and programme approval, cancellation, termination and suspension.

Tarfa, a deputy director, Department of Climate Change of the Federal Ministry of Environment who was Vice Chair of the committee said, “It is my hope that such assignment and engagement will spur us individually and collectively to continually strive to position the country positively in the comity of nations” He urged the public and private sector to consider taking advantage of the opportunities provided by the Adaptation Fund.

Meanwhile, the Board has considered a record number of project and programme applications, approving three full project proposals and six preliminary projects, for a total of over USD $12.4 million. The Board is also expanding its scope of operations, making decisions on regional projects for the first time alongside national adaptation projects.

At its 26th meeting in Bonn from October 8-9, the Board also decided to accredit the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) as a Regional Implementing Entity (RIE) of the Adaptation Fund, making it the 5th regional accredited entity, and joining the 20 national, and 12 multi-national accredited bodies who partner with the Fund.

“The unprecedented number of proposals to the Fund shows the huge demand for action on adaptation to climate change – and confirms the increasing relevance of the Adaptation Fund,” said Hans Olav Ibrekk, Chair of the AFB.

“The independent evaluation report on our work shows that we are really delivering on our mandate. We have a track record of supporting projects that build the resilience of some of the world’s poorest people against the impacts of climate change. We have a strong pipeline of projects for the future. Now we urgently need to make sure that we have the financial resources to match that demand.”

The AFB also further considered how to build synergies with the Green Climate Fund (GCF), mandating its Secretariat to continue discussions with the GCF, and requesting clarification from the Conference to the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (the reporting body for the Fund) about the Board’s mandate to take decisions on inter-Fund relations.

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