Climate Finance Innovators

East African Regional Workshop
2019-10-02 | Capital Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22 Haile Gebre Silase St, Addis Ababa, ET 1878, Ethiopia
The Climate Finance Innovators project successfully conducted a one-day workshop on the 2nd October 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the topic ‘Managing the transition from Kyoto to Paris – the potential of carbon markets and climate finance for East Africa’. The objective of the workshop was to facilitate mutual learning about successful elements of climate finance mobilization and to identify common challenges. Stakeholders from several East African countries shared progress updates and experiences relating to the development of funding proposals, financing mechanisms, MRV systems and NDC accounting.
Furthermore, the workshop participants were invited to attend a subsequent two-day ‘Carbon Markets Dialogue’. The regional dialogue was co-organized by the Climate Finance Innovators together with the GIZ Global Carbon Markets Programme, both supported by the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), and in collaboration with GIZ Energising Development Ethiopia with support from Irish Aid, as well as the UNFCCC Regional Collaboration Centre.
Participants gained an improved understanding of the new generation of carbon markets and climate finance instruments of the Paris Agreement. Moreover, the workshop served to jointly reflect on the successes and failures generated by the Kyoto mechanisms in order to provide input to the ongoing rule-setting for the Paris Agreement’s instruments, as well as the preparations by East African countries for accessing these funding sources.

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Webinar | Next Generation Carbon Markets
2019-09-09 13:00 - 14:30 (Europe/Helsinki)
In this Webinar the Climate Finance Innovators project present and discuss insights from Article 6 negotiations in the lead up to COP25 and analyse the emerging landscape of Article 6 pilots.
While Article 6 was the only item not finalized during COP24, Parties have made significant progress over the latest negotiation rounds to structure the new carbon market rules and to tackle the remaining technical intricacies of the mechanisms.
This period of uncertainty has also given rise to a number of initiatives that aim to test and prepare for these new rules and that already offer vital insights into the potential implementation of Article 6.

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Piloting Article 6 carbon market cooperation – additionality and methodological issues
2019-08-21 12:30 - 14:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Salvador Hall, Av. Luis Viana Filho, s/n, Paralela, Salvador, Bahia, 41730-101, Brazil
This workshop discusses key Article 6 issues for resolution at COP25. Under Article 6, crediting transformative/sectoral activities becomes important. This new setting impacts how environmental integrity can be ensured through robust additionality determination and baseline setting. Latin American government representatives and international experts will present insights from Article 6 pilots and discuss: How does the NDC influence Article 6 additionality and baseline establishment in order to promote increased ambition and environmental integrity? How can existing tools such as CDM methodologies serve as building blocks for emerging mechanisms? What lessons can be drawn from Article 6 pilots regarding these topics?

Key lessons from Article 6 pilot activities
2019-06-04 10:45 - 11:45 (Asia/Shanghai) | I4C 2019 – Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, 10 Bayfront Ave, Singapore, Singapore
The Paris Agreement established a future for carbon markets under Article 6. While the rulebook is still being negotiated, pilot activities around the world are offering first lessons to take into account in the operationalization.
This workshop addressed key stakeholders interested in Article 6 piloting and results-based climate finance from both buyer and seller countries. The session was organized jointly by Perspectives Climate Group, representing the Climate Finance Innovators Project, by South Pole and the World Bank.
Perspectives shared observations and lessons learned from Article 6 readiness and piloting in low-income countries in Africa and LDCs.
South Pole presented key considerations from middle-income countries with a focus on piloting activities in Colombia.
The World Bank discussed sub-regional aspects of the piloting activities.

Speakers

AXEL MICHAELOWA
Senior Founding Partner, Perspectives Climate Group

JEFF SWARTZ
Director, Climate Policy and Carbon Markets, South Pole

HARIKUMAR GADDE
Senior Carbon Finance Specialist, World Bank

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Carbon Market and Climate Finance support for NDC implementation in Senegal
2019-05-22 09:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Hotel Le Ndiambour, SN, 121 Rue Carnot, Dakar, 11000, Senegal
Senegal is already engaged in a variety of initiatives and efforts seeking international market cooperation under the Paris Agreement and climate funding for its NDC mitigation objectives. Continued capacity strengthening of national bodies and private actors is deemed necessary by the Direction de l’Environnement et des Etablissement Classés (DEEC) from the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD), acting as both Senegal’s NDC coordinator, CDM Designated National Authority as well as National Designated Authority to the GCF.
This workshop thus brought together over 80 public and private sector stakeholders to take stock of ongoing initiatives in Senegal and discuss opportunities, capacity needs and open questions about COP24 Katowice and Paris Agreement Art. 6 current situation, Senegalese ongoing initiatives on carbon markets and climate finance, and the underlying opportunities for its NDC implementation. Identified needs, updated concerns and other outcomes from the workshop will form the basis for further targeted capacity support.

AEE and Climate Focus reported latest updates on Carbon markets under the Paris Agreement
DEEC, AERA Group and Meridiam discussed the Senegalese CDM mitigation pipeline – experiences and opportunities
DEEC and FONSIS reviewed Senegal’s mitigation pipeline for the GCF
AEE and DEEC explored domestic carbon pricing in Senegal and a national platform for carbon markets and climate finance

A project-specific work-session was also held the day before on the GCF funding for the ASER Rural Electrification programme, with BOAD and DEEC.
A consultation meeting on Article 6 pilot initiatives in Senegal took place the day after, featuring ASER’s Standardized Crediting Framework (SCF) and the National Biogas Program (PNB) proposed transaction with KliK foundation.

Operationalizing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
2019-03-17 - 2019-03-18 | Accra International Conference Centre, Castle Rd, Accra, Ghana
Two-day event which brought together over 40 West African Alliance country representatives and its strategic partners. While the workshop covered a broad spectrum of topics, two issues stood out in particular: the need to foster the debate on operationalizing Article 6 at member country level and the question how to connect private sector initiatives under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and voluntary carbon markets with the countries’ national aspirations under the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

Harnessing Synergies between Market Mechanisms and Climate Finance
2018-12-13 09:00 - 10:30 UTC | COP 24 – Międzynarodowe Centrum Kongresowe, plac Sławika i Antalla 1, Katowice, 40-163, Poland
This side event presented a project to pilot replicable climate financing models in Africa, drawing on ongoing experiences in Ethiopia, Senegal and Uganda. The pipeline of activities under the CDM was assessed regarding the feasibility of mobilizing international climate financing and projects that are to be brought into the pipelines of these institutions. Partner governments showcased how these activities help to implement the NDCs currently under revision.

Speakers

AXEL MICHAELOWA
Perspectives
Moderator

GARETH PHILLIPS
African Development Bank
Opening Remarks

Panelists

EL HADJI MBAYE DIAGNE
Afrique Energie Environmment
Africa’s Negotiation Priorities for Article 6

ANNE OMAMBIA (tbc)
Kenya DNA
The Role of the Public Sector in Mobilizing Climate Finance

LOUISE BROWN
African Development Bank
The Adaptation Benefit Mechanism: Potential for Africa through AfDB Activities

STEPHAN HOCH
Perspectives

SANDRA GREINER
Climate Focus
African Experiences and Potential on Linking Market Mechanisms and Climate Finance

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Progress on Art. 6 – Moving towards implementation
2018-12-08 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | COP 24 – Międzynarodowe Centrum Kongresowe, plac Sławika i Antalla 1, Katowice, 40-163, Poland
The side event discussed critical aspects that should be addressed by future Article 6 activities, including upscaling to programmatic and policy-based crediting approaches, ambition raising under the Article 6.4 Mechanism, the operationalization of safeguards for environmental integrity and additionality.

Speakers

DR. IGOR SHISHLOV
Perspectives
Introduction and Moderation

WOLFGANG OBERGASSEL
Wuppertal Institute
Achieving overall mitigation ambition under the Art. 6.4 mechanism

AGLAJA ESPELAGE
Perspectives
Piloting Art. 6 activities – key issues to be tested and emerging experiences

JÜRG FÜSSLER
INFRAS
NDC ambition raising under the Art. 6.4 Mechanism

ASMAU JIBRIL
Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nigeria

OUSMANE FALL SARR
West African Alliance
Article 6 from a West African implementation perspective

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Linking Carbon Markets and Climate Finance in African Countries
2018-12-06 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | COP 24 – Międzynarodowe Centrum Kongresowe, plac Sławika i Antalla 1, Katowice, 40-163, Poland
This side event presented research findings and efforts to pilot replicable climate financing models in Ethiopia, Senegal and Uganda that are based on the pipeline of activities under the CDM. The government of Senegal showcased how these activities support the implementation of their NDC goals.

Speakers
MADELEINE DIOUF SARR
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Senegal
Introduction and Keynote
DR. AXEL MICHAELOWA
University of Zurich
Moderator

STEPHAN HOCH
Perspectives
Climate Finance Innovators Project: Article 6
Readiness and COP24 Priorities
El HADJI MBAYE DIAGNE
Afrique Energie Environnement
Africa’s Negotiation Priorities for Art. 6

CHEBET MAIKUT (tbc)
Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda
Uganda’s Experience with Mobilizing International Climate Finance
ZERIHUN GETU
Ministry of Finance, Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s Experience with Mobilizing International Climate Finance

OUSMANE FALL SARR
ASER, West African Alliance
Linking Market Mechanisms and Climate Finance

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