The NEPAD Agency with support from the Government of Germany has launched the 2^nd Call for Proposals for its Climate Change Fund.

NEPAD Director of Programme Implementation and Coordination, Mrs Estherine Fotabong, states that the focus of the Fund is on results delivery and thusgeared at ensuring, a robust, broad-based and all-inclusive approach to addressing climate change issues on the continent. “It is imperative for African countries to take issues of climate change very seriously as it affects the lives of millions of people, especially in the rural communities,” Mrs Fotabong says.

The Fund was established in 2014 with an initial seed funding of 3.6 million Euros from the Government of Germany for a two-year period. It provides technical assistance and grants to projects aimed at strengthening the resilience and capacity of African countries.

Climate change is emerging as a major challenge to Africa’s economic growth and threatens its vulnerable populations. The continent is the hardest hit region in the world by the adverse impacts of climate change, yet leastresponsible for it. 

The Fund is aligned with African Union priority initiatives and frameworks such as the NEPAD Environmental Action Plan and the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Plan (CAADP). 

It is administered through a targeted and competitive Call for Proposals, open to national and provincial institutions of African Union memberstates as well as Regional Economic Communities.

Following the 1st Call for Proposals, eleven proposals were approved for funding. The selected projects relate to adaptation of agriculture to climate change, biodiversity conservation, access and benefit sharing, development and implementation support to National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and mainstreaming climate change into National Agricultural Investment Plans (NAIPs).

The 2^nd Call for Proposals Fund is open from December 3, 2014 to February 28, 2015.

For detailed information on the NEPAD Climate Change Fund, click here