Landscape of Climate Finance in Burkina Faso

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative analyzes climate finance flows in Burkina Faso for the 2019/2020 period. It identifies a significant investment gap, noting that the USD 567 million invested represents only 13% of the USD 4.1 billion required by 2050 to meet the country's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). The analysis highlights a heavy reliance on international public funding and suggests policy and financial reforms to mobilize private capital and improve fiduciary standards.

• In 2019/2020, Burkina Faso received USD 567 million in public and private climate-related investment, which covers only 13% of the total estimated needs of USD 4.1 billion required by 2050 to deliver on its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). Within adaptation, agriculture has the highest investment costs at USD 1.1 billion, followed by water and ecosystem services.
• Climate finance is dominated by public actors, who provided USD 452 million (80% of total finance), while the private sector contributed USD 116 million (20%). International public finance from partner countries and multilaterals accounted for USD 431 million (76% of all climate finance), primarily delivered as low cost debt (42%) and project level debt (21%).
• Private climate finance was primarily driven by corporations, which provided USD 76 million (65% of private finance), followed by commercial financial institutions at USD 28 million (24%) and institutional investors at USD 12 million (10%).
• Investment was concentrated in energy systems (USD 249 million), followed by AFOLU (USD 148 million), cross sectoral investments (USD 95 million), and water and wastewater (USD 50 million).
• The report recommends establishing effective MRV frameworks to address Burkina Faso's position on the Financial Actional Task Force (FATF) grey list, which hinders donor funding due to fiduciary concerns. Other recommendations include using public finance to de-risk private investment via guarantees, scaling off-grid technology finance, and exploring Results Based Finance (RBF) and Pay As You Go (PAYGO) schemes.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2022). Landscape of Climate Finance in Burkina Faso. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/landscape-of-climate-finance-in-burkina-faso/

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. Landscape of Climate Finance in Burkina Faso. 2022. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/landscape-of-climate-finance-in-burkina-faso/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2022landscape, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{Landscape of Climate Finance in Burkina Faso}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2022}, month = oct, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/landscape-of-climate-finance-in-burkina-faso/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }