Methodology for Landscape of Climate Finance in Africa

The methodology for the Landscape of Climate Finance in Africa 2022 defines the scope, terminology, and data treatment used to capture climate finance flows across the continent. It utilizes a combination of public and proprietary data from sources such as BNEF, OECD, and the Climate Bonds Initiative, focusing on mitigation, adaptation, and dual-benefit finance. The document details sector classifications—ranging from energy systems to agriculture—and regional groupings based on UN standards. It also identifies significant data gaps, including the difficulty of tracking domestic budget expenditures, private sector investments in adaptation, and the lack of official reporting on Chinese investments in Africa.

• The analysis focuses on primary financing for climate resilience and greenhouse gas emissions reductions in Africa specifically for the 2019 and 2020 period.
• The methodology excludes investments that risk locking in future greenhouse gas emissions, such as natural gas transition fuels or efficiency retrofits for coal-fired power plants.
• Tracking domestic climate expenditure is hindered by the absence of standardized definitions, methodologies, and unified databases across national and sub-national government agencies.
• Private adaptation investments are particularly difficult to track because they are often embedded within larger investments and lack standardized impact metrics and reporting.
• Chinese investments in Africa, estimated at USD 5 billion annually between 2015 and 2020, are difficult to track due to a lack of official reporting and the diversity of investment actors.
• The methodology excludes risk management instruments like guarantees and insurance from total finance figures because their actual disbursements are contingent on uncertain future events.
• While Rwanda has a history of gender-responsive budgeting since 2008, a dual-themed gender-responsive climate budget tagging framework for public expenditures has not yet emerged in Africa.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2022). Methodology for Landscape of Climate Finance in Africa. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Methodology-l-Landscape-of-Climate-Finance-in-Africa-1.pdf

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. Methodology for Landscape of Climate Finance in Africa. 2022. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Methodology-l-Landscape-of-Climate-Finance-in-Africa-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2022methodology, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{Methodology for Landscape of Climate Finance in Africa}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2022}, month = sep, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Methodology-l-Landscape-of-Climate-Finance-in-Africa-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }