Landscape of REDD+ Aligned Finance in Côte d’Ivoire

In 2015, Côte d’Ivoire received FCFA 16.8 billion in REDD+ aligned finance, a small fraction of the estimated FCFA 173 billion needed annually to reach its 2030 forest cover target. The report highlights a significant gap between ambition and means, noting that 87% of relevant international finance (FCFA 80 billion) was 'grey'—meaning it lacked safeguards to prevent deforestation. Key institutional bottlenecks include SODEFOR's inability to execute its reforestation budget and a lack of mainstreaming of forest protection in national planning. The report argues that 'greening' existing agricultural finance could increase aligned funding five-fold. It recommends creating a National REDD+ Fund, improving land tenure security, and leveraging the success of the OIPR's debt-swap funding model.

• Current investments are insufficient to meet national goals; in 2015, only FCFA 16.8 billion (USD 28.1 million) was REDD+ aligned, while the estimated annual minimum need to achieve the 2030 20% forest cover objective is FCFA 173 billion (USD 289 million).
• A vast majority of relevant international finance is not aligned with REDD+ objectives; in 2015, 87% (FCFA 80 billion) of such finance was classified as 'grey', meaning it may have contributed to deforestation due to a lack of safeguards.
• There is a significant opportunity to increase aligned finance by 'greening' existing agricultural spending; doing so could increase REDD+ aligned finance by over five times to FCFA 101 billion (USD 169 million).
• SODEFOR, the agency responsible for classified forest management, suffers from severe operational and financial blockages, spending less than 5% of its planned FCFA 10.5 billion reforestation budget in 2015.
• The Ivorian Office of Parks and Reserves (OIPR) is a highly effective partner that channeled 10% (FCFA 1.7 billion) of all REDD+ aligned finance in 2015, largely supported by debt-swap mechanisms.
• Enabling environment measures, particularly sustainable land-use planning, are severely underfunded; only FCFA 447 million was spent by the Treasury on land-use planning in 2015, with no international support.
• Private sector investment in the agriculture and food sectors vastly outweighs public finance; five companies alone invested an estimated FCFA 419 billion (USD 700 million) in 2015, more than four times the total public finance for agricultural production and processing.
• Sustainable domestic energy is a critical but neglected area; wood fuel is the second largest driver of deforestation, yet only FCFA 93 million was spent on sustainable domestic energy in 2015 due to unclear mandates between ministries.

APA

Falconer, A., Dontenville, A., Parker, C., Daubrey, M., & Gnaore, L. (2017). Landscape of REDD+ Aligned Finance in Côte d’Ivoire. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/The-Landscape-of-REDD-Aligned-Finance-in-Cote-dIvoire.pdf

Chicago

Falconer, Angela, Adeline Dontenville, Charlie Parker, Marc Daubrey, and Lewis Gnaore. Landscape of REDD+ Aligned Finance in Côte d’Ivoire. Climate Policy Initiative, 2017. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/The-Landscape-of-REDD-Aligned-Finance-in-Cote-dIvoire.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{falconer2017landscape, author = {Falconer, Angela and Dontenville, Adeline and Parker, Charlie and Daubrey, Marc and Gnaore, Lewis}, title = {{Landscape of REDD+ Aligned Finance in Côte d’Ivoire}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2017}, month = jan, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/The-Landscape-of-REDD-Aligned-Finance-in-Cote-dIvoire.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }