Strengthening access to climate finance and integration of climate change into the local development planning in Benin

The proposal aims to address critical gaps in Benin's climate action, including the lack of a centralized climate information system and poor integration of national climate commitments into communal development plans. Key planned activities include the creation of a digital climate data repository, a baseline study on the integration of climate change into local planning, an evaluation of the 2016-2025 Low-Emission Climate-Resilient Development Strategy (LECRDS), and the development of a concept note for scaling up nature-based solutions. The project will be implemented by the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) over 24 months, targeting the National Designated Authority, sectoral ministries, and local communes.

• Benin faces significant challenges in implementing its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), specifically regarding limited technical expertise, poor data quality, and the inability of local institutions to integrate NDCs into local planning.
• There is a critical absence of a dynamic digital platform to capitalize climate information, research results, and policy frameworks from the local to the national level.
• While climate actions have been included in the third generation of Communal Development Plans (CDP), there has been no policy-level assessment of the actual integration of climate change into these plans, and there is a need to domesticate NDCs within the current fourth generation of CDPs.
• The Low-Emission and Climate-Resilient Development Strategy (LECRDS) 2016-2025 requires an evaluation of its 12 sub-programs to monitor progress and assess the level of private sector engagement since 2016.
• Private sector investment in low-carbon technologies is hindered by high acquisition costs, a lack of sustainable financial mechanisms, and insufficient legal frameworks for subcontracting to national companies.
• The proposal identifies a need to expand Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) initiatives to vulnerable municipalities not previously covered by the SAP005 project, aligning with priorities in the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and the National Climate Change Management Policy (NCCMP).
• Benin's climate vulnerability is high, ranking 151 out of 178 countries in the 2013 ND-Gain index, with extreme vulnerability to drought, high winds, and coastal erosion in Cotonou, where over 400 meters of shoreline have been lost.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2023). Strengthening access to climate finance and integration of climate change into the local development planning in Benin. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-readiness-proposal-icraf-benin-ben-rs-004.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Strengthening access to climate finance and integration of climate change into the local development planning in Benin. 2023. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-readiness-proposal-icraf-benin-ben-rs-004.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2023strengthening, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Strengthening access to climate finance and integration of climate change into the local development planning in Benin}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2023}, month = sep, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-readiness-proposal-icraf-benin-ben-rs-004.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }