Friends, welcome to our special coverage of COP31, which is meant to give compass to the tens of thousands of delegates attending this conference, and to also discuss, in great detail, the agency of Africa\u2019s various positions at the negotiation rooms here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is not exhaustive; nothing in these spaces ever is. But it is a great addition to the wide body of knowledge upon which these talks are predicated, and I hope you will find it a worthwhile companion. Its overarching argument is that the success of the next two weeks of talks will be judged by two things; the appetite to deliver on the promises we have made, and the ability to move beyond the culture of declarations that has sullied previous conferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ten years after the Paris Agreement, Africa enters these negotiations as, first, a region bearing some of the heaviest climate costs, and, second, a rights-holder and solution provider that is ready to take the mantle of leadership, both figuratively and literally. Recent forecasts of a strong El Ni\u00f1o have left several countries in East, West and Southern Africa preparing to adapt with limited resources. This shows just how fundamental it is to operationalise the Bel\u00e9m Adaptation Indicators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But indicators can only measure adaptation; while finance is what resources it. Giving effect to them must therefore steer us towards the goal of at least tripling adaptation finance by 2035, with clarity on the baseline and milestones along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To adapt to \u00ad\u2014 and recover from \u2014 existing and forthcoming climate catastrophes requires finance, and the accessibility to these resources is even more pressing in these times. Africa needs an estimated $190-277 billion a year to meet its 2030 climate goals yet received $43.7 billion in 2021\/22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On loss and damage, the gap between promise and delivery is starker. Of the $822 million pledged to the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, less than half has been received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, requests from developing countries total $2.8 billion, and 81 of those requests come from Africa. This finance must be public, predictable, and grant-based. There should be no loans for countries already constrained by debt. And, as we have seen around the world lately, consistent and accessible flows of finance are the difference between diminished livelihoods and loss of lives on one hand, and a financially just future on the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We at Power Shift Africa have had a commendable journey advocating for a just transition in energy access and industrialisation. At COP31, our advocacy will be buttressed by how to build on this momentum, and together with our partners and leaders, how to push for a Just Transition Mechanism that converts concept to design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
COP31 also marks the launch of the second Global Stocktake, the five-year review of collective progress under The Paris Agreement that will run until 2028. It is also a staging point for COP32 in Addis Ababa in 2027, and what Africa secures in Antalya will shape the agenda it carries home. The work is ready to begin; what remains is for the finances to flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our series of expert analyses, opinions and commentaries build on these… and much, much more. It is my honour and pleasure to now invite you to sink your teeth into them!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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