68 African Development Bank — Advancing Climate Change Action and Green Growth in Africa development partners. Meanwhile the CCAP3 will build on the experiences from CCAP1 and CCAP2. CCAP2 is an integral part of the Bank, addressing African and global development agendas. For example, CCAP2 is aligned with the Bank’s “High 5s Agenda” (H5s) and Green Growth Framework (2014), regional member countries’ (RMCs) Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) towards the global response to climate change, the African Union Agenda 2063, the United Nations Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and fulfilling the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Bank has a special role, helping fulfil the Paris Agreement’s aim to limit global warming to well below 2°C and “making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development.” Under CCAP2, the Bank has committed to: 1. Allocating 40% of project approvals to climate finance by 2020, with equal proportions for adaptation and mitigation 2. Mainstreaming climate change and green growth into all Bank investments by 2020 3. Securing significantly increased access to climate finance for lowincome African countries with a target of $25 billion by 2025 and positioning Africa’s financial sector at the forefront of financing innovations. This Report looks at whether the Bank has achieved these and other targets from the CCAP2. The Report includes an evaluation framework and an assessment of the CCAP2 against this framework and other available evidence, while also drawing lessons for the future. However, before evaluating CCAP2, it Pillar 2 Mitigation and low-carbon development Most African countries have relatively low levels of GHG emissions from fossil fuels, while those from land use, land use change, and forestry dominate emission inventories. However, Africa still needs to decouple growth from emissions. Development and transfer of appropriate technologies will play an important role in harnessing opportunities for low-carbon development. The Bank will work with RMCs to invest in clean energy, sustainable management of natural resources, green infrastructure, and development and deployment of appropriate technologies. Source: CCAP2 Pillar 1 Adaptation and climate resilience The Bank will leverage resources to strengthen the adaptive capacities of countries by supporting the diversification of economies away from heavy dependence on climate-sensitive sectors and the creation of alternative livelihoods in grassroots communities. It will also contribute to sectoral planning and incorporation of adaptation and resilience in key sectors identified in African NDCs, such as water, agriculture, health, infrastructure, and energy; and link with the Global Sendai Framework to strengthen disaster risk management. The Bank recognizes hard adaptation measures which strengthen infrastructure to make it more resilient to changing climatic conditions, and soft measures which make households, communities, and economies economically stronger and better able to withstand climate-induced shocks. Source: CCAP2
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