Japan-UNDP Joint Framework for Building Partnership to Address Climate Change in Africa

May 30, 2008

On the occasion of the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV) held in Yokohama, Japan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), co-organizers of the TICAD IV, have decided to establish Japan-UNDP Joint Framework for Building Partnership to Address Climate Change in Africa.
Through this framework, Japan and the UNDP will be jointly programming more than 120 million dollars to support the efforts for addressing climate change by the African countries which make efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve economic growth in a compatible way, and work toward climate stability. Japan will contribute to this framework under the “Cool Earth Partnership” announced by Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in January this year at the World Economic Forum.
The joint framework will include development of government capacity on the issue of climate change adaptation, review of poverty reduction strategies based on the assessment of economic implication of climate change, and training on climate change mitigation and adaptation measures. Japan hopes that this will help African countries overcome their vulnerability to climate change and promote their active engagement towards developing an effective post-2012 framework on climate change.

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