UNDP, Japan Partner for Renewable Development in Africa

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP), in conjunction with the government of Japan, has agreed to actively support African countries in their goals to incorporate renewable/alternative energy falling in line with climate change initiatives.

The collaborators will support 21 African countries in the development of their capacity to plan, implement, and monitor flexible and long-term development policies for climate change adaptation. The funding criteria for the $92 million program will include vulnerability to climate change risks falling under the “Cool Earth Partnership” and part of the “Japan-UNDP Joint Framework for Building Partnership to Address Climate Change in Africa” developed at the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in May.

African country recipients include: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, the Republic of Congo and Senegal. Participating countries are expected to start their adaptation activities in January 2009.