Analysis of trends in climate finance for AFOLU in the Sahel and Horn of Africa 2010-2022
African nations, despite minimal contributions to the climate crisis, disproportionately bear its socioeconomic costs. The Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector, the backbone of these nations’ economies is significantly comprised of natural resource-dependent subsistence farming and pastoralism, which serves as the main livelihood for an estimated 268 million people (FAO, 2018), making it extremely vulnerable to climate change, causing detrimental impacts on both food security and socio-economic stability.
Analysis of AFOLU-related climate finance
In order to influence policy change on climate finance, this report lays out country by country analysis on the current state of play in these regions, identifying:
- The extent of climate finance flows to the Sahel (with a particular focus on Great Green Wall countries) and Horn of Africa, including comparing financial flows of climate finance vs. commitments for agriculture and
nature in the Sahel and Horn of Africa and, - The extent to which climate finance reaches the local and community level in the Sahel and Horn of Africa.
This publication was produced in partnership with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, supported by the CGIAR Initiative on Climate, and the Great Green Wall Initiative.