The UN Framework for Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), UNEP Risoe Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development, and the Banque Ouest Africaine de Developpement (BOAD) are jointly organizing a Climate Finance and Investment Forum in West Africa. The objective of the event is to facilitate and enhance the finance of climate change mitigation and adaptation projects in the region. The two-day event will include plenaries on: International Climate Finance and the UNFCCC Framework; Climate Finance Instruments: Opportunities for Africa; Public Financial Institutions and Climate Finance; Presentation from Regional Climate Change Projects; Role of a Private Financial Institution in Enabling Sustainable Development; Examining the Opportunities in Emerging African Investment Funds; Clean Energy Finance: The Case Study of South Africa; and Renewable Energy Project Finance.
dates: 2-3 June 2014 venue: Headquarters of the Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (BOAD), 68, Avenue de la Libération location: Lome, Togo contact: Françoise d’Estais e-mail: francoise.destais@unep.org www: http://www.acadfacility.org/downloads/Climate-Finance-Investment-Forum-in-West-Africa-June_02_03_2014_Lome_TOGO.pdf
http://www.acadfacility.org/downloads/Agenda_CLIMATE_FINANCE_INVESTMENT_FORUM_IN_WEST_AFRICA.pdf