Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>From an African perspective, one of the most important things to come out of COP15, the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, was the formal recognition of the fact that lower-income countries were not in a position to bear as much of the cost of the energy transition as their higher-income counterparts.<\/p>\nThat recognition was spelled out in the section of the Copenhagen Accord that included a pledge from the world\u2019s highly developed states to provide the developing world with at least USD30 billion a year in financing for energy transition and climate change mitigation projects. Under the accord, funding was supposed to remain at that level for three years and then start rising, reaching USD100 billion per year by 2020.<\/p>\n
This sounds wonderful, right? Sure, the Copenhagen Accord wasn\u2019t a binding promise, but it did set up a durable framework for future talks. If nothing else, it served to establish USD100 billion per year as the long-term target the UN would keep trying to hit after 2009 with respect to mobilizing climate financing for lower-income countries.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, the developed world missed that target.<\/p>\n
Too Little, Too Late<\/b><\/p>\n
And the UN \u2014 quite rightly \u2014 criticized it for that. I\u2019ll quote the organization\u2019s own webpage, using words that appear to have been published in mid-2023: \u201cSo far, the $100 billion goal has not been reached … and the distribution of funds has not been equitable. In 2020, based on the latest OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) data, developed countries provided $83.3 billion. Only 8% of the total went to low-income countries and about a quarter to Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since then, the OECD has published more up-to-date data. And while it shows encouraging signs, it also shows total financing has continued to miss the mark after the deadline. It said: \u201cIn 2021, total climate finance provided and mobilized by developed countries for developing countries amounted to USD 89.6 billion, showing a significant 7.6% increase over the previous year.\u201d<\/p>\n
The OECD also stated that it expected the USD100 billion annual target to be met in 2022. At this point, though, the organization hasn\u2019t been able to confirm whether its forecast was correct.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, the figures I\u2019ve listed here should at least raise questions about the ability (and perhaps about the willingness) of the world\u2019s most highly developed countries to keep their promises to their less-developed counterparts. These questions are worth considering as we approach the opening date of COP28, the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai.<\/p>\n
The UN\u2019s Answer: More of the Same<\/b><\/p>\n
They are also worth considering given that the UN\u2019s response to the failure of this approach is to double down \u2014 that is, to assert that even more money must be made available, above and beyond the original commitments.<\/p>\n
According to the organization\u2019s webpage, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is now calling for developed countries to provide double the amount of funding for climate adaptation programs. More is needed, he says, because the cost of mitigation work is rising and because the number of people living in high-risk areas is rising.<\/p>\n
\u201cCountries may need to spend up to $300 billion a year by 2030 and $500 billion by 2050, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),\u201d the UN\u2019s webpage explains. \u201cYet these estimated costs are five to 10 times greater than current funding flows. The Climate Policy Initiative found that the world today spends under $50 billion on adaptation a year, less than 10% of climate investments overall. This disparity is less acute but still evident in the $100 billion commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s true, as far as it goes. Costs are rising. Populations are growing.<\/p>\n
But given what has happened so far, does anyone believe this approach is actually going to work?<\/p>\n
Does anyone actually think that the world\u2019s most developed countries are going to start handing out more money at a more rapid pace because the UN says they should?<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not counting on it. And I don\u2019t think Africa should count on it.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not just basing my opinion on the developed world\u2019s poor track record with respect to keeping promises and meeting deadlines. I\u2019m also relying on the UN\u2019s own data, which show that the majority of the climate financing \u2014 more than 60% of climate adaptation funding to date, with nearly all of that figure coming from public-sector sources \u2014 provided thus far by higher-income countries to middle- and lower-income countries has taken the form of loans. Not grants given freely, but credits that have to be repaid \u2014 which will increase the debt loads of countries that are already facing financial strain.<\/p>\n
So what\u2019s the alternative? What\u2019s the solution?<\/p>\n
I believe it\u2019s time for Africa to create its own market-oriented solutions \u2014 and that it already has the foundations to start doing so.<\/p>\n
Drill, Baby, Drill<\/b><\/p>\n
One of these solutions is for African countries that possess crude oil, natural gas, and other hydrocarbons to develop their resources to the greatest extent possible and use the revenues they receive to help cover the cost of the energy transition.<\/p>\n
In the process, they should also seek to meet several other complementary goals:<\/p>\n
Minimize emissions: It is possible to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of oil and gas development, as Eni is doing offshore Co\u0302te d\u2019Ivoire. The Italian major started production at Baleine, which is Africa\u2019s first Scope-1 and -2 emissions-free project, in August of this year. Its example can and should be emulated.<\/p>\n
Domestic gas and power development: African states that possess natural gas should seek to promote the formation of domestic gas markets and infrastructure, either by reserving a portion of their hydrocarbon revenues for this purpose or by enlisting the help of their foreign partners. They need to build gas-fired plants that can provide cleaner power than existing coal- and petroleum product-burning plants; liquid petroleum gas (LPG) plants that can replace traditional biomass fuels such as wood and charcoal, which contribute to health problems and deforestation; and compressed natural gas (CNG) plants that can produce fuel for vehicles. They must establish additional pipelines, fuel distribution networks, and electricity lines to ensure that both rural and urban consumers can access these new resources and escape energy poverty. As they do so, they will establish the transmission and distribution infrastructure needed for renewable energy facilities. (They will also be building pipelines that can carry hydrogen, or a mixture of natural gas and hydrogen.)<\/p>\n
Invest in local capacity: African oil and gas producers should also seek to maximize their own capacities as they develop their own subsurface resources. The development process should focus on training for local workers, technology transfers, and investment in related sectors of the economy \u2014 including those that can add value to the natural resources themselves, such as refining and petrochemicals.<\/p>\n
In taking these steps, African oil and gas producers will be spending their money wisely. They\u2019ll be investing in the future, using what they earn to build a base for something bigger and better.<\/p>\n
African Energy Bank<\/b><\/p>\n
But this isn\u2019t just a task for the continent\u2019s oil- and gas-producing states. It\u2019s something we\u2019ll all have to work toward together.<\/p>\n
And as it happens, the work has already started. In May 2022, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) signed an agreement with the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) on the joint establishment of a special multi-lateral financial institution (MFI) \u2013 the African Energy Bank (AEB) \u2013 to provide support for the shift away from fossil fuels. The agreement calls for APPO\u2019s member states to provide equity for the new institution and serve as its founding members, with Afreximbank acting as co-investor and providing organizational support.<\/p>\n
The new bank will be able to reach more countries than either APPO or Afreximbank could do on its own, as their rosters are not identical. (APPO has 15 member states, while Afreximbank has 51; there is a significant amount of overlap, as Algeria and Libya are the only APPO members that are not also Afreximbank members, but the point remains that if the two institutions join forces, their combined efforts will go further.)<\/p>\n
Professor Benedict Oramah, the president of Afreximbank, explained it as follows in May 2022: \u201cFor us at Afreximbank, supporting the emergence of [AEB] will enable a more efficient and predictable capital allocation between fossil fuels and renewables. It will also free human and other resources at Afreximbank that will make it possible to support its member countries more effectively in the transition to cleaner fuels.\u201d<\/p>\n
And this isn\u2019t merely an abstract plan. Afreximbank has said it is committed to launching the new financial institution next year. Speaking during the Inter-African Trade Fair (IATF) 2023 in Cairo in early November 2023, Rene Awambeng, the bank\u2019s director of client relations, said that AEB was due for launch in June 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are in the final stage of getting all the approvals [for AEB], and it is going to be an organization set [up] by treaties,\u201d Awambeng explained. \u201cWe will have three classes of shareholders. The first will be the African oil-producing countries, national oil companies and African investors as well as the international investors from all walks of life.\u201d<\/p>\n
With each member organization paying USD5 million per budgeted share, he stated, the bank will be able to help cover the cost of establishing regional energy infrastructure. \u201cThe AEB will then be able to help African oil-producing member-states to take advantage of the over 125-billion-barrel reserves of oil and that of the over 75 trillion cubic feet of gas that we have on the African continent,\u201d he commented.<\/p>\n
Awambeng was speaking just a few days after the conclusion of APPO\u2019s most recent meeting in Benin. Perhaps not surprisingly, that organization\u2019s members are also excited about the contribution the bank may make to helping the African continent navigate the energy transition while also optimizing economic development and reducing energy poverty.<\/p>\n
Ghana\u2019s Energy Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh, for example, said those present at the APPO meeting had focused on how to \u201cuse our God-given resource \u2014 hydrocarbons \u2014 for the growth and prosperity of our citizens without hindrances.\u201d He also said it was necessary for Africa \u2014 and for APPO \u2014 to \u201cdecipher\u201d the differences between Africa\u2019s actual energy requirements and the \u201cpolitics of climate change\u201d as a global energy issue. Under these circumstances, Prempeh said, AEB could serve as \u201ca lifeline for the African continent.\u201d<\/p>\n
I agree with Prempeh. I think it\u2019s time to grab that lifeline.<\/p>\n
I think it\u2019s time for Africans to create their own solutions \u2014 and to use their own resources as the basis for those solutions.<\/p>\n
No more waiting for the rest of the world!<\/p>\n
Source: Liberian Observer<\/b><\/p>\n
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