Climate Finance and Development Effectiveness in Africa

This edition of Reality Check provides an insight in the prospects and challenges for climate financing in
Africa. It observes that though Africa is not the greatest emitter of greenhouse gas, these countries are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change such as extreme weather changes, agricultural productivity loss, and rising sea levels. The primary objective of climate finance therefore is to provide financial flows from industrialized to developing countries to both mitigate and adapt their economies to climate change.