{"id":47953,"date":"2023-01-26T17:51:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T17:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=47953"},"modified":"2023-02-02T16:29:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T16:29:00","slug":"africa-objects-to-us-chairing-un-climate-fund-citing-unpaid-2bn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2023\/01\/26\/africa-objects-to-us-chairing-un-climate-fund-citing-unpaid-2bn\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa objects to US chairing UN climate fund, citing unpaid $2bn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>African governments sought to block the US from co-chairing the Green Climate Fund (GCF) board, citing its failure to deliver cash.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Developed countries nominated the US Treasury&#8217;s Victoria Gunderson to jointly lead the UN flagship climate fund&#8217;s deliberations in 2023. These appointments are typically approved without discussion.<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of African board members, Kenyan environment official Pacifica Ogola raised an official objection. The US has contributed just $1 billion to the fund in its 12-year history, compared to $9bn from EU countries and $3bn from Japan. A further $2bn pledged under former president Barack Obama was never delivered. His successors Donald Trump and Joe Biden have not paid in a cent.<\/p>\n<p>Ogola stressed, in a letter dated 16 January, rich countries&#8217; responsibility to inject money into the GCF and called for better enforcement of commitments. Approving Gunderson&#8217;s role must not &#8220;normalise the situation&#8221; of non-payers holding sway over decisions, she argued.<\/p>\n<p>The outgoing co-chairs persuaded African members not to veto the appointment, on the assurance that the board would discuss their broader concerns.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<p>                #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; }<\/p>\n<p>                \/* Add your own Mailchimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block.<\/p>\n<p>                   We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. *\/<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\">\n<form id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" action=\"https:\/\/climatehomenews.us1.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=6316d25f7b68919349e54a251&amp;id=bf939f9418\" method=\"post\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" novalidate=\"\" target=\"_blank\">\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll\">\n<p><label for=\"mce-EMAIL\">Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up for free to get our weekly newsletter and occasional extra bulletins<\/label><input id=\"mce-EMAIL\" class=\"email\" name=\"EMAIL\" required=\"\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"your email address\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: absolute; left: -5000px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><input tabindex=\"-1\" name=\"b_6316d25f7b68919349e54a251_bf939f9418\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><input id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"button\" name=\"subscribe\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe to Climate Weekly\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In March 2022, GCF executive director Yannick Glemarec <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2022\/03\/29\/after-us-fails-to-pay-its-debt-uns-flagship-climate-fund-warns-of-austerity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned<\/a> that without more resources, the fund would have to tightly ration support for carbon-cutting projects in the developing world. \u201cSome turn-off will be unavoidable,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s one of my fears.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2022\/08\/gcf-funding-bn-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1220\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2022\/08\/17131612\/gcf-funding-bn-.png 1220w, https:\/\/cdn.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2022\/08\/17131612\/gcf-funding-bn--201x168.png 201w, https:\/\/cdn.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2022\/08\/17131612\/gcf-funding-bn--403x337.png 403w, https:\/\/cdn.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2022\/08\/17131612\/gcf-funding-bn--768x642.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1220px) 100vw, 1220px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>US outreach<\/h3>\n<p>One week after African members raised the objection, US treasury secretary Janet Yellen visited a project in Zambia helping farmers adapt to the climate crisis.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;The project we are visiting today helps small-scale farmers&#8230;It\u2019s funded by the Green Climate Fund, which the United States is proud to be a part of.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read US Treasury <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecYellen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecYellen<\/a>&#8216;s remarks during her visit to the GCF-<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNDPZambia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UNDPZambia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/climateaction?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#climateaction<\/a> project: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YIZF9yT910\">https:\/\/t.co\/YIZF9yT910<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xf2sUwT5vr\">pic.twitter.com\/Xf2sUwT5vr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Green Climate Fund (@theGCF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theGCF\/status\/1618560463893155842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Yellen <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy1210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told reporters<\/a>: &#8220;It\u2019s funded by the Green Climate Fund, which the United States is proud to be a part of. We are committed to making sure that the Fund has sufficient resources to carry on this important work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The GCF is hosting its next regular request for donations at the end of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2022, Congress did not earmark any finance for the GCF in the government&#8217;s 2023 fiscal year budget. There is enough <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/experts\/jake-schmidt\/us-international-climate-finance-fails-again-meet-moment\">flexibility<\/a> in the spending bill that a contribution is still possible &#8211; but a Republican majority in the House of Representatives is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2022\/11\/17\/midterms-quash-hopes-us-delivering-climate-finance-pledges\/\">expected to resist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Liane Schalatek speaks for civil society as an observer to the GCF board. &#8220;The objection highlights the expectation that is placed on a developed country chairing during replenishment to dig deep with their own contributions,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>During the GCF&#8217;s last request for donations in 2019, the UK as board co-chair made the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenclimate.fund\/document\/gcf-b24-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">largest pledge<\/a>. But &#8220;it is doubtful that the US can replicate the UK example&#8221;, Schalatek added.<\/p>\n<p>While the UK promised the most money, it has fallen behind on its payment plan. In October 2022, The <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Znr74W6Xvq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wire reported<\/a> that three climate projects had to be postponed after the UK failed to pay $288m it had promised by the end of September 2022.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was updated on February 2nd to add the final sentence<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Green Climate Fund is making cutbacks to its project portfolio, while the US fails to deliver on a years-old funding pledge","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":47955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[3903,102],"coauthors":[4545],"class_list":["post-47953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-green-climate-fund","tag-green-climate-fund","tag-usa","type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized 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