The UN Economic Commission for Africa’s mission is to deliver ideas and actions for an empowered and transformed Africa; informed by the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063. The mission is guided by ECA’s five strategic directions which aim to: advance ECA’s position as a premier knowledge institution that builds on its unique position and privilege to bring global solutions to the continent’s problems and take local solution to the continent; Developing macroeconomic and structural policy options to accelerate inclusive industrialization for poverty and inequality reduction; Designing and implementing innovative financing models for infrastructure, and for human, physical and social assets for transforming Africa; Contributing solutions to regional and transboundary challenges, with a focus on peace security and social inclusion as an important development nexus; Advocating Africa’s position at the global level and developing regional responses as a contribution to global development issues.
The Climate, Food Security and Natural Resources Division (CFND) is headed by a director and is accountable to the Deputy Executive Secretary (Programme). The Division is responsible for enhancing climate resilience, achieving food security and advancing inclusive and sustainable development by harnessing land, natural resources and the green and blue economies. It is divided into two main sections: African Climate Policy, and Natural Resources & Food Systems. The position is located in the Climate, Food Security and Natural Resources Division (CFND) at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The incumbent works under the direct supervision of the Head of Section of African Climate Policy in the Climate, Food Security and Natural Resources Division (CFND).
Within the delegated authority the Inter-regional Adviser – (Climate Finance) will be responsible for the following duties:
– Support analytical work and research related to climate finance and just transitions in Africa by generating in-depth knowledge and understanding of theories, concepts, approaches and practices relevant to policy analysis as they relate to climate change, finance and development
– Provide ongoing technical backstopping to the Africa Group of Negotiators on the development and further refinement of the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance, including providing relevant data and metrics to facilitate monitoring progress and informing course correction where necessary.
– Provide broad conceptual guidance on climate finance trends to UNECA and its partners in the lead up to COP32 in Ethiopia.
– Support member states to quantify the costs of adaptation and mitigation in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs), identify the appropriate sources of finance for these actions, and monitor implementation progress.
– Contribute to knowledge generation on climate finance and just transitions in Africa, with a particular focus on finance for climate adaptation.
– Contribute to developing capacities of member states to access available climate finance for adaptation and mitigation, including identifying opportunities for mobilizing domestic finance for climate action – Support member states to manage climate finance and adaptation initiatives and projects, including their monitoring and evaluation.
– Support the integration of climate change data and metrics in budgeting and GDP analyses of African economies, focusing especially on the costs of climate change adaptation and its impact on national budgets.
– Support African Member States in integrating climate change loss and damage accounting in national budgets, and in accessing reimbursements from the Fund for Responding to Loss and damage (FRLD).
– Contribute to the capacity development of member states, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and other policy constituencies by delivering training and capacity-building programmes for planners, policy makers and other stakeholders in climate change adaptation and mitigation finance.
– Contribute to ECA technical and related support to COP32 Presidency.
– Work effectively with other CFND discipline specialists and staff of ECA to assess the impacts of climate finance on key climate sensitive sectors, including energy, agriculture, water, transport, infrastructure and related sectors.