Climate Change and Development in Africa
Abstract
As part of the Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program, a graduate student research team set out to examine how to effectively track development aid to Africa, develop a methodology to track climate change adaptation aid, and explore case studies about the challenges that African countries face when deploying aid resources to adapt to climate change. This study found that approximately $184 billion in international development aid was committed to Africa between 2005 and 2008. Roughly $1 billion of this aid was spent on projects defined as climate change adaptation (representing 0.6 percent of all aid to Africa between 2005 and 2008). Of the 130,494 international development aid projects funded on the African continent during this time, there were 763 projects (also 0.6 percent of all projects) targeted to climate change adaptation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA613139
Entities
People
- Allison Ramirez
- Amy Knop-narbutis
- Christine Ackerson
- Dylan Malcomb
- Emily Adams
- Gigi Mao
- Hoor Jangda
- Jessica Tibbets
- Jon Arnold
- Kathryn Yeager
- Kelly Usher
- Nancy Peek
- Pace Phillips
- Sarah Fiorenza
- Valerie Schillaci
- Vera Magero
Organizations
- University of Texas at Austin