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The West African country of Burkina Faso has been hard hit by the effects of climate change droughts, flooding, and rising temperaturesand now it's looking to get some cash from the international community to help it deal with the effects, Bloomberg reports.
The country is a member of the Green Climate Fund, which was created in 2010 to help developing countries deal with the effects of climate change.
But while the fund is accredited by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, local governments there don't have the information they need to make informed decisions about how to deal with climate change, says the regional project coordinator at the IUCN.
"People therefore do not have the information that they can put together project documents and submit to the AND (Designated National Authority) which will issue letters of accreditation to take the money that belongs to them," she says.
The funds are available, and the country is holding an awareness session for local governments on the subject on April 11 and 12, reports Born2Invest.
The president of the commune of Ziniar, where the event is taking place, says he wants to "build or rebuild the foundations of securing the planetary survival system by 2030 through healthy lands and waters, healthy oceans, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, and equitable governance of natural Read the Entire Article
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