About Us
The Alliance aims to enhance the position of West African countries in international carbon markets, benefit from technology transfers, and access result-based climate finance for NDC implementation.
As an initiative created by and for West African countries in 2017, the Alliance is driven by the needs of its members and strongly rooted in the sub-region.
The Alliance’s membership includes all countries in the region committed to increasing climate finance flows to West Africa: Benin, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea- Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Senegal, and Togo.
The landscape of carbon market mechanisms underwent a transformation with the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, particularly due to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which introduced new mechanisms for international cooperation. African countries expressed a strong interest in actively participating in both market and non-market mechanisms.
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News & Events
#RediCAP2024: Regional Workshop on Carbon Pricing and Carbon Market
The West African Alliance Strengthens Its Climate Commitment in Praia
Alliance member meeting and UNFCCC regional workshop on carbon pricing and carbon markets
Abidjan Call for a West African Carbon Market Hub
West African Alliance engages with Ivorian Article 6 Task Force on Voluntary Carbon Markets and Article 6
Sixteen Alliance Member Countries to benefit from Article 6 readiness Support
