The Politics of Climate Finance in Ghana; Access, Equity, and the Socio-Economic Implication of the Green Transition
ガーナにおける気候資金の政治：アクセス、衡平性、そしてグリーン移行の社会経済的含意 (AI 翻訳)
Clement Adjei Arhin, David Amoateng
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日本語
本論文は、ガーナにおける気候資金へのアクセス、衡平性、社会経済的影響を気候正義の枠組みから分析する。GCFやCIFなどのメカニズムからの資金動員が進む一方、行政上のボトルネックや制度能力の弱さがアクセスを阻害し、資金が南部・都市部に集中するなど衡平性の問題が顕在化している。シー・ランドスケープ排出削減プロジェクトは女性の生計向上に寄与する一方、木炭依存の生計への制約や産業コンプライアンスの負担といったトレードオフも生じている。政策提言として、制度能力強化、脆弱地域・集団へのターゲティング、ガバナンスへのジェンダー・ユース割当て、生計保障の統合を提案する。
English
This paper analyzes the politics of climate finance in Ghana, focusing on access, equity, and socio-economic implications within a climate justice framework. Findings reveal that while Ghana mobilizes funds from mechanisms like GCF and CIF, administrative bottlenecks and weak institutional capacity hinder meaningful access, and finance flows concentrate in southern urban areas, marginalizing women, youth, and northern communities. Projects like the Shea Landscape Emission Reductions Project improve livelihoods but create trade-offs for charcoal-dependent livelihoods and impose costly industrial compliance. Policy recommendations include strengthening institutional capacity, targeting vulnerable regions, embedding gender and youth quotas, and integrating livelihood safeguards.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
本論文はガーナを対象としており、日本のGX文脈に直接関連するものではない。しかし、気候資金のアクセスと衡平性に関する議論は、日本の国際協力や途上国支援において参考となる。特に、SSBJや有報での気候関連開示が進む中、資金の流れの公正性を考慮する視点は、日本の投資家や企業がグローバルなサプライチェーンで直面する課題にも示唆を与える。
In the global GX context
This paper contributes to global debates on climate finance equity and effectiveness, particularly relevant for international climate governance and the Global South. It highlights challenges in accessing multilateral funds and the socio-economic trade-offs of green transition projects, which are pertinent for policymakers and practitioners involved in climate finance mechanisms like GCF and Article 6. The findings underscore the need for equitable distribution and livelihood safeguards, aligning with broader discussions on just transition and climate justice.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Provides empirical evidence on climate finance access and equity in a Sub-Saharan African context, contributing to climate justice scholarship.
🏢実務担当者:Offers insights for project design and implementation, emphasizing the need for institutional capacity building and livelihood safeguards in climate finance projects.
🏛政策担当者:Highlights policy recommendations for improving access to climate funds and ensuring equitable benefit-sharing, relevant for national and international climate finance governance.
📄 Abstract（原文）
Background: The discourse of climate finance has become a cornerstone in the pantheon of global climate governance, typified by contestations on issues of credibility, equity, and effectiveness. Objective: This paper explores the politics of climate finance in Ghana through the interrelated issues of access, equity, and socioeconomic consequences. Method: Within the framework of climate justice, the analysis draws on qualitative data gathered through semi-structured interviews with policymakers, representatives of civil society, international organizations, and youth advocacy groups and supported by secondary data. Results: The findings show Ghana to be grappling with the mobilization of funds from several mechanisms such as the Green Climate Fund, Climate Investment Funds, and Article 6 carbon markets, yet there are many administrative bottlenecks, with weak institutional capacity undermining access in a meaningful way. The equity issues also exist with climate finance flows concentrating in the south and urban areas, leaving women, youth, and northern communities dominated and marginalized in governance and benefit-sharing. Socio-economic outcomes weave another set of narratives, for on one side projects like the Shea Landscape Emission Reductions Project have improved women's livelihoods and created green jobs, whereas on the other, trade-offs come along with restrictions to charcoal-dependent livelihoods and costly industrial compliance that actually present new risks. Conclusion: The study argues that climate finance in Ghana reflects both the opportunities for and the tensions of doing an actual green transition delivering co-benefits in renewable energy and resilience yet reinforcing inequalities when badly timed. Policy recommendations are made for strengthening institutional capacity, targeting vulnerable regions and groups, and embedding gender and youth quotas in governance, while livelihood safeguards need to be integrated into project design. By situating Ghana's experience into the broader climate justice discourse, the paper adds to debates on how climate finance can promote not just environmental outcomes but also equity and sustainable development in the Global South.
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