Mr. Bizimana expectation is that: “The Alliance enhances sub-regional cooperation to foster the use of carbon market approaches and increase the flow of climate finance for NDC implementation in the region. It should further support the readiness of countries for the implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.”

Dr. Anne Nyatichi Omambia highlighted that “the Alliance is valuable since it can strengthen peer to peer learning on various aspects of climate change in Eastern Africa, such as on carbon markets, UNFCCC negotiations, cross cutting matters with other multilateral environmental agreements, inter alia. In her view the Alliance can further “serve as a platform for resource mobilization and joint action to implement individual Nationally Determined Contributions and other shared actions.

In her view, the Alliance is an important platform since: “Ethiopia like other Eastern African countries have not benefited much in terms of Carbon Markets and Climate Finance Climate. The Alliance on Carbon Markets and Climate Finance is an opportunity for better cooperation between Eastern African countries to leverage each other’s strengths and influence the flow of climate finance for the implementation of NDCs.

I thank the Alliance to give the opportunity and allow to work of the carbon market and to push the national efforts to the more focus the projects on climate change projects and different activities.

On why the Alliance is important to her, Ms. Chekwoti said that: “The Alliance will nurture active and coordinated participation of delegates from the Eastern Africa region in UNFCCC negotiations and enhance the long-term vision of Eastern African countries on carbon markets and climate finance”. She further elaborated on her expectation of the Alliance within the Ugandan context where she sees the Alliance as an important formation which will “facilitated the realization of Uganda’s NDC target as well as enable the country to increase its ambition.”