Burkina Faso

This decree determines the organization of the Ministry of Environment, Green Economy and Climate Change. This ministry includes the following structures: the Minister's Office and the General Secretariat. The Minister's Office includes the Chief of Staff, the Technical Advisers, the Technical Inspection Services, the Chargés de Mission, the Permanent Secretariat of the National Council for Sustainable Development, the National Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Authority.

This decree approves the country's National Adaptation Plan for Climate Change. The Plan intends to reduce the vulnerability to climate change of Faso and increase its resilience through the integration of the adaptation objective to current and future development policies. The Plan stresses that new administrative capacities are needed to respond satisfactorily to the sectoral objectives it lists (forestry, agriculture, health, energy, infrastructure, livestock, housing).

The objectives of an NAP are to (i) reduce vulnerability to the impact of climate change by developing adaptation and resilience capabilities; (ii) facilitate the integration of climate change adaptation into new or existing policies, programmes or activities and in specific development planning processes and strategies in pertinent sectors and at various levels in a coherent manner.It ultimately results in a reference document containing practical information with a view to helping to:reduce the vulnerability of natural, social and economic systems to climate change;integrate climate change adaptation into current or future development policies and strategies.The Burkina Faso NAP comprises (i) adaptation plans for each development sector and (ii) a global adaptation plan for the entire country.

This Decree creates within the Permanent Secretariat of the National Council for the Environment and Sustainable Development (SP-CONEDD), a National Entity implementing the Climate Change Adaptation Fund of Burkina Faso (EMOFA-B). The Decree states that the National Entity for the Implementation of Climate Change Adaptation Funds of Burkina aims to provide a financing framework for projects and programs that work to increase the capacity to adapt to climate change. In this capacity, it is responsible for 1) exploring sources of funding from the Adaptation Fund set up under the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change in collaboration with the Designated Authority (DA), 2) developing and/or review and approve project and program proposals to be submitted to the Adaptation Fund and other Technical and Financial Partners (TFPs) in the sector, 3) monitoring and evaluating adaptation projects approved by the Fund Council and other technical and financial partners in the sector, and 4) supporting promoters of climate change adaptation projects and programs. The Decree further discusses the organisaton of the entity.

This decree defines the attributions and missions of the National Council for the Environment and Sustainable Development. Its permanent secretariat is notably in charge of mobilising financial, human and technical resources for the implementation, by national actors, of projects and programs of environment, adaptation to climate change, conservation of biodiversity and investment in sustainable management lands (art.11). Art. 21 establishes a National Entity implementing the Climate Change Adaptation Funds of Burkina Faso (EMOFA-B) under the recommendation of the Ministerial Council on the proposal of the Minister in charge of the Environment.

The purpose of this law, promulgated by the decree 2014-466/PRES, is to prevent and manage risks, humanitarian crises and disasters in Burkina Faso, whatever their nature, origin and extent. It aims to ensure the minimal functioning of the public services, the security and the public order, the protection of the people, the goods and the environment as well as the information of the populations. Some of its specific actions are to: identify measures to prevent risks, humanitarian crises and disasters or to limit its effects; determine the minimum actions for emergency relief, humanitarian assistance and recovery to be implemented in case of disaster; determine the conditions, modalities and procedures for reporting the state of disasters and humanitarian crises.

Decree no 2014-343/PRES promulgates the law n ° 008-2014 / AN of the 08 April 2014 bearing law of orientation on the sustainable development in Burkina Faso. The law's purpose is to set the general rules for guiding the implementation of sustainable development in Burkina Faso. The law enounces core principles of sustainable development to follow, and determines the rules upon which actions by public and private actors have to respect. Sustainable development is understood here as a development model that focuses on economic efficiency, environmental sustainability, and social equity that can meet the needs of present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

The purpose of this framework law is the prevention and management of risks, humanitarian crises and disasters in Burkina Faso, whatever their nature, origin and scale. It aims to ensure the minimum functioning of public services, security and public order, the protection of people, property and the environment as well as the information of the population.

The Code for the Environment sets the basic rules that govern the environment in Burkina Faso. Title II of the law focuses on climate change, the maintenance of ecological balances and improving the living environment. Article 17 stipulates that the government must take action on the adverse effects of climate change. Article 24 states that the government must take the necessary measures to adapt the occupation of the national territory to the requirements of climate change, the maintenance of ecological balances and the improvement of the living environment.

The law no 051-2012/AN set sets the 2013 budget for Burkina Faso. Article 29 of this law exonerates solar equipments of customs and VAT taxes. The article lists the equipments concerned by the exoneration.

Burkina Faso National Adaptation Plan. NAP2

Burkina Faso Biennial Transparency Report. BTR1; National Communications. NC4

Burkina Faso National Inventory Report (NIR). 2024

Burkina Faso's Long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LT-LEDS) version 1 submitted in 2025

Burkina Faso. National Communication (NC). NC 3, National Communication from Burkina Faso in 2022

8% of population (mostly in rural communities) supplied by solar energy by 2020

1,319 schools (out of 17,338) supplied by solar energy by 2020

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