The goal of the meeting is to revitalize the Integrated Climate Change Adaptation Program, a community initiative with a total budget of 134 billion CFA francs, funded by a consortium including the African Development Bank, the European Union, the Green Climate Fund, and German cooperation agencies. The monitoring of the projects reveals significant administrative bottlenecks, with a technical completion rate of only 30% in Cameroon and 35% at the regional level, while the contractual deadline for the program's dissolution is irreversibly set for December 31, 2027.

The slow deployment of investments exposes territories shared by 9 countries and inhabited by nearly 200 million people to increased ecological and food insecurity. Out of the collective budget, Cameroon's allocated share amounts to 9 billion CFA francs, supplemented by a specific sectoral allocation of 3 billion CFA francs exclusively reserved for the construction of multi-purpose hydraulic facilities to support local agropastoral and commercial activities. The accumulated delays penalize the restoration of degraded soils, the coordinated management of water resources, and the protection of biodiversity in Cameroon's areas of the basin, prompting the financial authorities to demand accountability from the steering committees.

The new roadmap agreed upon in Yaoundé requires a restructuring of the disbursement circuits and a centralization of institutional monitoring to lift operational blockages on the ground. The acceleration of the projects is presented by the authorities as a public responsibility imperative, essential for capturing the entirety of external funding before the 2027 deadline. The strengthening of bilateral coordination between Minepat and the regional institution aims to ensure that the made-available funds are promptly translated into concrete resilience infrastructure. The success of this technical recovery will determine Cameroon's ability to establish its environmental leadership within the Central African bloc and to durably secure the socio-economic fabric of the riparian populations.


Bernardo

Tags: bassin du niger changement climatique environnement développement durable afrique centrale cameroun économie verte protection de la biodiversité gestion des ressources hydriques