EAC Partner States Call for More Accessible Climate Finance and Greater Support for Adaptation Ahead of COP31
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 5th October, 2026 — The East African Community (EAC) Partner States are calling for more predictable, accessible and grant-based climate finance as they prepare to take a common regional position to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya, Türkiye, next month.
The common position calls on developed countries to meet their public climate finance obligations, triple adaptation finance by 2035, improve direct access to climate finance and provide greater support for adaptation and loss and damage without increasing the debt burden of vulnerable countries.
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