Key facts
- Kazakhstan, Trinidad and Tobago, and Chad will receive funding from the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (Boga) fund.
- The funding aims to support the development of plans to transition away from fossil fuels.
- The initiative is part of the first NDC Window, launched at the UN Cop 29 summit in Azerbaijan.
- Boga is an international alliance working to facilitate a managed phase-out of oil and gas production.
- The NDC Partnership is a coalition helping developing countries turn climate plans into actions.
Kazakhstan, Trinidad and Tobago, and Chad are set to receive funding from the $20 million Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (Boga) fund to aid their development of plans for transitioning away from fossil fuels. This support is part of the first NDC Window initiative, launched at the UN Cop 29 summit in Azerbaijan, which aims to assist developing oil-producing nations in aligning their climate plans with commitments made at COP28.
Boga, an alliance co-led by Denmark and Costa Rica, was established at Cop 26 in Glasgow with the goal of facilitating a managed phase-out of oil and gas production. The NDC Partnership, a coalition of developing and developed countries, works to help developing nations implement their climate action plans.
Kazakhstan, which produces approximately 1.7 million barrels per day (b/d) of crude and condensate, adopted its first low-carbon strategy in 2022. Chad, exporting most of its around 130,000 b/d oil production, has stated ambitions to increase oil output to 250,000 b/d by 2030 while also aiming for 30% of its national electricity production to come from renewable sources by 2030, up from 9% in 2024. Trinidad and Tobago currently produces about 50,000 b/d of oil, a decrease from its peak of approximately 144,000 b/d in 2005.
The COP28 outcome text included a call for "transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems" and tripling renewable capacity by 2030. Following the announcement of the first NDC Window, a second window was revealed at London Climate Week to further support developing oil and gas-producing countries in creating plans to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels. Previously, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Kenya, and Nigeria have received financial support from the Boga fund.