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NAMIBIAN NATIONAL ISSUES REPORT ON LAND USE, LAND-USE CHANGE AND FORESTRY (LULUCF) (ADAPTATION)
Prepared by Dr. Juliane Zeidler,Integrated Environmental Consultants Namibia (IECN)24 September 2008
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Speaking Points (1) The LULUCF sector & key economic
points(2) Proposed adaptation options(3) Key issues in assessing I&F flows
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The LULUCF sector• UNFCCC: LULUCF sector includes six broad land use
categories: (1) Forestland, (2) Cropland, (3) Grassland, (4) Wetlands, (5) Settlements, and (6) Other land.
• NCCC: Namibia has a more integrated approach - need to address all key production systems, (1) Agriculture, including both crops and livestock, (2) Forestry, (3) Fisheries (inland), (4) Tourism, (5) Wildlife and (6) the underlying Ecosystem Services.
• Degradation issues critical: CC Risk and expected impacts of CC will exacerbate already pressing environmental problems
• Namibia natural arid country: autonomous adaptation ongoing• Example: conversion of livestock to wildlife based farming
State-protected area
Government agriculture
Agriculture and tourism on freehold land
Other govt or parastatal
Urban
Resettlement
Small-scale agriculture on communal land
Large-scale agriculture on communal land
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Key economic points I(1) Agriculture, including both
crops and livestock, (2) Forestry, (3) Fisheries (inland), (4) Tourism, (5) Wildlife and (6) Ecosystem Services
Source Reid et al, 2007
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Key economic points II
• Overall it is suggested that over 20 years, annual loses to the Namibian economy could be up to 6% of the GDP, from CC impacts on NRs alone.
Source Reid et al, 2007
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Proposed adaptation options for the LULUCF sector in Namibia
Development itself is recognised as the most effective way to promote adaptation
Some of the required measures for strengthening adaptation include: • Ensuring access to high-quality information about the impacts of climate
change and carrying out vulnerability assessments. Early warning systems and information distribution systems help to anticipate and prevent disasters.
• Increasing the resilience of livelihoods and infrastructure using existing knowledge and coping strategies.
• Improving governance, including a transparent and accountable policy and decision-making process and an active civil society.
• Empowering communities so that they participate in assessments and feed their knowledge into the process at crucial points.
• Integrating climate change impacts in issues in all national, sub-national and sectoral planning processes and macro-economic projections. The national budget process is key here.
• Encouraging a core ministry with a broad mandate, such as finance, economics or planning, to be fully involved in mainstreaming adaptation.
Source: Adapted from Sperling (2003) in Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change (2006)
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Proposed adaptation options for the LULUCF sector in Namibia
• Mainstreaming CCA in national policy• Land use planning and promotion of climate compatible land uses
and associated production systems• Prevention of land degradation and rehabilitation • Examples of land and resource management options
– Crop, forage and tree species/varieties– Livestock, game and fish species/breeds– Crop and tree management – Livestock, game, aquaculture and wild fish management – Moisture management, irrigation and soil & water conservation– Pest and disease management – Management of natural areas – Fire management
• Identifying key infrastructure and development investments that require “climate change proofing”
• Upscaling EWS and generally improving information on CC and CCA
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Key issues in assessing I&F flows
Key information needs• Reliable information on expected CC impacts are needed • The costs and benefits of action vs inaction to make a good business case• Key adaptation options need to be strategised and costed• ID opportunity cost of upgrading and CC proofing existing investments, policies
and project interventions • Information on current investments and financial -> baseline
Key information available in Namibia • Expert studies under SNC; longterm investments into research and information
needed• Key information from NDP3 and MTEF 2007/08-2009/10• The Natural Resource Accounts (NRA) & Social Accounting Matrix (SAM)
database • ODA flows • More difficult to assess: current domestic and private investments
Various other issues • The National Capacity Self Assessment (NCSA): severe shortage of natural
resource economists• Other technical capacity gaps may impede a systematic country wide analysis
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