global crises and the main challenges and changes in africa: climate change issues
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Global crises and the main challenges and changes in Africa: Climate Change issues. Alioune Badara KAERE, UNDP [email protected]. Outline. Africa’s Vulnerability: The Context . Setting the scene – what do we know on CC in Africa?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Global crises and the main challenges and changes in
Africa: Climate Change issues
Alioune Badara KAERE, UNDP
OutlineSetting the scene – Africa’s Vulnerability: The Context
Development in a time of climate change
Climate Changes policies in a time of crisis
Africa’s Vulnerability: The Context
SETTING THE SCENE – WHAT DO WE KNOW ON CC IN AFRICA?
Africa and Climate ChangeEconomic Changes
• Impacts of climate change in 2030 could cost up to 2.7% of the GDP in Africa.
• E.g. Flood in Senegal : 104M$ in 2009, about 0,07% GDP
• Source: initial results from a global integrated assessment model (FUND); UNEP AdaptCost and EC ClimateCost projects
Development in a time of climate change
Addressing Africa’s economic growth without compromising the climate?
ADAPTATION
• Adaptation is a prerequisite for development
• Integrate climate risks into development planning
• Research community to develop a research agenda that reflect the needs of African governments, and provide tools to predict and understand current climate variability and extremes
MITIGATION- Development in a time of climate change
• Policy to reduce emissions through :– Technology policy, and – removal of barriers to behavioural change.
Focus technologies that improve energy efficiency ; shift to new renewable energy technologies is a long
processe.g. Senegal : Over a 20 years period, cumulated savings on the import of fossil fuels of almost 70
million USD
Climate Changes policies in a time of crisis
• Postpone a binding legal framework following the KP (2015-2020)
• Most of International support to DC (GCF), expected from the market mechanisms.
• Africa to set the pace of the debate– Intellectual leadership on CC. Priority Areas for
Research:– Financial Instruments– Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV)– Technology Transfer and Diffusion– Institutional challenge