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Global crises and the main challenges and changes in Africa: Climate Change issues

Global crises and the main challenges and changes in Africa: Climate Change issues. Alioune Badara KAERE, UNDP Alioune.badara.kaere@undp.org. Outline. Africa’s Vulnerability: The Context . Setting the scene – what do we know on CC in Africa?.

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Global crises and the main challenges and changes in Africa: Climate Change issues

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  1. Global crises and the main challenges and changes in Africa: Climate Change issues Alioune Badara KAERE, UNDP Alioune.badara.kaere@undp.org

  2. Outline

  3. Africa’s Vulnerability: The Context

  4. Setting the scene – what do we know on CC in Africa?

  5. 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

  6. Development in a time of climate change Addressing Africa’s economic growth without compromising the climate?

  7. ADAPTATION • Adaptation is a prerequisite for development • Integrateclimate risks into development planning • Researchcommunity to develop a research agenda that reflect the needs of African governments, and provide tools to predict and understand current climate variability and extremes

  8. MITIGATION-Development in a time of climate change • Policy to reduce emissions through : • Technology policy, and • removal of barriers to behavioural change.

  9. Focus technologies that improve energy efficiency ; shift to new renewable energy technologies is a long process e.g. Senegal : Over a 20 years period, cumulated savings on the import of fossil fuels of almost 70 million USD

  10. Climate Changes policies in a time of crisis

  11. 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

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