Transcript Eastern Africa Sub-Regional Meeting on Climate Change

Eastern Africa Sub-Regional
Meeting on Climate Change
Kigali,31 August-3 September
2009
Outline Presentation
• Organisation
AMCEN
East African Community
GoR
Comesa
• Negotiators Meeting: 31 August
• Framework of Eastern Africa Climate Change
Programme:1-3 September
• Site visit to witness the practice:4 September
Introduction
Our appreciation goes to AMCEN and to our
region for having accepted to hold this
meeting in our country because it has
been an opportunity for our colleagues in
environment but also for our partners in
government to learn about this process of
negotiations. At the same time, it has
been an opportunity to raise awareness
through media coverage for our policy
makers but also for our people.
Introduction
• It has been opened by our MoS in charge
of Environment
• Our colleagues from the region attended
massively and participated actively
• The support from UNEP has been a key
for the success of the workshop
Meeting of Negotiators
• It has been very instrumental for the
participants to share knowledge about the
negotiations process.
• It is true we have to “think globally and act
locally” but there is a need of ownership at
the national level.
• Presentations have been done by selected
experts and most of them were from the
continent
Meeting of Negotiators
• As you can see it ( we have documents in our
files), presentations covered:
– Mitigation
– Adaptation and finance
– United Nations framework Convention on Climate
Change
– Technology and transfer
– Bali Action Plan
– Economic Impact of Climate Change on Eastern
Africa
– Rapid Assessment of low carbon growth in Rwanda
Break-out Sessions
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In the spirit of making this climate change
businesses understood by the common
people, we have managed to look at concrete
issues from the national point of view but also
to link them with sub-regional framework
including the global impact
Discussion were focused on 2 issues
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National issues
Sub-regional issues
Eastern African Subregional
meeting
• Common negotiating position on a
comprehensive international climate
change regime beyond 2012: Africa has to
have a shared vision and speak with on
common an informed voice
• We have to look beyond Copenhagen and
this exercise has to be a strong foundation
in this sector of climate change
Eastern African Subregional
meeting
• Presentations were made on the following
subjects:
– REDD
– Conceptual framework for Eastern African
Climate Change programmes
– Climate change and gender related matters
Break- out sessions and came up with the
experts’s statement, key messages
Conceptual framework for Eastern African Climate
Change programmes
• Analyses of Climate Change
Programmes, Projects and Initiatives:
– Subregional level
– National level
– Gaps
– Recommendations
Analyses of Climate Change Programmes, Projects
and Initiatives/1
A.Sub-Regional
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Most of multi-country climate change
initiatives remain at the conceptual stage
and at continental level.
Most of the programmes target capacity
building and networking and rarely do they
deal with actual adaptation needs that would
enhance resilience.
Analyses of Climate Change
Programmes, Projects and Initiatives/1
• The few sub-regional programmes are
primarily directed towards climate change
negotiations with very little to local actions.
• Most of the initiatives are yet to be
mainstreamed into the respective regional
economic community’s enabling instruments
and programmes
• Most of multi-country climate change
initiatives remain at the conceptual stage
and at continental level.
Analyses of Climate Change Programmes, Projects
and Initiatives/1
A. Sub-Regional
• Most of the programmes target capacity
building and networking and rarely do they
deal with actual adaptation needs that would
enhance resilience.
• The few sub-regional programmes are
primarily directed towards climate change
negotiations with very little to local actions.
• Most of the initiatives are yet to be
mainstreamed into the respective regional
economic community’s enabling instruments
and programmes.
Analyses of Climate Change Programmes, Projects
and Initiatives/2
B. National
• Most of the Countries in the sub-region
have developed National Adaptation
Programme of Action (NAPA).
• Proposed NAPA projects vary in type and
scale - most of the actions are planned at
the sectoral scale
Analyses of Climate Change
Programmes, Projects and Initiatives/2
• The available funding opportunities are
either insufficient or difficult to access due
to procedural constraints and complicated
criteria set by the funding agencies or
mechanisms.
Analyses of Climate Change Programmes, Projects
and Initiatives/3
C. Gaps
• Lack of integration of climate change in
development and sectoral policies and
implementation.
• Lack of long term approach to addressing
climate change at the sub-regional and
national levels.
• Nature of relationship between environmental
change and human conflict.
• Inadequate education and public awareness
creation on climate change and its impacts.
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Need for sub-regional approach to climate
change:
– incorporate mechanisms for climate change
into sub-regional policy instruments.
– linkage between Climate Change and subregional security.
– strengthening
of regional institutions
capacities in dealing with climate change.
and
RECOMMENDATIONS/2
2. Need
for
Sub-Regional
Assessments,
Scenarios and Early Warning, Preparedness
and Response.
2. Harmonization
of climate change-related
programmes, projects and initiatives.
2. Enhance public education and awareness
raising on climate change.
ELEMENTS OF THE FRAMEWORK/1
1. Post Kyoto Climate Change Regime and
Beyond.
2. Enabling Policy and Institutional
Framework
3. Enhancing Financing Mechanisms
4. Enhancing Research, Information
Management and Communication
5. Enhancing Technology development,
Transfer and Diffusion
ELEMENTS OF THE FRAMEWORK/2
8. Implementation of Early Action Flagship
Programmes:
• Disaster reduction and risk management
• Sustainable Agriculture and Food
Security
• Ecosystems and Biodiversity – Forests,
Water, Ocean and Coastal Zone and
Sustainable Cities
• Sustainable Energy