Transcript Environment, Population & Urbanization

ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT
CLUSTER 4:ENVIRONMENT, POPULATION &
URBANIZATION
Presented by
African Union Commission
14 November 2010
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Cluster’s objectives and membership
• The objectives of the cluster are to address the
opportunities and challenges of population dynamics,
rapid urbanization, environmental degradation, pollution
and climate change to achieve Sustainable Development
in Africa
• Members of the Cluster include AUC, NEPAD, UNECA,
UNDP, UNISDR, IOM, IMO, UNEP, UN-HABITAT, WHO,
UNFPA , WMO, SADC, COMESA, ECOWAS and AfDB
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Taking stock of the RCM-10 report and recommendations
United Nations system organizations need to work more closely
with the different Departments within the AUC
RCM and cluster activities should, as much as possible, be
results oriented and lead to tangible impacts, at least in the long
term
Clusters should make greater effort to undertake joint planning
and programming of activities, and resource mobilization
Reporting on cluster activities should be standardized and
reflect the collective interventions and actions of all United
Nations partners involved
United Nations agencies and organizations need to improve
inter-cluster coordination and information sharing within and
across clusters
• The AfDB should continue its participation in cluster
activities and in supporting the development and
implementation of business plans
• The AfDB should continue provide financial support to
the RCM secretariat and clusters to enhance
coordination and foster cooperation between United
Nations system organizations and African regional and
sub regional organizations
• UN agencies should also provide human and financial
support to the work of the RCM and its clusters and
promote joint mobilization of resources
• The RCM should consider mainstreaming cross cutting
issues into cluster activities
Cluster Retreat
Date and Venue: May 11-12, 2010, Tunis
• Retreat Objectives:
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Review and finalize cluster 4 business plan with clear
modalities for implementation and fundraising
Examine concrete modalities for implementation of
agreed joint activities aiming at strengthening
collaboration in support to AU/NEPAD and the RECs
Discuss and agree on joint resource mobilization
initiatives
Preparation and adoption of Three-Year
Business Plan for cluster 4 and roadmap
Alignment of Cluster plans & activities with
AU Strategies
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UN Ten-Year Capacity Building Programme for the AU
AUC, DREA, NEPAD strategic plans
AU Summit declarations and REC decisions
Meetings of African Ministerial Conference on the
Environment
Coordination and collaboration
• Inter-cluster coordination and collaboration
• AU Commission, NEPAD, RECs and AfDB participation in
cluster activities
– Meteorology and climate
– Programme of Action for implementation of the Africa
Regional Strategy on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
– Great Green Wall for Sahara and Sahel Initiative
– Africa Development Forum
– Support of NEPAD on sustainable urbanization
– Nairobi Convention – Support towards AU member states
Resources and Capacity Building Support
• AU Commission:
– GGWSSI, UNEP and AMCEN
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Celebrations of the Africa Environment Day, AU
member states and UNEP
– Climate Information for Development in Africa
(ClimDev Africa) Programme, AU, ECA and AfDB
– First Conference for Ministers Responsible for
Meteorology in Africa, in Nairobi, WMO and AU
– 2nd Ministerial meeting on Disaster Risk
Reduction (DRR) in Nairobi, AUC and UNISDR
Resources and Capacity Building Support
cont’d
• NEPAD:
• RECs
, UNEP)
working group on DRR (UNDP, UN ISDR, AfDB
: action and implementation plans for biodiversity in the SADC
region (UNDP, IUCN, UNCBD)
• MEAs
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• African Monitoring of Environment for Sustainable
Development (AMESD)
Communication and outreach
• AUC/NEPAD provided the cluster with their action plans
& Key results 2010-2013 for use in the preparation of
Business Plan 2010-2012.
• RECs provided input to the Cluster Business Plan 20102012 & Work plan 2010.
Advocacy and communication
• In line with recommendations of RCM 10 for each
cluster/sub cluster to appoint one focal point for
communication by 31 March 2010.
• Cluster designated 2 focal points
Results cont’d
• African Ministerial Conference on Environment
(AMCEN)
– Support of climate change negotiations at COP 15 in
Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009.
– Convening of the 13th Session of AMCEN successfully
in Bamako, Mali in June 2010
– AMCEN Nairobi Climate Change Meeting, 23-26
August 2010
– the joint AU-ECA-AfDB Climate Information for
Development in Africa (ClimDev Africa) Programme
and its African Climate Policy Centre set up in ECA.
Results cont’d
• Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability in
African Universities
– Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability in
African Universities Partnership Programme
(MESA):UNEP, UNESCO, Association of African
Universities (AAU)
Results cont’d
Great Green Wall for Sahara and Sahel Initiative
– FAO (Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Mali and Niger)
– UNEP, AMCEN, Pan African Agency
Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs)
EC-ACP (Africa Caribbean and Pacific) Capacity Building
Project covering about 48 countries
Maputo and Nairobi conventions
Celebration of the Africa Environment Day
AU and UNEP
Results cont’d
- 18th Session of the UN Commission on
Sustainable Development
- AU Maritime Charter and Action Plan
IMO and AU on Maritime Charter and Action Plan: GEF,
UNDP, Member Governments and the shipping industry
has been assisting countries to reduce the risk of aquatic
bio-invasions mediated by ships’ ballast water and
sediments
Global Ballast Water Convention for Ballast Water
Management (BWM) ratified by a number of countries
Results cont’d
- The Nairobi convention
Member states endorsed the Five year SAP
Conference on CC adaption in WMO planned for
2011 in Mauritius
- African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology
(AMCOMET)
- Extended Programme of Action for the
implementation of the African Regional Strategy
on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) (2006 – 2015)
Challenges and constraints
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Inter-cluster cooperation
Financial limitations
Inadequate staffing
Coordination/Collaboration
Frequency of cluster meetings/attendance
Aligning organisation programmes to the
cluster activities
• Cooperation from AU and NEPAD
Lessons Learned and the Way Forward
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Financing of the cluster
Support from the RCM Secretariat
Information flow and communication
Leadership and coordination
Maintaining effectiveness of RCM and its
Clusters
• Ownership of the Programme
• Improving implementation of the Programme