Transcript How climate change is affecting Maputo City?

How climate change is affecting
Maputo City?
In :
“Building Capacities of Local Governments in Africa
To Cope with Climate Change”
By: Simão Mucavele - Councilor of Education, Culture & Sport
(Representing the Mayor of Maputo)
28 July 2009 Pretoria, South Africa,
Conference Room, Southern Sun Hotel
Why Maputo is vulnerable to be
affected by climate change?
•located at the extreme South
• pathway of cyclones, sea-levelrise
•most densely populated urban
area in Mozambique (1.1 million
inhabitants
Why Maputo is vulnerable to be affected
by climate change?
• Based on this Flood Risk
Level Map prepared by
Fews Net, Maputo City
(red color ) is clearly one
of area at Very High
Risk. Evidence of floods
in Maputo in 2000 &
2007.
Why Maputo is vulnerable to be
affected by climate change?
• This is a Drought risk Level Map which indicates also how the
green peri-urban areas can be affected (ex: peri-urban agriculture
for vegetables) in Yellow color
How climate change is affecting
Maputo City?
2009 recent torrential rains affect also the drainage system of Maputo, Avenue 25 Setembro
How climate change is affecting
Maputo City?
Some evidence of strong wind events linked to climate change have destructive impacts on
public spaces, Trees (P. Trabalhadores Square)
How climate change is affecting
Maputo City?
• CC affect public
infrastructures (Bridges
and pavement)
– Julius Nyerere Avenue is
one of the main
transportation axes (to go
out of Maputo
City heading to the
North direction)
– Several erosion processe
s took place during the
2000
extraordinary rain event
How climate change is affecting
Maputo City?
• The predicted sea-level rise
related to global warming may
again result in flooding of the
lowest topographical areas of
Maputo, which are the most
populated;
• This National Institute for
Disasters (INGC) Study on the
Impact of climate change on
disaster risk in Mozambique
which Maputo predict the sealevel rise up to 5 meters by 2030.
Source: INGC. 2009. Synthesis report. INGC Climate Change Report: Study on the impact of climate change on disaster risk in Mozambique. [van
Logchem B and Brito R (ed.)]. INGC, Mozambique. (Mapa 10 e 11 - pp.12-13)
How climate change is affecting
Maputo City?
• According to this Study
the predicted sea-level
rises up to 5 meters by
2030 indicates that
some infrastructures
will be submerged:
– port,
– railway and ,
– houses of Costa do sol
neighbourhood
Source: INGC. 2009. Synthesis report. INGC Climate Change Report: Study on the impact of climate change on disaster risk in Mozambique. [van
Logchem B and Brito R (ed.)]. INGC, Mozambique. (Mapa 10 e 11 - pp.12-13)
How climate change is affecting
Maputo City?
• Human Being and his
activities are part of
the problem: This
aerial photo illustrate
the reduction of the
natural coastline
protection systems
(Mangroves). At the
moment is densely
been under
construction of
houses. This can
increase the action
effect of sea-level-rise
How climate change is affecting
Maputo City?
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Quantity of pollute in T/year
•Human activities
can contribute to
climate change - Air
Pollution.
•UEM &MMCC have
carryout an
inventory in selected
neighbourhoods of
Maputo City in order
to determine the
level of pollution of
sleeted gases as a
Demo-project
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0.1
0.01
Chamanculo
SO2
Hulene
CO
NOx
Laulane
NMVOCs
PM10
Xipamanine
PM2.5
Source: A.N ARAN – UEM & APINA, Emission of pollutes in air & Urban Air Quality of Maputo
NH3
•One of the result of the UEM Study is a distribution of
pollution concentration for example NO2 Mapping
distribution
How MMC is responding to CC
Currently?
• Institutional response
– Adoption of the Maputo Development Programme
(PROMAPUTO) with vision of 10 years
– Conceived in two phases, being the first phase of 3
years (2007- 2009) concentrated in tree priorities areas:
• the slope of institutional development,
• improvement of the municipal finances and
• integrated urban planning.
– The second phase (2010-2016) will continue with:
• depth the institutional development,
• reinforcement of the municipal finances and,
• significant growth of interventions in the services delivery
How MMC is responding to CC
Currently?
• Institutional response
– Adoption of the Maputo’s Municipality Master
Plan
• Support for decision-makers
• Guide for futures urban planning activities and
interventions
• Provides cartographic information of sensitive areas,
actual land use, relevant information's
For example the Master Plan has cartographic information like a
new Land Use Map of Maputo City
How MMC is responding to CC
Currently?
• Adoption of UN-Habitat Cities & Climate
Change Initiative - CCCI
– MMC has officially adopted the CCCI project
– MMC has appointed a focal unit to deal with.
• By this the MMC is demonstrating his political
willing in order to have:
– A proper climate change adaptation/mitigation
strategies, tools and methods for urban areas,
What is the expectation of MMC with
CCCI?
• To Receive necessary technical Support in
developing long-term development
plans/visions and short/medium term
strategies to face climate change issues;
• To see demo projects on mitigation and
adaptation to climate change (including lowcost energy efficient/zero emission housing)
be implemented (like CDM projects) in waste
management.
• Finally, we would like to say that the GOV. Maputo
Council have no doubt about the strong importance
of CCCI implementation for Maputo Municipality
Council and,
• Thank you for your attention!
Thank you!!!