Transcript A Climate Change Champion

Building support for
Comprehensive Climate
Change Planning – Case
Study of EA & SA
Presented by
Stephen Mutimba
Comprehensive Climate Change
Planning
Hilton Hotel, Windhoek
10TH TO 14TH
OCTOBER 2011
Presentation Outline
• What support is needed?
• Attribute of a Climate Change Champions?
• Who are the Champions in East & Southern Africa?
− The Zambia NCCRS Process
− The Rwanda National Strategy & Low carbon Development Process
− The Kenya NCCRS Process
• How to build support for comprehensive climate change planning
− Role of politicians and financiers (including donors)
− Role of Technocrats & Public Servants
− Convincing and bringing on board the public – Most Crucial
• Who are the most influential group to combat climate change?
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What support is needed in Climate Change Planning?
(1)
• ???
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What support is needed in Climate Change Planning?
(2)
• Political,
• Financial,
• Technical,
• Public support,
• Other,
• General Consensus on the way-forward
All the above can be achieved with the support of
• A Climate Change Champion
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What are the attributes of a climate change champion?
• The Climate Change Champion must not only be
influential but:-
−Be passionate, committed and focused
−Communicate the problem, the message in a clear
and concise way
−Be convincing,
−Understand the subject matter
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Climate Change Strategy Process in Zambia
• 2009: The Climate Change Facilitation Unit (CCFU) established by the Ministry of
Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources (MTENR), with support from the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Norwegian Government
• April 2010: With Assistance of UNDP, Consultants procured to develop NCCRS,
• CCFU managed Consultants and Facilitated Process
• June 2010: Launch of the NCCRS development process by the Assistant Minister,
MTENR
• June to Sep 2010: Provincial Stakeholder Workshops graced by provincial PS’s
• 3 National, 4 Provincial? and 2 Validation workshops
• Technocrats in MTENR, Ministry of Finance and Office of the Vice President,
Agriculture and Energy played key role
• Minister MTENR respected internationally in climate change circles
• NCCRS Yet to be approved at Cabinet level?
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Climate Change Strategy Process in Rwanda
• Sep-Oct 2010: Launch of the National Climate Change and Low Carbon
Development Strategy (NCCLCDS)
• Steering committee composed of 12 Ministers, the President’s Private Secretary
and Technocrats representing vulnerable and crucial sectors to the
economy
• Minister of Natural Resources and Mining (MINIRENA) chairs the Steering
Committee
• NCCLCDS underwent nationwide consultative process
• NCCLCDS has undergone independent Review now awaiting Validation (has
been validated?)
• Technocrats a bit uneasy at the involvement of many politicians at very high
level
• A Climate Change & Environment Financing Institution (FONERWA) being
established to implement the Strategy
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Climate Change Strategy Process in Kenya (1)
• 2006 COP12 Held in Nairobi
• 2007 - The Parliamentary Network on Renewable Energy and Climate Change PANERECC – Brought on board Energy Sector as well as Parliamentarians
• 2008 - Discussions around Climate Bill initiated by civil society and legislators
• 2008 - Ministry of Environment initiate TOR for the development of National
Climate Change Strategy (NCCRS) with Support from Danida/Sida.
• A Taskforce composed of Inter-Ministerial Climate Change Focal Points
and Chaired by the Environmental Secretary put in place to manage
consultants
• Task-Force Included Sectors: Energy, Agriculture, Forestry/Wildlife/Fisheries,
Transport, Trade, etc
• July 2009 The Minister of Environment, John Michuki, launches the NCCRS
development process, urging for a broad based regional consultative process
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Climate Change Strategy Process in Kenya (2)
• November 2009 Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, convenes a Ministerial
meeting to validate the draft NCCRS, urges all Ministries cooperation to
ensure a comprehensive NCCRS
• After thorough Country-wide Consultation process
• 2 National, 9 Regional Consultative Meetings, 1 Parliamentary, 1
Ministerial and validation
• A National Climate Change Coordination Committee (NCCCC) chaired by PM
and Minister of Finance established to oversee the NCCRS implementation
• Climate Change Secretariat spearheading implementation of NCCRS through
development of eight (8) Action plans supported by Dfid and other
Development Partners
• Climate Change Financial ‘Institute’ to be based in the Ministry of Finance
• Prime Minister Raila & Minister Michuki have been and are still the Kenya’s
climate champions
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Key Players in climate change planning
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Government:
− Executive: Vision, Good Governance & Enabling Environment
− Parliament: Good Policies Legislations and Mobilization of Constituents
− Sector Ministers: - Implementation & Monitoring
• Bilateral Partners, WB & UNDP – Development Support and
Implementation of the Vision,
• Multilateral organizations – WB, UNEP, FAO, WHO, ISDR, UNFCCC Thematic/technical support
• Civil Society
• Private Sector
• Celebrities
• The Media
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Important Partnerships & Networks
• Learning from Neighbours and other best practice countries
• Specialized UN agencies such as WMO, UNFCCC, FAO, ISDR,
• intergovernmental organizations, such as World Bank, EC, AU,
APEC, AfDB, ADB…
• non-governmental organizations, such as IUCN, WWF, Red Cross,
• the science community, such as CGIAR, ICSU, SEI, IPCC…
• WMO/Regional/National Meteorology - (climate change science),
• private sectors and the civil society
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Simple Conceptual Climate Planning Framework?
Comprehensive Climate Change Planning
Identification of Climate Change Champion
Identification of challenges/opportunities
Partnerships with Key Sectors & Stakeholders
Integrated adaptation planning
Knowledge of local Climate Problem
Implementation
Regional and Local Consultations
Innovative financing and strengthened
implementation partnerships
Most Influential Climate Change Champion
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Global Climate Change Champions (4)
• 66% of viewers who claimed to have seen An Inconvenient Truth said
the film had “changed their mind” about global warming and
• 89% said watching the movie made them more aware of the
problem.
• More importantly, three out of four (74%) viewers said they changed
some of their habits as a result of seeing the film.
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Al Gore’s success factor: Focus on Current Climate Risks
to Humanity
Through the Inconvenient Truth Al Gore showed how:
•As a result of GHG accumulation in the atmosphere, current
climatic patterns are influencing fundamental socioeconomic
indicators, and
•Visualized how long-term climate change will materialize
through changes in variability and extremes – floods, droughts,
etc.
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Political Support Crucial for Successful CC Planning
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Demonstrate that Current climate Risks are huge
and urgent
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ASANTE
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