ClimDev-Africa Program &ClimDev-Africa Program &African Climate Policy Centre African Climate Policy Centre

(ACPC)(ACPC)

Presentation to the 6th Session of the Committee on Food Security and

Sustainable Development (CFSSD-6)

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia28 October 2009

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Presentation OutlinePresentation Outline

Program Thrust

Program Stakeholders

Program Description

Program Governance

Program Implementation

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Program ThrustProgram Thrust

ClimDev-Africa – A regional initiative, jointly undertaken by the AUC, ECA and AfDB aimed at:

Enabling effective adaptation activities in climate-sensitive sectors: Agriculture and food security; water resources; energy; health

Strengthening Africa’s climate and development institutions at regional, sub-regional and national levels

Filling gaps in climate information, analysis and options needed by policy/decision-makers at all levels

Enhancing the use of climate information in decision-making by improving analytical capacity, knowledge management, dissemination activities and capacity building

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Program Stakeholders

Development practitioners who need to integrate climate change adaptation in their areas of intervention

Policy analysts and researchers who need climate information as input to their work

Regional, sub-regional and national climate, meteorological and hydrological services and research institutions that provide the data and information services required

RECs and RBOs that coordinate sub-regional climate adaptation action

Relevant national sectoral ministries, professional and civil society stakeholders

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Program Description: Results AreasProgram Description: Results Areas

Results area 1: Widely available climate information, packaging and dissemination

Objective: Policymakers, policy support organisations and the population have access to comprehensive/useful climate information

Results area 2: Quality analysis for decision support and management practice

Objective: Enhanced scientific capacity producing effective and quality policy-supporting analyses and best practices on different levels (regional to local)

Results area 3: Informed decision-making, awareness and advocacy

Objective: Improved policy dialogue and support to climate and development policymaking processes at the continental, sub-regional, national and local levels

Results area 4: Evidence-based value of mainstreaming climate information into development through implementation of pilot adaptation practices

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Program Description: Inputs (1)Program Description: Inputs (1)

Political leadership provided by the AUC, to co-ordinate the Continental policy response and global negotiations – Dedicated Climate Change and Desertification Unit in AUC/DREA

ECA-based African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) to serve as ClimDev-Africa knowledge-management and Policy/project-facilitation arm

AfDB-based ClimDev-Africa Special Fund (CDSF) to provide a channel for demand-led funding of field-level operations by implementing institutions across Africa

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Program Description: Inputs (2)Program Description: Inputs (2)

Thrust of the work of ECA-based ACPC

Deliver on the Policy component of ClimDev- Africa

Assist, through AUC and AMCEN, Africa’s preparation for, and participation in global climate negotiations – towards Copenhagen

Support efforts of African States in mainstreaming climate change concerns into development policies and frameworks

Guide and facilitate the implementation of ClimDev-Africa field-level operations

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Program Description: Inputs (3)Program Description: Inputs (3)Main activities of ACPC work: With focus on development policies and strategies for priority climate-sensitive sectors:

Policy research and analysis (CC vulnerability, impacts, adaptation costs/benefits & policy options)

Policy advocacy, communication and outreach – Annual African Climate and Development Conference starting with ADF-VII in 2010

Consensus building at the regional level

Capacity strengthening, technical advice and assistance

Knowledge management and peer learning

Facilitation of field-level operations development and implementation

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Program Governance

Chief Executive Board (CEB)

(AUC-ECA-AfDB-AMCEN)

ClimDev-Africa Programme Steering Committee (PSC)

African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC)

Policy/Sector Experts Programme/Project Experts

ClimDev-Africa

Special Fund

Regional/Sub-Regional Climate

Institutions

RBOs

RECs

Research Institutions

Others

Technical Advisory

Committee

National Level NMHSs, Sectoral Actors (public sector, private sector, civil society)

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Program Implementation (1)

ClimDev-Africa is being implemented progressively, starting in 2009

Putting in place the basic management and policy capacity of the ACPC (office, staffing) – Recruitment underway

Initiating policy-making activities (website, databases, studies, advocacy, consensus-building – e.g. Africa’s consultations for a common negotiating position)

Implementing ClimDev-Africa Special Fund (procedures and processes, criteria for funding approval, call for funding applications from prioritized organisations)

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Program Implementation (2)

So far, ACPC has supported through technical input and sponsorship, in collaboration with AUC and AMCEN Secretariat at UNEP, the following:

Africa’s Ministerial and Negotiators Group regional meetings: Algiers (Nov. 2008), Nairobi (May 2009), Ouagadougou (October 2009), Addis Ababa (Pre-COP, October 2009)

Conference of Ministers on Financing for Development focused on climate change (Kigali, May 2009)

Special Session of the Africa Partnership Forum (APF) on Climate Change (Addis Ababa, September 2009)

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Program Implementation (3)

ClimDev-Africa financing will be provided through a blend of programmatic funding and pooled Special Fund modalities

Indicative budget for overall ClimDev-Africa Program estimated at about US $140m for 4 years, including provisions for:

ACPC (about US$ 35m)

Additional capacity at AUC and RECs

Special Fund meant to be demand-led, implies the indicative budget estimate will be revised based on effective demand

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Program Implementation (4)

Mainstreaming and sustaining ECA work on climate change and development

Centrality, crosscutting and long-term nature of the climate change challenge for sustainable development

Anticipated demand for analytical inputs, capacity-building and policy advice/assistance for mainstreaming climate change concerns into core development priorities, frameworks, policies and strategies

Need to go beyond the “ClimDev-Africa/ACPC project arrangement”, which depends entirely on extra-budgetary resources

Recommendation to sustain the work of ECA in this crucial area by complemented the Food Security and Sustainable Development sub-program with a dedicated “Climate and development sub-program”

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Thank youThank you