GCA and AKADEMIYA2063 host clinic to facilitate effective delivery of National Adaptation Plans
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akar, Senegal, 3rd November 2022 – The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and AKADEMIYA2063 hosted a three-day clinic from 1st to 3rd November 2022 in Dakar, Senegal to inform and facilitate the effective implementation of National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) in selected African countries.
As of May 2022, 45 African countries had submitted updated versions of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), underscoring the continent’s commitment to global climate action in response to the climate crisis and in accordance with the Paris Agreement. This progress further highlights efforts by individual countries to reduce national greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change while laying the groundwork for long-term approaches to tackling the climate crisis.
The Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP), led by GCA and the African Development Bank, aims to mobilize $25 billion to scale up and accelerate climate change adaptation actions across Africa. AKADEMIYA2063 is supporting the AAAP with mainstreaming climate risk and adaptation initiatives in decision models and budget allocation by providing technical assistance to selected African countries in implementing their NAPs. AKADEMIYA2063’s expertise is delivered in the context of GCA’s Research for Impact team’s Climate Adaptation Support Program (CASP), which provides analytical support for accelerating adaptation via the AAAP.
Following the successful completion of Phase I of CASP, which focused on identifying adaptation pathways and related policy options for Kenya and Mali, the three-day clinic was held to support implementation of Phase II. This second phase will evaluate the adaptation plans of four African countries – the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Senegal – and develop adaptation pathways for Nigeria and Senegal. In addition, a micro-region climate risk map for West Africa at the subnational level will be developed to guide context-specific adaptation actions. The activities will inform the design of agriculture adaptation programs and serve to add valuable content to GCA’s Adaptation Knowledge Exchange.
The clinic, led by experts from GCA and AKADEMIYA2063, was organized to familiarize local experts from the African Growth and Development Policy (AGRODEP) Modeling Consortium with CASP’s various building blocks: adaptation policy mapping, climate risk analysis, Computable General Equilibrium and micro-simulation models and adaptation scenario planning.1 The clinic was moderated by Dr. Getaw Tadesse of Akademiya2063 and Dr. Fleur Wouterse of GCA. The agenda featured a series of presentations, including on Adaptation research and data visualization by Dr. Fleur Wouterse, Modeling adaptation pathways: Impact of climate change on crop yields: An empirical review and Simulation of the impact of climate change on income growth and income distribution by Dr. Ismael Fofana, Adaptation policy review and mapping by Dr. Getaw Tadesse, and Developing a climate risk micro-region typology by Dr. Racine Ly.
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