Alignment between nationally determined contributions and the sustainable development goals for West Africa

Antwi‐Agyei, Philip; Dougill, Andrew J.; Agyekum, Thomas P.; Stringer, Lindsay C.

doi:10.1080/14693062.2018.1431199

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“…The findings of this paper are similar to the findings of Hedger and Nakhooda (2015) and Antwi-Agyei et al (2018). Hedger and Nakhooda (2015) looked at the aspects that could improve the implementation of NDCs and concluded that members of the global community need to pay more attention to the role of finance (alongside technology and capacity) in all countries if low emission and climate resilient prosperity is to be achieved.…”

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The Emerging Threats and Opportunities for Implementing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Sustainable Development Goal 7: Policy Insights from sub-Saharan Africa and Malawi

Chirambo¹

2020

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Aim: Despite the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to reduce climate change vulnerability and inequality particularly in the Global South, it is probable that the SDGs and NDCs might not achieve their objectives. The aim of this article is to identify how countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) can address their climate change governance and cross-sector coordination challenges in order to reduce climate change vulnerability and augment SDG 7 (universal energy access) implementation. Design / Research methods: A qualitative content analysis was undertaken using research articles, project reports, a case study and policy briefs exploring the nexus of climate change governance, SDG 7 implementation and SDG 13 implementation in the context of SSA and Malawi. Conclusions / findings: The study suggests that climate change governance and attaining SDG 7 in the Global South might be improved by harmonising NDC activities so that NDC activities can be aggregated and monitored from a regional perspective similar to the case of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Programmes of Activities (PoAs). Originality / value of the article: The paper is of value to global policy makers as it shows that increasing climate change ambitions and ratcheting-up in the context of SSA should include increasing the deployment of renewable energy technologies as well as initiating new international institutional arrangements for climate change governance through South-South Climate Change Cooperation modalities. Keywords: Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), climate finance, renewable energy, South-South Climate Change Cooperation, Sustainable Development, Malawi. JEL: G38, O13, O55, Q01, Q28, Q54, Q56.

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The Emerging Threats and Opportunities for Implementing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Sustainable Development Goal 7: Policy Insights from sub-Saharan Africa and Malawi

Chirambo¹

2020

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“…3b). On the other hand, there are ongoing land rehabilitation efforts 39,50 and conservation and management of plant species 51 to sustain a growing population 52 . We find evidence of improved cropping practices in southern Mali and across the southern coast of Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana where other greening trends are observed.…”

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Agricultural productivity in relation to climate and cropland management in West Africa

Mechiche-Alami

Abdi

2020

Sci Rep

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the climate of West Africa is expected to become more arid due to increased temperature and uncertain rainfall regimes, while its population is expected to grow faster than the rest of the world. As such, increased demand for food will likely coincide with declines in agricultural production in a region where severe undernutrition already occurs. Here, we attempt to discriminate between the impacts of climate and other factors (e.g. land management/degradation) on crop production across West Africa using satellite remote sensing. We identify trends in the land surface phenology and climate of West African croplands between 2000 and 2018. Using the combination of a an attribution framework and residual trend anlaysis, we discriminate between climate and other impacts on crop productivity. the combined effect of rainfall, land surface temperature and solar radiation explains approximately 40% of the variation in cropland productivity over West Africa at the 95% significance level. The largest proportions of croplands with greening trends were observed in Mali, niger and Burkina faso, and the largest proportions with browning trends were in nigeria, the Gambia and Benin. climate was responsible for 52% of the greening trends and 25% of the browning trends. Within the other driving factors, changes in phenology explained 18% of the greening and 37% of the browning trends across the region, the use of inputs and irrigation explained 30% of the greening trends and land degradation 38% of the browning trends. These findings have implications for adaptation policies as we map out areas in need of improved land management practices and those where it has proven to be successful. Over the last 100 years, average near-surface temperatures in Africa have increased by 0.5 °C 1,2. Projected increases in temperature exceeding average temperature variability experienced in the twentieth century are expected to occur 10 to 20 years earlier in Africa, particularly the Sahelian and tropical regions of West Africa, compared to the rest of the world 1,3. Consequently, the climate of West Africa is expected to gradually become more arid as humid zones recede mostly due to temperature forcing, although variability in local rainfall is also important 4. These projected changes in climate will occur in addition to the intra-and inter-annual variability of rainfall that has historically caused extreme droughts and floods 5. As such, both the projected trends and climatic variability pose a challenge for rainfed agriculture, which forms the foundation of food security, fulfilling 80% of the needs of the population and employing about 60% of the workforce in West Africa 6-8. These challenges include changes in the start and length of growing seasons, harvest success, and subsequently agricultural production 6,9. In West Africa, the main staple crops such as maize, cassava, millet, and sorghum are mostly dependent on rainfall 10. The region is influenced by large-scale climate teleconnections 11 and some of the largest deficits in crop produ...

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“…Electricity demand in West Africa (WA) may increase fivefold by2030 compared to2013 [1]. To meet this rising demand while contributing to the objectives of the Paris Agreement [2], nearly all WA countries' energy policy targets envision a mix of renewable electricity (RE) sources in the future-typically solar, wind and hydropower. Most WA countries have targets for the RE share in power production and/or installed RE capacity in the near future [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

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A new approach for assessing synergies of solar and wind power: implications for West Africa

Sterl

Liersch

Koch

et al. 2018

Environ. Res. Lett.

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West African countries' energy and climate policies show a pronounced focus on decarbonising power supply through renewable electricity (RE) generation. In particular, most West African states explicitly focus on hybrid mixes of variable renewable power sources-solar, wind and hydropower-in their targets for the electricity sector. Hydropower, the main current RE resource in West Africa, is strongly sensitive to monsoon rainfall variability, which has led to power crises in the past. Therefore, solar and wind power could play a stronger role in the future as countries move to power systems with high shares of RE. Considering the policy focus on diversified RE portfolios, there is a strong need to provide climate services for assessing how these resources could function together in a power mix. In this study, climate data from the state-of-the-art ERA5 reanalysis is used to assess the synergies of solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind power potential in West Africa at hourly resolution. A new metric, the stability coefficientC stab , is developed to quantify the synergies of solar PV and wind power for achieving a balanced power output and limiting storage needs. Using this metric, it is demonstrated that there is potential for exploiting hybrid solar/wind power in a larger area of West Africa, covering more important centers of population and closer to existing grid structures, than would be suggested by average maps of solar and wind resource availability or capacity factor for the region. The results of this study highlight why multi-scale temporal synergies of power mixes should be considered in RE system planning from the start.

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Alignment between nationally determined contributions and the sustainable development goals for West Africa

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Cited by 93 publications

References 46 publications

The Emerging Threats and Opportunities for Implementing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Sustainable Development Goal 7: Policy Insights from sub-Saharan Africa and Malawi

The Emerging Threats and Opportunities for Implementing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Sustainable Development Goal 7: Policy Insights from sub-Saharan Africa and Malawi

Agricultural productivity in relation to climate and cropland management in West Africa

A new approach for assessing synergies of solar and wind power: implications for West Africa

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