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African Development Bank
Tunis, Tunisia21-22 March, 2011
Dr. Anthony NYONGManager, ORQR.3
SESA Workshop
AfDB’s Green Growth Strategy:AfDB’s Green Growth Strategy:
What Role can SESA play?What Role can SESA play?
Outline
1. Background
2. Why a Green Growth Strategy for Africa?
3. What role can SESA play in Green Growth Strategy?
4. Key messages and Way Forward
BACKGROUND
AFDB and Green Growth
Green Growth for AfDB is all about achieving sustainable development through: Economic growth Environment, climate resilience and low
carbon development, Sustainable improvement of living conditions
(poverty reduction and social justice)
Climate Proofed
Abatements
AdaptationMitigation
Development
Low Carbon Dev
Climate Resilient
DevClimate Compatible Development
Source: Catalyst, 2009
Climate Change and Green GrowthIn Africa, Green Growth can be achieved through
climate compatible development
Why a Green Growth Strategy for Africa
Alignment with Bank’s Mission
The Green Growth Strategy will: Support a low carbon intensive development and
ensure sustainability Strengthen the Bank’s Medium Term Strategy
(2008-2012) and Sector Strategies Support the existing Bank’s Climate Change
Policies for climate resilient and low carbon development: Clean Energy Investment Framework Climate Risk Management and Adaptation Strategy Integrated Climate Change Action Plan
Objectives
Providing a strategic orientation
Ensuring efficient use of natural capital
Promoting best practices and good policies
Key areas of action
Green agricultural practices Green technologies Sustainable trade Sustainable use of natural resources Clean industrial development Sustainable transport Clean Energy Green jobs Waste Management Socially appropriate growth
Design process of the Green Growth Strategy
Conception Preparation
Work Plan and Concept Note Fact findings at different levels
Design Data Analysis Definition of Indicators, output & impact
Peer Review/Adoption/Board Approval Stakeholders’ Meetings for harmonization/adoption Board approval
Draft AfDB Green Growth Strategy Draft National Green Growth Strategies
(Easily adaptable to specific country needs)
Implementation Implementation of AfDB’s Strategy
Political Orientation of Bank Harmonization with existing Bank policies Implementation Action Plan
Implementation of 5 Pilot Strategies Selection of pilot countries based on economic, social and political variations Implementation in Key Sectors
Evaluation Revision and way forward
Lessons Learned/Best Practices Within the Bank At national level in the 5 Pilot RMCs At regional and international levels
Scaling Up Supporting the scaling up of national Green Growth Strategies Monitoring how they are adapted and implemented, through Bank regional offices
Summary of the Process
What role can SESA play in Green Growth
Strategy?
SESA and the GGS SESA provides a holistic and long term forecast
approach to understand economic, social and environmental implications of the proposed Green Growth Strategy, and therefore assess sustainability
OECD, 2006
SESA and the GGS Sustainability assessment will be needed to evaluate the
impacts of the Strategy against its agreed objectives, targets and indicators
Thérivel, 2004 Collingwood Environmental
At the implementation phase, this will also help monitor the impacts of the strategies as well as its related options/sectors, and suggest necessary adjustments
SESA and the GGS (cont’d) With regards to green technologies, for instance,
the application of SESA is especially needed to assess positive and negative impacts of the selected technologies and their role in achieving sustainability
Strategic assessment of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency technologies, is necessary to promote low-cost, low-carbon and effective clean technologies, in considering costs of GHG reduction vs GHG emission
SESA and the GGS (cont’d) A set of generic sustainability indicators is
needed to monitor whether and how selected Green Growth options/sectors contribute to (or deviate from) sustainability
The use of existing tools is very important: cost-benefit approach, ESIA, ecological footprint, life cycle approach, multi-criteria analysis and stakeholder analysis
Although, many difficulties remain with regards to the selection of appropriate methods to assess the sustainability of the Green Growth Strategy
Key messages and Way Forward
A Green Growth Strategy can make Africa in the long term a potential pole of economically, socially and environmentally sustainable growth
The proposed Bank’s Africa Green Fund (AGF) will serve as a financing mechanism for the Green Growth Strategy
SESA is an important and appropriate tool to assess the proposed Green Growth Strategy with regards to its implications on sustainability and low carbon development
