[1] Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) aim to promote low carbon growth in Africa, especially in key sectors like energy, transport, buildings, forestry and waste. [2] Most NAMA proposals from Africa focus on renewable energy development in the energy supply sector. [3] Key issues for NAMAs include their design, integration into climate policy, and ensuring they provide adequate financing and technology for Africa's development needs.

1. Nationally Appropriate Mitigation
Actions (NAMAs): Catalysing growth
and development in Africa

2. “There is no better time than now to promote green and low carbon
growth in Africa.”
Kurt Lonsway
Manager at the Environment and Climate Change Division
African Development Bank
Africa Carbon Forum (ACF), Addis Ababa, 20 April 2012

3. Background
History in CC Negotiations
• The term NAMA found its roots in the Bali Action Plan at COP 13
• The concept was further elaborated in the Copenhagen Accord
(COP 15) and Cancun Decisions (COP16)
• In COP 17 at Durban some decisions on the design of the
registry for supported NAMAs were taken, a prototype of the
registry was discussed during SBI 36

4. Key Issues for Future Discussions
1. Design aspects of NAMAs
– What all could be a NAMA?
– What would be the modalities and procedures for the
Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of NAMAs?
– Decisions on the design specifications of the registry
– Who would be the key actors in Financing?
2. Integrating NAMAs with the future climate architecture
– NAMA and market instruments
– NAMA and other climate instruments

5. NAMA Proposals by Africa
Opportunities: Key sectors
6%
17%
17% 5%
5% Buildings
Buildings,Forestry
Energy supply
50%
Industry
Transport
Waste
• Most NAMAs are from the energy supply sector (50%), with
focus on renewable energy development specifically through
solar and wind
• Transport and Buildings sectors constitute 17%each

6. NAMA Proposals by Africa
As per sector and stage of development
Country Name Stage Sector Total
Algeria Concept Buildings 1
Energy supply 1
Algeria Total 2
Egypt Concept Energy supply 1
Egypt Total 1
Ethiopia Concept Buildings, Forestry 1
Transport 1
Ethiopia Total 2
Lebanon Concept Energy supply 1
Transport 1
Lebanon Total 2
Morocco Implementation Buildings 1
Proposal/Planning Energy supply 1
Industry 1
Morocco Total 3
South Africa Concept Buildings 1
Energy supply 2
Transport 1
Implementation Energy supply 1
South Africa Total 5
Tunisia Concept Waste 1
Proposal/Planning Energy supply 1
Tunisia Total 2
Uganda Concept Energy supply 1
Uganda Total 1

7. NAMAs and Africa
Key Questions and Concerns
• How can NAMAs support the needs of growth and development of
Africa?
• What are the resources required to undertake NAMAs (all types-
domestic, supported, and credited)?
• Is there adequate capacity implement NAMAs – technical, financial
and institutional capacities and weak institutional coordination?
• How will/can NAMAs promote provision of finance and technology to
Africa?
• Will there be enough flexibility and simplification in the framework to
promote implementation in Africa?
• Will NAMAs ensure that allocated resources are new, additional (over
and above current insufficient ODAs)?
• Will the selection of NAMAs be overly influenced/ guided/ imposed
by donors?
Will the experiences in NAMAs be any different from CDM?