Breakout Group A: presentation by Kennedy Mbeva

1. Communicating Adaptation Information:
African Countries’ INDCs
Kennedy Liti Mbeva - @deusse
15.03.2016, OECD CCXG Global Forum, Paris, France
African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)

2. Outline of Presentation
1. Overview of African INDCs
2. Adaptation Strategies
3. Adaptation costs and finance
4. Adaptation and Sustainable Development
5. Conclusion

3. African Countries’ INDCs

4. Adaptation Strategies
0%
10%
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30%
40%
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60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Annex I countries Middle countries LDCs and SIDS Africa
%ofcountries Adaptation
5. actions and strategies
4. strategies
3. actions
2. mentioned
1. not mentioned

5. Adaptation Finance
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Annex I countries Middle countries LDCs and SIDS Africa
%ofcountries
Adaptation Finance
4. Fully conditional to
contribution
3. Partly conditional to
contribution
2. Adaptation finance
mentioned
1. Adaptation finance not
mentioned

6. Adaptation Costs
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
US$millions
Costs to implement INDCs
INDC implementation costs

7. Assessment & Review
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Annex I countries Middle countries LDCs and SIDS Africa
Information on Asssessment & Review of INDCs
4: Reference to formal Assessment or
Review under UNFCCC
3: Reference to informal Assessment or
Review
2: Section on INDC tracking and self-
assessment of the INDC implementation
1: No reference to Assessment & Review

8. Adaptation and Sustainable
Development Goals
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Tourism
Floods
Land
Disaster Risk reduction
Human settlements
Coastal Zone Manamagement
Fisheries & Marine
Energy
Infrastructure
Early warning systems
Forestry
Biodiversity
Health
Water
Agriculture
Adaptation Sectors in African Countries’ INDCs
Count

9. Adaptation and SDGs

10. 90%
10%
Linkage to Sustainable
Development
Mentions SD
No mention of SD
9%
91%
Mention of SDGs
Mention of SDGs
No mention of SDGs
70%
30%
Reference to national
circumstances/context/plans
Mention National
Circumstances
No mention of National
Cirucmstances

11. Conclusion
• INDCs foster self-differentiation where in case of African
countries adaptation is a top priority
• Information on adaptation comprised actions and strategies,
costs and finance in a fairly detailed manner
• Significant number of African countries’ INDCs adaptation
actions conditional on partial and/or full financial support
• Adaptation is in the context of sustainable development and
national plans on the same, yet lose mention of linkage with
SDGs. Important to coordinate implementation of Paris
Agreement and SDGs e.g measuring cross-cutting indicators

12. Thank you!
K.Mbeva@acts-net.org
Working Paper:
•Mbeva, K. L. et al. (2015). Intended Nationally Determined Contributions as a
Means to Strengthening Africa’s Engagement in International Climate
Negotiations. African Centre for Technology Studies. Working Paper 001/2015.
Nairobi: ACTS Press. Available here
Discussion Paper:
•Mbeva, K. & Pauw, P. (2016). Self-differentiation of countries’ responsibilities:
addressing climate change through intended nationally determined contributions.
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE).
Discussion Paper 4/2016. Available here
Online tool:
•INDC Content Explorer. Available here
Further Resources