Changing the climate of African development
Africa Workshop
Winchester Mansions Hotel, Cape Town, 26-27th March 2009, South Africa
Rationale
On 26-27th March 2009, the Tyndall Centre convened a workshop in Cape Town, South Africa. The workshop formed a part of the Tyndall Centre’s Programme on International Development, ‘Securing human welfare: how can international development be sustained in a warming world?’ The event brought together academics, policymakers and regional organisation staff from across Southern and Eastern Africa, spurring debate around realising effective African development trajectories in the face of climate change.
The objectives of the workshop were twofold:
- 1. To explore and share ideas on key areas of the interface between climate change and development policy and practice, drawing on and disseminating work within the Tyndall Centre and research partners in Africa, examining the state of current knowledge on climate change and development, with reference to agriculture, water and energy;
- 2. To outline, in collaboration with African stakeholders, priorities for further research on climate change and development, identifying potential collaborators and funding streams, with a view to defining a future research agenda and a potential set of working partnerships in Africa.
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Summaries
Conference objectives and audio recap by Professor David Thomas.
Session 1: Adaptation and effective development
| A household index of social vulnerability for evaluating adaptation projects in developing countries | view presentation | Katharine Vincent, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg |
| Effective adaptation and development in Africa: key findings from the ADAPTIVE project and from a meta-analytical review view presentation | Henny Osbahr, University of Reading, UK |
| Mainstreaming adaptation in Namibia and Mozambique view presentation | Andrew Newsham, Tyndall Centre Oxford, UK |
| Adaptation in international river basins: a case study of the Nile view presentation | Listen again | Marisa Goulden & Declan Conway, Tyndall Centre UEA, UK |
| Giving effect to key aspects of international water law in the face of climate change - Potential approaches for Southern Africa view presentation | Listen again | Gavin Quibell, WS Atkins-UK |
Session 2: Policy and market-based initiatives for climate mitigation
| The future is bright: An overview of China’s transition to a low carbon economy view presentation | Listen again | Tao Wang, Tyndall Centre Sussex, UK |
| Carbon Forestry Projects: Global Evidence and Insights from Kenya view presentation | Listen again | Esteve Corbera, Tyndall Centre UEA, UK |
| Energy efficiency for poor urban households: the Kuyasa project and its implications for programmatic CDM in South Africa view presentation | Listen again | Carl Wesselink, Kuyasa Project, and Emily Tyler, Genesis Analytics, SA |
Session 3: Scenarios, policy & practice
| Creating development futures with climate change in Burkina Faso view presentation | Listen again | Natasha Grist, Overseas Development Institute, UK |
| Using climate modelling data to inform policy in Mozambique view presentation | Listen again | Barbara Van Logchem, INGC, Mozambique |
| Climate Projections in Africa: experience with the Development Agenda view presentation | Listen again | Richard Washington, University of Oxford, UK |
Session 4: Funding streams and opportunitiese
| DST Sector Policy Budget Support Programme (SBS) view presentation | Listen again | Desiree Sehlapelo, Department for Science & Technology (SA) |
| Financial framework for EU-SA cooperation on the Environment /Climate Change view presentation | Listen again | Linda Chamberlain, EU |
| Funding streams and opportunitiese Listen again | Declan Conway, Tyndall Centre UEA, UK |