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CoM SSA Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plan (SEACAP) course

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  1. Lesson 7.3: Introduction to reporting the adaptation pillar
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  2. MODULE 1: Setting the scene
  3. Lesson 1.1: Introduction to the CoM SSA initiative
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  4. Lesson 1.2: Introduction to the SEACAP
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  5. Lesson 1.3: Climate change and cities in Africa
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  6. MODULE 2: SEACAP Mitigation Pillar
  7. Lesson 2.1: Key concepts in climate change mitigation
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  8. Lesson 2.2: Introduction to the Mitigation Pillar
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  9. Lesson 2.3: The SEACAP development process for the Mitigation Pillar
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  10. Lesson 2.4: Emissions inventories: GHG emissions
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  11. Lesson 2.5: Developing a Baseline Emissions Inventory (BEI)
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  12. Lesson 2.6: Tools for BEI development
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  13. MODULE 3: SEACAP Access to Energy Pillar
  14. Lesson 3.1: Key concepts in access to energy
  15. Lesson 3.2: Introduction to the Access to Energy Pillar
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  16. Lesson 3.3: The SEACAP development process for the Access to Energy Pillar
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  17. Lesson 3.4: Data collection
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  18. Lesson 3.5: Developing an Access to Energy Assessment (AEA)
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  19. Lesson 3.6: Setting an energy vision and targets
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  20. Lesson 3.7: Planning energy actions
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  21. MODULE 4: SEACAP Adaptation Pillar
  22. Lesson 4.1: Key concepts in climate change adaptation
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  23. Lesson 4.2: Introduction to the Adaptation Pillar
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  24. Lesson 4.3: The SEACAP development process for the Adaptation Pillar
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  25. Lesson 4.4: Developing a Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (RVA)
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  26. Lesson 4.5: Setting an adaptation vision and sectoral targets
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  27. Lesson 4.6: Planning adaptation actions
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  28. MODULE 5: Steps to take before you implement your SEACAP
  29. Lesson 5.1: Next steps for prioritised actions
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  30. Lesson 5.2: Categorising actions to access external finance
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  31. MODULE 6: Communicating your SEACAP
  32. Lesson 6.1: Designing your SEACAP
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  33. Lesson 6.2: Communicating your SEACAP to key stakeholders
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  34. MODULE 7: Reporting your SEACAP
  35. Lesson 7.1: Introduction to reporting your SEACAP
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  36. Lesson 7.2: Introduction to reporting the mitigation pillar
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  37. MODULE 8: Integrating your SEACAP into existing planning processes
  38. Lesson 8.1: Integrating your SEACAP actions into local level plans
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  39. Lesson 2.7: Setting mitigation targets
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  40. Lesson 2.8: Planning mitigation actions
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  41. Lesson 7.4: Introduction to reporting the access to energy pillar
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The three tables below summarise the mandatory, recommended and optional components of:
1. The Access to Energy Assessment
2. Energy targets
3. Energy actions

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Overview of the CRF requirements for the energy access and poverty pillar

Access to Energy Assessment
Section Mandatory components Recommended components Optional components
General principles
  • Local governments shall prepare and submit an energy access assessment within two years after committing to the GCoM.
Attributes
  • The energy access and energy poverty assessment shall provide information on the energy attribute(s) deemed most relevant by each Regional and National Covenant:
    • Secure energy
    • Sustainable energy
    • Affordable energy
Indicators
  • The assessment shall include at least one mandatory indicator for each energy attribute deemed relevant.
  • The assessment should include information on non-mandatory global indicators.
  • The assessment should include information on regionally relevant indicators.
    Local governments may voluntarily report against any type of indicator, including indicators part of energy attributes that have not been selected by their respective Regional/National Covenant.
Energy targets
Section Mandatory components Recommended components Optional components
Target setting
  • Local governments shall adopt a target for a quantified relative increase of energy access and/or alleviation of energy poverty towards universal access to energy in alignment with SDG 7. The target shall define the estimated percentage increase of energy access and/or decrease in energy poverty in 2030 compared to their selected base year.
  • In addition, local governments shall set at least one target that addresses energy access and alleviates energy poverty from the regionally selected energy attribute.
 		Local governments should select their target(s) from the list of targets reported below
  • Improving access to secure energy:
    • Increase average duration of available electricity daily by 2030 in relation to their base year.
    • Increase the percentage of population or households with access to electricity by 2030 in relation to base year.
    • “Improve” the average yearly energy consumption per capita (without affecting the level and quality of energy services used).
  • Improving access to affordable energy:
    • Reduce the percentage of households or population within the city boundary that face energy poverty.
    • Increase energy efficiency of buildings.
  • Improving access to sustainable energy:
    • Increase the installed capacity of renewable energy sources (RES) within the local boundary.
    • Increase total energy generated from RES within the local boundary.
    • Increase energy consumption from RES.
    • Increase the households within the municipality with access to clean cooking fuels and technologies.
    • “Improve the greenness” of the source mix of thermal energy (heating and cooling) consumed in your city.
  • Local governments may choose to select targets from the list above or define other targets of their choosing that correspond to their energy attribute(s) of interest.
Boundary
  • The target boundary shall be consistent with the city boundary.
  • Local governments may develop goals jointly with neighbouring signatory(ies).
Target year
  • The target year (the year in which local governments aim to achieve the stated target) shall be aligned with national commitments such as Nationally Determined Contributions.
Base year value
  • The base year shall be the one set within national frameworks or Regional/National Covenants (where applicable or available) or the year used for the energy access and poverty assessment, in which the status of the local government is well documented.
Ambition
  • When setting a target, local governments shall demonstrate commitments to increase energy access and/or reduction in energy poverty.
Units
  • The target shall be reported as a percentage (%) in relation to the base year. If absolute data is available, the signatory shall report the percentage in addition to their quantitative data.
Energy actions
Section Mandatory components Recommended components Optional components
Actions
  • Local governments shall report more than one key action per pillar.
  • Local governments should provide a description of the stakeholder engagement process.
  • The implementation status and timing of the action should be reported.
  • The policy instruments to implement the action should be reported.
  • The assessment of the estimated energy saving, renewable energy production, and GHG emission reduction should be reported.
  • A description of the action may be reported.
Monitoring
  • The local government shall submit monitoring reports every four years after submitting the action plan. The monitoring reports shall provide information about the implementation status of each action contained in the action plan.
  • The local government should update and resubmit the action plan when there are significant changes to the existing plan.
  • The local government may also report the implementation cost for each action.

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