CoM SSA Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plan (SEACAP) course
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MODULE 1: Setting the scene
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Lesson 1.1: Introduction to the CoM SSA initiative2 Topics
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Lesson 1.2: Introduction to the SEACAP3 Topics
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Lesson 1.3: Climate change and cities in Africa2 Topics
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MODULE 2: SEACAP mitigation pillar
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Lesson 2.1: Key concepts in climate change mitigation1 Topic
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Lesson 2.2: Introduction to the mitigation pillar2 Topics
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Lesson 2.3: The SEACAP development process for the mitigation pillar1 Topic
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Lesson 2.4: Emissions inventories: GHG emissions4 Topics
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Lesson 2.5: Developing a Baseline Emissions Inventory (BEI)3 Topics
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Lesson 2.6: Tools for BEI development2 Topics
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Lesson 2.7: Setting mitigation targets2 Topics
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Lesson 2.8: Planning mitigation actions1 Topic
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MODULE 3: SEACAP access to energy pillar
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Lesson 3.1: Key concepts in access to energy
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Lesson 3.2: Introduction to the access to energy pillar2 Topics
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Lesson 3.3: The SEACAP development process for the access to energy pillar
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Lesson 3.4: Data collection3 Topics
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Lesson 3.5: Developing an Access to Energy Assessment (AEA)2 Topics
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Lesson 3.6: Setting an energy vision and targets3 Topics
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Module 3.7: Planning energy actions3 Topics
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MODULE 4: SEACAP adaptation pillar
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Lesson 4.1: Key Concepts in climate change adaptation
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Lesson 4.2: Introduction to the adaptation pillar2 Topics
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Lesson 4.3: The SEACAP development process for the adaptation pillar1 Topic
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Lesson 4.4: Developing a Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (RVA)
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Lesson 4.5: Setting an adaptation vision and sectoral targets2 Topics
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Lesson 4.6: Planning adaptation actions2 Topics
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MODULE 5: Steps to take before you implement your SEACAP
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Lesson 5.1: Next steps for prioritised actions
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Lesson 5.2: Categorising actions to access external finance2 Topics
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MODULE 6: Communicating your SEACAP
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Lesson 6.1: Designing your SEACAP3 Topics
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Lesson 6.2: Communicating your SEACAP to key stakeholders1 Topic
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MODULE 7: Reporting your SEACAP
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Lesson 7.1: Introduction to reporting your SEACAP3 Topics
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Lesson 7.2: Introduction to reporting the mitigation pillar4 Topics
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Lesson 7.3: Introduction to reporting the adaptation pillar3 Topics
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Lesson 7.4: Introduction to reporting the access to energy pillar3 Topics
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MODULE 8: Integrating your SEACAP into existing planning processes
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Lesson 8.1: Integrating your SEACAP actions into local level plans1 Topic
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What is an energy vision?
3 October 2024
- An energy vision is a long-term vision which indicates the direction that the city wishes to follow in terms of its energy mix.
- Setting a longer-term vision is considered a key success factor of SEACAPs as it:
- Clearly shows the local authority’s political commitment.
- Gives a strong message to citizens and stakeholders on how the local authority wants to develop in the future.
- Paves the way for more substantial investment in sustainable infrastructure.
- The vision should be realistic but still ambitious and aligned with the national and international policy landscape.
- The vision should be elaborated with the local communities through citizen participation and discussion groups.
- The vision should be identified before setting the targets.
- The vision should align with SDG7: “Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all”. The three targets of SDG7 are:
- 7.1: By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable, and modern energy services.
- 7.2: Increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030.
- 7.3: Double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency by 2030.
Access to energy impacts gender equality (as demonstrated in Module 3.2). Therefore there is a link between the SDG7 and the SDG5 on gender equality.
“The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seek to change the course of the twenty-first century, addressing key challenges such as eradicating poverty and hunger, eliminating inequalities and violence against women and girls and combating climate change. Gender equality and women’s empowerment are prerequisites for achieving these and other global goals. Thus, achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment is a stand-alone goal—SDG 5—and also integrated across the other goals, with many targets specifically recognizing gender equality and women’s empowerment as both an objective and part of the solution.”
(Source: Accelerating SDG 7, Achievement Policy Brief 8)
What does an energy vision look like?
Here are two examples of an energy vision:
“The City of Bobo-Dioulasso is committed to switching to cleaner energy sources. By 2030 the city aims to encourage the adoption of energy efficient practices and technologies, and promote access to clean cooking fuels and technologies amongst its citizens, to ensure that all citizens, irrespective of their social class, have improved access to sustainable, affordable, clean and reliable energy”
Date set: June 2022
“By 2030, the City of Garoua will be in a position to diversify the energy supply (electricity and clean cooking) for its inhabitants by focusing on energy efficiency for the development of the local economy’’
Date set: May 2021