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

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

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Greenhouse gases are increasing in the Earth’s atmosphere as a result of human activity, resulting in an overall increase in the Earth’s average temperature.

As the Earth becomes warmer, it impacts regional climate systems.

Some regions may experience an increase in temperature combined with an overall drying. This results in a decrease in rainfall, increase in incidences of drought and increase in heat waves and/or fires. 

Other areas may also experience an increase in temperature, but could be combined with an overall increase in moisture, resulting in an increase in incidence of rainfall, storms and flooding. 

Some areas may see an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events. 

As the Earth warms, the melting of polar ice results in sea-level rise.

Africa will be the continent hardest hit by the impacts of climate change

Climate hazards in Africa include

Rising temperatures, Heatwaves, Rainfall variability, seasonal shifts, Flooding, Water scarcity and droughts, Increase in extreme events, Sea level rise, Coastal erosion

“Evidence shows that, while the world is exposed to climate threats, Africa is the most affected region. Although agriculture is the mainstay of Africa’s livelihoods and national economies – supporting 55% to 62% of the labour force in sub-Saharan Africa alone – the continent’s agricultural productivity growth has declined by 34% since 1961 due to climate change. This decline is the highest compared to what other regions of the world have experienced.”

~ H.E. Ambassador Josefa Leonel Correia SACKO Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment African Union Commission, 2023

“In Africa it is estimated that by 2100, temperatures will rise by 4 degrees and there will be 40% less rainfall resulting in increased incidences of drought, high winds and other extreme events including, paradoxically, flooding. As a result of the increasing uncertainty in the climate and the impacts on local economies, it is anticipated that GDPs across the continent will drop, social relations will suffer, croplands will shrink by as much as 90% and security and defence will be stretched. Additionally, people’s health will be affected by the increase in food, waterborne, vector borne and airborne diseases; all of which thrive in the conditions created by climate change".

~ World Health Organisation, 2019

More than 110 million people on the continent were directly affected by weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2022, causing more than US$ 8.5 billion in economic damages. There were a reported 5 000 fatalities, of which 48% were associated with drought and 43% were associated with flooding

The State of Climate in Africa 2022 Report, WMO 2023.

Some high-impact weather events in 2022 happened consecutively, leaving little time for recovery between shocks and compounding repeated and protracted displacements.

CoM SSA is co-funded by the European Union (EU) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ)

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