Transcript ACCID presentation - Dr L Sibanda - Africa

Africa-Wide Civil Society Climate Change
Initiative for Policy Dialogues (ACCID)
The call for a coordinated approach to Climate Change
Lindiwe Majele Sibanda (PhD)
November 2008
[email protected]
Outline
• About ACCID
• Objectives of ACCID
• Role of CSOs
• Consensus: CSOs and Government
• About FANRPAN
About ACCID
• A complementary initiative to ensure that African civil society and
governments collaborate in CoP 14 and CoP 15 global platforms.
• COMESA is keen to ensure that the position taken by governments in
the climate change policy negotiations incorporates the interests of all
stakeholders.
• Three RECs, COMESA, ECA and SADC have developed the African
Bio-Carbon Initiative (ABC-Initiative).
• African heads of states, ministers and high level policy makers can play
a meaningful role in an international post-2012 agreement if coordinated
– To address the bias that excluded agriculture and most of forestry
from the CDM;
– African countries can benefit from a more comprehensive accounting
of bio-carbon.
• The ACCID and ABC initiatives feed into the NEPAD CAADP Pillar One
• ACCID is AFRICA-WIDE and is coordinated by FANRPAN
Objectives of ACCID
• To mobilise space for civil society to speak with one voice in
ensuring that the successor to the Kyoto Protocol values the
contribution that sustainable agriculture can make to climate
change mitigation
• Link the adaptation and mitigation agendas and equip CSOs
with research-based evidence (scientific and anecdotal) to
promote national, regional and global pro-poor policy and
practice in the mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
• Ensure that funds generated from carbon trade and other
financial instruments for funding climate adaptation
programmes benefit the poor and help Africa towards the
attainment of the MDGs
Why agree on Climate Change?
• Climate change a threat to sustainable development and
Africa’s poor are the most affected
• Africa has contributed to only 3.8% of the greenhouse gas
concentrations in the atmosphere
• Africa’s poor smallholder farmers will feel the greatest impacts
of climate change
• All strategies and strategies must support the development of
agricultural and sustainable resource management practices
• Need for incentives to enhance the carbon storage in African
agricultural systems
• Need for financing and recognition of sustainable and carbon
enhancing agricultural practices in Africa under the UN’s
carbon market rules
Role of CSOs
• To mobilise space for civil society to speak with one voice
• To join forces and rally behind the COMESA led ABC
initiative and develop a comprehensive approach and
negotiating position in the Poznan and Copenhagen climate
change policy debates.
• CSOs to perform policy analysis, advocacy, education and
mobilise communities, providing legal advice, fund raising ,
hosting national and regional dialogues, packaging and
disseminating information, etc.
• To constructively engage African governments, providing
evidence and policy options for decision making.
Africa’s time to act: NOW
• Next climate change agreement is currently under
negotiation – What is Africa’s position?
• Need to expand the UN system to include
comprehensive coverage of bio-carbon.
• A comprehensive approach to bio-carbon should
include agriculture, forest management, tree
planting, and reducing deforestation and forest
degradation.
CSO and Government consensus is critical
• Unless the successor to the Kyoto Protocol
values the contribution that sustainable
agriculture can make to global carbon market,
Africa is still outside the fence
• Unless CSOs align with government, there
will be no “one voice” – Africa position
ACCID strategy
Farmers Organisations
Enabling policies – improved productivity
Trade and Markets (Value Chain)
Private Sector
Enabling policies – Production to
Trade and Markets (Value Chain)
Researchers/Policy Analysts
Technical Partners
Platform for research,
analysis and dissemination
Development Partners
Evidence based, predictable policies
NGOs, Media and Advocacy orgs
Rallying point for regional
Climate Change/CARBON issues
ACCID
Policy Advice/Options/Evidence
to support policy development
Implementation Strategy
Government/Policy Makers
ACCID Activities
• Policy research and analysis: control of activities
responsible for emissions, participatory adaptation
cost assessment
• Consensus building at community national and
regional level
• Holding local corporations to account (responsibility
and liability )
• Capacity strengthening, technical advice and
assistance
• Communication and outreach
• Movement and alliance building
• Knowledge management and peer learning
ACCID Timelines
Timeframe
Date
Oct-08
Activity
Preparatory phase
Output
ACCID documents disseminated
Nairobi conference Agenda prepared
25-26 November 2008
Conference
CSOs
for
Regional ABC initiative - endorsed by at least 20 African
CSOs
The
implementation
of ABC initiative endorsed advocacy plan ABC initiative African countries
in each region
byat least 15
December, 2008
Selected
CSO
delegates CSOs support Government delegations in
participate in Poznan
policy negotiations
Feb-09
Repositioning and scaling up COMESA, EAC, SADC proposal - endorsed
of advocacy message in and submitted to AU summit.
international platforms Johannesburg.
Phase 2 March to September 2009
Planning, follow up contacts, Common Vision and strengthened position –
project
preparation, Africa position endorsed by other continents
preparations
for before Copenhagen
Copenhagen,
orientation
visits, dialogues for national
and regional constituents
Selected
CSO
delegates CSOs support Government delegations in
participate in Copenhagen policy negotiations
December, 2009
ACCID Multi – Stakeholder Dialogues
NATIONAL LEVEL
Ongoing Research
Studies
Emerging Issues and
FANR Policies Tracking
National
Policy
Dialogues
(Periodic)
REGIONAL LEVEL
Policy
Advisory
Process
• Coordination of multi-country case studies
And synthesis into agenda for
Policy engagements
Agenda for
Policy
Engagement
• Networking, sharing
of information, regional and
global representation
Africa Region
Across SADC, EAC, COMESA
(All Stakeholder Groups)
(Representatives from all FANR
Stakeholder Groups)
• Farmers’ Organisations
• Governments
• Private Sector
• Researchers
• Development Partners
• Media
• NGOs – Environment and Development
Overview of FANRPAN
Vision
“A food secure southern Africa free from hunger
and poverty”
Overview of FANRPAN
Mission
To promote effective Food, Agriculture and
Natural Resources (FANR) policies by
(i) facilitating linkages and partnerships
between government and civil society
(ii) building the capacity for policy analysis and
policy dialogue in southern Africa, and
(iii) supporting demand - driven policy research
and analysis
Overview of FANRPAN
Regional Network Topography
Commercial Farmers
Farmers
CSOs
Malawi
Zimbabwe
Commodity Associations
Government
Small-scale farmers associations
Private Sector
Namibia
Zambia
Botswana
Researchers
FANRPAN
Regional
Secretariat
Angola
Mozambique
Tanzania
Lesotho
Mauritius
Swaziland
South Africa
Madagascar
Thank You