Demand for Services to Integrate Climate Change Considerations into African Infrastructure Planning and Design

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1 Demand for Services to Integrate Climate Change Considerations into African Infrastructure Planning and Design Jean-Pierre Roux Programme Manager, Climate Services Hub, SouthSouthNorth

Approximately 800 stakeholders were surveyed. 154 responses from across a range of locations, sectors and institutional types Respondents are conducting work over most of Africa.

2 Approximately 800 stakeholders were surveyed. 154 responses from across a range of locations, sectors and institutional types Respondents are conducting work over most of Africa. The majority of responses came from national governments. Respondents by by institutional type % of total respondents Research Other organisation 6% River basin 4% authority 4% Regional Political organisation 11% National Government 34% International Developmen t 5% Civil Society 6% Private Sector 14% Donor Agency 3% Sub-national government Developmen 5% t Bank 8% Number of respondents conducting work in a country 2

3 CIS and the Infrastructure Value Chain

4 154 responses from across a range of locations, sectors and institutional types Respondents from a wide range of sectors were gathered, presenting views across different phases of infrastructure development. Stage of infrastructure development that respondents are working in % of respondents 66% 62% Transport: Road and bridges Energy (other than hydropower) 55% 50% Water supply 41% Hydropower 28% 30% Urban development (e.g. storm water Irrigation Other 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% Percentage of respondent Sector that respondents are working in % of respondents 4

5 Respondents showed clear appetite for support to integrate climate considerations into infrastructure Have you sought support to integrate climate change considerations into planning and design of infrastructure? No, not aware of what support is needed 7% No, do not want support 4% No, do not think climate change is important for infrastructure development 1% Key observations 88% of respondents where interested in receiving support to integrate ICCPD services, but only 20% had secured support. Yes, have secured support 20% Yes, have sought support, but have not secured 26% No, have not sought support, but interested in support 42% 68% of respondents where interested or had actively sought support, but had not yet been able to secure it. While 7% where not aware or unable to specify what support they needed only 4% of respondents indicated they where not interested in receiving support. Only 1% thought that climate change was not important. 5

6 The overwhelming majority of respondents told us that they have actual infrastructure projects that would already benefit from ICCPD support Key observations Survey respondents with projects that would benefit from Afri-Res support - % of total respondents 83% of respondents told us they have one or more projects that could benefit from ICCPD support No Yes 17% 83% 21 respondents provided specific detail on the size of projects that would benefit from support, the mean average size was suggested to be over $279m The overwhelming majority of projects cited would be ready to receive support from as early as

7 When forced to rank services climate finance, methodologies & guidelines and training and capacity development emerged as centrally important Participants where asked to rank the desirability of services on a scale of 1 (highest) to 7 (lowest) Climate finance and readiness Training & capacity building Methodologies and guidelines Provision of data and tools On-demand technical assistance Design Codes Awareness raising 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% percentage of respondents 7

8 Illustrative example: A development bank responds with a project-specific request On-demand technical advisory support coupled with capacity development to support feasibility study phase for a particular project. Project: Lesotho to South Africa and Botswana Water Transfer project Current stage: Feasibility study Earliest year support is needed: 2017 Details on nature of support needed Botswana, Lesotho and South Africa have just (Nov 2015) completed desk top reconnaissance studies, the outcomes of which are now being used to design the next phases of pre-feasibility and feasibility studies. Integrating climate resilience into this stage of studies would be beneficial GCM downscaling; more specific projection of climate impact in the source areas for the infrastructure; analysis and projections of cumulative future water demands within the demand areas supplied by the river system currently and in future. Training and capacity building on interpretation of climate projection results. Technical support on requirements for monitoring and analysis of field data etc. 8

9 A Few Highlevel Messages from Analysis 1. There are encouraging trends for supporting ICCPD services in Africa 2. The market for ICCPD services in Africa is big: Prioritise national governments, and Official Development Assistance 3. Awareness raising is key to establish a nascent industry for ICCPD services 4. Infrastructure Project Preparation Facilities offer key entry points for ICCPD services 5. Support for existing African climate change and environmental research and technical assistance initiatives should be prioritized as much as possible 6. Facilitate collaboration between financiers, governments, researchers, engineering firms and industry associations to operationalise novel services 7. Prioritize wider strategy and policy decisions for climate resilient development pathways over "fine tuning of infrastructure design 8. Demand exists for a community of practice that draws together financiers, project developers and engineering and scientific experts

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