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Operationalising Green
Economy at Sub-National Level
Lowri Angharad Rees
Programme Management Officer
UNEP Regional Office for Africa
Introduction: Green Economy
“an economy, whose growth in income
and employment is driven by
investments that: reduce carbon
emissions and pollution, enhance
energy and resource efficiency, and
prevent the loss of biodiversity and
ecosystem services”
“an economy that results in improved
human well-being and social equity, while
significantly reducing environmental risks
and ecological scarcities”
Inclusive Green Economy
• Creating sustainable pathways to economic development minimising negative social and environmental impacts
• Identification of economic opportunities, based on national and
local contexts
• Policy reforms and green investments aimed at addressing
poverty and hunger, climate change and natural resource
degradation, while contributing to the creation of decent jobs and
sustainable livelihoods
• Fiscal reform, creation of environmental taxes, removal of
environmentally harmful subsidies and reallocation of budget
expenditure towards green sectors
Increased uptake at the global, regional and
national levels
• Rio+20 Outcome document recognized Green Economy as a
pathway for poverty eradication and sustainable
development
• The African Green Economy Partnership approved as one of
the five regional flagship programmes as a follow-up to
Rio+20
• A number of African Countries working on integrating Green
Economy in National Development strategies and planning
• Increasing number of support programmes at the national
level
GE Assessments and Green Investment
Scenarios: Opportunities for Africa
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GDP in Kenya would exceed BAU by 12% under GE investment scenarios
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Investments in solar and wind energy expansion in Senegal would create up to
30,000 jobs by 2035
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In Burkina Faso, 160,000 more jobs would be created by 2030 under a green
investment scenarios than under BAU
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Investments in natural resource management and land restoration in South
Africa would save up to 250 billion tonnes of water by 2030, reducing the water
stress index by 1.1% compared to BAU
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In Egypt, investing in household water saving devices for domestic use could
result in annual water savings of 10-20%
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Removing fossil fuel subsidies in Africa would free public resources amounting to
1.4% of the region’s GDP
Operationalising Green Economy
Transition in Africa:
• Complement on-going national efforts on the transition to
green economy by developing key planning and management
tools for the sub-national level
• Determine development priorities and needs for green
economic development at the sub-national level that align
with national green economy strategies and plans
• Build institutional capacity for planning and implementation
of Green Economy Transition at subnational level
• Support the process of planning for green economic
development with due consideration to cross-sectoral
impacts and synergies
Project components
• Toolbox on Planning for Green Economy Transition at
subnational level together with a practical step-by-step guide;
• Capacitation of Regional, national and local institutions and
experts to effectively utilize the toolbox and provide technical
back-up for the planning process;
• Support the pilot development and implementation of Green
Economy Transition Plan in selected regions at subnational
level; and
• Consolidate the knowledge generated through the piloting
support and disseminate for wider replication and scaling-up.
Pilot Countries
• Builds upon existing national frameworks and processes:
– Ethiopia - Climate Resilient and Green Economy
Strategy (CRGE)
– Rwanda - Green Growth and Climate Resilient
Strategy (GGCR)
– Mozambique - Green Economy Roadmap and Action
Plan
– Kenya - Green Economy Strategy and Implementation
Plan (GESIP)
– Ghana - Green Economy Scoping Study, Fiscal Policy
Study and Green Economy Indicators
Key Partners
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UNEP
GIZ
National Project Coordinators
International Expert Group
Ministries of Environment
Sub-national governments/authorities
Sectoral Ministries
Planning Commissions
National Technical institutions
Toolkit on Green Economy Planning at the SubNational Level
IGEIP Structure
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Introduction
Why is green economic development important at country and sub-national levels?
What are the GE development imperatives contained in the national planning documents?
What GE strategy and action plans have been formulated, and what funding streams are available?
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Sectoral Priorities and Opportunities for Green Economy
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Sectoral Development Plans
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Sector specific goals and targets
Green Economy options for the sector
Specific measures and actions to be taken
Resources and inputs required
Expected outputs and benefits
Roles and responsibilities
Key monitoring indicators
Cross-Sector Implementation Considerations
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Harnessing cross-sector synergies
Mitigating adverse cross-sector impacts
Implementation Modalities
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Stakeholders mapping and engagement
Analyses of Sub-National Region (Socio-economic analysis, Natural Resource Assessment, Institutional capacity
analysis)
Priority Green Economy Development Areas for Sub-National Programme
Resource mobilisation
Human and Institutional Capacity
Sustainable Ventures
Monitoring and Evaluation
Governance
Conclusions
Capacity Development (Training of Trainers)
• Pyramid, or multiplier effect of TOT approach
Regional
Training
5 trained
from each
country)
National
Trainings
(30-40 trained in
each country)
Sub-national
level
(80-100 trained
in each country)
 Regional training held in Nairobi - July 2015
 National trainings November 2015 - June
2016
 Sub-national-level Trainings April – July 2016
Next Steps
• Finalisation of Toolkit and dissemination
• Roll-out of Capacity Building at the subnational level
• Development of Knowledge Management
Platform – sharing of lessons learned,
experiences, case studies and additional tools