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The African Secretariat of ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability has recently launched a Climate Change adaptation project entitled “Sub-Saharan Cities: A five City Network to Pioneer Climate Adaptation through Participation Research and Local Action”. It is supported mainly by the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) research and capacity development program, which is a joint program of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, and the Department for International Development (DFID), U.K. In consultation with these development partners, ICLEI Africa has selected the following five cities in Southern Africa as key project beneficiaries:
Project Background
The project will address knowledge, resource capacity and networking gaps in the five selected sub-Saharan African cities over a three-year period, commencing in September 2009. The main aim of the project is to assist, equip and strengthen local authorities and cities in their ability to plan for, and adapt to, the threats and impacts associated with different variables related directly to climate change. We anticipate that this initiative will lead to a number of immediate and tangible results for each of the five participating cities during the initial phase.
Climate change is expected to have significant impacts on the physical, social, environmental and economic environments of cities in Africa. The threats posed by climate change include sea-level rise, variations in precipitation and rainfall patterns (which are projected to manifest themselves in the form of localised flooding and drought), increased wind speeds and incidences of cyclones, and increased temperature.
This project will focus on particularly vulnerable communities in each of the five cities and their livelihoods in different geographical, climatic and ecosystem zones. It will establish and/or add to Local Climate Adaptation Frameworks (LCAFs), taking into account relevant localised climate change impacts. Therefore each participating local government will take unique action during this process in order to assist with assessing and addressing their specific vulnerabilities to climate change.
For more information on the project download the summary report.
Should you require a brief overview of the project, download the following brochure in English and French.
For the Five-City Risk Assessment, download the following brochure in English and French.
ICLEI Adaptation Network Adaptation Solutions Brochure.
Pre COP Workshop in Bojanala a success
2011/11/24
On 24 November 2011 a capacity building workshop entitled ‘The Road Towards COP 17 and Beyond, Mitigation and Adaptation in Local Government’, was held in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality. More»
ICLEI Africa brings local element to national and regional planning of DRR in SADC
2011/10/18
SADC’s annual disaster risk reduction and preparedness consultative workshop took place in Seychelles last week, 10-14 October 2011 on Mahé Island. More»
Walvis Bay wins ICLEI's climate change adaptation competition
2011/08/24
Walvis Bay Municipality in Namibia was declared winner of the inaugural ICLEI Africa Five City Network Project competition, entitled "Save Your City: Adapt to Climate Change". More»
Sustainable and resilient sanitation service chains in Maputo
2011/07/11-15
As part of ICLEI Africa's Sub-Saharan Cities: A five City Network to Pioneer Climate Adaptation through Participation Research and Local Action project, a series of meetings between ICLEI Africa and municipal authorities was held in one of the participating cities: Maputo, Mozambique. More»
Adaption is the COP 17 plan
2011/09/07
Adaptation should be at the centre of the climate deal in Durban and its implementation framework must be accompanied by finance and technology commitments from rich countries, says International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. Read more»
Resilient Cities
Funding for Adaptation has to be bottom-up
Resilient Cities 2011 took place in Bonn, Germany, this weekend as the second World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change. Hosted by ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, the event acts as an international platform for local adaptation to climate change. This year’s Resilient Cities Congress saw the launch of a White Paper on 'Financing the Resilient City'. The paper identifies shortfalls in global funding structures for adaptation and outlines various ways to overcome them.
Discussions during the Mayors Adaptation Forum focused on bottom-up financing for urban adaptation and global climate reporting from local governments with a specific focus on adaptation actions.
For more information:
ICLEI Africa’s Adaptation to Climate Change team continue to build on the momentum of its “Five City Network Project” in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
2011/08/17
The Consultative Participatory Action Research Workshop on the topics of ‘climate risk prioritisation and adaptation options identification’ is the second workshop undertaken within Temeke Municipality as part of ICLEI Africa’s Five City Network project, which seeks to pioneer climate action through participatory research and local action. More»
Reconstitution of the Africa Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction
2011/03/29-31
Over 70 high-level delegates attended a workshop focused on disaster risk reduction in Nairobi, Kenya this March. The event saw the reconstitution of the African Working Group for Disaster Risk Reduction (AWGDRR) as well as the launch of the World Disaster Reduction Campaign on “Making Cities Resilient: My City is getting ready” in Africa. Read more »
ICLEI Africa showcases local governments vulnerable to climate change at the WIOMSA (West Indian Ocean Marine Science Association) conference in Mauritius
2011/04/20
The ICLEI Africa Climate Change Adaptation team attended and showcased their Five City Adaptation Network Project at a conference in Mauritius, from 21 - 23 March, aimed at enabling participating countries – all from the West Indian Ocean (WIO) region – to develop strategies for the reduction of climate change impacts within vulnerable communities and natural ecosystems. Read more »
ICLEI-Africa's adaptation workshops gain momentum in Mauritius
2011/03/28
ICLEI-Africa's adaptation team are running a series of workshops, the first of which took place in Port Louis, the capital city of Mauritius. The workshops are based on their Five City Adaptation project: Sub-Saharan Cities: A five City Network to Pioneer Climate Adaptation through Participation Research and Local Action. We are very pleased to announce that the work they are currently undertaking featured on the front page of that country's national newspaper, Le Dimanche
Kamoso Awards 2011: Rewarding Expanded Public Works Programme Excellence
2011/03/08
We are delighted to announce that one of our ICLEI Members, the City of Cape Town, received a total of two Kamoso Excellence Awards. For one of the award-winning projects, the Mamre Ceilings Project, the City of Cape Town’s Environmental Resource Management Department partnered with ICLEI – Africa in assessing the impact of the newly-installed ceilings on the livelihoods of the community members. Read more »
Save Your City: Adapt to Climate Change
Adaptation competition
2011/03/01
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability- Africa’s Climate Change adaptation workstream has launched a competition for its Five City Network project to win some adaptation SEED funding.
The Five City Network pioneers climate adaptation through participation, research and local action. The five cities are Cape Town, Dar es Salaam, Port Louis, Maputo and Walvis Bay. Read more
Climate Change Resilience in Mamre (North Atlantis), Cape Town, South Africa
2010/06/20
Environmental Resource Management Department of the City of Cape Town in South Africa, has undertaken the “Mamre Ceiling Project”: a sustainable livelihoods project that aims to provide ceilings for approximately 200 RDP (South Africa’s Reconstruction and Development Programme) homes in Mamre, Cape Town. As a ceiling has a significant impact on a home’s temperature control, the project hopes to provide some insight into the effect of ceiling installations upon the livelihoods of local communities. In this regard ICLEI has partnered with the City of Cape Town in order to assess the impact of the newly installed ceilings. More »
Climate Change & Impact Training Workshop with Community Volunteers in Mamre
2010/09/13
A training workshop was held in Mamre, north of Cape Town in South Africa, with the Mamre community volunteers on the evenings of 30 June and 1 July 2010, respectively. The purpose of this workshop was to encourage and facilitate ongoing community participation within ICLEI Africa’s Five City Adaptation in Africa project process, build capacity around climate change and initiate the gathering of information relating to associated risks and impacts felt at the community level. More »
Climate Risk Assessment Workshop in Walvis Bay, Namibia
2010/09/13
ICLEI – Africa’s Climate Adaptation team carried out the Five City Adaptation in Africa project’s first Consultative Participatory Action Research Workshop Series 1: Risk Assessment (PAR WS1) in Walvis Bay, Namibia. The workshop was hosted by Walvis Bay Municipality from 27 – 30 July 2010. This particular workshop is the first workshop of a total of three consultative participatory workshops, to be convened in each of the project cities (Walvis Bay, Namibia; Cape Town, South Africa; Maputo, Mozambique; Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and Port Louis in Mauritius). The event was very successful in identifying a number of risks and threats associated with climatic changes that are already impacting upon the day-to-day businesses and functioning occurring in the Walvis Bay area. For more information please see the full article »