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LOCAL COMMUNITY INTIATIVES IN MITIGATING CLIAMTE CHANGE AND
PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Patrick Karani
BEA International
www.BEAINTERNATIONAL.ORG
Introduction
• BEA (Bureau of Environmental Analysis).• Non-profit Trust Foundation established in Feb 2002.• Located in Kenya with Local, National, Regional and
International Focus on Environmental Performance and Quality of Life.
• Program areas:– Climate Change and Carbon Offsets– Environmental Governance and sustainable Development– Capacity Building: education, training and information
dissemination• BEA International Staff:
– 6 professional, 2 administration and 2 international advisors• Collaborating Partners CBNet and Point Carbon.
Work and Experience
•Policy Research•Public Awareness•Education, Training and Capacity Building•Projects and Programs Design and Implementation
5 juillet 2002 4
Global Scientific, Technical and Socio-Economic Research
North America
South and Central America
Africa
Ex Soviet UnionEurope
Pacific Asia
Middle East
30%30%19% 17%
3%
2%25%
Africa with + 700 million people of which66% in rural area have no infrastructure for use or
access of space technology data
5%
Site C prior to work commencing, January 1999
0 100
m
Creek Runoff
Creek
Site C, November 2000
Site E, March 2002
Runoff
10 m
Simulator structure
Atmospheric water
Ground water
Surfacewater
Soilwater
Plantwater
Rain fall EvaporationTranspiration
Infiltration Root intake
Runoff
Growth
Carbon stock
Respiration
Evaporationsimulator
Ψs : Soil water potential
rs :Stomatal
resistance
Wind velocity
Photosynthetic rate
Mesophyll resistance
Transpiration rate
Leaf area index
Light intensity
Sub simulator for Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis
Plant growth simulator
Boundary layerresistance
Challenges
• Inadequate supportive legal and regulatory frameworks;
• Incoherent political will;• Uncertainty on the timing in relevance of climate
change and development;• Changing and shifting of priorities in budgets
and R&D;• Inadequacy of regional policies on climate
change;• Inadequate technical skills; and• Inherent institutional and admin. constraints.
Barriers• Institutional
– Regulatory authority, including the national and regional authorities;– Limited focal points including national and regional African focal points; – Institutional and capacity inadequacy for the implementation of the
space technologies;
• Technical– National and regional human in-capabilities; – Climate change is scientifically oriented and Africa is scientifically
handicapped;– Research tools are not so advanced;– Inadequacy of regional hardware and software;– Lack of regional master plan;
• Financial– Inadequate domestic savings– Limited foreign exchange– Dependence on ODA
Barriers ctd…
• Political will to support climate change
– Political perspective of poverty may be against climate change in fear of reallocation of resources;
– National self interest in development may be against regional and international initiatives on mitigating climate change;
– Skeptism on supporting climate change as a priority on national development plans; and
– Consideration of poverty alleviation as a high priority;
Priority Areas for Improving State of Knowledge
• Research and development to generate relevant and adequate data that contribute to the understanding of climate change and benefit policy making process.
• Education, training, information dissemination and capacity building to enhance knowledge and skills.
• Public awareness on the linkages between climate change and local community sustainable development.
Implementation Activities by SABSTA• Identify and prepare joint initiatives;• Identify, train and collaborate with local
intermediaries to prepare research and project proposals
• Develop their capacities to diffuse and disseminate research skills;
• Develop simplified partnership frameworks, share and exchange information and experiences;
• Develop and enhance local capacity to undertake R&D in climate change and development;
• Encourage and support the participation of local stakeholders in climate change.