MainDB: IGAD Centre of Excellence for Climate Adaptation and Environmental Protection (IGAD CAEP)

Title: IGAD Centre of Excellence for Climate Adaptation and Environmental Protection (IGAD CAEP)
NWPWeblink: https://igadcaep.org/
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Abbreviation: IGAD CAEP
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Adaptation element: Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Financial support; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme: Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Health; Adaptation finance; Disaster risk reduction; Energy; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Gender; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Urban resilience; Services
Climate hazard: Desertification; Drought; Erratic rainfall; Floods; Increasing temperatures; Land and forest degradation; Loss of biodiversity; Sea level rise; Vector and water-borne diseases; Wildfire
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Description: The IGAD Centre of Excellence for Climate Adaptation and Environmental Protection (IGAD CAEP) based in Mogadishu, Somalia, is mandated to coordinate climate change adaptation, Loss and damage and Environmental Protection efforts in the eight IGAD countries comprising Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. 


 

IGAD CAEP was established due to recognition of the level of vulnerability and the need for proactive measures. Nearly 70 per cent of the IGAD region comprising countries including Kenya, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan is made up of Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs), which receive less than 600 mm of rainfall annually. A significant proportion of the population lives below the poverty line, with regional variations. Political, socioeconomic and environmental conditions remain fragile in most countries. Climate change continues to exacerbate an already precarious situation acting as a threat multiplier with its impacts on livelihood systems, water resources, conflict, gender inequality, displacement, health, education and disaster risk management.


 

The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) titled Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability indicated that Africa, including the IGAD region, is already grappling with severe impacts of climate change, with projections pointing to worrying trends without deep cuts to global carbon emissions and a significant scaling up of climate change adaptation. Although Africa accounts for less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions, it hasn’t been left behind in reducing emissions, as shown by its commitment to the Paris Agreement. However, climate change adaptation remains the region's highest priority due to its current and future vulnerability. 


 

The Centre’s goal is to catalyse coordinated and sustained adaptation planning, decision-making and action across the IGAD region and to support the region in preparing for and adapting to the impacts posed by the changing climate, including frequent droughts, floods, cyclones, sea level rise, sandstorms, and desert locust infestation among other effects.


 

The Centre supports the implementation of National Adaptation Plans (NAP), Updated NDCs and other relevant adaptation-related policies of member states.


 

The Centre seeks to address climate change as a crosscutting matter and coordinate the integration of climate risk and vulnerability assessments in policy development and planning. The centre undertakes climate adaptation programs to minimise risks, safeguard livelihoods, prevent conflicts, take advantage of opportunities, and increase resilience to climate change’s negative impacts.


 The Centre also serves as the focal institution for knowledge management and capacity development to study, replicate and scale appropriate adaptive solutions and strengthen climate resilience.


 

IGAD CAEP also strongly supports IGAD Member State’s Loss-and-damage agenda to ensure it does not undermine efforts towards achieving sustainable development, peace, and stability. The costs of climate-related loss and damages are primarily met by already vulnerable communities and countries trapped in a deep debt climate cycle forced to borrow to firefight one climate-related shock after another, especially droughts and floods. The conversation on loss and damage is inherently about equity. It evokes the question: Why should the IGAD region responsible for less than 1% of global emissions be responsible for the damage resulting from the emissions of wealthy countries? In line with this, IGAD CAEP advocates for enhanced NDC ambitions, especially by the global north and high GHG emitters, to cut GHG emissions, Support Member States in undertaking loss and damage research and capacity development, Support Member States and communities in advocating for reliable and comprehensive loss and damage funding to address the ever-increasing cost of climate impact-related loss and damage burden, which is unsustainable, Advocate for and support regional climate justice agenda that puts vulnerable populations, including women, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), refugees, migrants, children, and minority communities, front and centre of the Loss and Damage discourse and Support efforts to curate interactive discussions in the region that bring the Loss and Damage community and other relevant stakeholders together to ensure coordination and alignment and provide a platform for sharing loss and damage knowledge and ideas, including scientific and indigenous technologies.

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Created at 23/08/2024 10:00 by crmmocservices
Last modified at 27/08/2024 10:37 by Kelsey Warren
 
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