Do National Visions and Climate Commitments across Sub-Saharan Africa Hold Water?: Africa Region Water and Climate Policy Note

doi:https://doi.org/10.1596/41622

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Do National Visions and Climate Commitments across Sub-Saharan Africa Hold Water?: Africa Region Water and Climate Policy Note

dc.contributor.author	de Waal, Dominick
dc.contributor.author	Hamid, Mohamad Mahgoub
dc.date.accessioned	2024-05-30T12:52:48Z
dc.date.available	2024-05-30T12:52:48Z
dc.date.issued	2024-05-30
dc.description.abstract	Water management is foundational for development and climate adaptation. Investments in water not only improve health and wealth of nations but can also buffer the impacts of climate change. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the most vulnerable region to climate change impacts. This policy note examines national development vision documents and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) documents across SSA to: (1) review the extent to which water and water related climate priorities feature in them; (2) propose substantive improvements to the presentation of water and water related climate priorities; and, (3) identify practical ways water sector actors can engage in shaping national planning documents going forward. The analysis shows that water and water-related climate actions are not consistently included in either national vision documents or NDCs across SSA. Most country’s vision documents (91 percent) aimed to improve access to water supply and sanitation (WSS) but only half of the visions aimed to expand irrigation and hydropower. Water resources management (WRM), though referenced in two thirds of the visions was poorly defined and only very few cases described institutional mechanisms for managing water. Water adaptation measures featured in all SSA countries’ NDCs but were often generic in nature without clear indicators or targets. For example, early warning systems (EWS) were included in over two thirds of NDCs but only a few countries were specific about when or how EWS would be set up. WRM measures in NDCs were even less specific than those included in national visions. Water related mitigation measures in NDCs were less frequently included than adaptation measures. For example, only a quarter of NDCs mentioned improving energy efficiency in WSS and only one country set a specific target to reduce energy intensity. As vision documents and NDCs get revised there is a window of opportunity to ensure that water and its subsectors (WSS, irrigation, hydropower and WRM) are presented with clear indicators and targets. Half of the countries in SSA will revise their visons in the 2020s and NDCs are revised every 5 years.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099051024025526286/P177775195234f01719c251360054a20523
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/41622
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41622
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subject	WATER SECTOR
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	HYDROPOWER
dc.subject	SDG 6
dc.title	Do National Visions and Climate Commitments across Sub-Saharan Africa Hold Water?	en
dc.title.subtitle	Africa Region Water and Climate Policy Note	en
dc.type	Policy Note
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okr.crossref.title	Do National Visions and Climate Commitments across Sub-Saharan Africa Hold Water?: Africa Region Water and Climate Policy Note
okr.date.disclosure	2024-05-30
okr.date.lastmodified	2024-05-10T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	Working Paper
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099051024025526286/P177775195234f01719c251360054a20523
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okr.identifier.docmid	P177775-95234fb4-086c-4b17-9c25-360054a20523
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/41622
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okr.identifier.report	190099
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okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099051024025526286/pdf/P177775195234f01719c251360054a20523.pdf	en
okr.region.geographical	World
okr.sector	Public Administration - Water, Sanitation and Waste Management
okr.theme	Water Institutions, Policies and Reform,Mitigation,Environment and Natural Resource Management,Water Resource Management,Climate change,Adaptation
okr.topic	Water Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions
okr.topic	Energy::Hydro Power
okr.topic	Water Resources::Hydrology
okr.unit	Water East Africa Region (SAEW3)