Opening session & welcome remarks

Opening remarks, welcoming the participants and introduction of the workshop outlining its focus and intended outcome of initiating the development of a regional climate finance strategy

Pemy Gasela, Dept of Environment Affairs, South Africa

Cecilia Njenga, UNEP Southern Africa Office

Introduction, overview and expectations of workshop

A brief introduction of the needs-based finance project, its mandate origin and reporting on needs by the SCF, and programme for the 2 days. SADC will recap relevant outcomes of the meetings convened the week previous and progress so far on the SADC climate change strategy.

Grant A. Kirkman, UNFCCC secretariat (Presentation)

Shepherd Muchuru, SADC secretariat (Presentation I, Presentation II)

09:45 – 10:15

Session 1: Overview of climate finance flows for southern Africa

To have a common and deeper understanding of the state of climate finance at the regional level, this session will provide an overview of climate finance flows (OECD DAC, BNEF etc.), looking at main contributors, which sectors and types of projects are primarily being financed, and the types of financial instruments used.

Leonie Routil, UNFCCC secretariat (Presentation)

• Do the flows of finance match up to what countries have received?
• Are there sectors or regional issues that can be distilled out of the information that can inform a regional strategy on finance access and mobilization?
• Which private sector climate finance flows can be identified in the region?

Group photo and coffee break

Session 2: Overview of climate finance needs for southern Africa

An overview will be given of needs as articulated by countries of the SADC region, in the national reports to the Convention secretariat such as NDCs, national communications, biennial update reports and technology needs assessments.

Kamleshan Pillay, SouthSouthNorth (Presentation)

• What are priority needs of the region?
• Do past flows reflect needs looking ahead?
• What needs are common across the region?

Session 3: Overview of sources of climate finance

This session is aimed at presenting the different sources of climate finance, bilateral, multilateral and regional, adaptation and mitigation both public and private. The session will outline a general comparative analysis of requirements, guidelines and conditions for accessing international, national public climate finance.

A discussion will be held on what can be done to scale-up public and private sector finance for the implementation of priority climate projects and programmes in the region.

Moderator: Mohamed Allie Ebrahim, SouthSouthNorth

Vibhuti Jain, USAID Power Africa (Presentation)

Carl Bernadac, AFD (Presentation)

Musole Musumali, AfDB (Presentation)

• Who is providing finance for what in southern Africa?
• How are different sources of finance being directed to support priority greenhouse gas mitigation and adaptation actions?
• What assistance and partnerships are in place for meeting domestic and regional climate mitigation and adaptation needs?
• Do SOEs influence or can they augment climate financing in the region?

Session 4: Country experiences in climate finance (needs & priorities)

To unpack the priorities and climate financing needs of countries, the role of public finance, catalyzing private sector finance for priority mitigation and adaptation projects, this session will provide the opportunity for country experts to express and showcase their priorities, plans and strategies at the national level, and indicate how and what is required to be mobilized and accessed from where by when.

The country presentations are to include countries’ inputs in the following 6 areas, for incorporation into the strategy document:

1. Country experiences and challenges in accessing climate finance;
2. Country priority needs in financing climate actions;
3. Country experiences in strengthening national institutions that have mobilized and accessed climate finance to date;
4. National, regional investment plans, programmes, policies, and strategies for climate finance in place or underway;
5. Proposed priority investments underway or still needed;
6. Proposals on how national needs could be addressed as a region or in a regional plan;

Moderation: Michael Gerhard, SouthSouthNorth

Country interventions:

Angola - Arlette Massala (Presentation)

Botswana - Janet C. Selato (Presentation)

Comoros - Zalhat Bacar, Aicha Haribou (Presentation)

Democratic Republic of Congo - Mubilayi Kabeya François, Badibanga Kamunga Martine

Eswatini - Khetsiwe Khumalo, Sanelisiwe Mamba (Presentation)

Lesotho - Mabafokeng Mahahabisa, Malipalesa Mei (Presentation)

Madagascar - Mialisoa Lalaina, Lantoniaina Herisoa Andriafenomiarisoa (Presentation)

Malawi - Tawonga Mbale, Patrick Mkwapatira (Presentation)

Mozambique - Rosalia Marta Pedro, Sonia Jacques Gherson da Silveira

Namibia - Petrus Muteyauli, Veripamue Kahimise (Presentation)

Seychelles - Elissa Lalande, Angelique Pouponneau (Presentation)

South Africa - Funanani Muremi, Pemmy Gasela, Tenele Ndlovu (Presentation)

Tanzania - Cletus Shengena, Catherine Bamwezaki (Presentation)

Zambia - Francis Mpampi

Zimbabwe - Chemist Gumbie, Nesbert Samu (Presentation),  Martin Burian (Presentation)

Time

Description

Speakers and facilitators

09:00 – 10:30

Session 6: Financial instruments

To identify possible areas of collaboration between public and private sector entities in the mobilization and delivery of climate finance, this session will introduce a variety of suitable financial instruments available and or deployed at the country and sub-regional level that can help to mobilize climate finance, and the types of activities they are supporting. This session will also investigate how the private sector can be crowded in to support mitigation and adaptation actions in the region, including via inter-alia public-private partnerships, green banks etc. and lessons learned from these.

1. How can investment patterns be oriented to facilitate economic diversification and sustainable development to meet the goals set out under the Convention and the Paris Agreement?
2. In which sectors and climate priorities can the private sector play an active role in the region?

How can fiscal policies incentivize public and private sector investments in climate action?

Moderator: Grant Kirkman, UNFCCC secretariat

Rentia van Tonder, Standard Bank (Presentation)

Jonathan First, DBSA

Joachim Schnurr, GFA ENVEST GmbH (Presentation)

Maano Nepembe, Development Bank of Namibia (Presentation)

10:45 – 12:30

Session 7: Possible Elements of a Southern African Climate Finance Mobilization and Access Strategy

This session (as break out groups) will focus on the possible content and process of developing the Southern African Climate Finance Strategy.

This will be pursued in two parts: First, by framing the scope and framework for the assessment; and second, by developing a preliminary structure for the content of the strategy.

This will include framing the scope for quantifying and qualifying climate finance needs, including geographic coverage, time span, sector coverage and consensus on socio-economic and climate change scenarios to use as the basis for framing current and future needs.

Moderated by 3 break out group convenors:

• What will be the main aim (goal, objective) of the strategy?
• What will be the key principles of the strategy?
• What will be the scope of the strategy? (sectors, policies, financial instruments, provider types)
• What will be the timeframe of the strategy? (duration of strategy, timeframe of development)
• How can national and regional strategies and priorities be integrated into the strategy?
• Should the strategy include regional priority projects/initiatives/programmes?
• Will there be indicators/a process to monitor progress and assess results?
• How to ensure the implementation of the strategy?

French Group (Presentation)

English Group I (Presentation)

English Group II (Presentation)

Session 8: Thematic and sectoral assessment of needs and priorities

This session will look at methodologies and processes in the determination of needs and their assessments by countries and by international organizations.

Cletus Shengena, Department of Environment Tanzania, SADC Chair