Managing transboundary climate risks in Africa

The policy brief “How can Africa manage the transboundary climate risks it faces?” (2023, 11pp), written by Sarah Opitz-Stapledon et al for the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) in August 2023, highlights five significant transboundary climate risks in Africa – biophysical, financial, trade, people-centred and geopolitical – that urgently need consideration for management. The authors draw on examples – including cross-border movements of Karamoja pastoralists – to show how transboundary climate risks, and the ways in which they are handled, create significant impacts for other countries. The brief also provides some practical recommendations for how African regional economic communities and their Member States can work together to manage these risks, in keeping with existing climate policy frameworks and objectives.

The brief was produced by SPARC (Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises) in collaboration with AGNES (African Group of Negotiators Experts Support) and AWB (Adaptation Without Borders).

Posted on 25 October 2023 in News