A tall agenda awaits energy specialists and policy makers at CCDA 5

Abstract

Energy specialists and policy makers will have a lot to talk about at the forthcoming Conference on climate Change and Development in Africa, according to the organizing committee (CCDA 5). The draft agenda for the conference proposes to adopt a three-prong approach for a comprehensive discussion on the energy nexus of sustainable development as a whole:- the critical role of bio-energy transition and all resulting environmental benefits; opportunities for renewable energy for climate mitigation and resilience; and, the policy and regulatory framework required to unlock transformative financing. Discussions on the policy and regulatory framework required to unlock transformative financing first came to the fore in Africa last July at side event organized by ACPC on margins of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development which took place in Addis Ababa from 13 to 16 July 2015.