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- Centre for Global Eco-Innovation Sharing Innovative Solutions
in Climate change mitigation in Africa Tim Clarke, Lagos, April
21st 2015
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- What a joy to return to Nigeria ! My Nigerian Credentials.
Bespoke Nigerian tailoring
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- Running a fund-raising raffle in Addis With H.E Olusegun
Akinsanya
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- Are Africans Innovators ? Is there a culture of Innovation in
Africa ? Are African Innovators known and respected, both in Africa
and elsewhere ? Is there an African Silicon Valley ? How important
is Innovation to addressing Climate change issues ? Should Africa
have continental and regional Centres for Eco- Innovation ? Should
Africa have a Commissioner for Climate Change ?
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- Worlds best known innovators: Steve Jobs, APPLE
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- Bill Gates Microsoft
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- Henry Cort A Lancastrian who invented puddled iron in 1783
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- Sir James Dyson We must relentlessly invent 1.5 Billion campus
at Malmesbury, UK 3,000 jobs, Nov 2014. First bagless vacuum
cleaner after 5,127 prototypes over 5 years
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- African Innovators Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Nigerian
author
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- African Innovators William Kamkwamba 14yr old Malawian
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- African Innovators Arthur Zang Cameroonian. ROLEX Award
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- African Innovation HeroRats De-mining in Mozambique
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- African Innovation M KOPA Kenya with Safaricom
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- Global Patents : Where is Africa ?
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- Global Clean Tech : No data for Africa
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- Where is Africas Silicon Valley ?
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- Frances Silicon Valley Sophia Antipolis
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- New Vision for cities: Grningen NL 190,000 people, 100 %
Renewable by 2035, 75 Businesses
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- 96 % of African agriculture is dependent upon rainfall 80 % of
Africas population live in rural areas 90 % Natural disasters are
Climate-related 94 % domestic energy needs come from biomass
(firewood) in countries like Tanzania 50 % Africans live in areas
without adequate water 800 million people by 2025 African Urban
pollution exploding Africas Climate Change challenges
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- Are current efforts adequate ? Are the policies right ? Are
adequate resources being devoted to the issue? Where is change
working ? Africas Climate Change challenges
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- Continental Policy level: AUC, AfDB, UN ECA. ClimDev National
level : Botswana, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Ghana Local level: Ecovillages
in Tanzania, Senegal Africas Climate Change challenges;
Responses
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- Does Africa Innovate on Climate Change ? AU Draft Strategy on
Climate Change
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- AU Commissioner Dr Martial De-Paul Ikounga Human Resources,
Science and Technology
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- African Union Climate Change Priorities 4 Strategic priorities
covering: Governance Research, Information, Awareness raising
Integrate Climate change into Planning Process
National/Regional/International Co-operation
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- AU Strategic objectives Make African Universities Centres of
Excellence Mobilise and widen the involvement of..the private
sector, civil society, parliamentarians and the Diaspora Forge
strong, strategic partnerships and collaboration at bilateral and
multilateral levels essential for jointly shared global challenges,
driven by shared values and policy objectives to deliver impact on
the ground
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- On the wings of Innovation New African strategy up to 2024 (Dec
2014)
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- David Kaberuka African Development Bank President investing in
people-centred innovation is essential to Africas development
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- New African Human Capital Strategy AfDB Report May 2014
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- UNEP African Green Economy Report
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- African Green Economy initiatives Nigeria. ? Lagos Climate
Change Policy ?
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- UNEP Exec Director Achim Steiner March 2015
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- Successful innovation in Africa Botswanas Eco-Innovation
Centre
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- Special Economic Zone Kigali, Rwanda Green Economy
incentives
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- Lagos own Eko Atlantic
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- New African Ecovillage Initiatives Launching Chololo
EcoVillage, Tanzania
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- Public buildings should harvest rainwater School harvesting
rainwater in Chololo
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- One million seedlings planted Pemba EcoVillage, Zanzibar
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- Making fuel from waste Pemba EcoVillage. Women making
briquettes
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- Women SMEs selling briquettes Pemba Eco Village
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- Biogas works ! SNV Biogas project. Target 500,000. 94 % energy
from Biomass.
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- Does Africa Innovate ? Mbacombel EcoVillage Senegal. GEF 2008.
Population 1,000
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- Senegal leading the world Mbacombel means Baobab with delicious
fruit in Srre
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- New drought resistant crops Mbacombel Ecovillage Senegal.
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- European Commissioner Moedas Research and Innovation
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- Europe: Circular Economy New policy expected Octover 2015
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- Europe: Go for Zero Waste
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- How its being approached in the EU EU as an Innovation Union.
Annual EU Innovation summit Horizon 2020 3 x previous Budget. 80
Billion. Plus 40 Billion in Regional funds for Low Carbon Economy
Regional Innovation Strategies (5). Annual Innovation report Create
Innovation Partnerships and Regional Excellence Strategies. New
initiative on the Circular Economy European Institute for
Innovation and Technology (EIT), Budapest, Hungary. Started in
2010. Budget: 400 million to 2.6 Billion in 4 years ( x 6 ) we
should strive to raise up the next generation of young, talented
and dynamic scientists, researchers and innovatorsonly when we
astonish ourselves are we on the right track.. Commissioner
Moedas
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- Mobilising a powerful movement for economic reform
Oliver.greenfield@greeneconomyco alition.org
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- What are others doing ? Stanford University 41,000 companies, 5
million jobs, $2.7 Trillion/yr
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- African leadership at the Global level? African nations as
drivers of the Green Economy: South African planning to save 250
Billion tonnes of water by 2030, Ethiopia planning to create 60
million Green jobs, Senegal planning to convert 14,000 rural
villages into Eco Villages). Invest in eco-innovation and regional
eco-innovation hubs, build excellence in Universities, create
synergies between Government, SMEs, CSOs. Deepen partnerships,
twinning. Set ambitious but realistic goals : Zanzibar target of
100 % renewable energy. Why not ?
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- Climate - friendly transport solution: Solar-powered
camel.
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- Some Conclusions Africa has already set hugely challenging
Climate Change goals and policies. This Summit comes at a time when
Lagos, and Nigeria, can show true leadership on the Climate Change
agenda, as it did in adopting a defining the continents Lagos Plan
of Action in April 1980, 35 years ago Africa and its peoples are
destined to suffer more than other continents from Climate change,
whilst bearing none of the responsibility. Show courage and
political leadership. Demonstrate how African wisdom will find
solutions.
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- Future vision