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Western Africa
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Due to its massive scale, cement production accounts for 7-8% of global CO2 emissions, with consumption reaching 4.2 billion tons in 2020. As demand grows with urbanization and population increases, decarbonizing the sector is essential to meeting the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting global warming to below 2°C. However, reducing the industry's carbon footprint remains a significant challenge due to its reliance on carbon-intensive processes like clinker use.
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Date of submissionPhaseDesignCountriesObjectiveSectorsCross-sectoral enablerApproachLand issues are a significant challenge in African countries due to population growth, armed conflict, climate crises, governance problems, and major infrastructure projects, such as photovoltaic power plants which often encroach on agricultural land. For instance, Senegal's Kael solar power plant displaced numerous crop fields and grazing lands. The global rise in electricity demand intensifies competition for agricultural land and leads to deforestation. Agrivoltaic systems, which combine photovoltaic energy production with agricultural activities, offer a promising solution.
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Date of submissionPhaseImplementationCountriesObjectiveSectorsCross-sectoral enablerBackground
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Date of submissionPhaseReviewCountriesObjectiveSectorsCross-sectoral enabler
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Mali, a landlocked country in West Africa's Sahelian belt, faces severe environmental challenges. Erratic rainfall and increasing extreme weather events drive degradation and desertification, depleting timber resources. Unsustainable harvesting exacerbates this, especially impacting rural communities reliant on forest products for cooking.
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Date of submissionPhaseImplementationCountriesObjectiveSectorsCross-sectoral enablerApproachBackground
Sahelia Solar, a Burkina Faso-based company, specializes in integrating solar photovoltaic systems to harness solar potential, reduce local energy costs, and combat climate change. By promoting solar energy in rural agro-industrial facilities through a "pay-as-you-go" model, Sahelia Solar has launched numerous projects in Burkina Faso. However, challenges in integrating energy for agricultural machinery and identifying specific energy needs have hindered progress.
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Ghana’s building and construction industry does not meet the sustainability nor the green demand, affecting economic output and long-term development prospects.
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Studies have shown that an estimated 50-75% of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, and Yobe states are affected by rapidly rising desertification (Azare, 2020). The same study also highlights that Nigeria is losing over 350,000 hectares of arable land yearly because of climate change-induced desertification.