Assessing the Political Economy of Climate Change Governance in Select African Countries

The extent to which a country’s regulatory and policy framework meets the requirements associated with implementing its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) gives an initial measure of its appropriateness. NDCs implementation is likely to present challenges that are distinct from those posed by prior climate change policies and plans, in that the goals of NDCs will typically require more rapid and coordinated action compared to traditional climate change goals. This policy brief discusses an assessment of the alignment between key sectoral policies and the three building blocks of Climate Compatible Development (CCD) – adaptation, mitigation and development, and the coherence between various key sectoral policies in eight select African countries.

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