underway to build capacity include the enhancement of capacity of national bodies in charge of statistics on environmental data generation and utilisation in support to UNDAF implementation; capacity development of national environment information network focal points; capacity development of national Environmental Protection Agencies to produce strategic information to inform national planning processes, such as the National Environment Summaries; and the publication of various Atlases and Outlook reports using data visualisation and near-real time special information. However, additional work is needed to build capacity which would allow for more detailed national analysis and comparison across the 54 heterogeneous countries that make up the Sub-Saharan Africa region.
Progress and gaps
Although there is a lack of data to assess the progress on many of the indicators, there have been significant actions taken towards a number of SDGs targets. There has been progress in promoting sustainable agriculture (SDG targets 1.4 and 2.4) and enhancing policy coherence (SDG target 17.14). This includes promoting integrated policy development, plans, and coordination mechanisms across the poverty-environment nexus and the institutionalisation of cross-sectoral budget and expenditure processes in many countries. For SDG 7, there has been progress on renewable energy (indicator 7.3.1) and clean fuel (indicator 7.1.2). An Africa Geothermal Centre of Excellence is being initiated in Kenya to strengthen capacities of women and youths to use of geothermal energy to address the increasing demand of renewable energy. At the Regional Level, UN Environment, in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB), produced an Atlas highlighting the energy potential in all 54 African countries to guide strategic planning and public and private sector engagement in the energy sector in Africa. In terms of SDG 12 on SCP, some efforts have started regarding the promotion of sustainable public procurement (SDG target 12.7), education for sustainable lifestyle (SDG target 12.8), and sustainable tourism (SDG target 12.b).
For SDG 13 on climate change, progress includes community-based approaches for climate change (SDG target 13.3) with the involvement of most countries in the Ebafosa programme, climate change action plans (SDG target 13.2), and resources mobilised for climate change actions (SDG target 13.a). For SDG14, the progress achieved includes the development of an Ocean Governance Strategy and a regional decision to support ocean governance by AMCEN.
Areas where the SDGs will likely not be achieved without increased attention are national capacity development to generate and use environmental data (SDG
14 Solar energy shop in Sub-Saharan Africa (Ashden 2010).
targets 17.18 and 17.19); many of the targets related to water (SDG 6); reducing air pollution mortality (SDG target 3.9); promoting disaster risk reduction (SDG target 1.5); education for sustainable development (SDG target 4.7); many of the targets related to oceans, land and biodiversity (SDG 14 and 15), in particular
land degradation is a challenge (SDG target 15.3); and infrastructure-related CO2 emissions (SDG target 9.4).
Conclusion Countries are at different stages of SDGs implementation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Support is vital to assess efforts underway and to speed up progress. There is a need for additional support for capacity development through national bodies in charge of statistics as this is the most relevant way of identifying, assessing, measuring, and monitoring progress as well as making decisions to advance the SDGs. Strengthening statistical systems in Africa is therefore an imperative for successful implementation of the SDGs and Agenda 2063 as it underpins evidence-based policy making. Disaggregated data by age, gender, income, and geographical location is necessary to better target support for groups at risk of being left behind in the development process. The integration of SDGs across UNDAF has been in progress since 2017. Across Africa, there has been an effort to support UNDAF outcomes and outputs towards integrating environmental SDGs, mainly SDG 6, 7, 13, and 15 in the UNDAF process. However, efforts for building statistical capacity and SDG implementation still need to be scaled up.
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