Projects

Projects Technical Capacity Assessment for Green Economy Transition in Nigeria: A Case of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology and Five of It’s Agencies This collaborative project between the University of Reading UK and the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology Nigeria provided the first ever detailed and systematic…

Projects Governing Inclusive Green Economy in Africa This UK Research Council funded Network project undertook critical foundational research activity to guide UK Government’s future funding on governing green economy in Africa. The project also aims to explore how African governments, the civil society, and international development partners can work together…

Projects Systematic Mapping and Analysis of Published Academic Literature on Inclusive Green Growth in Africa. We analysed over 960 academic literature in Scopus database published between 1992 and 2016 ascertain the state of scholarship on green growth in Africa. With the need for evidence-informed debate and policy-making on inclusive green…

Projects Inventory and Analysis of Green Growth Policies and Initiatives in Five African Countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa) This summary report provides a mapping of green growth projects in Africa with a focus on Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda. The intention was not to provide an exhaustive…

Projects Analytical Framework for Capacity Gap Assessment for Green Growth Transition in Africa Green economy transition requires the development and deployment of a range of capacities and a cultivation of green innovation ecosystems. The Green Growth Capacity Assessment Framework outlined in this report details core issues and functional capacities that…

Projects Summary Report on Key Research Challenges on Governing Inclusive green Growth in Africa It is widely acknowledged that the green economy has significant potential for delivering inclusive economic development in Africa. However, research on green growth in Africa is very limited, with the result that the dynamics of this…

Projects Analytical Framework for Assessing Technical Capacity for Green Economy Transition in Africa This project ERSC funded project was an extension of the Governing Inclusive Green Economy in Africa with a focus on three sectors: agriculture, energy and industry. Adapted from UNDP capacity gap assessment studies, the framework developed is…

Projects Analysis of Adaptation Components in Africa’s NDCs This African Development Bank funded project is the first to pprovide a systematic categorisation of the adaptation components of Africa’s NDCs including the prevailing vulnerabilities, priority sectors, costs, financing options, and timeframes as presented in Africa’s NDCs. The report also delves into…

Projects Africa Adaptation Initiative (AAI) This project was commissioned by the Committee of African Heads of State on Climate Change (CAHSOCC) and the African Ministerial Environmental Council on Environment (AMCEN). The Initiative which was developed in close collaboration with the African Group of Climate Negotiators (AGN) was intended to develop…

Projects Mainstreaming Ethiopia’s Industrial Policy into the Green Economy Strategy This project explored the interaction between green economy, natural resource management and industrial policy in Ethiopia to determine ways of mainstreaming the green economy plan into the National Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) with a specific focus on the industrial…