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Between 28 April and 18 June 2015, the total number of nominated national designated authorities (NDAs) or focal points rose to 127, and the total number of readiness requests reached 74. The Secretariat finalized grant agreements totaling US$ 1.9 million for seven countries: Comoros, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Federated States of Micronesia, Rwanda, Thailand, and Togo. The programme operates across five activity areas, including NDA strengthening, strategic framework development, accreditation support, project pipeline creation, and information sharing. Capacity-building efforts include regional workshops in El Salvador and South Korea, with future events planned for Fiji and Egypt, as well as headquarters visits for delegations from Mongolia and Fiji. 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It also examines the AU's role in mediating conflicts in South Sudan and Libya, the challenges of establishing an African Standby Force, and the broader struggle for continental economic and political integration.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002708#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The 25th AU Assembly in Johannesburg is expected to prioritize urgent security issues over its official theme of the 'Year of Women’s Empowerment and Development towards Africa’s Agenda 2063', specifically focusing on xenophobia in South Africa, migration, and terrorism in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, and Nigeria.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002708#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"African migration to Europe via the Mediterranean has seen a dramatic increase in fatalities, with nearly 2,000 deaths since the start of 2015, including close to 1,400 deaths in April 2015 alone.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002708#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Political instability in Burundi is driven by President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term, which contradicts the Arusha peace agreement and the general interpretation of the constitution. 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Efforts to create a binding statutory agreement to limit terms to two mandates are hindered by the AU's consensus-based decision-making and opposition from leaders in The Gambia and Togo.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002708#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The AU is coordinating with the International Contact Group on Libya to address the country's chaotic state, characterized by two competing governments and numerous armed militias.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002708#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Continental economic integration remains slow due to national political indifference, though the AU is pursuing the 'open skies' initiative to deregulate air services and regional economic communities like the East African Community are moving toward free trade zones.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002708#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The AU is working toward the operationalization of the African Standby Force (ASF), with the Amani II field exercise in South Africa serving as a critical step toward making the force operative.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-002708#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate migration","human rights"],"geography_discussed":["South Africa","Burundi","Libya","South Sudan","Nigeria","Mali","Somalia","Kenya","Burkina Faso","Democratic Republic of the Congo","Republic of the Congo","Rwanda","The Gambia","Togo","Niger","Yemen"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","situation analysis"]},{"id":"saiia-000942","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/saiia-000942","title":"Climate Finance: Lessons from Rwanda","publisher":{"name":"South African Institute of International Affairs","organization":"south-african-institute-of-international-affairs"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2015-06","source_url":"https://saiia.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Policy-Briefing-139.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document argues that developing countries can increase their access to climate finance by demonstrating strong fund management and project delivery. Rwanda is presented as a model for this approach, utilizing a national climate-responsive development plan (GGCRS) and a dedicated fund (FONERWA) to streamline resources and improve project quality. Key success factors identified include the use of joint sector reviews for cross-institutional coordination and the 'ubudehe' community-based system for inclusive needs assessments. 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It argues that the African Union (AU) has been too reactive, focusing on suspending governments after coups rather than preventing the constitutional manipulations that trigger them. The author calls for the AU to formalize presidential term limits within its governance architecture, specifically suggesting amendments to the AU Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance. The brief recommends that 'anchor states' like South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya use preventive diplomacy to discourage term extensions, noting that such practices undermine the goals of Agenda 2063 and regional security.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001765#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Attempts by presidents to extend their stay in power through constitutional revisions are direct drivers of domestic violence, political instability, and regional security threats.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001765#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 2014 coup in Burkina Faso and the May 2015 attempted coup in Burundi are cited as examples where government collapse resulted from attempts by leaders Blaise Compaoré and Pierre Nkurunziza to extend their presidential terms.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001765#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The African Union's current approach is overly reactive, focusing on suspending member states after unconstitutional overthrows rather than addressing the root cause of term extensions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001765#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a strong causality between leaders remaining in power for protracted periods and the resulting fragility of the state and its institutions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001765#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The AU has struggled to address term limits due to the prevailing 'sovereignty-norm', which views these limits as domestic issues beyond the AU's policy purview.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001765#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The author recommends that the AU Commission formulate a position paper to lead to amendments of the AU Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance to include a section on presidential term limits.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001765#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Regional efforts to establish term limits have faced resistance; for example, an ECOWAS attempt in May 2015 to adopt a regional position on two-term limits was blocked by The Gambia and Togo.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001765#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["Burkina Faso","Burundi","South Africa","Nigeria","Kenya","Rwanda","Democratic Republic of the Congo","Republic of the Congo","Egypt","Mali","Guinea","The Gambia","Togo","Benin"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","political risk assessment"]},{"id":"saiia-001840","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/saiia-001840","title":"Energetic Dialogues in South Africa: The Inga Example","publisher":{"name":"South African Institute of International Affairs","organization":"south-african-institute-of-international-affairs"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2015-05-16","source_url":"https://saiia.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Policy-Insights-16.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document examines the Grand Inga hydropower project in the DRC as a catalyst for energy dialogue and regional integration in Southern Africa. 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The author argues that for Inga 3 and the broader Grand Inga scheme to succeed, South Africa and the DRC must shift from national priorities toward regional planning, engaging other SADC members and international financial institutions to secure the necessary funding and transmission networks.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001840#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The Grand Inga project has the theoretical capacity to generate up to 44,000MWe, which exceeds the total electrical power consumption of South Africa at the time of writing.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001840#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The DRC faces severe domestic obstacles to energy production, including dilapidated infrastructure and insufficient institutional and financial capacity, which casts doubt on its ability to supply electricity to the wider Southern Africa region.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001840#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Inga 3 phase is projected to produce approximately 7,800MWe upon completion, with South Africa's utility, Eskom, entitled to 2,500MWe of that output.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001840#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"South Africa's interest in the Inga site is driven by a need to address energy shortfalls and a strategic goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by shifting away from its coal-heavy electricity production.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001840#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The DRC's energy governance is fragmented across at least five ministries, and the sector is prone to instability, as evidenced by the 2014 replacement of the engineering-background minister of water resources and energy with a lawyer.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001840#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Grand Inga project could potentially act as a central hub connecting various African power pools, including the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), Central African Power Pool (CAPP), and Eastern African Power Pool (EAPP).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001840#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Realising the Inga 3 project requires investment levels that exceed the structural capacities of both South Africa and the DRC, necessitating the involvement of other SADC members and international investors.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001840#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["hydropower","renewable energy","greenhouse gas emissions","energy policy","energy infrastructure","climate finance"],"geography_discussed":["Zambia","Zimbabwe","Angola","Burundi","Republic of the Congo","Rwanda","Egypt","Central African Republic","World"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy assessment","case study"]},{"id":"iisd-001040","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iisd-001040","title":"ACCESSING AND USING CLIMATE DATA AND INFORMATION IN FRAGILE, DATA-POOR STATES","publisher":{"name":"International Institute for Sustainable Development","organization":"international-institute-for-sustainable-development"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2015-05","source_url":"https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/accessing-climate-data-information-fragile-data-poor-states.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report addresses the critical shortage of local climate data in fragile states, where conflict and weak governance often destroy meteorological infrastructure. 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