Unlocking Adaptation Potential: Insights into Senegal’s climate change policies, initiatives and local actions

The report examines climate adaptation in Senegal, finding that while locally led adaptation (LLA) is active and aligns with national goals, it is hindered by significant financing gaps and a lack of integration into central government policy and governance.

• Senegal has established a harmonised framework for climate action that links the Emerging Senegal Plan (PSE) 2035, the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the NDC 2030, focusing on priority sectors such as health, coastal zones, and agriculture.
• There is a significant gap in the integration of community-led adaptation practices into national priority sector options, driven by barriers in financing and a climate governance model that struggles to be decentralised to the territorial level.
• Senegal's climate adaptation financing needs for the NDC are estimated at USD 14.5 billion by 2030, with a heavy reliance on technical and financial partners who are expected to provide USD 12.725 billion.
• Case studies demonstrate that locally led adaptation (LLA) is already occurring and aligns with NDC priorities, motivated primarily by the impacts of climate change on social well-being, livelihoods, and production systems.
• Specific local adaptation models include a climate-smart village in Daga Birame focused on agricultural production, the use of Maltese groins for nature-based coastal erosion control on Dionewar Island, and an early warning system for heatwaves in Widou Thiéngoly.
• Local actors face obstacles in accessing climate finance due to a lack of technical and scientific capacity to demonstrate 'climate additionality and accountability', often requiring support from state technical services to develop viable projects.

APA

Sy, I. (2023). Unlocking Adaptation Potential: Insights into Senegal’s climate change policies, initiatives and local actions. Africa Policy Research Institute. https://afripoli.org/unlocking-adaptation-potential-insights-into-senegals-climate-change-policies-initiatives-and-local-actions

Chicago

Sy, Ibrahima. Unlocking Adaptation Potential: Insights into Senegal’s climate change policies, initiatives and local actions. Africa Policy Research Institute, 2023. https://afripoli.org/unlocking-adaptation-potential-insights-into-senegals-climate-change-policies-initiatives-and-local-actions.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{sy2023unlocking, author = {Sy, Ibrahima}, title = {{Unlocking Adaptation Potential: Insights into Senegal’s climate change policies, initiatives and local actions}}, institution = {Africa Policy Research Institute}, year = {2023}, month = aug, url = {https://afripoli.org/unlocking-adaptation-potential-insights-into-senegals-climate-change-policies-initiatives-and-local-actions}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }