Supporting Sub-Saharan Africa's Municipalities with Sustainable Energy Transitions -SAMSET

支持撒哈拉以南非洲城市实现可持续能源转型 -SAMSET

• 批准号: EP/L002620/1
• 负责人: Gabrial Anandarajah
• 金额: $ 214.56万
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FL002620%2F1
• 关键词: Supporting; Sub; Saharan; Africa; Municipalities

Urbanisation rates in Africa are the highest in the world, and in most Sub Saharan countries service delivery is inadequate to keep up with the needs. African populations remain amongst the poorest in the world, and efforts to achieve the energy-related dimensions of the MDGs have in most cases not had significant impact on urban populations. The situation is often dire, with cities scarcely able to provide for their existing population, let alone allocate resources to minimise the longer-term environmental risks facing them such as global warming- leading to on-going crisis management and potentially spiralling declines in welfare and economic growth. Through observing the urban situation in South Africa, Southern Africa and internationally over the past decade, the situation can be summarised as one where much urban energy transformation research does not understand the detailed organisational dynamics and constraints in cities and therefore is often of limited use; where there is a gap between policy and implementation due to inappropriate policies and capacity constraints; where the capacity within cities and other spheres of government involved in energy and urban development is inadequate in the face of the increasing social and environmental challenges; and where modes of knowledge transfer are not effective in facilitating sustainable energy transitions in cities. This project takes a different approach to much other research. It aims to "design, test, and evaluate a knowledge exchange framework to facilitate the implementation of an effective sustainable energy transition in Africa's Sub-Saharan urban areas", and includes a strong action research component which involves close partnering with six cities in three African countries (two each in Ghana, Uganda and South Africa) to foster a deeper understanding of the dynamics and constraints that policy and strategy implementation faces in Sub Saharan African cities. This not only enables the knowledge exchange methodologies developed to be well founded, but also introduces a direct developmental benefit to the project through providing support to cities to accelerate their sustainable energy transitions.The project includes the following key features: it draws on existing work in the North and other developing countries, while recognising the often huge contextual divergence, and develops a deeper understanding of the status quo and constraints particular to Sub-Saharan Africa; core work packages are based on an existing model that has been developed in South Africa over the past 15 years to support cities with effective energy transitions; it is rooted in practicalities of what it takes to implement energy-related initiatives effectively in complex urban environments through action research components; and it holds a core research thread of developing a knowledge exchange framework for supporting cities with effecting energy transitions.The project work areas cover the knowledge exchange research thread , developing an information base from which to support cities, undertaking direct support for cities around strategy development and priority initiatives (the 'action research' component), and focusing on knowledge exchange and capacity building in range of different ways, covering local to international levels.The project partners include a leading university in each of the three Africa countries - University of Ghana, Uganda Martyrs University and University of Cape Town - as well as an NGO in South Africa (Sustainable Energy Africa) that has 15 years of experience supporting cities with sustainable energy transitions. In addition, the project partners include two leading universities in the UK (Durham and University College London) with expertise in urbanisation and energy transitions, and a UK consultancy (Gamos) with expertise in knowledge brokering frameworks and social network analysis, amongst other areas.

非洲的城市化率是世界上最高的，在大多数撒哈拉以南国家，提供的服务不足以满足需求。非洲人口仍然是世界上最贫穷的人口之一，实现千年发展目标中与能源有关方面的努力在大多数情况下没有对城市人口产生重大影响。情况往往很糟糕，城市几乎无法满足现有人口的需求，更不用说分配资源来最大限度地减少它们面临的长期环境风险，比如全球变暖——这导致了持续的危机管理，并可能导致福利和经济增长的螺旋式下降。通过观察过去十年来南非、南部非洲和国际上的城市情况，这种情况可以总结为许多城市能源转型研究不了解城市中详细的组织动态和制约因素，因此往往用途有限；由于政策不当和能力限制，政策与实施之间存在差距；面对日益增加的社会和环境挑战，城市和其他政府领域参与能源和城市发展的能力不足；以及知识转移模式不能有效促进城市可持续能源转型的地方。这个项目采用了一种不同于许多其他研究的方法。它旨在“设计、测试和评估一个知识交流框架，以促进非洲撒哈拉以南城市地区有效可持续能源转型的实施”，并包括一个强有力的行动研究组成部分，涉及与三个非洲国家的六个城市（加纳、乌干达和南非各两个）的密切合作，以促进对撒哈拉以南非洲城市政策和战略实施面临的动态和制约因素的更深入了解。这不仅使所开发的知识交流方法有了充分的基础，而且还通过为城市提供支持，加速其可持续能源转型，为项目带来了直接的发展效益。该项目包括以下主要特点：它借鉴了北方和其他发展中国家的现有工作，同时认识到往往存在巨大的背景差异，并对撒哈拉以南非洲的现状和制约因素有了更深入的了解；核心工作包基于过去15年在南非开发的现有模式，以支持城市实现有效的能源转型；它植根于通过行动研究组成部分在复杂的城市环境中有效执行与能源有关的倡议所需要的实际性；它的核心研究思路是开发一个知识交流框架，以支持城市实现能源转型。项目的工作领域包括知识交流研究主线，建立一个信息库以支持城市，围绕战略制定和优先举措（“行动研究”部分）为城市提供直接支持，并以不同的方式关注知识交流和能力建设，涵盖地方到国际层面。项目合作伙伴包括加纳大学、乌干达烈士大学和开普敦大学这三个非洲国家各自的一所一流大学，以及南非的一家非政府组织（非洲可持续能源），该组织在支持城市实现可持续能源转型方面拥有15年的经验。此外，项目合作伙伴还包括英国两所领先的大学（杜伦大学和伦敦大学学院），他们在城市化和能源转型方面拥有专业知识，以及一家英国咨询公司（Gamos），他们在知识中介框架和社会网络分析等领域拥有专业知识。

项目成果

Ga East Municipality Energy Futures Report 2015

2015 年 Ga East 市能源期货报告

• 发表时间: 2015
• 作者: Bawakyillenuo S

SAMSET Netmap Baseline

SAMSET 网络图基线

• 发表时间: 2014
• 作者: Batchelor S.

Ga East Municipality State of Energy Report 2014 Executive Summary

佐治亚州东部市 2014 年能源状况报告执行摘要

• 发表时间: 2015
• 作者: Bawakyillenuo S

Awutu Senya East Municipality State of Energy Report 2014

Awutu Senya 东市能源状况报告 2014

• 发表时间: 2015
• 作者: Bawakyillenuo S

Awutu Senya East Municipality Energy Futures Report 2015

阿武图·森亚东市能源期货报告 2015

• 发表时间: 2015
• 作者: Bawakyillenuo S