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Africa Environment Outlook

Outlook--3 (AEO
(AEO--3):
opportunities and challenges for Africa.
An initiative leaded by UNEP

JacquesAndrNDIONE
q 1,,FrankTURYATUNGA2,,CharlesSEBUKEERA2,,

Chistopher AMBALA2,CleverMAFUTA3,WashingtonOCHOLA4,Ahmed
ABDELREHIM5,JosephOPIOODONGO6,Telly EugeneMURAMIRA4
1 CentredeSuiviEcologique(CSE),BP15532,Dakar,SENEGAL,jacquesandre.ndione@cse.sn
2 UNEP,Nairobi,KENYA
3 GRIDArendal,NORWAY
4 RUFORUM,Kampala,OUGANDA
5 CEDARE,Cairo,EGYPT
6 SDS,Kampala,OUGANDA
7 NEMA,Kampala,OUGANDA
7 NEMA K l OUGANDA
 Outline
Introduction

AEO3: Health and Environment Ashortoverview

AEO3:HealthandEnvironment A short overview

M th d l
Methodology

Budget and timeline

Conclusion
 Introduction
Since2002,UNEPhasalreadypublishedtwovolumes:
theAEO
the AEO1
1 (Past,PresentandPerspectives)andAEO
(Past Present and Perspectives) and AEO22
(Ourenvironment,ourwealth)
AEO3
AEO1 AEO2
AEO--3: Health and Environment -
AEO
A short Overview
The theme of AEO-3 report is Health
and Environment

The main aim is to highlight

g g the
environmental and how it underpins
human health at sub-regional
g and
regional levels
AEO--3: Health and Environment - A short overview
AEO
Recent international african context is very
y favorable with the
Libreville Declaration (2008), the Luanda Commitment (2010), the
Joint Statement on Climate and Health (2010), the HESA (Health and
Environment Strategic Alliance, 2010)
AEO--3: Health and Environment - A short overview
AEO

The issues of environment and health are

characterised by multi-causality with different
strengths of associations.

Thus, links between exposures and their health

consequences depend on environmental
pollutants and diseases being considered.

Influenced byy factors such as g

genetic
constitution, age, nutrition and lifestyle, levels
poverty
p y and level of education.
AEO--3: Health and Environment - A short overview
AEO

Africa experiences both traditional and

new/emerging
new/emerging environmental challenges to
human health

Air quality and water and sanitation are still

traditional environmental threats of relevance

Those related to chemicals and chemical

hazards, urbanisation, ecosystem services and
biodiversity, climate change, constitute the
new/emerging threats.

Vulnerable population groups are more impacted.

impacted
 Methodology:institutionalframework(maingroups)
Methodology: institutionalframework(maingroups)
AfricanMinisterialConferenceontheEnvironment(AMCEN)
TheBureauofAMCEN
TheInterAgencyTechnicalCommitteeofAMCEN(IATC)
Th I t A T h i lC itt f AMCEN (IATC)
TheUnitedNationsEconomicCommissionforAfrica (UNECA)
WorldHealth Organisation(WHO)
g ( )
UNEP/AEOTeam
TheAfrica Environment InformationNetwork(AEIN)
TheDataWorking Group
TheScenariosWorking Group
ThePolicyAnalysis
Th P li A l i Working W ki GroupG
ThePublicationsandOutreachWorkingGroup
TheCollaborating
The Collaborating Centres(CCs)
Centres (CCs)
Experts(scientists,scenariobuilders,policyanalysts,expertsnetworks(water,
health,ecohealth,climate,coastal andmarine,etc.)
Authors(lead,themeandchapterauthors)
A th (l d th d h t th )
Reviewers,Translators
AEO--3 Collaborating
AEO g Centres

CEDARE

CSE

NEMA
IUCNBRA

SARDC
 Methodology:analyticalframework
Methodology:
TheanalyticalframeworkfortheAEO3reportistheDPSEEA
(DriversPressuresStateExposureEffectsActions)framework
commonly usedinhealthandenvironmentassessments.
 AEO--3: Proposed structure
AEO
Three parts

Part 1: Backward linkage to AEO-1 and 2 (focusing

on issues,
i state
t t and
d trends
t d off the
th environment
i t in
i the
th
region)

Part 2: Identifying priority inter-linkages issues

and emerging challenges related to health and
environment in the region

Part 3: Assessing challenges and opportunities

AEO3
AEO 3process
process timeline
Budget
 Conclusion
TheAEOisacomprehensiveintegratedreportonthe
AfricanEnvironment.TheAEO3,inparticular,willfocuson
theinterlinkagesbetweenhealthandenvironment.
Thereportisdesignedtofunctionasatoolforpolicy
p g p y
makersandotherstakeholderstomonitorandassess
environmenthealthchallengesinAfricaandtake
g
appropriateactionsforimprovingenvironmental
sustainabilityandpublichealth.
AEO3willbebasedonsolidandscientificallycredible
evidence
evidence.
AEO--3 process is interdisciplinary and participative.
AEO
The challenging issue to bring our contribution in preventing
disease through healthy environment
 Conclusion (2)

Remember: Principle 1 of Rio Declaration (1992)

Human beings are at the centre of concern for

sustainable development. They are entitled to a
healthy and productive life in harmony with
nature
 Thank you
y

Email: africa.coordinator@unep.org
africa coordinator@unep org