CPCS and Global Center on Adaptation: Advancing climate-resilient infrastructure in Africa
The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) selected CPCS to lead a consortium as part of a framework agreement that will assist GCA in pursuing its efforts to integrate climate adaptation and resilience into infrastructure projects from design to maintenance in different sectors across Africa.
CPCS, a strategic advisor in transport and energy to African States, funders, and businesses, specializes in sustainable infrastructure development, including mobilizing private investment for public infrastructure, and structuring public-private partnerships.
Summary
- The CPCS-led consortium consists of Groupe Huit and GRID advisors.
- Services will include data analytics and modelling, technical guidelines for public and private sectors, appraisal options for adaptation and resilience in investments, and training for local institutional capacity building.
- Investing in climate adaptation and resilience is critical to ensure that infrastructure such as roads and railways can withstand climate change and natural disasters such as pluvial and fluvial flooding, rainfall-induced soil erosion, extreme heat, and landslides.
- Ultimately, GCA will be further equipped to promote the development of climate-resilient infrastructure projects originated through the Africa Infrastructure Resilience Accelerator.
Experts in sustainable infrastructure development
The consortium possesses extensive expertise in climate adaptation, resilience, and infrastructure development, with a track record of delivering projects for GCA.
Key strengths include:
- Climate analytics: Proficiency in high-resolution climate hazard modelling, spatial analysis, and engineering options for infrastructure adaptation.
- Nature-based solutions (NBS): Skilled in designing and implementing NBS, financial modelling for cost-benefit analysis, and quantifying socio-economic impacts.
- PPP and infrastructure: Strong competencies in sectors including transport, logistics, urban services, renewable energy, agriculture, and information and communication technology, supported by a robust network and specialists.
- Extensive African experience: Over 30 years of operations across most African countries, with local members and partnerships, backed by offices throughout the continent.
Advancing efforts for climate-resilient infrastructure in Africa
Efforts to include climate resilience in the design and planning of new infrastructure projects are improving.
CPCS sees this in its practice, particularly in Africa. In fact, development finance institutions are putting more focus on climate adaptation and resilience, expecting that infrastructure project developers consider these elements throughout the lifecyle of a project.
“Infrastructure in Africa is vulnerable to natural disasters and climate change,” says Hélène Larroque, a senior CPCS advisor and project manager specializing in African infrastructure projects. “More than ever, infrastructure projects delivered in a public-private partnership must factor climate change risks early in the design phase, but also at the planning, construction, and maintenance phase.”
About the Global Center on Adaptation
It’s the second time that GCA selected CPCS to work under its framework agreement titled Public Private Infrastructure Resilience Accelerator Services in Africa. CPCS previously supported GCA to improve the resiliency of Djibouti’s economic corridor.
As a solutions broker for climate change adaptation, the Global Center on Adaptation responds to country client demands where there is an opportunity to significantly scale up climate resilience through mainstreaming climate adaptation in large-scale infrastructure investment projects to ensure impact on the ground, improved access to actionable knowledge, and focused advocacy on opportunities and innovations for prioritizing climate adaptation resilient investments.
The Africa Infrastructure Resilience Accelerator has the goal to scale up investment for climate resilient infrastructure in key sectors such as energy, water, and transport to help the continent close the infrastructure gap and achieve sustainable development in the face of climate change.
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