Communauté Urbaine de Garoua
Cameroon
836,899
Dr. Ousmaila Mohamadou
Signatories
2019 October
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Cameroon
836,899
Dr. Ousmaila Mohamadou
Signatories
2019 October
Leaders and technical experts from six local governments discussed their climate action plans during a CoM SSA session at Africities. These cities have already completed, or are near completing, robust Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plans and are motivated to implement on-the-ground change.
Read moreAmong the objectives of the climate plan, the city intends to strengthen its resilience to climate change in the most affected sectors such as agriculture, reduce its overall projected emissions by 25%, and extend household access to electricity to 90% by significantly increasing the production of renewable energy.
Read moreGaroua’s Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plan (SEACAP) is the culmination of a two-years process led by the City Council and the three subdivisional councils (Garoua I, II and III) with the support of GIZ, ICLEI Africa and Help Community.
Without climate action, Garoua’s GHG emissions will likely increase by 40% in the next decade. By 2030, the city plans to reduce its overall projected emissions by 25%, but such reduction is only possible if action is taken by the highest emitters.
With approx. 350,000 inhabitants, Garoua is the third most populated city in Cameroon. The population is growing at an annual rate of 2.8% due to high birth rates and an influx of migrants from neighboring countries, particularly Chad and Nigeria.
Business in Garoua are already feeling the impact of climate change and limited access to energy, from profit losses due to droughts to difficulties accessing markets during floods.
Local governments in Sub-Saharan Africa are key actors in mitigating and adapting to climate change. Therefore, Garoua (Cameroon) has developed a Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plan (SEACAP) to define the strategies, plans and actions that the City Council and the three subdivisional councils (Garoua I, II and III) are taking together towards sustainable development and lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Civil Society
While Garoua is taking climate action at the city level, its citizens can also help it become greener, healthier and more resilient to climate change.
The ‘sparkling city’ has identified concrete actions in several areas (agriculture, livestock and fisheries; environment, diversity and forests; and water and health) to be better prepared for the effects of climate change now and minimize future damage to its citizens and the economy.
Currently, 65% of households in Garoua have access to electricity, but – due to power cuts – even on-grid households are still without electricity for 134 days a year.