Sustainable industrial transformation in Southern Africa depends on strong institutions, productive capabilities, innovation, learning and coordinated policy-making.
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Subregional Office for Southern Africa (UN ECA SRO-SA) has called on Southern African countries to strengthen these foundations to capture opportunities emerging from the green economy, rather than remaining suppliers of raw materials.
These were the conclusions from a workshop held as part of the implementation of a United Nations Development Account Seventeenth Tranche Project.
This project supports Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe to integrate climate action into industrial development strategies to promote sustainable, inclusive and resilient economic transformation.
Specifically, the workshop was held to validate the findings and recommendations of four regional studies on Innovative Climate Action to Accelerate Green Industrialisation in Southern Africa that looked at green industrialisation, technology transfer and innovation, the circular economy and the renewable-energy transition.
