CDM_AFRICA

CDM for Sustainable Africa Project

Consortium

The Project

Progress

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CDM AFRICA - Mapping CDM Potential

Botswana

This is part of the Deliverable D9 - CDM potential atlas for the subregion

CDM Potentials:

Efficiency improvement in Coal based thermo electrical facilities
Energy efficiency improving project (industrial units revamp / technology transfer)
Landfill gas to energy projects

General Information on the Country:

Area: total: 600,370 sq km

Land use: arable land: 0.65%          perm. crops: 0.01%             other: 99.34% (2001) 

Climate: semiarid; warm winters and hot summers 

Carbon Dioxide Emissions:  1.23 10x3 tons of Carbon

Natural resources: diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver 

Population: 1,561,973

Population growth rate: -0.89% (2004 est.) 

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 37.3% (2003 est.) 

Administrative divisions: 9 districts and four town councils; Central, Francistown, Gaborone, Ghanzi, Kgalagadi, Kgatleng, Kweneng, Lobatse, Northwest, Northeast, Selebi-Pikwe, Southeast, Southern 

Economy

GDP: purchasing power parity - $14.2 billion (2004 est.) 

GDP - real growth rate: 7.2% (2004 est.) 

GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $9,000 (2004 est.) 

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 4%                  industry: 48.7% (including 36% mining)                        services: 52% (2003 est.) 

Population below poverty line: 47% (2002 est.) 

Agriculture - products: livestock, sorghum, maize, millet, beans, sunflowers, groundnuts 

Industries: diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash; livestock processing; textiles 

Industrial production growth rate: 7.3% (2004 est.) 

Electricity - production: 409.8 million kWh (2001) 

Electricity - consumption: 1.564 billion kWh (2001) 

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2001) 

Electricity - imports: 1.183 billion kWh (2001)

Source: IEA Energy Statistics and The World Fact Book