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Promoting the resilience of economies in semi-arid areas in Burkina Faso

BF
Agriculture
‘Promoting the Resilience of Economies in Semi-arid Areas’ (PRISE for its English acronym) is a global, collaborative and applied research programme between multiple international partners and countries, including Burkina Faso. It is aimed at catalysing inclusive and resilient development in response to climate change in semi-arid lands. PRISE's vision for climate...

Strategising to decouple economic growth from GHG emissions: The Colombian Low Carbon Development Strategy

CO
The Colombian Low Carbon Development Strategy (CLCDS) is a short, medium and long-term planning initiative that aims to identify the greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation potential and the appropriate measures and projects without affecting the long-term growth of the Colombian economy. Thus, the strategy seeks to seize international financing opportunities, promote...

Piloting a methodology for tracking climate-relevant budget at activity level in Nepal’s agriculture sector

NP
Agriculture
Located in the climate change hotspot of the Himalayas, Nepal has been one of the leading countries in the global South in recognising climate change-related threats to its economy and reacting upon these threats with relevant actions. Unprecedented variability in rainfall patterns, incidence of frequent floods and droughts, heat waves and the rapid melting of glaciers...

Assessment and mapping of vulnerability and adaptation of small farmers to climate change in Morocco

MA
Agriculture
The ‘Assessment and mapping of vulnerability and adaptation of small farmers to climate change’ in Morocco is a study launched by the Moroccan Agency for Agricultural Development (ADA for its acronym in French) and financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (FIDA for its acronym in French). It proposes actions to enhance the resilience to climate...

Ecotourism as a mechanism to strengthen resilience in Tumani Tenda, Gambia

GM
Rural
Ecotourism as a practice involves the regeneration of the environment through annual tree planting (especially during the rainy season), the promotion of alternative tourism and biodiversity conservation (Drame and Kiema, 2016). It has become a common practice for the Tumani Tenda community located in the west coast region of The Gambia since its creation in 1997...

Measuring private investments into green growth: Vietnam's private climate expenditure and investments review

VN
Energy Efficiency
Industry
Renewable Energy
The role of private finance in accelerating actions for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapting to climate change is now well recognised. To drive private finance in this direction, a conducive mix of appropriate incentives, legal frameworks and enforcement is required. The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) of Vietnam therefore initiated the Private...

Bringing climate finance to the local level: Mali's climate fund decentralisation

ML
The Near East Foundation (NEF-Mali) and its partners, the Innovation, Environment and Development in Africa (IED-A) and the International Institute for Environment and Development UK (IIED-UK) initiated the Decentralising Climate Funds (DCF) programme in Mali and Senegal in 2015. It seeks to support adaptation initiatives led by communities and local authorities. In...

The boxes of resilience in the Central African Republic: A community-based approach for consolidating resilience in a participatory and integrated manner

CF
Agriculture
The concept of ‘Boxes of Resilience’ centres on agro-pastoral communities and aims to integrate financial, social and productive activities to enhance local resilience to climate change (FAO, 2016b). The main objective of the programme implemented between 2014 and 2016 in the Central African Republic was to enable rural communities (more specifically farmers and women´s...

Scaling up ambition: Lessons from British Columbia’s carbon tax

CA
Many consider the British Columbia (B.C.) carbon tax to be a ‘textbook’ example of a broad-based, revenue-neutral carbon tax (World Bank, 2017). The carbon tax was introduced in 2008 at a rate of Canadian Dollars (CAD) 10 per metric ton of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent and annually raised by CAD 5, until reaching CAD 30 in 2012. The tax is paid by all individuals and...

Dialoguemos NDC: A Participatory Process for NDC Implementation in Peru

PE
When confronted with climate change demand, countries are challenged with involving several key actors such as government, NGOs, the private sector, and civil society groups. Additionally, countries must ensure coordination between all relevant sectors across all levels of society and make sure that they are each taking necessary climate action. Peru has embraced these...

Paving the way for success: a comprehensive participatory process for NDC implementation in Peru

PE
In Peru, a multi-sectoral working group has been established as a key part of the country’s model to implement the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). The NDC Multi-Sectoral Working Group (GTM-NDC, for its acronym in Spanish: Grupo de Trabajo Multisectorial) was officially formed early 2017and consists of 13 ministries and the National Centre of Strategic Planning...

CBA Guatemala Tree Nursery Activities for Reforestation in the Taltimiche Plains (APRODIC)

GT
Forestry and Land-Use
Rural
The village Taltimiche is located in the San Marcos Guatemalan Highlands. Recent years have seen an increase of the violent storm events that cause floods, mudslides, and erosion. In 2005 Hurricane Stan destroyed most of the community’s land in an extreme case. Climate change is exacerbating weather events such as torrential storms, droughts, longer summer seasons with...

Dar es Salaam - First Bus Rapid Transit System in Eastern Africa

TZ
Transport
Urban
The Government of Tanzania intends to establish, operate and manage a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, which is a cost effective sustainable transportation system for Dar es Salaam City to ensure fast and orderly flow of traffic on urban streets and roads. The Dar es Salaam BRT project follows the current land use plan that shows an extension of planned residential areas...

Developing municipal level mitigation action plans

GE
Energy Efficiency
Renewable Energy
Georgia, a country with 4.5 million inhabitants, is currently developing a national low emission development strategy. At the local level, Covenant of Mayor signatory cities are planning to make significant contributions to this strategy and Georgia’s national mitigation efforts. Of the seven current signatories to the EU Covenant of Mayors (CoM) in Georgia, four have...

Developing renewable energy targets and supporting strategies

IN
Industry
Renewable Energy
Transport
Waste Management
Over the years India has successfully created a positive outlook necessary to promote investment in, demand for, and supply of, renewable energy. India’s strategy on renewable energy is driven by the objectives of energy access and energy security, aided by the increasing concerns of climate change and grounded in existing policy making processes. It has evolved over...

Ghana's integrated resources and resilience planning program

GH
Disaster Risk Reduction
Energy Efficiency
Integrated Energy Systems
Renewable Energy
The electrification rate in Ghana is 30% (and 50% in rural areas) and the government has a goal of adding 10% renewable energy sources by 2020. Ghana has an over-reliance on hydropower and is therefore vulnerable to climate change related fluctuations in water resources. An overview of the major barriers to further expanding the power sector reveals several significant...

Energy sector and strategic investment planning for renewable energy in Nicaragua

NI
Energy Efficiency
Renewable Energy
Integrated Energy Systems
Since 2004, Nicaragua’s National Energy Policy and Strategic Plan for the Energy Sector have established a clear and consistent process for national electrification, nearly doubling electricity access rates to 80% by 2015. This rapid grid development has been sustained by over US $1.5 billion in clean energy investment between 2006 and 2012, resulting in markedly...

Indonesia Assessment of Waste Management Technologies

ID
Renewable Energy
Waste Management
Indonesia’s INDC highlights waste management and waste-to-energy projects as key actions for achieving the country’s broader unconditional mitigation goal of a 26% GHG emission reduction by 2020. Further, Indonesia’s national climate action plan includes a target of reducing emissions by 48–78 MtCO2e from the waste sector by 2020. The Institute for Essential Services...

Enhanced LEDS and climate change coordination in Zambia

ZM
Acknowledging that development of a successful low emission development strategy (LEDS) requires coordination across all sectors of government and involvement of a wide range of key stakeholders, the Government of Zambia has established the Inter Ministerial Climate Change Secretariat (ICCS), comprising members of staff from key Ministries dealing with climate change...

China’s Ocean Energy Development Strategies

CN
Renewable Energy
Oceans and Coastal Resources
China has set ambitious targets for renewable energy generation and aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 64%–70% below 2005 levels by 2030. To meet these targets within a broader renewable energy portfolio, China is exploring the use of various marine-based energy sources. In particular, it is supporting measures to tap into its approximately 110 GW of...

Mobilizing a local green economy – GreenCape in the Western Cape, South Africa

ZA
Energy Efficiency
Integrated Energy Systems
Renewable Energy
Through its work across government, business, and academia, GreenCape has contributed to realizing significant private sector investment and employment in green business, technologies, and manufacturing in South Africa’s Western Cape province. This case study illustrates the sector development agency model and the specific approach used by GreenCape, with some key...

Bangladesh wind resource mapping project

BD
Renewable Energy
The Enhancing Capacity for LEDS (EC-LEDS) Bangladesh Wind Resource Mapping Project is helping to reduce the development and investment risk by providing high-quality comprehensive wind resource data products needed to encourage public and private sector wind energy development and increase investor confidence in the viability of wind energy projects. The validated high-...

Sri Lanka Climate Fund

LK
The Sri Lanka Climate Fund (SLCF) is a public private partnership under the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment. The SLCF helps enhance the access to climate finance by providing fundraising services to firm working on climate change mitigation and adaptation projects; develops proposals and manages climate change mitigation and adaptation projects;...

Nicaragua Pro-Poor Adaptation to Climate Change in Urban Centers

NI
Urban
Disaster Risk Reduction
Ecosystem Adaptation
Poor urban residents of Estelí, Nicaragua, are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts owing to inadequate physical infrastructure (such as sewers and drainage), land and housing vulnerability due to insecure tenure rights, socioeconomic challenges, and limited national-level climate assessments and planning specific to their needs. However, Estelí residents...

Renewable energy financing facility in Ukraine

UA
Renewable Energy
The objective of the Renewable Energy Program is to help demonstrate that clean energy projects can be successful in Ukraine while helping to reduce risks for future investors and also addressing some of the early entrant barriers related to establishing precedents and reducing costs. This program has been allocated US$75 million of Clean Technology Fund (CTF) resources...

Sludge to Energy: An Environment-Energy-Economic Assessment of Methane Capture from Sludge in Xiangyang City, Hubei Province

CN
Renewable Energy
Urban
Waste Management
In response to the increasing volumes of liquid waste caused by rapid urbanization, China has invested heavily in wastewater treatment plants. These plants produce sludge, which, although harmful to human health and the environment, can be reused to generate energy and create other products. In 2011, Xiangyang City in Hubei Province, China, implemented a thermal...

Financing energy transformation at the subnational level in Peru

PE
Transport
This project presents Lima’s rapid fuel matrix switch from high sulfur content diesel to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)— mitigating risks, innovating financial structures, and pioneering information and communication technologies (ICTs) to establish an enabling environment at the local level. In less than 9 years, the COFIGAS program has created partnerships that put more...

Crafting energy efficiency policies for commercial buildings in South Africa

ZA
Energy Efficiency
In 2005, South Africa undertook efforts to increase energy efficiency while maintaining strong economic growth, as described by their National Energy Efficiency Strategy . By focusing on target industries, South Africa aims to foster economic progress without increasing carbon emissions and energy consumption. Through a strategic partnership with the Clean Energy...

Designing and building sustainable homes in Argentina

AR
Energy Efficiency
Renewable Energy
The objective is the reduction of energy consumption, peak demand and greenhouse gas emissions related to the social housing sector in Argentina through setting standards and technological guidelines of energy efficiency and renewable energy in the construction of new housing development. Results: Average reduction of 30% of energy consumption and greenhouse gas...

Ukraine National energy efficiency action plan implementation

UA
Energy Efficiency
Ukraine is facing unprecedented energy security challenges as a result of ongoing geopolitical and financial crises. Improving energy efficiency across the economy could strengthen energy security by decreasing the country’s reliance on fossil fuel imports, reduce pressure on public budgets that have historically shouldered billions of euros a year in energy subsidies (...

Enhancing capacity for data-driven clean energy development and green growth in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam

VN
Renewable Energy
Integrated Energy Systems
Vietnam’s National Green Growth Strategy establishes a vision for advancing low emission, climate resilient development and encourages all Vietnamese provinces to develop their own green growth action plans. Thanh Hoa, a province located along Vietnam’s north central coast and a priority region for economic growth, is an early leader in developing a green growth action...

Opportunities identified for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in industrial sectors in Egypt

EG
Energy Efficiency
Renewable Energy
Industry
Egypt's Low-Carbon Economy Strategy aims to redirect the country's economy towards investments in clean technology. In this context, the industrial sector is an increasingly important sector with respect to climate change mitigation. Based on current trends, it is estimated that by 2030, GHG emissions in important national industries such as cement, fertiliser, and iron...

Morocco solar program

MA
Renewable Energy
Morocco has launched one of the world’s largest and most ambitious solar energy plan with investment of USD 9billion. The Moroccan Solar Plan is regarded as a milestone on the country’s path towards a secure and sustainable energy supply which is clean, green and affordable. The aim of the plan is to generate 2,000 megawatts (or 2 gigawatts) of solar power by the year...

Low carbon pathways toward sustainability: The experience of Bogor City

ID
Transport
Urban
This 'Inside story on climate compatible development' from the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) looks at how, since 2013, the Urban Low Emission Development Strategies (Urban-LEDS) project has offered Bogor City an opportunity to integrate low carbon strategies not just in the transport sector but in its local development plans, supporting the city’s...

Energy efficiency legal framework in Macedonia

MK
Energy Efficiency
In 2015, the Republic of Macedonia promoted energy efficiency by adopting new or amended bylaws at the national level. The U.S. Agency for International Development collaborated with the Ministry of Economy to develop the bylaws, which included rules for certifying energy auditors and establishing building efficiency rating procedures. The adopted legislation led to the...

Sustainable land management through market-oriented commodity development in Ethiopia

ET
Agriculture
Forestry and Land-Use
Rural
This working paper analyzes four case studies of local districts in Ethiopia to support the theory that sustainable land management would be benefited by linking natural resource management with market-oriented commodity development. Land degradation has been identified as severe environmental problem in Ethiopia, especially since the early 1970s. This paper focuses...

India Sustainable Urban Transport and Road Safety

IN
Transport
Urban
Health
The rapid urbanization of Ahmedabad, India, has caused a significant increase in the city’s motorized travel, urban sprawl, and traffic accident fatalities. In 2005, Ahmedabad was named India’s third most polluted city. However, the Janmarg (Hindi for “The People’s Way”) Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System, launched in 2009, has simultaneously reduced emissions and improved...

Enabling Sustainable Land-Management Practices in Kenya’s Tana River Basin via Payments for Watershed Services

KE
Agriculture
Ecosystem Adaptation
Education
Forestry and Land-Use
Renewable Energy
Rural
Water
Payments for watershed services is a method by which a market economy is created for services that relate to protecting ecosystems. For communities surrounding a river basin, this approach rewards upstream water users, such as farmers, for adopting sustainable land-use techniques (such as terracing, mulching, and agroforestry) that protect water supply and quality for...

Philippines grid integration study to inform power sector planning

PH
Energy Efficiency
Renewable Energy
Integrated Energy Systems
To support ongoing evaluation of future power system development scenarios, the Department of Energy of the Philippines (PDOE) together with USAID undertook a Solar and Wind Integration Study for the Luzon-Visayas System of the Philippines . The study used high-resolution renewable energy data and production cost modeling to assess location and time-specific operational...

South Africa Assessing the Economics of Climate Change Adaptation

ZA
Agriculture
Ecosystem Adaptation
Rural
Water
Climate change could affect South Africa’s water resources, resulting in water-use impacts on its residential, agricultural, and industrial sectors. To help South African farmers adapt to climate change, researchers at the University of the Free State Bloemfontein used an economic model that simulates the impacts of adaptation strategies. The Ceres Dynamic Integrated...

Forest Restoration in Costa Rica

CR
Education
Forestry and Land-Use
As a result of crop production, cattle grazing and road development, Costa Rica’s forestland decreased from 77% to 41% of the country’s land area from 1943–1986. To address this challenge, the Government of Costa Rica and key partners implemented several notable actions including approaches to enable payments for environmental services and other policy reforms...

Rwanda Dairy Competitiveness and Efficiency

RW
Agriculture
Forestry and Land-Use
Rwanda is the most densely populated country in Africa. Its agricultural sector employs about 70% of the country’s workforce and constitutes around 35% of the gross domestic product. Small-scale, subsistence-oriented family farming dominates the agricultural sector, with an estimated 60% of farmers rearing livestock. Emissions from livestock rearing, due to enteric...

Chile’s National Marine Energy Strategy

CL
Renewable Energy
Oceans and Coastal Resources
Chile’s energy consumption grew by 47% from 2002–2010. During the same period, installed electrical generation capacity increased by 57% (from 10 to 16 GW), with hydropower making up 37% of total electrical generation. However, severe droughts have reduced Chile’s hydropower generation, leading to an increase in natural gas use. To avoid future energy crises, Chile...

India Negative Pricing to Manage Power System Oversupply

IN
Renewable Energy
India uses negative energy pricing, or the practice of allowing power prices in an electricity market to fall below zero, to discourage generation during periods of oversupply on the electric grid. This strategy can minimize the curtailment of generation and expand opportunities for use of renewable energy sources. India’s work on negative pricing aligns with its target...

South Africa Power System Transformation

ZA
Energy Efficiency
Integrated Energy Systems
Renewable Energy
Through its INDC, South Africa aims to have its GHG emissions “peak, plateau, and decline” by 2030. To help accomplish that goal, South Africa has worked with the 21 st Century Power Partnership since 2012 to make its power system more reliable, cost-effective, and low-carbon. This collaboration has enabled South African system planners, regulators, and operators to...

Distributed Generation in Mexico

MX
Renewable Energy
Mexico has committed to a 25% reduction in GHG emissions by 2030 as part of its INDC, and it aims to generate 35% of electricity from clean sources by 2024. Distributed generation (DG) can play a key role in helping Mexico meet both goals. Mexico is undergoing an energy reform that will create increasing opportunities for DG deployment. Energy institutions in Mexico...

Kenya Pro-Poor Adaptation to Climate Change in Urban Centers

KE
Disaster Risk Reduction
Ecosystem Adaptation
Urban
Poor urban residents of Mombasa, Kenya, are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts owing to inadequate physical infrastructure (such as sewers and drainage), land and housing vulnerability due to insecure tenure rights, socioeconomic challenges, and limited national-level climate assessments and planning specific to their needs. However, Mombasa residents are...

China Wind Transmission Planning

CN
Renewable Energy
Integrated Energy Systems
Traditional transmission-planning approaches often account inadequately for areas that are high in renewable energy resources but far from population centers. However, China is taking a proactive approach to planning for renewable energy generation and transmission. As part of its process for planning the development of eight high-capacity wind development regions or “...

Competitive Bidding for Wind Energy Development in Egypt

EG
Renewable Energy
Natural gas and hydro power meet the majority of Egypt’s electricity demand, but the country is looking to meet future energy needs with a greater share of renewables, particularly wind, due to its commercial viability and the excellent wind resource in the Gulf of Suez. To meet its future wind energy targets, the Egyptian government has pursued government-led and...
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