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Support for GCF Project Preparation The anticipated impact is improved and sustained agricultural production in Africa supported through enhanced access to climate finance. This will be achieved by (Outcome 1) increasing CGIAR’s access to GCF funding and other climate finance institutions for 2 to 4 countries in Africa, specifically aiming to mobilize USD 50 million of climate finance from GCF by supporting the development of agriculture funding proposal up to GCF approval, and development of a strong pipeline of concept notes aggregating to at least USD 150 to 200 million (3x to 4x) in climate adaption finance requirement through CGIAR as accredited entity (as lead or partner with another accredited entity) and from other climate finance investors for 1-2 countries in East Africa and 1-2 countries in West Africa; (Outcome 2) supporting at least one entity including agricultural/development banks and NARES institutions per selected country to get accredited by the GCF to enhance countries’ direct access to GCF through a wider range of financial instruments, and establishing an Agricultural Adaptation Facility to facilitate private sector investment and enhance GCF’s, Multilateral Development Banks’ and third-party financiers’ comfort in lending to farmers thus, addressing smallholder farmers’ lack of access to medium- to long-term finance; and (Outcome 3) improving the knowledge on CSA and climate data collection of nominated NARES institutions which is required for GCF funding proposal development. The funding proposals and pipeline of projects/programs to be developed for climate financing is intended to accelerate the development and deployment of innovative solutions to build the resilience of smallholder farmers in West and East Africa
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Renewable Energy Focused Infrastructure Debt Fund (RIDF) India, under the Paris Agreement, has committed to increase the share of non-fossil fuel sources to 40 % of the power generation capacity and reduce the emissions intensity of the economy by 33 to 35 % compared to 2005 levels by 2030. In this regard, India has set an ambitious target to reach 450 giga watt (GW) of installed renewable energy (RE) capacity by 2030. It is imperative to note that ~94 GW of RE projects is installed in India including 35 GW of large-scale solar and 39 GW of Wind Energy projects. Also, ~84 GW of utility-scale RE projects are in pipeline, which would need USD 60 Billion capital infusion for operationalization (i.e. USD 18 Billion Equity and USD 42 billion at 30:70 ratio).
Refinancing of RE projects is critical to enable access to finance for greenfield RE projects which are either planned or are in pipeline. Infrastructure Debt Funds (IDFs) are one of the preferred instruments for refinancing. There have been three IDFs (Non-Banking Financial Corporation or NBFC-route) in India till date – L&T IDF, India Infra-debt (ICICI Group promoted), and IDFC IDF (acquired by NIIF). There is a need for the Renewable energy focussed Infrastructure Debt Fund (RIDF) to raise equity capital and debt from FIs in order to realize India’s national RE target. Addressing fundamental challenges infrastructure financing and catalysing investments in the Renewable Energy (RE) sector in India through a unique investment vehicle – Renewable Energy Focussed Infrastructure Debt Fund (RIDF) for accelerated deployment of RE to support India’s transition towards low carbon economy.
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Mongolia Renewable Energy Absorption Project Energy storage provides a wide range of ancillary services that helps the utility to stabilize the network and improve quality of electricity services. In addition, a key advantage of battery technology lies in its quick ability to respond to blackouts and provide ramping capacity. The Government of Mongolia (GOM) is in the process on considering battery storage to address the fragile network, improve quality of services, and manage loads to meet demand. However, there is no assessment of the most suitable type of battery technology, where the batteries would be best located, and the benefits, including financial. There are no regulations in place to regulate and price ancillary services, which are the major benefits of battery storage. The project objectives include capacity building for new technologies and the support for regulations and specifications for ancillary services and battery storage, paving the way for future private sector investments. Battery storage and ancillary services is one of the options to help stabilize the network, improve reliability and quality of energy services, reduce technical losses, and increase absorption capacity of renewable energy.
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Myanmar Kadonkani Mangrove GGGI activated Policy PIN on the coastal bio-based value chains in May
2018. The findings of the assignment are to be incorporated into the
‘’Myanmar Mangrove Restoration Program’’ (MMRS) to be drafted by Luis
Miguel Aparicio. MMRS has a National Finance Vehicle (NFV) investment
approach, instead of engagement with a single private sector developer. • Kadonkani concession has been heavily de-forested over the past 30 years. About 80-85.00% of the concession is now so-called red soil (Thionic
Fluvisols), which is practically useless for productive food production. This current soil type does not support restoration of typical mangrove tree species
either. Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) land-mass has been transforming into red soil in last 30 years. If the trend continues exponentially, red soil will
count around 1-2.00% of total land mass by 2030.
• As a first level intervention in post-mangrove red soil to prevent further soil erosion, the project developer proposed a vetiver grass. It is one of the most
tolerant crop species to toxicity and salty soil with the high biomass yield and high margin supply chain applications, i.e. aromatic oil.
• GGGI plans to add value to Myanmar’s landscape restoration project through mobilizing finance and design an innovative capitalization structure which
enables inclusive green growth. GGGI will support the design of the project to enhance and strengthen the project, as well as optimize the financial,
social and environmental returns on the investment.
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Cambodia waste water and sanitation GGGI Cambodia has supported government and city authorities in Cambodia in developing a “Phnom Penh Sustainable City Strategic Plan” (approved by the Governor in 2018) and a “Secondary City Strategic Plan” (in the final stages of approval). The Plans propose a holistic concept of green urban economic growth, social inclusion and resilience – addressing a broad range of issues including energy, transport, building, public space, solid waste, drainage and wastewater management, combined with an investment prioritization exercise. In that investment prioritization, wastewater management (together with solid waste management) comes out as a clear priority across cities. Approximately 9.4 million Cambodians lack access to improved sanitation, which particularly impacts the poor and marginalized communities. Only 3 wastewater treatment plants exist in the country (Battambang, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville) and these are not fully operational. The project objective is to continue supporting stronger regulation and SME business growth in the sanitation sector in Cambodia, and to mobilize initial investments in sanitation infrastructure. This project related to IO1. Strengthened national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing and institutional frameworks.
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Supporting Pacific Islands Countries on MRV GGGI as an implementing partner of the Regional Pacific NDC Hub (NDC Hub) is assisting Pacific Islands Countries in measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of GHG emissions as per their requests to the NDC Hub. The contribution of New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) towards MRV support will play an important role in enhancing PICs readiness towards adopting Enhanced Transparency Framework under Article 13 of the Paris Agreement.
GGGI has provided MRV support in the four PICs Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Fiji. As of Sept 2021, this work has been completed in the Marshall Islands and Solomon Islands and is near finalization in Tonga and Fiji. GGGI’s current support in these countries has focused on developing the initial stages of MRV systems, including undertaking high-level planning and coordination between all relevant stakeholders. MFAT’s contribution will be important in ensuring these MRV activities are effectively operationalized, including supporting the capacity building necessary to sustainably maintain the MRV systems. MFAT’s funding will therefore help ensure the support to MRV systems and can be maintained by the countries in the long-term.
GGGI will consult with respective Government counter parts (Focal Point of the Regional Pacific NDC Hub) of four countries to better map further support needed to enhance MRV systems appropriately in each country’s national circumstances and avoiding any duplication. Based on these consultations, the GGGI will determine areas where MFAT’s contribution can be meaningfully applied.
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Greening the Main Terminal Building of the New International Airport in Rwanda The Government of Rwanda in partnership with Qatar Airways is developing the New International Airport in Bugesera, Rwanda approximately 23km to the southeast of Kigali city. The new airport will accommodate 7 million passengers per annum, during the first phase, with plans to expand the airport to handle up to 14 million passengers per annum in future phases. The construction of the airport infrastructure is ongoing, and the bids for terminal construction are being reviewed. The project is expected to be complete and operational by 2024. The Government of Rwanda (GoR), through Aviation Travel and Logistics Holdings (ATL), an agency under the Rwanda Ministry of Infrastructure (MININFRA) is spearheading the project from the GoR side. GGGI aims to solidify the TA efforts and mobilize additional green investment for greening and certification of the airport until project completion and operation to ensure 100% implementation and verification of all green building elements envisaged during the project design stage.
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Article 6 Sectoral Approach and Enabling Environment Under the Paris Agreement, all countries are required to set NDCs to reduce their carbon emissions. At the same time Article 6 of the Paris Agreement has left the door open to international trading of emissions reductions as internationally transferred mitigation outcomes (ITMOs). While the rules associated with Article 6 have yet to be established, any international trades will need to be authorized by the selling country to avoid double counting, permitting the movement of the related emission reductions between registries, from the selling country to the buying country/entity. Transactions will take different forms, from linking of national trading emission trading schemes, project level transactions, and policy approaches. Specifically, policy approaches is a new focus, looking at how results-based finance, either through explicit or implicit pricing of carbon can bring about transformational change to long term de-carbonization pathways for national economies which can then be broken down to sectoral or multi-sectoral level via a single policy. GGGI will act as enabling partner supporting the government as and when needed.
The project will take place in two phases. i.) First, a scoping phase will undertake an initial assessment at national level of policies and sectors to identify potential opportunities in GGGI Member and Partner countries. The scoping phase will reduce a long list of 8 countries (Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Vietnam, Indonesia, Morocco, Thailand, and Senegal) to a short-list of up to 4 countries for the second phase. The initial countries listed above were identified through an assessment of GGGI member and partner country’s economic size and NDC composition ii.) Second phase will further develop these policy approach potentials in up to 4 countries. Activities in the second phase will run largely in parallel. The overall objective of the project is to support host countries to engage in international carbon transactions through the design of policy approaches under Article 6 and also to develop policy approaches with a carbon price output that enables them to undertake national-level emission reductions. This project is aligned with IO2. Increased green growth investment flows which enable partner governments to implement green growth policies and IO3. Improved multi-directional knowledge sharing and learning to empower local and external agents necessary to drive green growth processes in partner governments.
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Support to setup Super ESCO facility in Rwanda as a vehicle to promote energy efficiency Promoting energy efficiency through Energy Performance Contract (EPC) concept is relatively new in Rwanda and needs a wide range of individual, institutional capacity building, legal and regulatory frameworks to enable the development of the Energy Services Company (ESCO) market, and implementation of the Super ESCO.
A Super ESCO facility in Rwanda has the potential to accelerate energy efficiency by focusing exclusively on the public sector (hospitals, schools, municipalities, public buildings, street lighting, water pumping stations, wastewater treatment plants, and other public facilities) and support the development of private sector ESCO market in Rwanda. A Super ESCO will bundle projects in the targeted sub-sectors to reduce technical risks and facilitate financing. The size and credibility of Super ESCO as a public institution allow them to foster the growth of a nationwide domestic ESCO sector and provide financing for EE projects. The overall objective of the project is to promote energy efficiency in Rwandan public and private sectors (buildings, street lighting, utilities, SMEs, and industries) by establishing a Super ESCO[1] (Energy Services Company) facility to overcome barriers, accelerate energy efficiency, and lay the foundation to develop ESCO[2] market by introducing Energy Performance Contract (EPC) in Rwanda.
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Preparing Jordan’s NDA and DAE for Partnership in Climate Action 1) Institutional capacity and coordination mechanisms in place to govern and coordinate climate action and finance: This workstream will further develop the needed skills by creating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for engagement with the GCF, DAE (candidate) and other stakeholders, fully train dedicated CCD focal point(s) on GCF procedures, accreditation process, and managing and maintaining the online matchmaking platform which is being implemented under the current GGGI Readiness program.
2) Country Programming Process: This workstream will support the NDA in developing a structured dialogue with the private sector as a key partner as well ensure all stakeholders are informed about the no objection procedures, aimed at increasing the number of proposals each year that are submitted to GCF through its different support windows.
3) Direct Access to Climate Finance: This workstream will ensure the candidate is prepared for engagement with the GCF, NDA and other stakeholders. Climate finance strategies and project pipeline strengthened/ private sector mobilization- workstream will build upon current readiness by developing a national climate finance strategy, providing capacity building on utilizing the bi-lingual platform currently being developed to facilitate matchmaking, and increasing private sector dialogue and participation in national climate action and policy development through other targeted activities (e.g. workshops, PPD, and investment forum). Preparing Jordan’s NDA and DAE for Partnership in Climate Action
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Climate FIRST (Finance Initiative for Resilience and Sustainable Transition) The Climate FIRST (Climate Finance Initiative for Resilience and Sustainable Transition) project objective is to support the implementation of a PNG-led mechanism to attract and coordinate access to large scale international climate finance for investment in key sectors to address climate change and meet PNG’s goals and international commitments on climate adaptation and climate mitigation through emissions reduction. The focus is on catalyzing PNG’s access to climate finance by addressing major barriers and incentivizing institutional reform. The project will do this by:
› Supporting CCDA to establish a strengthened high-level Climate Finance Steering Committee (CFSC) for coordinating access to domestic and international climate finance, under the auspices of the CCDA Board.
› Supporting CCDA and national and subnational government agencies brokering and developing project ideas, bankable projects and climate investment proposals to access international and domestic climate finance in line with the priorities outlined in PNG’s NDCs and NAP.
› Building capability in the PNG government system at the national and subnational levels to mainstream CRGG policies and plans and develop appropriate public financial management systems develop and market priority investable proposals for climate finance and green investments.
› Strengthening the private sector ecosystem around this finance such as effective communication, messaging, and advocacy to support MSMEs for a PNG-led inclusive, gender and socially inclusive climate future in line with Vision 2050.
› Supporting CCDA, executing agencies, and sub-national Government agencies deliver GEDSI benefits across all project outcomes, outputs, and activities. The overall objective of Climate FIRST is to assist PNG coordinate and scale up its access to international climate finance and green investments for climate action. This AUD 20 million program implemented through the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) will run over four years: 2023-2027 with a possible four-year extension. This catalytic bilateral program will support a PNG-led mechanism to attract and coordinate large scale climate finance for action on climate change, linking gender, disability and social inclusion, to meet PNG’s goals and international commitments on adaptation and emissions reduction.
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Incorporation of the electric mobility for public passenger transport In accordance with the current needs of the Municipal District of Quito (DMQ), the primary objective of this project is to support the Metropolitan Directorate of Mobility Policies and Planning of the Ministry of Mobility as the governing body in the evaluation of the potential for the implementation of zero-emission fleets in the different restructured routes that make up the integrated public transport system (SITP) of the MDMQ. The ultimate goal of the project is to establish the technical baselines for the MDMQ to implement strategies for the transition from public transport to zero-emission technologies. The project will carry out feasibility assessments of battery vehicles, taking into account the operating requirements of the various types of vehicles under local conditions. The project shall take into account various factors that may affect that viability, in addition to the technologies themselves, to inform possible regulatory or other actions. The project will generate the necessary base of electric mobility knowledge and tools that allow the population to access sustainable public transport services, which is respectful of the city and the health of its inhabitants. To achieve this purpose for MDMQ, the following key objectives are presented:
· Provide a feasibility framework for the development of zero-emission public transport that contributes to sustainable urban growth in MDMQ.
· Generate the technical support that the Metropolitan Directorate of Mobility Policies and Planning of the Ministry of Mobility will need for the implementation and administration of public transport systems with complex zero-emission technologies.
· Provide the MDMQ with the means to ensure that investments in electric or zero-emission transport assets carried out by route operators are appropriate and sustainable, mitigating financial risks to the MDMQ, and mitigating technical risks that may adversely affect service to the public, and the implementation of ordinance 017-2020.
· Identify the measures that may be necessary to adapt the urban infrastructure to the needs of electric transport, according to the implementation schedule of the zero-emission fleet established in the route contest in application of the transitory eighth of Ordinance 017-2020.
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Nauru pre-feasibility for national sewerage plant management GGGI will conduct a desk-top diagnostic assessment for analyzing feasible options for required infrastructure, financing and operations systems for a national sewerage plant.
Nauru has only one national sewerage facility that was designed without a feasibility study which, according to the government of Nauru, is not viable to treat the waste from the growing population of Nauru. Nauru has therefore requested technical support from the NDC Partnership to conduct the required feasibility studies and to recommend feasible options on the infrastructure and proposed systems for a national sewerage plant. The diagnostic assessment report will cover:
• Drivers, pressures, state, impact and responses to Nauru's water and waste water issues
• Wastewater characteristics, current and projected demand , and current collection and transfer/disposal and other effluent management practices
• State of the art in small island sewage treatment and water sanitation practices, systems and technologies, with estimated capex and opex
• Financial analysis of the current system
• Potential candidate areas for site suitability assessment based on existing soil and groundwater assessment data
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Readiness Support to Enhance Green Growth Finance in the Areas of Green Growth Cities in Lao The project aims to enhance Lao PDR’s readiness to access climate
finance for implementing its priority projects/programs in the areas of
Green, Climate Resilient Cities. It supports the development of pipeline
project/programs targeting to solve growing urbanization issues faced
by cities, such as sanitation, solid waste management, decentralized
wastewater management, transport, energy efficiency and resilience
that have the potential to unlock climate financing at scale. The
development of these projects will be informed by the experiences of
other projects, programs and agencies in Lao PDR. 1. Improve coordination amongst key stakeholders in urban development and capacity to manage green, climate resilient cities.
2. Identify priority projects/programs on Green, Climate Resilient Cities..
3. Identify financing options to implement the identified priority projects and mobilize the private sector to contribute to Lao PDR’s country priorities.
4. Enhance private sector’s capacity to engage in Lao PDR’s priority program areas.
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Development of the UAE’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) The UAE’s NAP will serve as a broad ranging and strategic document that will present adaptation priorities and projects including both short and long-term measures, aligning with the UAE’s, sustainable development needs and national development planning measures and aspirations. The NAP will focus on the following areas:
1)Exploring the potential for creating a governance structure
2)Designing and developing enabling mechanisms that mainstream adaptation into public policy, budgeting and therefore policy implementation.
3)Assessing, designing, and financing a national climate data generation and management system
4)Developing specific funding mechanisms and incentive structures for the most vulnerable groups and the country’s private sector actors to adapt to climate change. GGGI is proposing for the UAE’s NAP to serve as a broad ranging and strategic document that will present adaptation priorities and projects including both short and long-term measures, aligning with the UAE’s, sustainable development needs and national development planning measures and aspirations. These objectives are based on the implementation of a broad-based consultation and questionnaire implemented across all sections of UAE society with over 140 responses. The UAE will seek to:
1. Identify key gaps and barriers to addressing and integrating adaptation into planning in the UAE;
2. Identify needs in terms of knowledge, capacity and institutional coordination in the UAE;
3. Update priority sectors and interventions for adaptation actions of the UAE at the national level;
4. Integrate gender considerations in the development and implementation of adaptation measures; and,
5. Provide a process for updating the NAP in the UAE.
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Groundwork for e-mobility investments in Lao PDR Unemployment rate sharply increased to 25% in May 2020, equivalent to 475,000 people, compared to 16% at the end of 2019. Economic slowdown has caused the loss of 30% of the government’s revenue, leading to a more severe budget deficit thus hindering the government’s ability to stimulate the economy and mitigate impacts of the pandemic.
Key recommendations in September 2020 for sustainable recovery include greater use of electric vehicles (EV) to simultaneously reduce emissions, support renewable energy demand and reduce fuel import cost.
The readiness grant will support the development of concept note through the conduct of pre-feasibility studies. The key objectives of the project:
a) mainstream EVs into transport related regulations and introducing of policy incentive mechanism to accelerate the phase out of ICE vehicles;
b) Build technical capacity on EV inspection and registration for governmental staff;
c) raise awareness on EVs for public, private, and general publics, and
c) enhance EV investment through project concept note development.
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Battery Swap System for Electric Two Wheelers Debt for nature swaps (exchanging Lao debt against nature conservation investments) USD $68,691 : Laos is ideal candidate for such a scheme. High sovereign debt but high potential for investment in forest conservation and reforestation. Increasing forest coverage is also Government priority. The idea would be to convince selected creditors such as World Bank and ADB to write-off some of the Government’s debt in return for enhanced public investments in forestry. GGGI are planning to approach WB soon, but are seeking funding for feasibility study in advance of this.
Battery swapping systems for electric two-wheelers USD $128,746: E-motorbikes are not taking off in Laos, although they are cheaper than regular ones if considering the total cost of ownership (CAPEX+OPEX over lifetime). Barriers include slightly higher CAPEX and range anxiety. These could be addressed through renting the batteries instead of purchasing the batteries (30% of total cost of an e-bike). Solutions are already available in Thailand and in Cambodia: https://www.oyika.com/ ; https://www.swapandgo.co/ Debt for nature swaps (exchanging Lao debt against nature conservation investments) USD $68,691 : Laos is ideal candidate for such a scheme. High sovereign debt but high potential for investment in forest conservation and reforestation. Increasing forest coverage is also Government priority. The idea would be to convince selected creditors such as World Bank and ADB to write-off some of the Government’s debt in return for enhanced public investments in forestry. GGGI are planning to approach WB soon, but are seeking funding for feasibility study in advance of this.
Battery swapping systems for electric two-wheelers USD $128,746: E-motorbikes are not taking off in Laos, although they are cheaper than regular ones if considering the total cost of ownership (CAPEX+OPEX over lifetime). Barriers include slightly higher CAPEX and range anxiety. These could be addressed through renting the batteries instead of purchasing the batteries (30% of total cost of an e-bike). Solutions are already available in Thailand and in Cambodia: https://www.oyika.com/ ; https://www.swapandgo.co/
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Scaling up rural electrification via capacity building to public and private actors The project delivers demand-driven technical assistance to the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), the Institute for Planning and Promotion of Energy Solutions for Non-Interconnected Areas (IPSE) and selected private-sector developers to advance Colombia´s energy transition and provide sustainable and affordable energy solutions to vulnerable rural communities and households. The project aims to 1) increase the capacity of sub-national entities to design, plan, structure and implement renewable energy solutions for non-interconnected areas (ZNI1); 2) develop Sustainable Rural Energization Plan(s) (PERS2) for priority regions (Departamentos); and 3) strengthen project proposals submitted to MME´s Royalties System Program (SGR3). The project will also deliver technical assistance to selected private sector developers to develop replicable off-grid electrification business models and bring selected projects to bankability and financial close.
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Jordan GCF Readiness Program 2018-2019 If green growth benefits are to materialize, implementation barriers
need to be addressed. In particular, the NGGP has identified key
challenges relevant to green finance in Jordan. For example, the lack
of financing mechanisms that can support the implementation of
green projects is a main barrier. There are several green financing
mechanisms established in Jordan (e.g. Jordan Renewable Energy
and Energy Efficiency Fund), which can support small scale projects,
but these mechanisms do not appear to have the capacity to support
country priorities and high level development projects due to
1) Lack of financing resources; and 2) Lack of technical capabilities.
This project comes to contribute to bridging this gap through
making a better use of one of the available funding sources which is
the GCF through: accreditation of a Jordanian direct access entity,
development of a pipeline of investment-ready project concepts,
and improvement of Government capacity to develop bankable
project proposals. This project aims at enhancing the green investment environment in the country, leading to increasing the volume of green investments which are- in general- less carbon intense projects including but not limited to the NDCs (mainly), where Jordan nationally determines to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by a bulk of 14.00% until 2030.
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ITMO Generation through an Organic Waste to Energy program in Morocco Under the proposed Activity, the KliK Foundation (“KliK”) will purchase ITMOs from biogas to energy projects from 2021 onward, up to 2030 at an indicative estimated average price of EUR 18 per tCO2e, ranging from EUR 15-20 tCO2e. The projects will be located in or near larger Moroccan cities and include the installation of anaerobic biodigesters to treat the organic waste from market places, slaughterhouses, agro-industrial facilities and other organic waste producers. The organic waste is converted into biogas, which is then converted to heat and power (CHP-Combined Heat & Power). The initial volume of the proposed Activity is EUR 30m to finance the reduction of 1.5-2m tCO2e on 11-15 projects sites in approximately seven provinces in Morocco. The proposed Activity follows a sector-wide approach and can be scaled-up and replicated by extending to other cities and provinces in Morocco. Besides helping to reduce Morocco’s greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) emissions, the proposed Activity offers important local co-benefits and spill-over effects including the reduction of ground water contamination due to lower leachate volumes on the landfills, prolonged landfill lifetimes, improved resource efficiency, creation of jobs, stimulation of new investment in the biogas and power sector as well as raising awareness for the waste problem and know-how transfer. Establish Morocco's first organic waste value chain with a program of 11 - 15 biodigesters, to mobilize investment project funding of US70m, including about US30m through the transfer of ITMOs under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement to the KliK Foundation representing the Government of Switzerland. The total amount of GHG reductions would be 1.5m-2m tCO2e over the 7 year term of the proposed Activity.
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Accelerating green financial flows through the strengthening of the CNBV The project focuses on advancing Mexico's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts by transitioning from ESG planning and capacity building to integrating ESG into financial instruments. In doing so, the project aims to mobilise sustainable/green/climate finance that will contribute to achieving Mexico’s international and national commitments within the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations. To deliver this objective, enabling conditions are required within the regulatory context and financial actors, both regulators and regulated entities. Hence, this project has 3 workstreams: 1) Integrating ESG into Financial Instruments; 2) Integrating ESG into Investment Classification Systems; 3) Carbon Market. The project aims to advance Mexico's sustainability and climate goals through three main initiatives. Firstly, it enhances the capacity of National Development Banks (NDBs), directing funds to green projects. Secondly, it implements and refines Mexico's Sustainable Finance Taxonomy to align financial activities with sustainability standards. Lastly, it designs an auction mechanism for the Mexican Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), channeling funds toward low-carbon projects in line with the country's NDC and SDGs.
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Capacity building to the government of Peru to support its first sovereign green bond issuance In response to the COVID recovery and in the framework of the National Competitiveness Plan, the Peruvian government is seeking to increase the availability of innovative finance mechanisms. This includes the issuance of a green/sustainability bond in 2021. To this end, GGGI and the ministries of Environment and Economy and Finance have jointly identified the following technical support needs:
1. Development of green bond framework that will define the parameters and types of projects for bond investment
2. Support for project prioritization and evaluation process and criteria
3. Potential identification and contact with third party verification for green/sustainability bond framework
4. Capacity building for public servants
5. Initial communications material for green/sustainability bond promotion. Peru‘s first sovereign GB issuance accelerates the country’s low-carbon transition, supporting the implementation of national climate policies, financing a green recovery and improved transparency of investments.
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Global Program for Waste The waste program will continue its focus on evaluating and valorizing waste value chains, shifting from landfill dependent systems, supporting local solutions and responsibility, engaging all stakeholders in change (with a focus on inclusive approaches engaging the informal sector), and providing a role for and supporting the private sector. In 2021/22 it will make additional links to climate actions/finance to its strategy, and develop stronger links with public health and quality of life through effective and inclusive waste management systems. The waste program will continue its focus on evaluating and valorizing waste value chains, shifting from landfill dependent systems, supporting local solutions and responsibility, engaging all stakeholders in change (with a focus on inclusive approaches engaging the informal sector), and providing a role for and supporting the private sector. In 2021/22 it will make additional links to climate actions/finance to its strategy, and develop stronger links with public health and quality of life through effective and inclusive waste management systems.
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Energy auditing and capacity building on energy management for five rice mills in the Senegal River Valley Support greening the rice industry in Senegal River Valley by catalyzing energy saving and mitigation measures through the generation and dissemination of knowledge on economically viable investments in five selected Senegalese rice mills that save energy, mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase the productivity of rice mills. The project will conduct energy audits and develop action plans for the introduction of RE solutions and EE management plans in 5 rice mills in the Senegal river valley. The activities in this project will be implemented from November 2020 to June 2023 Support greening the rice industry in Senegal River Valley by catalyzing energy saving and mitigation measures through the generation and dissemination of knowledge on economically viable investments in five selected Senegalese rice mills that save energy, mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase the productivity of rice mills. The project will conduct energy audits and develop action plans for the introduction of RE solutions and EE management plans in 5 rice mills in the Senegal river valley. The activities in this project will be implemented from November 2020 to June 2023
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Readiness Support to Strengthen Philippines Capacity and Knowledge on Accessing GCF The project is designed to put institutional capacity and coordination mechanisms in place to govern and coordinate climate action and finance. The project has three major interventions: (a) NDA interinstitutional coordination mechanism strengthened; (b) Bilateral agreements on privileges and immunities (P&I); and (c) Monitoring and verification systems for climate finance flows. The primary objective of the Readiness Support to Strengthen the Philippines’ Capacity and Knowledge on Accessing the Green Climate Fund or Readiness and Preparatory Support Program (RPSP) is to support the CCC in fully implementing its roles and responsibilities as the designated NDA of the Philippines to the GCF. The proposal also seeks additional institutional support for national capacities of government agencies, civil society organizations (CSOs), and the academe to develop a monitoring and verification system for climate finance flows in the country, as well as to pursue the ratification of a bilateral agreement between the Philippines and GCF on privileges and immunities.
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Colombia Green Growth Program 2017 -2019 Colombia is looking toward developing a Green Growth Long-Term
Policy that will provide new sources of growth, innovation, job
creation and income generation, and at the same time enables the
country to meet its Sustainable Development Goals and its NDC
targets, all to be attained by 2030.
To achieve these goals Colombia required increased capacity to
mainstream green growth objectives into development planning
and investments in priority sectors that are critical for the country ́s
future green growth, particularly in areas that are highly susceptible
to increased natural resource degradation and forest cover loss. Support Colombia with green growth target setting
in a mid‑term timeframe to be reflected in the next
Development Plan. Strengthen Colombia to better align efforts and enable
the adoption and implementation of sound policies and
investments to ensure that reduced deforestation targets
are met by addressing the targets and outcomes in the
implementation and expansion of the interventions defined
under the Joint Declaration of Intent (JDoI), the Amazon
Vision, the Green Growth Taskforce and policy development
and the peace process implementation through the High‑level
Councilor for Peace Office
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Solar Grandmothers in Burkina Faso The project will increase access to sustainable energy in Burkina Faso for 250,000 people across 250 rural villages in Burkina Faso – through supporting both installation of solar systems (solar photovoltaic panels and batteries) and building communicate capacity for the system’s operations and maintenance. The project will recruit and train elderly rural women in the installation, operations and management of the solar systems. The approach to train semi-literate and illiterate women – many of them grandmothers –to become solar engineers has proven successful in many developing and least developed countries. They have then returned home to install solar panels and batteries, maintain and repair them, changing lives in their villages forever. Moreover, they have trained others in neighboring villages to do the same.
Populations in rural villages are projected to be the first and hardest hit by climate change. The project will contribute to (i) bringing a positive change in the status of older rural women, making them genuine actors in local development; (ii) raising awareness of the need to combat climate change and protect the environment, (iii) reduce urban/rural inequalities and improve the living conditions of beneficiary households, (iv) reduce gender inequalities in rural areas through the involvement of women as key actors and beneficiaries of the project implementation, and (v) accelerate local development through increased income-generating actives in villages. Empowering elderly women to contribute to the reduction of the negative environmental impacts from the use of fossil fuels in Burkina Faso through the promotion of clean technologies and low-carbon energy source.
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Supporting the Implementation of the Green Growth Framework for Fiji - Phase 2 The Republic of the Fiji Islands comprises of over 320 islands.
The two largest islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu make up three
quarters of the land areas and 70% of the population reside
on Viti Levu. Fiji’s economy is driven by tourism, agriculture,
fisheries, manufacturing and the financial sector. Climate change
has become a growing concern for Fiji’s economy and the
livelihood of its people.
Key challenges facing Fiji include:
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Vulnerability to external shocks, including climate change and
financial crises.
High dependence on imported fossil fuels.
Declining terrestrial and marine biodiversity, resulting from
unsustainable land management and coral reef degradation. Difficulties in the provision of sufficient infrastructure and
services in both urban and rural contexts.
Fiji has a huge potential in green growth, including increasing
renewable energy generation capacity, and moving toward more
sustainable transportation services and technologies. In 2014 the
Government adopted the Green Growth Framework for Fiji to
plan for implementation of green growth across the economy. Support Fiji to align its national targets under the National
Development Plan with its NDC targets under the Paris
Agreement and to plan for implementation. Provide technical assistance support to help Fiji implement
its green growth plans as elaborated in the Green Growth
Framework and National Development Plan
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Comprehensive Study for the Identification and Formulation mission of the project "Support to Green Growth/Economy programme in Jordan" The purposes of this contract are as follows:
1. To conduct a detailed assessment for the policies and reforms governing green growth/economy strategies and plans;
2. Produce a political economy report on green growth/economy in Jordan,
3. Conclude a deep assessment for the problems that impact green growth/economy development in Jordan within the targeted sectors,
4. Reflect green recovery from COVID 19 pandemic within the requested assessments. The overall objectives of this contract are to contribute to the development and implementation of effective policies to help Jordan achieve their Green Growth/Economy plans, while supporting their progress on the climate change agenda and associated NDCs. The specific objective of the mission is the support of the design of an EU support project, through a deep assessment to support the identification and formulation for the Support to green growth/economy in Jordan fitting into the relevant Jordanian policy frameworks in these fields.
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Strengthening NDA Capacity on Project Evaluation and Development of Climate Finance Strategy to Enhance Papua New Guinea’s Access to Climate Finance This Readiness proposal aims to address these challenges/gaps by (i) recruiting long-term consultants (climate finance experts) to be embedded in the NDA to accelerate the review process and build in-house capacity, (ii) developing the Readiness Needs Assessment and National Climate Finance Strategy, and (iii) preparing at least one quality concept This Readiness grant aims to strengthen the capacity of CCDA’s NDA unit so that it can effectively perform the expanded roles and responsibilities as GCF NDA. It builds on PNG’s first Readiness which resulted in the establishment of a dedicated NDA unit with two staff working on an interim basis. As anticipated in the Joint Organizational Assessment, however, the demand for NDA unit’s services has grown beyond what the current arrangement is able to provide, and this project seeks to address the gap by augmenting the unit’s technical expertise and improving its internal workflow/processes.
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Structuring of a used tire value chain and a used tire material recovery sector in Morocco With the European Tyre Recycling Association (ETRA) as a technical partner, GGGI is aiming to support the implementation of the two following measures:
1- Support the structuring of the used tyres value chain in Morocco;
2- Support the enabling conditions for the development of a used tyres material recycling ecosystem in Morocco.
Therefore, the increasing global demand for products derived from the material recovery of used tyres, the development of a used tyres material recovery ecosystem will complement the existing energy recovery activity Indeed, the implementation of a national used tyres value chain will enable the sustainable sourcing of raw materials to produce new products from the recovered material as well as the production of energy for local industry. SO1 GHG emission reduction: A structured used tyres value chain and material recovery ecosystem will reduce GHG emissions by reducing used tyres incineration in open air, ceramic kilns or to fuel hammams, as well as by increasing the use of recovered material in industrial products.
SO2 Creation of green jobs: A structured used tyres value chain is a prerequisite to the development of a new ecosystem for used tyres material recovery. Both the value chain and ecosystem will enable the creation of direct green and inclusive jobs.
SO3 Increased access to sustainable services (sustainable waste management): A structured used tyres value chain and material recovery ecosystem will contribute to inclusive and sustainable waste management while providing local facilities with transporting, sorting and recycling.
SO4 Improved air quality: In absence of a formal used tyres value chain, tires are often used by the informal sector to fuel public bath houses (hammams) and ceramic kilns. The structuring of a value chain and material recovery ecosystem will ensure social, security, health and environmental safeguards that are not currently in place.
Alignment with the Green Deal for Europe objectives and the Morocco and EU strategic partnership
Alignment with the European Green Deal and the strategic partnership between Morocco and the EU
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Policy Alignment for Green Growth The current phase of Cambodia’s Rectangular Strategy and National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP) and will end in 2018. Achieving Cambodia’s international commitments – articulated through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), as well as green growth aspirations – reflected in the National Green Growth Policy (2013) and National Green Growth Strategic Plan (2013-2030) – will necessitate integrated and coherent policy planning and implementation. The design of the Cambodia’s overarching planning document – which will be released in 2019 – thus provides a window of opportunity to align and prioritize policy priorities to fast-track the achievement of development and green growth objectives. Critical success factors in this program include: Green growth interventions need to be built into sectoral plans and budgets as the NSDP is formulated based on sectoral mandates and priorities. the incorporation of green growth in the Rectangular Strategy, NSDP and relevant sector plans is based on robust technical analysis; and The implementation of these targets is aided by institutionalized and systematic monitoring and investment prioritization Strengthen national planning processes through prioritizing and integrating green growth priorities towards the achievement of Cambodia’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Nationally Determined Contribution.
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Greening MSMEs and promoting green-preneurship MSMEs, numbering almost a million, represent more than 90% of all registered business enterprises in the Philippines and account for more than 60% of national employment. They are considered engines of inclusive growth as they provide income opportunities for Filipino workers and their respective households yet, MSMEs, particularly those in the rural areas, face significant challenges such as technical and financial capacity limitations to sustain and expand operations; and external constraints such as affordable access to electricity and logistical services and vulnerability to climate change impacts. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) supports the development of MSMEs through the provision of equipment grants under the DTI Shared Services Facilities Program while the Climate Change Commission (CCC) promotes climate smart industries under the National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) of the Philippines. The PIN project supported two initiatives:
Scoped potential interventions to develop bankable projects for micro-enterprises in the agriculture value chain to improve climate resilience, improve productivity, and create jobs and income for rural communities and agriculture workers. The detailed scoping study was concluded as a form of project proposal submitted to the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to leverage impactful funding on the same purpose, with an expectation to start a scaled-up project in the Province of Oriental Mindoro in 2020.
Promoted "green initiatives" for MSMEs by developing “green business indicators” for incorporation in the DTI-SSF Program and encouraged green entrepreneurship through the introduction and delivery of "green growth modules" for SSF Cooperators, MSMEs, and DTI personnel.
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Development of the Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) System In Burkina Faso To achieve these stated objectives, Burkina Faso needs increased capacity and ability to meet its MRV obligations under the enhanced transparency requirements under the Paris Agreement, whereby Burkina Faso can identify its major GHG emitting sectors completely and comprehensively to prioritize its climate actions in sync with its development priorities.
The key results and outcomes expected from the overall MRV project are:
· Outcome 1: Established national MRV system enabling the country to meet its obligations under the enhanced transparency framework of the Paris Agreement, to support the country identify mitigation and adaptation areas to facilitate leveraging green investment and achieve its NDC. This includes entrenched institutional arrangements and agreements for data sharing necessary to meet the country’s obligations under the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement. This will also enable the country to measure and monitor indicators that can contribute to achieving the SDGs.
· Outcome 2: Enhanced country-capacity to prepare accurate GHG inventories. These include identifying the appropriate MRV requirements for assessing its capacity development needs, identifying the required climate finance needed, and accurately measuring, reporting, and verifying its NDC components. The overall approach of the GGGI project is to:
(i) be complementary to other ongoing initiatives, focusing on areas not yet explored (energy, industrial processes), (ii) take care of gaps not filled by other initiatives in their sectors of intervention, (iii) ensure the coherence and harmonization of the entire national system, particularly by working to bring different methodologies closer together, (iv) work towards sustainability of the system, through its ownership and ownership by national stakeholders (processes in several ongoing initiatives are led by foreign structures).
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Distributed Ledger Technology Powered Improved Cookstoves Finance Facility (DLTICS) Scaling-up the distribution of Improved Cooking Stoves (ICS) in Myanmar is hindered by financial and logistical barriers. (i.e. lack of capital and poor money value chain communication). To address this issue, the distribution of Improved Cooking Stoves (ICS) will be funded through a carbon credits financial mechanism. The financial and ICS distribution mechanisms will be linked using the blockchain technology. This technology will allow us to scale up ICS manufacturing and distribution by overcoming the financial and carbon credits accounting constrains of a common ICS project. The project objective is to reduce mangrove deforestation caused by cooking fuelwood demand on the coastal areas of Myanmar by distributing 1 million improved cooking stoves (ICS) to 500,000 coastal families in Ayeyarwady region. This project is aligned with IO1. Strengthened national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing and institutional frameworks
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Women-Adapt: Enhancing women smallholder farmers´adaptive capacity and scaling up climate-resilient food production systems in Côte d'Ivoire The women of the north of the country are vulnerable to Climate change and especially putting them into a food insecurity situation. Our goal is to reduce crop loss and reduced productivity which exposes women to a high risk of food insecurity. The desired impact is that vulnerable and food-insecure women in the Poro, Tchologo and Bagoue regions of Côte d'Ivoire have developed strong resilience and have been able to adapt to the effects of climate change and variability. Smallholder farmers (of which 70% women) in the Poro Region strive to achieve or maintain food and water security due to their exposure to climate hazards (droughts and rainfall variability). The project will adopt a gendertransformative approach to strengthen farmers´ adaptive capacity and overcome technical, organizational and financial barriers through multistakeholder collaboration. This will be achieved through low-impact technologies and food production diversification. MINADER and WFP will help smallholder's access weather index-insurance, financial and market services to protect and stimulate production, while MINEDD will support the shift to sustainable food production systems by monitoring the implementation of risk mitigation measures.
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Technical Support to the Rwanda National Fund for Environment and Climate Change (FONERWA) Facility Established in 2012, FONERWA aims to mobilize domestic and international climate finance, and secure sustainable financing to support projects toward the implementation of the GGCRS. As a cross-sectoral national financing mechanism, FONERWA is the vehicle through which environment and climate financing is channeled, programmed, disbursed, and monitored. The key priority of the Fund’s operations is to ensure a sustained and effective delivery that continues to incrementally commission projects, build capacity of potential applicants to access funding, commit finance and quality assure implementation of funded projects. Additionally, operations aim to enhance FONERWA’s role in addressing wider national strategic needs related to the environment and climate change. This will necessitate technical support to the Government of Rwanda to adequately resource the Fund, build capacity and execute its mandate. Assist Rwanda access financing to support transition to an environmentally sustainable, low carbon and climate resilient economy that contributes to wealth creation and poverty reduction. • Provide technical support to the Rwanda National Fund for Environment and Climate Change Facility.
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Cooperation with IMELS in the field of climate change vulnerability, mitigation and adaptation GGGI and IMELS have initiated a contribution agreement in the field of Climate Change Vulnerability, Mitigation and Adaptation, aiming to support the implementation of CRGE strategy of Ethiopia.
In order to support the realization of the shared objectives and outcomes of IMELS and EFCCC (per the technical agreement between the two), GGGI is implementing very specific planned interventions based on the following priority areas: developing public awareness campaigns on mitigation and adaptation to global climate change; good practices exchanges, resources sharing, technical cooperation and information exchange with other global climate initiatives; supporting the implementation, monitoring, reporting and communication of the NDC.
The objective of this contribution agreement is to support the GoE in identifying and promoting projects and technology transfer opportunities, providing ad hoc capacity building activities in the field of renewable energy, early warning system, sustainable agriculture and water resource management, with the aim of supporting sustainable development, local job creation and fostering international partnerships. The objective of this project is to support the GoE with identifying and promoting bankable projects and technology transfer opportunities, providing ad hoc capacity building activities in the field of renewable energy, early warning systems, sustainable agriculture and water resource management, with the aim of supporting sustainable development, local job creation and fostering international partnerships.
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Strengthening Capacities of Women and Youth for Implementation of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) in El Salvador Project Title: Strengthening Capacities of Women and Youth for Implementation of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) in El Salvador
Project Duration: 2023-2026
Total Project Budget: USD 6,091,200 / ROK Contribution: USD 4,986,200
Donor: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of the Republic of Korea The development objective is to strengthen technical and entrepreneurial capacities and provide financial support to vulnerable farmers under associative arrangements to improve sustainability of farming practices and value chain integration that contribute to the climate adaptation and resilience goals of El Salvador and net-zero goals of Republic of Korea (ROK).
The expected long-term impact is to create a transformational change that will improve climate resilience, build socio-economic opportunities for vulnerable local communities, and protect the ecosystem services on which they rely. The project aims at increasing local people’s ability to cope with climate change and other external shocks in the medium and long term through ecosystem-based adaptation that is based on climate smart agriculture (CSA) techniques. Sustainable CSA models (agroforestry and silvopasture systems) promoted, demonstrated, and disseminated with this project will generate short – medium - and long-term employment to strengthen post COVID-19 economic recovery from the bottom up: CSA management systems generate local employment, which in turn stimulates consumption and production, unlocking a positive feedback loop to create more jobs and support a transition towards green growth.
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Technical support to prepare a solar auction in Lao PDR Specifically, the GOL has requested GGGI’s support and collaboration with USAID Clean Power Asia to complete i.) Conducting a site selection assessment to help the government of Lao PDR identify multiple sites to comprise an auction of 40 MW of solar PV ii.) Develop technical specifications for solar PV that will be used for the auction, and can be used to guide the development of future solar projects iii.) Design an appropriate risk mitigation mechanism (for off-taker risk) to be incorporated into tender documents for the auction process. The project objective is to address key policy and market barriers to the development of the solar market in Lao PDR, paving the way for further growth and expansion in the sub-sector and enhancing access to clean energy services. This project will add 40 MW of solar power to the grid enhancing clean energy access for the approximately 1.4 million residents of Khammouan and Savannakhet Provinces. This project is aligned with IO2. Increased green growth investment flows which enable partner governments to implement green growth policies.
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Enhancing Guyana’s Access to GCF to Transition to Renewable Energy The project outcome will be the following: i.) Develop the country program by preparing a pipeline of renewable energy utility scale projects and pre-feasibility analysis for the shortlisted projects and preparing at least 2 concept notes ii.) Nominate Direct Access Entities and prepare gap assessment iii.) Leverage private sector investment into renewable energy projects; Review and recommend changes in regulation and propose innovative business models that leverage the private sector investment in the renewable energy iv.) Increasing awareness of GCF and its Private Sector Facility. The project objective is to support the development of potential utility scale renewable energy projects for public-private partnership and GCF funding. To facilitate the implementation of renewable energy projects, and ultimately the Country Programme being developed, potential national accredited entities from the Energy Sector will be assessed and the nomination by NDA of two entities will be supported, while raising their awareness on GCF funding opportunities. As key Government partner, the private sector will be engaged in the process of prioritizing utility scale renewable energy projects and made aware of potential access to GCF through Private Sector Facility. Addressing barriers to scale up and make use of the country’s abundant natural energy resources would help reduce the cost of power and pave the way for sustainable access to renewable energy. In line with this, the proposed project will undertake policy and institutional assessment and provide recommendations as well as for innovative financing to leverage private sector investments.
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Support for Enhanced Accreditation of National entities and Development of High-Quality Concept Notes The GGGI Mexico team aims to present a new multi-year readiness proposal with the NDA by August 31st, 2020. Likely components/activities to be contained in this proposal are:
1) For either or both Banobras and Nafin (current candidate accredited entities)
* Upgrade of GCF accreditation to include grants
* Support in development of concept notes
* Development of programs
A multi-year proposal requires a Needs Assessment, which is currently carried out as part of the Country Program Document. The GGGI Mexico team aims to present a new multi-year readiness proposal with the NDA by August 31st, 2020. Likely components/activities to be contained in this proposal are:
1) For either or both Banobras and Nafin (current candidate accredited entities)
* Upgrade of GCF accreditation to include grants
* Support in development of concept notes
* Development of programs
A multi-year proposal requires a Needs Assessment, which is currently carried out as part of the Country Program Document.
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Climate Finance Access Network To finance the placement of ~10 climate finance advisors in the Pacific over two years, to support the development of bankable projects. The advisors would be positioned in both Member (Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Vanuatu) and SIDS in the Pacific (including Samoa, whihc has expressed interest to become a Member of GGGI). This is aligned with GGGI's Strategic Outcomes, Global Operatonal Priority 1 (catalyzing and accelerating access to climate finance/green investments for members' public and private sector) and potentially others (GOP 4, GOP 5). Good complementary to the work with Pacific NDC Hub (both investment and policy), New Zealand (policy), and GCF Readiness (investment). Moreover, opportunity here to also explore opportunities that these investment projects can feed into Australia's AIFFP - and ADB (drawing on the experience to date with ADB in Southeast Asia). Not to mention the opportunity to receiving funding from Canada for the first time. Though this process, we have already registered GGGI through Global Affairs Canada's systems for international organizations to receive funding. N/A
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State of Sonora Green Growth Plan Mexico, an upper middle-income country, is the second largest economy in Latin America. However, Mexico’s already strained natural resources face increased environmental and climate change related pressure as its economy continues to grow. Mexico is the 13th largest Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emitter in the world and the costs of its environmental degradation were estimated at approximately 4.6% of GDP in 2016. The State of Sonora, in particular, has one of the highest per capita energy usage and GHG emissions in the country. The state´s natural and human capital makes it well-poised to significantly contribute to the attainment of the country’s NDC and SDG targets while delivering inclusive economic growth. For this to happen, the state must act swiftly to mainstream green growth planning to its policy and finance decision making. Notedly, the opening of the nation’s energy market represents a unique opportunity for the state to decarbonize its economy and develop local capabilities in the energy sector by scaling-up energy efficiency practices, fostering the investment renewable energy infrastructure and investing in inclusive education, research and employment. Development of the Sonora State Green Growth Strategy and transitioning toward a pathway of green growth.
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Enhancing resilience to climate change through solar power driven access to water in rural areas The project aims to (i) address the lack of adaptive capacity and vulnerability of the rural water sector to adverse climate effects (climate change adaptation and GHG emission reductions) and (ii) remove barriers for the wide-scale utilization of solar power to meet the water needs of households, communities and micro-businesses initially in few target sites and eventually in the whole country.
The project will do this by providing technical, management and operational solutions to improving access to sustainable alternative sources of safe potable water in communities where there is not enough access to clean and safe water resources. The project will also create conditions that enable sustainable local management of the systems and replication and up-scale of investments in sustainable water infrastructure to rural and remote island areas.
The implementation of the project will be carried out in partnership with Government of Vanuatu Ministries and Departments responsible for energy and water. The approach will draw on lessons from ongoing initiatives and keep open communication channels to maximize learning and knowledge sharing throughout the project. The GGGI Project Manager is embedded with the DoWR to maximize project integration and learning both-ways on rural water management in Vanuatu and provide supplementary support as and when needed.
Therefore 24 cyclone-resistant solar powered water pumping systems (including storage) must be designed, successfully installed and commissioned at the identified locations where communities do not have sufficient, reliable and affordable access to water. In addition targeted communities will be trained in the Operation and Management of such systems as far asgovernment officials. National Solar Powered Water Systems guidelines will be also produced.
Finally, a Financial Sustainability Study will be carried out in order to provide mechanisms to ensure financial sustainability and development of a replication mechanism. Increased resilience in rural Ni-Vanuatu communities to cope with future climate change consequences such as severe droughts/tropical cyclones.
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Indonesia Green Growth Program Phase II The future economic challenge for Indonesia is to deliver
rapid, yet inclusive, and people-centered economic growth in
support of the ambitious social and economic goals expressed
in the nine-point priority agenda of Indonesia’s current national
medium-term development plan (RPJMN 2015-2019). The
‘Nawa Cita,’ the 9 national priority agendas of Jokowi-Kalla, calls
for a clean, transparent, democratic government; stronger rural
economy; land tenure reforms; and greater productivity and
competitiveness of the Indonesian people.
In this regard, Indonesia’s Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM)
has targeted a total of USD 100 billion in green investment in the
agriculture, forestry, fisheries, renewable energy and geothermal
power, clean manufacturing, and tourism sectors to meet
Indonesia’s sustainability ambitions relevant to the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) and climate change actions.
To achieve the goals, Indonesia has to address the challenges of: Lack of domestic and international investment to reach
development targets, and lack of knowledge and capacity Support in the acceleration of investment in inclusive,
green projects, with an aim for Indonesia to meet its
Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG). Unlock large-scale finance and deliver high impact with a
focus on developing climate-smart and socially inclusive
investment projects. Build on the work done in Phase I, which focused on
mainstreaming green growth into planning and on developing
analytical tools.
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Preparatory work for the KOICA project on wastewater and solid waste management The project is focused on conducting pre-F/S on building decentralized wastewater treatment (DEWATS) and fecal sludge treatment systems in Pakse, Laos. Since September 2017, GGGI has worked on a proposal for KOICA, which has been approved, focused on supporting the Government of Lao PDR for solid waste and wastewater management. The proposed activities will occur from January to March in 2019, and the results of the activities will feed into the final implementation plan of the KOICA project starting in Q3 2019.
KOICA asked GGGI to conduct a preliminary cost analysis and site selections, similar to a pre-feasibility study, before the official launch of the project. The cost analysis for decentralized waste treatment systems (DEWATs) and fecal sludge treatment plant (FSTP) in Pakse will be a straightforward exercise for experienced engineers estimating the cost of labor, materials, transport for constructing the facilities. The Government of Lao PDR (GOL) has suggested six potential sites for DEWATs and the analysis will focus on building DEWATs in those six sites. Once the construction costs are estimated, the site will be selected in consideration of the fund availability from KOICA. For FSTP, GoL has proposed the facility to be built in the landfill. The proposed activities are i.) Cost analysis and site selection for decentralized waste treatment systems (DEWATs) and fecal sludge treatment plant (FSTP) in Pakse ii.) Cost analysis and site selection for decentralized waste collection points in Vientiane iii.) Development of the implementation plan for the KOICA project starting in Q3 2019.
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Building capacity of Mongolian government for NDC implementation Mongolia submitted requests for support as part of the NDC Partnership Climate Action Enhancement Package (CAEP). Support from UNEP CCAC to the two following activities was approved
A462: GHG mitigation analysis for the economic sectors not included in INDC of Mongolia such as transport, construction, industry, waste sectors (TAF funding: 64,071 USD
A463: Analysis for including HFCs (refrigerant gases) in NDC update and assessment of HFC mitigation potentials (TAF funding: 56,500 USD)
Activities in this project will be coordinated by UNEP with technical support from the Stockholm Environment Institute York Centre (SEI) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI).
UNEP subgranted a part of NDCP CAEP to GGGI under a Small Scale Grant Agreement in September 2021 with 6 month delay from end of March 2020. There was delays of contract signing between WRI and UNEP that caused the overall delay. The main expected outcomes are:
1. Assess of the current methods and tools used to estimate GHG emissions in the national GHG inventory and to develop projections as part of the NDC, with recommendations on how these can be improved
2. Improve the analysis of GHG and air pollutant emissions using the LEAP-IBC tool for selected sectors, including projections extending to 2050 (from current 2030-time horizon)
3. Build capacity within MET, the Environment and Climate Fund and other key government entities in 3 sectors to undertake assessment of GHG and air pollutant mitigation potential of different plans, policies and strategies, and to apply this capacity in climate change planning processes.
4. Document results from the use of LEAP-IBC tool that can be used and integrated into climate change planning (e.g. NDC Action Plan, 2050 Long-term Development Plan) and reporting (e.g. National Communication, Biennial Update Reports, GHG inventory, MRV framework) frameworks.
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Implementation of the INDC Since 2011, Myanmar has begun its transition to a market economy, and from military rule to democracy. The opening up of the economy has accelerated growth, with a 6.5% growth average since 2011. The first democratic elections in 25 years took place in 2015. Myanmar relies heavily on natural resources such as energy, minerals, forestry, and agriculture for its main exports and industries, which makes it essential that its growth pattern is environmentally sustainable. Myanmar’s potential needs to be unlocked through careful analysis and by charting a sustainable development path that generates strong economic, environmental and social outcomes. In support of country’s sustainable development Myanmar needs to address: The growing energy demands of its population and expanding economy, while maintaining Myanmar’s international commitment to low GHG emissions; and the growing rural and urban demands for forest, agricultural and watershed products and services while addressing the economic and policy drivers of deforestation and landscape degradation. Support Myanmar’s efforts to move towards a low carbon green growth model that simultaneously achieves poverty reduction, social inclusion, environmental sustainability, and economic growth.
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Mobilising Article 6 Trading Structures (MATS) "The objective of the MT-SFoG program will be to accelerate the restart of an international trading market in emission reductions, generally referred to as mitigation outcomes under the Paris Agreement. SEA have already completed a number of theoretical programs as preparation, whilst the rules of the Paris Agreement are finalized, specifically the rules related to Article 6. This program will take the next steps, developing all the lessons learned into real implementable activities with related transactable mitigation outcomes. The program is not only expected to design and ready a number of activities for transaction, but also to establish the frameworks needed for sustainable transacting in the countries selected to ensure a continued pipeline of activities can be developed. The objective will be achieved through a number of key outputs: 1. Identification and Development of Activities: potential transactable project activities will be identified, selected against set criteria and then developed against the emerging rulebook of Article 6 for international transfer. 2. Governance Framework and Activity Approval Piloting: in order to ensure that identified project activities can proceed to transaction, with related corresponding adjustments, the appropriate governance frameworks must be in place within host countries. This output will support potential host country governments to establish such frameworks, working through the GGGI country teams and installed government contact network. Once frameworks are established they will be tested by processing the project activities identified in Output 1 . 3. Deal Structuring and Finance: GGGI will work with both Sweden as well as the host country in order to ensure as far as reasonably possible, that the two parties have established the underlying architecture needed for a successful MOPA signing and project implementation." The objective of the Mobilising Article 6 Trading Structures (MATS) program will be to accelerate the restart of an international trading market in emission reductions, generally referred to as mitigation outcomes under the Paris Agreement. SEA have already completed a number of theoretical programs as preparation, whilst the rules of the Paris Agreement are finalized, specifically the rules related to Article 6. This program will take the next steps, developing all the lessons learned into real implementable activities with related transactable mitigation outcomes. The program is not only expected to design and ready a number of activities for transaction, but also to establish the frameworks needed for sustainable transacting in the countries selected to ensure a continued pipeline of activities can be developed. The objective will be achieved through a number of key outputs:
1. Identification and Development of Activities: potential transactable project activities will be identified, selected against set criteria and then developed against the emerging rulebook of Article 6 for international transfer.
2. Deal Structuring and Finance: GGGI will work with both Sweden as well as the host country in order to ensure as far as reasonably possible, that the two parties have established the underlying architecture needed for a successful MOPA signing and project implementation.
3. Governance Framework and Activity Approval Piloting: in order to ensure that identified project activities can proceed to transaction, with related corresponding adjustments, the appropriate governance frameworks must be in place within host countries. This output will support potential host country governments to establish such frameworks, working through the GGGI country teams and installed government contact network. Once frameworks are established, they will be tested by processing the project activities identified in Output 1.
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UAE National Climate Adaptation Program In collaboration with GGGI, the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) developed the National Climate Change Plan 2050 in 2017, an enabling policy framework that facilitates the transition toward a climate-resilient green economy, while managing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, minimizing climate risks, and supporting economic diversification efforts. To implement the Plan, the National Climate Change Adaptation Program was launched with the aim to make the UAE one of the most climate-resilient countries in the world. This program focuses on risk assessment and adaptation analysis in four key sectors: health, energy, infrastructure, and environment, which are considered critical areas in ensuring climate resilience in the UAE. Following the identification and prioritization of climate risks, a range of adaptation measures will be analyzed and prioritized. The adaptation action plans include information on the specific actions and the corresponding lead actors, supporting actors, timeline, M&E metrics as well as the indicative costs and impacts. This is expected to facilitate the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation and resilience in sectoral development strategies in the long term. The project objectives are thus to i.) identify climate trends, assess impacts, and prioritize climate risks that demand urgent action and ii.) involve all stakeholder groups in developing sectoral adaptation action plans and its implementation.
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GCF Readiness: Enhancing Access to Climate Finance in Morocco’s Regions In order to support local and regional governments in accessing climate finance and in structuring bankable projects, this Readiness Project is based on 2 Components, conducted in parallel, to:
1. Design a multi-sector National Financing Vehicle (NFV) to help territories (regions, provinces, and municipalities) access climate finance to support the implementation of Morocco’s National Sustainable Development Strategy (NSDS), NDC and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); and
2. Design a Regional Climate Finance Pipeline Development Capacity Building Program for the Climate Change Competency Center (4C) using a train-the-trainer approach so it can accompany the national and regional stakeholders in prioritizing and preparing bankable, sustainable and inclusive climate finance projects that will create a pipeline for financing in support of the GCF Country Programme. To mobilize subnational investments for climate projects, including by the private sector, it is proposed to designate a NFV with the ability to include diverse national and local stakeholders and act as the national climate finance coordination body, to improve complementarity of projects (and avoid duplication).
Establishment of a NFV will help Morocco to move from a project-based funding approach to a coherent national integrated climate change investment strategy, based on the GCF Country Programme and each of the 12 regions’ Regional Development Plans (PDRs) with a pipeline of priority climate finance projects and associated resources. It will also be proposed to the Steering Committee that the NFV fulfill the NSDS requirement that a national fund for the environment and climate be established. A strategy-based approach therefore allows investments to be more efficient and coordinated, which consequently lowers transactional costs. The NFV could be established as a National Climate Fund and serve as central recipient for international public climate finance inflows to blend with concessional loans and other instruments. This approach would also strengthen Morocco’s management of climate finance inflows and optimize access to international climate finance by national and subnational public as well as the private sector. NFV models have, in Rwanda and Ethiopia, successfully promoted green growth and climate resilience by using climate financing to de-risk and attract private sector investments.
To be catalytic it is recommended that Fund is capitalized by public and private sector resources, this would also allow fund to diversify its financial instrument base (e.g. equity, loans, grants and guarantees) to be offered downstream to recipients.
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Mobilizing Climate Finance for Climate Resilient and Low-Carbon Development The proposed Readiness will support the Government of Ecuador develop strategic frameworks to enhance access to international climate finance, and promote private sector investments in mitigation and adaptation plans by:
-Strengthening the capacity of local financial institutions to integrate environmental, social and governance standards into their operations and instruments.
-Building the capacity of the Government of Ecuador to adopt and implement innovative climate finance instruments.
-Advancing the development of a National Green Taxonomy.
-Developing a strategic framework for low carbon, climate-smart Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs).
The primary beneficiaries of the proposed Readiness grant include:
-The Ministry of Economy and Finance: The proposal will strengthen the capacity and systems of the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Institutional Climate Finance Committee to design innovative sustainable finance instruments to access long-term international climate finance.
-Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecologic Transition (NDA): The proposed readiness supports the Ministry of Environment in the development of enabling conditions and instruments for the implementation of Ecuador’s National Climate Finance Strategy and achievement of NDC and SDG targets.
-Local financial institutions (LFIs): The proposal will increase LFI’s capacity to screen, categorize and mitigate E&S risks of their transactions and loan portfolio; and to design and implement green financial products and instruments.
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Climate Action Enhancement Package: Saint Lucia Project focuses on enhancing the country's NDC and fast-tracking NDC implementation. GGGI is working together with partners including OECS and Climate Analytics. The Climate Action Enhancement Package (CAEP) assists developing countries, member of the NDC Partnership, in achieving two overarching objectives:
Objective 1: Enhancing NDCs which includesincluding raising ambition, as part of the Paris Agreement’s NDC update process;
Objective 2: Fast-track implementation of NDCs which includes providing in-country technical expertise and capacity building.
The present terms of reference are intended to guide institutional and associate members, as well as developed country members (through their national development agencies) of the NDC Partnership, hereby referred to as the ‘implementing partners’, in the delivery of support to the recipient country. The terms of reference are developed by the NDC Partnership Support Unit, in coordination and consultation with implementing partners and relevant authorities of the recipient country. The terms and delivery of support by implementing partners are contingent on the approval from the recipient country.
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KOICA Green ODA Project KOICA will provide USD 210,000 to request 1) development of PCP that will be aligned with Korea’s Green ODA strategy and national priorities and 2) a synthesis report which will include the analysis of national policies, a country needs assessment, and lists of project ideas. The targeted countries of this project are Mongolia, Fiji, and Peru. Three PCPs (one per country) will be originated from the list of project ideas in the synthesis report. Three PCPs may have a chance of leading to the KOICA multi-bi project.
PCPs must be submitted to KOICA by the end of August for their internal PCP review process in September and the synthesis report by the end of October. KOICA will provide USD 210,000 to request 1) development of PCP that will be aligned with Korea’s Green ODA strategy and national priorities and 2) a synthesis report which will include the analysis of national policies, a country needs assessment, and lists of project ideas. The targeted countries of this project are Mongolia, Fiji, and Peru. Three PCPs (one per country) will be originated from the list of project ideas in the synthesis report. Three PCPs may have a chance of leading to the KOICA multi-bi project.
PCPs must be submitted to KOICA by the end of August for their internal PCP review process in September and the synthesis report by the end of October.
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Development of an Agricultural Strategy as an Addendum to the KV20 - Kiribati's National Development Plan More climate change resilient, diversified and secure livelihoods within the agricultural sector can provide the population with fruits and vegetables necessary for an improved diet which will lead to improved nutrition and health. However, while these linkages are generally understood, they are seldom integrated into policy and project design. To ensure a roadmap exists that can i.) provide the linkages between livelihoods-agriculture-food-nutrition and health ii.) provide a list of integrated and sector-specific projects that tackle all these issues holistically. GGGI has been requested by the Government of Kiribati to develop an Agriculture Addendum (or Agricultural Strategy) to the Kiribati National Development also called the KV20. The project objective is to develop a green policy on agriculture so that i-Kiribati have access to diversified and secure livelihoods developed through climate change resilient, sustainable agriculture practices and promote healthier diets. This project is aligned with IO1. Strengthened national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing, and institutional frameworks and IO3. Improved multi-directional knowledge sharing and learning to empower local and external agents necessary to drive green growth processes in partner governments.
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Empowering local non-state actors and vulnerable communities for climate action and resilience The purpose of the project it to empower Civil Society Organizations in Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Cote d’Ivoire to become advocates of strong and decisive climate action, domestically, regionally and internationally as well as Vulnerable community for climate action and resilience The purpose of this 12 months project is to empower Civil Society Organizations in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire, to become advocates of strong and decisive climate action, domestically, regionally, and internationally. To implement it, GGGI will offer the following work package that will support the improvement of environmental and climate change governance for more ambitious climate action in the three targeted countries.
The project is expected to impact the capacity of CSOs from two countries, Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire to influence climate policies thus helping enhance the adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change of vulnerable and poor farmers. The project will train and enhance the capacity of 100 CSOs / 1000 CSO members, including 450 men and 550 women, and relevant actors, publish 06 policy briefs concerning key sectors/themes in the region. Linkages between CSOs at national and regional level will be built with at least 06 CSOs in Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire becoming members of national or regional climate related platforms, networks or advocacy groups.
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Uganda Green Investment Facility The government of Uganda is seeking to raise USD 11 billion to finance the Uganda Green Growth Development Strategy (UGGDS) while the estimated cost of Uganda’s NDC is USD 5.5 billion exclusive of conditional commitment. This requires a coordinated approach to resource mobilization and project financing, one path being through a green investment fund. This will ensure efficiency of the project funding mechanism, prioritization of projects to be financed and effective monitoring and reporting The objectives of the project are i.) A market assessment to identify the types and pipelines of projects that require support and an understanding of the financial barriers they are facing ii.) An analysis of the different types of national financing vehicles operational around the world and mapping of how the different designs may target the project pipelines; and an understanding of which mechanisms may also be appropriate for the Ugandan context will also be needed iii.) A stakeholder consultation.
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Green Growth Index and Promotion Project In Lao PDR, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) oversees the country’s socio-economic development planning. The apex development plan is the five-year central level national socio-economic development plan (NSEDP), of which the ninth edition was approved in 2021, with GGGI’s support. The 9th NSEDP sets out targets related to green growth and green cities. These targets draw on the earlier National Green Growth Strategy (NGGS) which GGGI supported MPI to develop and approve in 2017. GGGI is hosted by MPI in Lao PDR.
With these high-level policy and plan in place, MPI’s focus is now on achieving implementation. As the Government of Lao PDR has scaled up its commitment to green growth over the past five years, an improved, operational index is needed. The overall objectives of the project are to build technical capacity on Green Growth Index for the Government of Lao PDR through training sessions, reviewing and updating of the Green Growth Index under the National Green Growth Strategy of Lao PDR for the government to use moving forward, and to disseminate and promote green growth and green office initiative to the public.
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Fast-tracking investment in nature for the green recovery of Senegal: designing and operationalizing the Green PSE The project will help catalyse investment in nature for a green recovery and allow Senegal to progress towards its environmental commitments. It will position the integration of nature conservation and restoration at the heart of Senegal’s main long-term development policy, and as a tool for Senegal’s recovery from Covid19. The project will support the Government of Senegal in the conceptualization, operationalization and financing of the Green Emerging Senegal Plan (PSE), allowing the country to make progress towards its environmental targets under the Bonn Challenge and other international environmental conventions. Expected impacts include creating a political momentum and catalysing investment at the benefit of nature conservation and restoration projects, helping identify and prepare priority projects for Government and other financing Position nature conservation and restoration as a tool for Senegal’s recovery from Covid19 by leading the design and financing of Senegal’s main environmental priority programme, the Green PSE.
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TTR Phase II-Development of Guideline for Standard Offer Program The TTR project intends to drive transformational, sustainable and replicable change in the areas of EE finance and policy. By treating energy savings as energy generation, the TTR project helps trigger utilities to reconsider their business model and leads GoM to review the current subsidies scheme.
The initial project size, of USD 20.1 million, will allow the retrofitting of 35% or 370 building blocks of the total building stock and will be the first of 3 phases to extend the retrofitting to the total precast building stock (1077 building blocks). Total estimated investment needed for implementation amounts to approx. USD 72.8 million. Phase I is expected to deliver savings equivalent to 1,351 MWh/year which equals 96,891 tons of direct CO2 emissions, with a 10 years cumulative saving of 775,128 tCO2e. The project objective is to advance the feasibility of the project and help convince NAMA or other possible financiers that the project is mature enough to justify i.) Additional funding to be unlocked for detailed project preparation ii.) Submission of the project for financing. This project is aligned with IO1. Strengthened national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing and institutional frameworks.
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Electric Mobility Program, Phase II To these ends, during 2019, GGGI undertook an electric bus feasibility study for Sajha Yatayat. This study successfully mobilized USD 26 million in investment from the federal government for nationwide electric public bus deployment. In addition, working with local municipalities GGGI prepared investment proposals for the use of electric buses and electric shuttles in the heritage and tourist industries. GGGI also launched the process of building Nepal’s first provincial electric mobility strategy, providing policy and investment guidance across infrastructure, markets, vehicles and financing, and led a delegation of government officials to India to learn from the Government of India’s experience with electric bus deployment. This project is aligned with IO1. Strengthened national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing and institutional frameworks and IO3. Improved multi-directional knowledge sharing and learning to empower local and external agents necessary to drive green growth processes in partner governments.
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Supporting the AU Green Recovery Action Plan This opportunity is building on the conversation that started at COP26 with Ambassador Josepha from the African Union on possible support that can provided by GGGI with regards to the Green Action Plan for Recovery (GRAP). Two possible areas of collaboration have then been identified: 1) develop a roadmap for the implementation of the GRAP; 2) support the climate finance pillar of the GRAP, with capacity building, financial mechanisms etc. The ultimate outcome of the project is enhanced impact on the economic and climate resilience of the African population, in particular women and youth, post-COVID-19. This will be achieved through progress in three intermediate outcomes:
Intermediate Outcome 1: Strengthening the AUC’s ability to implement the GRAP.
Intermediate Outcome 2: Enhancing skills of national and regional policymakers to develop inclusive green growth policies, plans and programs in alignment with their nationally determined contributions and climate change strategies.
Intermediate Outcome 3: Improving the ability for governments and partners to access climate finance for Africa’s green recovery, aimed in particular at initiatives that support women and youth.
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Africa - Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF) Mobilization of USD 260 million in equity and grant funding from Green Climate Fund (GCF) for the capitalization of Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF), a USD 800 million blended finance fund to drive investments in climate resilient infrastructure projects across the African continent. Infrastructure assets are increasingly stressed by multiple drivers of climate change including high temperatures and prolonged heat wave phenomena, changing precipitation patterns, droughts, floods, and rising sea levels. Without significant improvements in infrastructure resilience, annual economic losses from natural disasters’ damage to urban infrastructure alone will increase from USD 250 to 300 billion currently to USD 415 billion by 2030. With Africa being the most vulnerable continent to climate change, mainstreaming climate change is a key requirement for the long-term viability of its infrastructure development.
To address the growing infrastructure financing needs to adapt to increasing climate change, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), an investment grade rated multilateral finance institution established to help address Africa’s infrastructure needs and challenges, is planning to establish a new fund called Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF). ICRF is designed to offer institutional investors a unique vehicle to access the fast-growing African Infrastructure market supported by (i) rich and diverse natural resource base; (ii) rapid urbanization and demographic growth; and (iii) rapid digitalization. ICRF will focus on investments that enhance both the quality and longevity of physical infrastructure (roads, ports, bridges, rail, telecommunications, clean energy, and logistics projects in Africa) with the objective of making these assets more resilient to the impacts of climate change while being in accordance with the Paris agreement.
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Viet Nam Urban Green Growth Action, Phase II Viet Nam’s economic growth in recent decades has been accompanied by significant rural to urban migration, which has led to increased social and environmental challenges. Over the past decade, 700 square kilometers of land has been converted into urban areas and inhabited by 7.5 million new city residents. While Viet Nam’s cities represent potential engine for strong economic growth, the largest urban centers operate with poor urban design and lack adequate infrastructure. Cities also lack sufficient levels of green growth investment, due in part to insufficient climate change and green growth mainstreaming in policy and planning processes, and climate-relevant project orientation. To address these challenges, Viet Nam had adopted the Viet Nam Green Growth Strategy (VGGS), which includes priorities to deploy technologies to adapt to climate change and reduce GHG emissions through green growth actions in infrastructure, employment, and natural capital. Many of the VGGS mitigation goals as reflected in the NDC will require increased low carbon infrastructure investment in the wastewater, energy and transport sectors. Support cities in Viet Nam to decrease poverty, increase green jobs, improve air quality, reduce GHG emissions and increase resilience to climate change through low-carbon planning and investments in urban infrastructure.
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RE-ACT: Renewable Energy - Accelerated Transition in Indonesia As discussed with the New Zealand's Embassy in Jakarta, they are interested to explore collaboration with GGGI by funding us to do a renewable energy project. GGGI submitted 4 project ideas for funding consideration to NZ MFAT and they responded that they are interested for collaboration with GGGI that focuses more on addressing policy and regulatory framework barriers in Indonesia. Biomass-to-energy and hybrid solar PV solutions can then be part of the larger objective of policy works. As discussed with the New Zealand's Embassy in Jakarta, they are interested to explore collaboration with GGGI by funding us to do a renewable energy project. GGGI submitted 4 project ideas for funding consideration to NZ MFAT and they responded that they are interested for collaboration with GGGI that focuses more on addressing policy and regulatory framework barriers in Indonesia. Biomass-to-energy and hybrid solar PV solutions can then be part of the larger objective of policy works.
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Ethiopia Climate Resilient Forest and Landscape Rehabilitation Programme KOICA Office in Ethiopia and GGGI Ethiopia have been collaborating on a project for capacity building to address climate change in Ethiopia focusing on forestry, MRV and Article 6 of the Paris Agreement since 2018. As a final outcome of the project, policy recommendation should be proposed to the GoE by the end of 2020. A pilot project will be proposed as the second phase of the current project; it will be focused on implementing activities in AFOLU sector with the intended outcome of generating ITMOs, as well as creating the institutional arrangements to allow for transferring them internationally. Based on the successful implementation of the pilot project, a full-scale REDD+ project could be carried out in Ethiopia as the final phase. CRWP will contribute to the execution of the CRGE by supporting implementation of the NRS and NFSDP focusing on the policy, organizational, technical and financial aspects that will allow for successful forest restoration to be implemented under a landscapes approach on 13,000 ha of degraded lands in selected watersheds, with the intention of contributing to a long-term impact of securing the provision of ecosystem services to improve climate resilience and sustain green growth at the national level by 2050.
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Strengthening the NDA and Key National Stakeholders in Angola on GCF Mechanisms AFDB has transferred its Delivery Partners role to GGGI on the Angola Readiness Proposal titled: Strengthening the NDA and Key National Stakeholders in Angola on GCF Mechanisms.
Both the NDA and the GGGI are in alignment with this transfer as the proposal has been approved.
For the GCF to make the final transfer to GGGI, they have requested a switch from AFDB to GGGI in the approved proposal document.
The 5 key areas that the Readiness Proposal focuses on are:
1) strengthening of the NDA institutional capacity;
2) developing a strategic framework for engagement with the GCF, including the preparation of GCF Country Programme Strategy (CPS), building a pipeline of eligible projects, and signing of Privileges and Immunities Agreement
3) creation of multi-stakeholder engagement capacity
4) development of an effective mechanism for identifying, selecting, and supporting aspiring national institutions for accreditation as direct access entities, and
5) engagement with the private sector with the view explore possibilities for access GCF private sector facility for green financing initiatives.
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Climate Smart Agriculture for Kiribati The project will support Kiribati to achieve its national development targets and international commitment by helping to develop a climate resilient, income generating agriculture sector that is backstopped by green technology solutions and which is accessible and inclusive to all i-Kiribati, through:
• Development of awareness raising and training materials to increase agricultural productivity in English and i-Kiribati for target groups.
• Introduction of agriculture and health awareness raising as part of school and extra-curricular activities.
• Support training on agriculture and business skills development for women and youth.
• Support SME’s on climate smart agriculture practices and green entrepreneurship training and mentoring.
• Support training of SME’s on climate-smart agriculture technologies, its operations and maintenance. The overall objective of the project is to enhance adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change of Kiribati island communities through a technology, education and capacity building and livelihoods development program for the agriculture sector.
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Conservation and Sustainable Management of Forested Landscapes in Southwestern Ethiopia Business Development budget is sought to support maximize opportunities for impacts on gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Forested Landscapes in Southwestern Ethiopia project. A limited gender components integrated into the project proposal, however, there is a need to further elaboration on the project’s gender component through a gender analysis to inform the projects indicators and approaches, and to meet the high ambition of the project donor, Sweden, and their Feminist Foreign Policy.
The requested fund of 4000 USD from the Business Development Budget is aims to: cover the cost of the field trip for two staff to join the mission for 15 days to collect the primary data on gender to support the gender analysis, formation of gender baseline data, gender indicators and the development of appropriate and effective Gender Action plan in the proposal.
This project is designed to support new and existing participatory forest management groups and Community Based livelihood Organizations in Southwestern Ethiopia and improve management and conservation of forested landscapes, biodiversity, livelihoods. It aims to build governance and building resilience capacity of target communities. It will be implemented in a landscape that has multiple functions, using multiple approaches, including the UNESCO biosphere reserve and Participatory Forest Management (PFM) approaches in five adjacent zones and one special woreda located in Oromia and Southwest Ethiopia Peoples’ (SWEP) Regional States. The project will be implemented by the Global Green Growth Institute and two local partners, which have excellent track record and project experience in Jimma and Kafa zones. This project is developed for funding from the Swedish Government as part of its support for the sustainable forest management, biodiversity conservation and market in Ethiopia.
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Private Engagement and Green Investment Mobilization GGGI will support MOCCAE to develop a Green Finance Framework, in close coordination with other relevant public/private entities mainly from the signatories of the Dubai Declaration on Sustainable Finance and the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Declaration. The project will begin with extensive consultation with public/private entities in the sustainable/green finance sector (e.g. financial service authorities, regulators, project developers, commercial banks, relevant ministries, etc.) to identify gaps and challenges preventing the growth of sustainable/green finance sector and will develop a framework to define the green project and to guide the green project origination and development, as well as green investment evaluation and execution. Followed by the development of Green Finance Framework, GGGI will work with MOCCAE and other public/private partners in the development of the green investment project pipeline. The project’s overall objective is to strengthen the UAE’s enabling environment to promote sustainable/green finance mobilization and implementation, which will contribute to positive economic, social and environmental impacts, and promote a green economy.
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Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Initiatives (REEEI) GGGI has been developing plans to work with the Least Developed
Countries Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Initiative
(LDC-REEEI) in advancing the interests and building the capacity
of the regional initiatives that utilizes local expertise rather than
international consultants and replicate what works.
Planned outputs directly addressed and supported LDC member
countries on technical support, tracking delivery, enabling learning,
fostering multi-stakeholder engagement, and strategic partnerships.
The support promotes rapid transformational action to improve
policies and to mobilize finance, and will explore effective action in:
• Stimulating energy for productive sectors
• Strengthening energy planning, to inform target setting and NDCs;
• Tackling policy and regulatory barriers; and
• Strengthen capacity of LDCs and Learning Exchanges for
Regulators, Policy Makers, and Energy Planners. To provide technical know-how and content-based services to operational/country teams to support their transition to a sustainable energy future
and to implement their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement and achieve their Sustainable Development Goal
(SDG) targets.
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Sustainable Industrial WW Sludge Management at the Ethiopian Industrial Parks Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister has announced his willingness to privatize government-owned assets and to liberalize the Ethiopian economy. This creates a momentum that is favorable for private initiatives such as industrial parks and export industries. And it could create a favorable enabling environment for PPP projects in the industrial parks. The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) launched the Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) Strategy in 2011, followed by the Second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP II, 2015/2016 – 2019/20), with the overall ambition of becoming a lower middle-income country by 2025. Whilst the economy has historically been dominated by the agricultural sector, the GTP II puts increasing importance on the development of the industrial sector in the country, particularly light manufacturing, and accordingly, the industrial sector’s contribution to GDP is expected to rise from the current 13% to about 20% by 2020.
GGGI had been requested by the CEO of the Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC) to assist in development of industrial wastewater sludge management strategy and viable business model for reuse. This project will focus on the four industrial parks that are currently operational (namely, Hawassa, Bole Lemi – in the outskirts of Addis Ababa, Kombolcha, and Mekelle). And there is a possibility of scaling it up to the other parks that will be commissioned soon.
All four industrial parks are fitted with wastewater treatment plants to treat industrial wastewater and sewage generated from the industrial parks. Whilst the Hawassa Industrial Park is fitted with a Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) system, with which most of wastewater can be treated and reused within the industrial park, thus increasing water efficiency, the other three parks are fitted with conventional treatment plants, which treat and discharge the wastewater to the surrounding environment. Especially, the Hawassa Industrial Park is considered as the country’s first eco-industrial park as its energy supply comes from hydroelectric power.
However, whilst all of the four operational industrial parks are equipped with wastewater treatment plants, none of the industrial parks have a sustainable way of disposing of the sludge and salts and are being stored in haphazard manner in the parks’ premises . The objective of the project is:
To identify the most viable and environmentally sustainable business model and strategy to manage industrial wastewater sludge at the industrial parks. This would involve conducting a market assessment on the reusability of the industrial wastewater sludge by other industries in Ethiopia. The outcome of the project is creating industrial parks that are with zero or limited sludge entering landfills
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Green Infrastructure Planning and Delivery (GIPD) The Government of Rwanda through Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS 2) is developing 6 Secondary Cities of Muhanga, Rubavu, Huye, Rusizi, Nyagatare, and Musanze as poles of economic growth and promote a more inclusive and green development approach. The 6 Secondary cities are experiencing different rates of urbanization. The National Strategy for Transformation (NST) 1 target is to increase the urban population from 17.3% (2013/2014) to 35% by 2024. The urbanization growth rates aided by the projected population increase from 10.5million in 2012 to 23.2million in 2050 and the associated transition towards a middle-income country by 2024 and a high-income country by 2050 are expected to increase the resource consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the built environment. The overall objective of the project is to provide technical advisory services for the Rwandan government and the private sector in the field of building and construction, and infrastructure to support the governments vision of achieving low-carbon and climate-resilient green economy by 2050. This project is aligned with IO1. Strengthened national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing and institutional frameworks, IO2. Increased green growth investment flows which enable partner governments to implement green growth policies and IO3. Improved multi-directional knowledge sharing and learning to empower local and external agents necessary to drive green growth processes in partner governments.
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Management Support to Norway under the Guyana-Norway Climate and Forest Partnership The Government of Norway has requested support in management of the GRIF including the following potential activities:
Give advice to the GRIF Steering Committee on the development of project pipeline/project proposals for GRIF, in support of the implementation of the GSDS. Assist the GoN, implementing partners and other partners in finalizing project concept notes and project proposals, including assisting parties in the case of disagreements.
Organize annual meeting of the GRIF Steering Committee (GoG and GoN). Prepare an agenda for the meeting, and take minutes. Call for extraordinary meeting(s) if needed. Prepare an annual report, including information on the status of all GRIF-projects.
Organize an annual meeting of the Multi-Stakeholder Steering Committee/Steering Committee Observers, to be chaired by the GRIF Steering Committee. The meeting is open to all all implementing partners and to civil society organizations, in accordance with the GRIF Operational Manual 1.0. Follow up of discussions/recommendations on project implementation to the GRIF Steering Committee.
Communication. Maintain the GRIF website and answer questions directed to the GRIF Secretariat. Assist GoG and GoN with providing information on the results of GRIF-projects/activity. The project proposed by GGGI is necessary to ensure that high quality proposals are being developed and approved to access GRIF funds, that GRIF is on a successful path towards project disbursement and delivery, that projects are adequately monitored and reporting results effectively, and that the relevant governance bodies are functioning in a robust manner. Without the project, there is a risk that GRIF will end without the ability to produce or report on significant results, thus undermine opportunities to scale up and replicate the GRIF mechanism or its projects in line with the LCDS.
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Support for the transition from the Emission Standard Euro 4/IV to Euro 6/VI in Morocco GGGI aims to assist METLE and the National Center for Testing and Homologation (CNEH) to implement the Euro 6/VI standard by January 1, 2022. GGGI’s support will be composed of 2 stages.
Stage 1 – Assessment of the expected benefits and costs associated with the transition to Euro 6/VI
To provide a sound rationale for the transition to the Euro 6/VI emission standard, this stage will assess the expected benefits from the transition. The potential reduction in air pollutants will be estimated. Other potential benefits from the economic, environmental, and social perspectives will also be examined. The cost will include required investments to bring the sector up to the EUR6/VI standards, in terms of fuel and fuel storage, vehicle production, etc. This stage will also assess if the transition would cause any significant costs to society.
Stage 2 – Development of an implementation plan for Euro 6/VI
Given the decision made by the Government of Morocco to transition to the Euro 6 / VI standard in 2022, and with the aim of working to ensure that this transition takes place under optimal conditions, a practical implementation and communication plan for this Euro 6/VI standard will be developed in close consultation with METLE and CNEH. In doing so, examples of other countries which leapfrogged from Euro 4/IV to Euro 6/VI will be referenced to gain insights and learn best practices. In addition, the process of introducing Euro 4/IV in Morocco will be critically reviewed so that difficulties similar to those faced by the government could be avoided when Euro 6/VI is rolled out. Stakeholders including vehicle manufactures, auto dealers, and consumer advocates will be consulted to reflect their views in the implementation plan to the extent possible. Aware of the elevated air pollution, its related socio-economic problems, and its causes, Morocco applied the Euro 4/IV emission standard for imported vehicles starting in 2011 and for locally produced vehicles starting in 2015. Although better than the previous emission standards, the Euro 4/IV emission standard does not achieve the expected emission reductions under real-world driving conditions, particularly in urban areas settings with low-speed and low-load. Taking this context into account and to accelerate the reduction of air pollutants from transport, the Government of Morocco aims to leapfrog from the Euro 4/IV to the Euro 6/VI emission standard by 2022.
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GGGI Contribution to the State-of-the-Art Report GGGI contributed to the State-of-the-Art Report: “A Time for Transformation: How Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Can Accelerate The UN Sustainable Development Goals” with external research and analyses about the advantages and roles of the government in transformative partnerships and how these can be complemented or leveraged with other types of stakeholders. Two research components totaling 5-10 pages of content included case studies on transformative partnerships and a second research component. The fund awarded will finance GGGI staff’s time spent conducting the research. GGGI contributed to the State-of-the-Art Report: “A Time for Transformation: How Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Can Accelerate The UN Sustainable Development Goals” with external research and analyses about the advantages and roles of the government in transformative partnerships and how these can be complemented or leveraged with other types of stakeholders. Two research components totaling 5-10 pages of content included case studies on transformative partnerships and a second research component. The fund awarded will finance GGGI staff’s time spent conducting the research.
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Burkina Faso Country Program Burkina Faso is a Least Developed Country. The country’s economic
performance is adversely affected by recurrent political unrest,
persistent decline in commodity prices and vulnerability to
climate shocks. Burkina Faso’s economy is heavily dependent on
natural resources and has experienced considerable loss in natural
resources, from land degradation to a fall in water resources, soil
erosion and deforestation.The country’s new development strategy
– (Program for National Economic and Social Development –
PNDES) – aims to reverse environmental degradation trends and
ensure sustainable management of natural resources. In this regard,
PNDES implementation guidelines include Improved environmental
governance and the mainstreaming of green economy perspectives
in development policies. The Government of Burkina Faso (GoBF)
set a specific objective within PNDES articulated as follow: mitigation
and adaptation capacities to the adverse effects of climate change are
reinforced to ensure an effective transition to the green economy.
Building on the outcomes of the meetings and GoBF priorities, GGGI
focuses on three areas (to be adjusted when the Country Planning
Framework is elaborated in 2018): i) sustainable landscape and scaling
up of eco-villages development model, ii) green cities devvelopment
and iii) inclusive green growth capacity development. The project aims to support Green Growth transition through the greening of the current flagship program (PNDES) taking account the national
priorities and aligned to GGGI’s strategic outcomes.
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EU Support to Progressive Platforms for Climate Action GGGI seeks to collaborate with UNDP in advancing policy preparedness for countries as they embark on implementing their NDCs within the context of their National Development Plans. Within their NDCs, these countries outlined their climate change vulnerabilities; adaptation and mitigation targets; and the international support is needed to achieve these targets. The overall objectives of the proposed Action are to:
- Promote implementation of the Paris Agreement and the transition to low carbon and climate resilient economies. Through research and experience sharing, enhance understanding and readiness for the implementation of the Paris Agreement while discussing implementation challenges such as establishing governance arrangements, attracting finance, long term planning, tracking NDC progress, among others.
- Support countries in building the capacity to engage in the UNFCCC negotiations. The Action will support countries develop plan, list of agreed priorities, and engagement strategy for the UNFCCC negotiations both at the technical and Ministerial level.
This Action is expected to contribute to the following results:
-Mobilise political leadership, foster progressive thinking and discussion among countries.
-Contribute to countries successful implementation of the Paris Agreement and its objectives.
-Support the identification of priorities and the development of engagement strategies in preparation for the UNFCCC negotiations.
-Promote a stronger coordination among the members of the selected groups in preparation for the UNFCCC negotiations.
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Sustainable Solid and Liquid Waste Management and Valorization in Rwanda’s Green Cities The project will improve waste management practices in the City of Kigali through reducing materials sent to landfill sites, and using circular economy approaches to valorize three waste streams: 1) municipal solid waste, 2) agro-processing waste, and 3) liquid waste. The project will identify valuable end-products and energy sources from existing waste streams as a means to create green jobs, improve access to sustainable services, and reduce GHG emissions from the three waste streams. This project aims to catalyze private sector engagement through the identification of appropriate technologies, mobilize climate finance to meet NDC mitigation targets in the waste sector, and enable the adoption of circular economy approaches to three waste streams: 1) municipal solid waste, 2) agro-processing waste, and 3) liquid waste. Focus will be given the City of Kigali with a view to expanding the scope of work to secondary cities and other fast-growing satellite cities at a later stage through earmarked funding opportunities.
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PS-Ethiopia-Ethiopian Climate Insurance Acceleration Fund (ECIAF) Ethiopia has an estimated 12 million smallholder farmers, who contribute 90% to the total agricultural output. For Ethiopia to reach its GTP II targets, commercialization of smallholder farmers is a top priority, and the GoE aims to increase the amount of crop production by smallholder farmers by 50% from 2015/16 to 2019/20. 2 However, smallholder farmers are predominantly reliant on rainfed agriculture, making them one of the most vulnerable groups in Ethiopia that are susceptible to various weather-related water risks, such as droughts and floods. To support the productivity of small-holder farmers and realization of the GTP II targets, it is necessary to protect them against such risks and increase the climate resilience of the agriculture sector. To support smallholder farmers in generating higher and more stable incomes that are more resilient to the effects of climate change, the establishment of the Ethiopian Climate Insurance Acceleration Fund (ECIAF) is proposed. To achieve this, GGGI is partnering with ATA (Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency; a government agency that, among others, is tasked to promote innovations and increased productivity) and Kifiya Financial Technology (a digital finance and payment services' provider). The aim of the partnership is to establish a fund on a commercial basis, that can eventually be sustained without external support after an initial period. Several Ethiopian insurance companies are interested to participate.
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Sustainable Urban cooling in Viet Nam Cities The project will support the 3 pilot cities of Hanoi, Can Tho and Tam Ky, selected to represent the range of municipal administrations in Viet Nam, to adopt Urban Cooling Action Plans (UCAPs), finance pilot projects and unlock stable municipal budgets for intervention on extreme heat and urban cooling. Interventions will include improved urban design, nature-based solutions, passive cooling measures, municipal incentives, district cooling and public procurement. Five learning cities will follow this work to ensure long-term scale-up (including Dong Hoi). In parallel, to unlock increased finance for UCAP implementation, a national cooling fund will be established under the existing Environmental Protection Fund and contributions sought from public budgets and international donors. Viet Nam has committed to link this proposed project into enhanced NDC implementation and its results into future iterations of its NDC (see Letter 1 in Annex). Viet Nam has included cooling and extreme heat in its enhanced NDC following consultations with Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Viet Nam (MoNRE) by UNEP/GGGI in preparation for this proposal.The rapid growth in urbanization in Vietnam and the accompanying development of new buildings across major cities in Vietnam present an immense opportunity to future-proof investments while also meeting the energy and building related emission target of the NDC. Understanding urban cooling mitigation potential in Viet Nam, UNEP and GGGI develop ideas to support the Government of Viet Nam to increase cooling ambition contributing to the overall energy and building targets of NDC. The idea contributes to Vietnam’s Plan for Implementation of the Paris Agreement and the NDC implementation programme under preparation, which includes the revision of sub-national climate action plans. UNEP and GGGI will showcase and develop a process to capture local action in NDC implementation.
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Strengthening Solid Waste and Fecal sludge Management Capacity of the GKMA (Phase 1) A detailed agreement on the scope is still necessary but these are the initial thoughts: To strengthen sustainable and gender-inclusive sanitation value chain in Karamoja (and ideally GGGI and the EU discussed to inlcude the GMKA as well - to be decided upon) especially for an after-containment value chain that will be complimentary to the on-going KOICA-UNICEF project. As there is very limited data on the business-as-usual situation of the sanitation value chain in Karamoja, a field visit will be planned to collect necessary data and to conduct a consultation with district / local government. The field visit will also involve visits to UNICEF project sites to assess status-quo capacity to collect, transport, and treat increasing amount of fecal sludge.
Furthermore the objective is to have UG14 "Development of affordable and sustainable financing solution for sanitation sector in Uganda" included in the proposal, and based on feedback from the MT during the PIN review this would mean that the UG14 project idea can go beyond just the financing vehicle for the sanitation vc and can have a broader and wider impact. Long Term Impact: Uganda achieves strong, inclusive and sustainable economic growth
Project Impact: Strengthening Solid Waste and Fecal Sludge Management Capacity of the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area
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Strengthen the NDA and Indonesia's Commitment to the Green Climate Fund This readiness proposal includes interlinked activities aimed at all five key readiness outcomes.
1. Country Capacity Strengthened: initial drafts of the coordination mechanisms and NOL procedure have not been finalized with
multi‑stakeholder input. Development of the monitoring and oversight system will start within this workstream.
2. Stakeholders engaged: this workstream will ensure a multi-stakeholder approach with strong gender equality focus.
3. Direct access realized: while Indonesia is already in an advanced state with one DAE, additional direct access is needed. Few
institutions understand or meet requirements for accreditation. This workstream will identify and support selected entities through the
accreditation process.
4. Access to finance: to identify and develop potential bankable projects, matchmaking between the private sector, financial institutions, (D)AE’s
and project developers will be key.
5. Private sector mobilized: while green and climate-friendly investment is growing in Indonesia, work remains to crowd-in private sector
investors into key sectors. This workstream will identify investment barriers, develop solutions, and facilitate lender-borrower matchmaking
for climate investments. • Establishing and strengthening national designated authorities or focal points
• Develop strategic frameworks, including the preparation of country programs
• Support for accreditation and accredited direct access entities
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Advancing Thailand´s Access to GCF To continue the momentum from GCF Readiness support in 2016,
Thailand has successfully developed its Country Program, criteria for
no objection procedure, and other necessary elements. With these
necessities in place, the country would be in a better position to pursue
opportunities working more closely and collaboratively with GCF.
Nonetheless, there are few key challenges preventing the country
to effectively access to GCF resources. These are a) limited technical
capacity of NDA in assessing potential GCF projects; b) unidentified
priority sector for project pipeline development; and c) the need for
private sector engagement in developing the sector investment plan.
The project aims to address the above challenges with the expected
result that Thailand will be ready to access GCF’s resources and will be
on track to achieve its NDC targets of reducing GHG emissions by 20.00-
25.00% from BAU by 2030. To assist Thailand to be ready to access GCF’s resources and be on track
to achieve its NDC targets of reducing GHG emissions by 20.00-25.00%
from BAU by 2030.
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Technical Advisor for Mainstreaming Low-emission Energy Technologies to build Guyana´s Green Economy” The proposed is to provide Technical Advisory services to UNDP project (funded by GEF and Government of Guyana) called "Mainstreaming Low-emission Energy Technologies to build Guyana's Green Economy".
The project is managed by UNDP in collaboration with Office of Climate Change (OCC). The project was submitted four years ago and approved in 2017. Only in August 2019 the project was initiated.
The project was designed to cover all gaps that exisit in the policy, legislation and regulation in the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency sector in Guyana. The UNDP project is divided in 3 components, the Technical Advisory support would be in the three components:
1. Technical and financial de-risking. Technical studies will be done in the national grid and new business models developed. The business models will include PPP and other innovative ways to leverage private investment.
2. Policy framework and Institional capacities. The project intended to develope a roadmap and review some of the legal arrangements. Since the project was designed some studies has already been done. The ladscape is also difference as recently Government is assessing the natural gas (associated to the recent oil discoveries) to be used as power source. The new scope would be to compile the studies and support Government on deciding the way forward.
3. Pilot projects. The project aim to is mobilize 5mUSD in key pilot projects. The techincal Advisory role would be supporting the consultants and Government to select and implement the projects. The project aims to ensure that there is a robust technical management system in place for the execution of the Project. It is the expectation that the consultancy will ensure:
- the articulation of Guyana’s Energy Pathway, inclusive of Renewable Energy;
- the development of energy sector business models;
- the establishment of the enabling legal and regulatory frameworks; and
- the deployment of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technologies in prioritised sectors.
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ESCO Ecosystem Strengthening To fully leverage the green investment potential in Cambodia, this project seeks to establish a platform to establish a commercial ESCO forum in Cambodia. Existing and new clean energy actors will be brought together in a forum that will serve to forge new business opportunity and foster technical and finance innovation to strengthen the clean energy business environment. This ESCO forum will initially be established within an existing business promotion association or clean energy advocacy organization (e.g. Eurocham, Energylab, etc) with the objective of providing an ESCO business ecosystem strengthening platform The ultimate goal is to transition this forum into a new, independent ESCO association in Cambodia incorporated into the World ESCO association. This ESCO forum will initially be established within an existing business promotion association or clean energy advocacy organization (e.g. Eurocham, Energylab, etc) with the objective of providing an ESCO business ecosystem strengthening platform The ultimate goal is to transition this forum into a new, independent ESCO association in Cambodia incorporated into the World ESCO association.
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Korea-Mexico-Three Central American Countries Triangular Cooperation Project on Strengthening Capacities for Forest Landscape Restoration in Response to Climate Change This Sustainable Agroforestry and Forest Restoration project will provide a technical collaboration platform with ROK, Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries to establish enabling polices environment and accelerate green investments for local communities and small farmers, especially for reducing poverty in climate vulnerable communities. And supporting the Sembrando Vida (Sowing Life) promoted by Mexican government to the Northern Triangle countries (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) through reflecting and implementing each country’s policy needs on forestry sector.
This can help climate resilience of rural area in Northern Triangle countries improved through a transition to sustainable agroforestry and forest restoration. Especially, resource‑constrained smallholders in climate vulnerable areas are supported by technological packages and financial instruments, leading to job creation and enhanced income generation. In line with the U.S.-ROK leaders’ joint statement (21 May 2021), this project aims to support and contribute to the El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras’s long-term objective by implementing forest restoration and agroforestry, creating jobs, and increasing income in local communities.
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Sovereign Origination, Policy, and Market Making (SOPMM) The project aims to catalyze sovereign sustainable bond issuance in Thailand by identifying a longlist / pipeline of potential public sector sustainable projects, paving the way for the country's updated Sustainable Financing Framework and subsequent pilot issuance of USD 100 million in sovereign sustainable bonds, thereby aligning with national green growth goals and international sustainability standards.
The first phase of the project (6 months) aims to establish a longlist/pipeline of potential sustainable projects within Thailand’s public sector and lay the groundwork for Thailand’s Sustainable Financing Framework update as well as pilot issuance of sovereign sustainable bonds. The second phase (18 months) aims to support the selected public sector sustainable bond issuance from the first phase, conduct readiness and need assessment for updating Thailand’s Sustainable Financing Framework, and provide targeted capacity and policy technical advice to update Thailand’s Sustainable Financing Framework. The second phase will explore earmarked funding opportunities from the following donors such as the Luxemburg Global Trust Fund on Sustainable Finance Instruments, Korea Green New Deal Fund (KGNDF), Green Recovery Challenge Fund, EU Global Green Bond Initiative, and/or the Green Climate fund (GCF).
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Sustainable Transport Global Program The sustainable transport global program aims to support member countries in the transition of their transport sector to sustainable modes, including low carbon mobility and non-motorized transport. Sustainable transport has been a focus area for GGGI since its inception. The objectives of this global program are to 1) scale up existing initiatives, including but not limited to feasibility assessments for electric buses and policy recommendations to accelerate e-mobility transition, 2) expand its scope towards Non-Motorized Transport (forms of travel that do not rely on an engine or motor for movement, such as walking and bicycling), and 3) step up the results into impacts that will be measured primarily through the Strategic Outcomes defined in GGGI’s 2030 Strategy. The sustainable transport global program aims to support member countries in the transition of their transport sector to sustainable modes, including low carbon mobility and non-motorized transport. Sustainable transport has been a focus area for GGGI since its inception. The objectives of this global program are to 1) scale up existing initiatives, including but not limited to feasibility assessments for electric buses and policy recommendations to accelerate e-mobility transition, 2) expand its scope towards Non-Motorized Transport (forms of travel that do not rely on an engine or motor for movement, such as walking and bicycling), and 3) step up the results into impacts that will be measured primarily through the Strategic Outcomes defined in GGGI’s 2030 Strategy.
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SC 119662 REG: Transition to Green and Inclusive Growth for Central Asian Economies The project aims to prepare a report and presentation taking stock of the ongoing efforts towards green growth and the opportunities challenges and options for Central Asian states, with focus on Azerbaijan and 2 other countries, as they moves towards a net zero economy.
1) An overview of ongoing efforts for low-carbon transition:
a) outline policy pledges, commitments, and trajectories (e.g. estimated peaking/turning point) during net zero transition;
b) review currently implemented environmental and economic policies to reduce emission and facilitate low-carbon transition along different policy categories ( e.g. natural capital, agriculture & ecosystem services; infrastructure);
c) compare existing policy exercises (a) & b)) to other regions of the world, particularly advanced economies. Is the country on time or behind the curve?
d) discuss policy options that the country needs to implement to achieve committed NDCs in the short run and a timely yet orderly net zero transition, and how this policy options may vary with other CIS countries.
2) Outline opportunities, challenges, and policy options for low carbon transition:
a) growth opportunities (capital input/efficiency/innovation) and co-benefits (environmental and social welfare like jobs, health, resilience) of the low carbon transition, as well as
b) salient challenges that the country may face during the low-carbon transition, for example, skills, strategical, technological, financial, institutional, social, and other constraints;
c) discuss policy options to promote the opportunities (for example to support green industries, private investments, and technology advances) and address related challenges and mitigate costs ( for example, investment gap, workforce relocation, efficiency loss, social welfare);
d) analyze how these proposed policies may vary across economic and development profiles in developing Asia.
e) compare green growth with at least 2 other regional neighbors
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Lao PDR National and Subnational Planning, Financing and Budgeting for Green Growth Lao PDR has experienced rapid economic growth, with an average 7.9% GDP growth during its 7th 5-Year National Social Economic Development Plan (NSEDP, 2011-2015). The poverty rate was reduced to 19.7% in 2015 and the Human Development index has increased. Labor structure has improved with increased percentage of labor employed in industry and service sectors. The current 8th NSEDP reiterated Government of Laos’ (GoL) ambition is to become a LMIC by 2020. Doing so will require not only better GDP growth, but a greater emphasis on the quality of growth. Laos seeks to maximize the impact of that growth on job creation and poverty reduction, which have been systemic challenges for the developing country. The objective of the project is to enhance Lao PDR’s capacity to implement green growth policy measures and investments. As results, Lao PDR
experiences reduced localized pollutions and improved climate resilience with more fiscal space to finance poverty reduction programs and creating more
job opportunities in industry and service sectors through green urbanization.
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Sustainable Energy-Water Solution for Med-Large Irrigation of Commercial Farming Development of agriculture sector is among the Ugandan government’s prioritized areas, especially since it is the backbone of Uganda’s economy, and it accounts for almost 25% of GDP and employs approximately 70% of the Ugandan population. Furthermore, the agriculture sector is the single biggest contributor to export earning as it accounts for 85% of total export mainly with cash crops including coffee, cotton, tea, and tobacco to be exported to Sudan, Kenya, DR Congo, Netherlands, Germany, South Africa and the UAE. However, still, over 55% of the agricultural GDP comes from food crops such as plantains, cassava, sweet potatoes, while cash crops contribute 17% only, leaving significant room for increased agricultural export earnings along with the development of commercial farming and promotion of cash crops.
Meanwhile, the impact of climate change poses significant threats to Uganda’s development goals. The most critical climate changes in Uganda are increased/reduced precipitation and increasing temperature, and such changes are already bringing negative impacts to energy, water, and eventually to agriculture sector, however, only 15,000 hectares, which is less than 3% of the potential irrigable area of 566,466 hectares, has been developed under the formal irrigation system.
Therefore, sustainable energy solutions for irrigation based on sustainable water management principles can provide Ugandan farmers with decentralized systems to access water and electricity for irrigation, and will greatly contribute to improved productivity and the profitability of Ugandan agriculture, as well as to improved climate resilience against the increasingly unexpectable rainfall pattern. Such interventions are further supported and guided by the National Irrigation Master Plan 2010-2035 that targets to invest in irrigation infrastructure and to boost commercial farming in an effort to transform the Ugandan society from a peasant to a modern and prosperous country. Development of agriculture sector is among the Ugandan government’s prioritized areas, especially since it is the backbone of Uganda’s economy, and it accounts for almost 25% of GDP and employs approximately 70% of the Ugandan population. Furthermore, the agriculture sector is the single biggest contributor to export earning as it accounts for 85% of total export mainly with cash crops including coffee, cotton, tea, and tobacco to be exported to Sudan, Kenya, DR Congo, Netherlands, Germany, South Africa and the UAE. However, still, over 55% of the agricultural GDP comes from food crops such as plantains, cassava, sweet potatoes, while cash crops contribute 17% only, leaving significant room for increased agricultural export earnings along with the development of commercial farming and promotion of cash crops.
Meanwhile, the impact of climate change poses significant threats to Uganda’s development goals. The most critical climate changes in Uganda are increased/reduced precipitation and increasing temperature, and such changes are already bringing negative impacts to energy, water, and eventually to agriculture sector, however, only 15,000 hectares, which is less than 3% of the potential irrigable area of 566,466 hectares, has been developed under the formal irrigation system.
Therefore, sustainable energy solutions for irrigation based on sustainable water management principles can provide Ugandan farmers with decentralized systems to access water and electricity for irrigation, and will greatly contribute to improved productivity and the profitability of Ugandan agriculture, as well as to improved climate resilience against the increasingly unexpectable rainfall pattern. Such interventions are further supported and guided by the National Irrigation Master Plan 2010-2035 that targets to invest in irrigation infrastructure and to boost commercial farming in an effort to transform the Ugandan society from a peasant to a modern and prosperous country.
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UAE Green Growth Initiative The UAE faces a complex set of challenges in pursuit of Green Growth. First, it is a hydrocarbon-based economy that must accelerate the speed of economic diversification to mitigate risks from highly volatile oil & gas prices.Second, the country lies in a hyper-arid climate, is highly water-scarce and consumes large amounts of energy for cooling and desalination. Third, it has a rapidly growing population and high dependence on expatriate laborforces. Fourth, its governance structure is highly decentralized (a federal system) and there is an increasing gap in development between Abu Dhabi /Dubai and other emirates.To address such challenges, the UAE developed its UAE Vision 2021 and Green Economy for Sustainable Development Vision to ensure long-term sustainable development. To achieve the goals outlined in thesenational plans it has been identified that the lack of a cohesive national framework that incorporates all sectors and emirates needs to be addressed. Support the UAE's full transition into green economy realizing its vision of UAE Vision 2021 and Green Economy for Sustainable Development Vision.
Assist the UAE government in the implementation of the Green Agenda 2030, a national cross-sector
green growth framework, to achieve its desired objectives of improved environmental performance,
climate resilience, economic diversification and enhanced monitoring capabilities.
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Enhancing Vanuatu’s Ability to Seek Accreditation and Direct Access to the GCF Readiness funding will support the identification, design and development of an Enhanced Direct Access (EDA) funding proposal to the GCF. Direct Access is not only Government policy and priority for climate finance but will also allow the government to directly and actively utilize the NDA process put in place by the first Readiness activities. This natural progression is leading towards greater Government ownership and more equitable partnerships with potential accredited entities. NDA strengthening has been successfully completed in the past, and so this proposal focuses exclusively on direct access. An in-depth assessment of Vanuatu’s ability to meet GCF accreditation standards (Vanuatu Climate Change Finance Review 2017) was recently conducted. In areas of institutional capacity, fiduciary capacity, Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS) and gender highlight important gaps to be addressed and work to be undertaken. Given the limited human resource capacity in country to follow-up on and implement these improvements, this Readiness proposal seeks to expand the human resource capacity of the Government as it gears towards DAE accreditation.
This GCF Readiness support will enable Vanuatu to dedicate the requisite human resources through specific and targeted long-term consultancy assignments, to directly deliver upon the project outcomes in the MFEM, MCCA and PMO towards accelerating an application for GCF accreditation and succeeding with the Financial Management Capacity Assessment and associated institutional policies and guidelines. The additional skills will also enable identification of an appropriate first project for direct access. This project will assess Vanuatu’s ability to meet GCF accreditation standards in areas of institutional capacity, fiduciary capacity, Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS) and gender highlight important gaps to be addressed and work to be undertaken. The assessment also supports the accreditation of the Ministry of Finance, while recommending the involvement of the Department of Strategic Policy Planning and Aid Coordination as a key entity for coordination.
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Promoting Solar Irrigation Pumping Systems and Mini-grids in Burkina Faso The Burkina Faso intervention is a result of series of consultations with the government and private sector since 2019. The program is aligned with the National Development Strategy as well as Ecovillage National Program that support vulnerable communities. The primary outcome is to increase the climate resilience of people in Burkina Faso by enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience, and reducing vulnerability to climate change of vulnerable and poor farmers. GGGI’s support will focus on:
· Facilitate access to clean energy for the livelihood of vulnerable households is enabled through the provision of SIPS and its use by farmers living in the ecovillages
· Vulnerable households’ and Ecovillage committees’ capacities and knowledge enhanced to maintain social and economic trajectories and initiate the green growth transition
· Mini-grid based off-grid electrification to enhance electricity access Vulnerable households’ and Ecovillage The project aims to support Burkina Faso having a more climate-resilient communities, Empowered women in Green Entrepreneurship, a more stable food supply, clean and energy-efficient alternative to diesel-run irrigation pumps, contributing to poverty reduction, new green jobs, improved nutrition and health, and reduced GHG emissions.
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Sustainable Electric Transport in Pokhara-Bharatpur Highway Phase I of this project has already been approved by MT for core funding of USD 56,174 for 2023.
The overall goal of this project is to solidify, extend, and strengthen implementation of low emission transport systems in intracity route within Pokhara Metropolitan City (PMC) and Bharatpur Metropolitan City (BMC), as well as intercity connecting the two metropolitan cities to ensure strong impact results and resource mobilization opportunities.
The total project investment is estimated at USD 30 million assuming deployment of 130 electric buses (at approx. USD 200,000 per bus), i.e., a 10% replacement of diesel buses in operation currently in Pokhara and Bharatpur. The planned feasibility study will produce more accurate cost estimates. Also, USD 4 million will be required for technical assistance to support capacity building of all relevant stakeholders, conducting M&E, liaising with local governments for policy development, liaising with private transport operators for route aggregation, if required, etc.
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GGPA Project The Green Growth Potential Assessment (GGPA) is a diagnostic tool
developed by GGGI and consisting of a combination of data analysis
and stakeholder consultation in order to identify and prioritize
a country’s opportunities for green growth. The assessment
serves several purposes. First, the GGPA provides policy advice to
governments based on empirical analysis, determining the priorities
for potential green growth interventions. Second, the GGPA
gives recommendations by which means to address the identified
priorities, tailored to an individual country’s context. Third, the
GGPA can also serve governments to translate international
commitments, such as the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) or the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs),
into local action. Fourth, the assessment helps GGGI identify areas
in which the organization will focus its work, identifying options for
specific programs and projects in a given country. Finally, the GGPA
serves as a communications and engagement tool. The assessment
process and its results help foster interest in partner countries to
engage further with GGGI. 1. Promotion of green growth in selected countries
2. Increase of GGGI country engagement
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Strengthening, Prioritizing, and Investing in Non-Motorized Transport Infrastructure The UN Environment's Share the Road Programme supports government and other stakeholders in developing countries to prioritize investing in infrastructure for walking and cycling. The Share the Road Programme has recently been awarded funding for a new project on "Investing in Walking and Cycling Policies in African Cities (within least developed countries)" through the UN Development Account. The project will be implemented in three least developed countries: Zambia, Ethiopia, and Rwanda. GGGI Rwanda was selected as the country lead as a result of the partnership with Share the Road Programme on the public bicycle sharing (PBS) workshop from 2018. The project aims to deliver three outcomes: 1) enhance and strengthen the capacity of governments to prioritize and allocate resources to NMT infrastructure at the national level through the introduction of relevant policies, 2) support one selected city within the three countries to better design and implement city-level action plans for NMT investment (integrated with city-wide urban planning), 3) place a particular emphasis on vulnerable groups. In the absence of NMT infrastructure, people in African cities chose to use motorized vehicles (cars, minibuses, taxis, motorbike taxis) to move around the cities whenever they can afford to. This movement has disastrous effects for the environment, air quality, road safety, congestion and overall economic efficiency and quality of life.
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PS-India-Climate-resilient and gender inclusive MGNREGA based on Mission Water Conservation In 2017, MoRD, in collaboration with the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR), developed a Mission Water Conservation guideline to place greater priority on water conservation works among the MGNREGA’s shelves of works ( especially in 2264 water stressed blocks), located in 324 districts of 21 states with inadequate rainfall, which will contribute to protect water resources while providing employment opportunities. This is in line with the MoWR’s ‘National Water Mission’ goals to promote water conservation in vulnerable areas which are likely to be adversely affected due to impact of climate change and the areas where the water resources, particularly the groundwater resources that are declining due to over-use. The project aims to integrate climate resilience in MGNREGS and support the MGNREGA Division to report on the Outcomes of water related works.
Given that Water Conservation is the dominant theme, it was decided to develop an Outcome based monitoring framework template for selected water management works, pilot it through MGNREGA funds and then tweak/adopt it for all works under MGNREGA. in line with the supporting letter attached. GGGI India program has also decided to advocate for policy to incorporate Climate Change into MGNREGA architecture by selective mapping of geographies to their climate change vulnerability, associated impacts on rural livelihoods and identifying gaps with MGNREGA’s shelf of works
In these regards, GGGI India country team and water team consider this as a great opportunity to support the MoRD to make a strategic approach in planning, implementing, and monitoring MGNREGA/Mission Water Conservation that will greatly contribute to sustainable and inclusive green growth of the Indian rural communities, while promoting sustainable water conservation/management. The project’s overall objective is to strengthen and innovate MGNREGA / Mission Water Conservation policy and strategy to sustain transformative impacts to Indian rural livelihood throughout 700,000 villages. Climate and Outcome Monitoring are clearly missing components from MGNREGA. Once adopted at the national level, the Outcome Based Monitoring Framework will lead to substantive changes in the way Outcomes are incorporated at planning stage itself, monitoring of those outcomes and resultant changes in project design based on these outcomes.
Similarly, advocacy for incorporating Climate Component into MGNREGA structure based on studies with geographic representative sampling, would be a direct contribution to climate resilience for most vulnerable rural population, directly linked to inclusive growth component of Green Growth definition as adopted by GGGI.
The expected outcome of the project will be development of outcome-based, gender responsive, and climate-resilient monitoring and management frameworks.
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