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Supporting the design and first implementation steps of the new global framework for biological diversity In 2022, the 15th Conference of the Parties to the CBD decided on the new global framework for biodiversity after 2020. The BioFrame-project supported partner countries in the design and first steps of implementation of the new global framework. To this end, it helped the project partners to prepare for the CBD COP 15, promoted integrated approaches to biodiversity conservation and climate change and identified funding instruments for the implementation of the goals of the new biodiversity framework. It also provided advice on topics such as nature-based solutions for climate and biodiversity conservation. As part of the Corona Response Package, the project developed an approach to integrate biodiversity into the plans and measures to stimulate economic growth. A further focus was on raising awareness among the public and non-governmental sectors and other relevant actors for the link between biodiversity, climate, health and green economic recovery.
Extending the Catering Energy Campaign to Newly Industrialising and Developing Countries The project drew up a strategy for implementing an energy campaign in India and raised awareness of the topic among relevant actors in the hotel and catering industry. Exploratory talks were held to identify potential partners, determine their willingness to collaborate and assess their possible roles in the campaign. The project partners also reviewed energy consumption and energy sources within the industry and recorded information on previous energy saving and energy efficiency measures. The results of these analyses were used to establish a strategy for the campaign.
Enabling conditions to reduce deforestation in the Colombian Amazon (Caqueta) through sustainable agroforestry in the context of integral land use The Amazon Basin is one of the most species-rich ecosystems in the world – but it is under threat, and above all by deforestation. The project helped to reduce deforestation and to preserve biodiversity in the Colombian region. To achieve these goals, it supported local land users and indigenous communities in introducing sustainable production systems such as agroforestry. In addition to providing technical advice, the project also developed business models and financing mechanisms to enable a broad-based implementation. Ecological connectivity corridors were promoted through the development of an integrated landscape model that links indigenous territories, protected areas and sustainable cultivation systems. The impacts of the project made it possible for the region to receive funds for REDD+- measures and to use them successfully. The project also reduced greenhouse gas emissions and increased the adaptability of both ecosystems and food security for the population.
Reducing Greenhouse Gases by Recovering Volatile Hydrocarbons at Petrol Stations In this project, German and Chinese experts worked together to develop best-practice environmental technology that reduces emissions of harmful volatile organic compounds (VOC) and  to introduce it across China. VOCs are emitted primarily when vehicles are refuelled. The project had a particular focus on the country’s heavily polluted conurbations. It advised the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection on developing an appropriate emissions reduction strategy and introducing new technologies. Training was also delivered to Chinese officials and technicians. The project demonstrated at one pilot petrol station how fitting this kind of technology not only has positive impacts on health and the environment, but also that it enables petrol recovery and is therefore worthwhile from an economic perspective.
Global Landscapes Forum The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) is the world’s largest knowledge-led forum on integrated, sustainable land use accelerating action to build productive, prosperous, equitable and resilient landscapes.  The GLF’s connection with communities, grassroots movements, and local change-makers, as well as large, multilateral donors puts it in a unique position to catalyze transformative change at scale.  Today, the GLF has a thriving, global community centered on action and seeks to mainstream landscape thinking into development and conservation efforts as a core partner to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021 - 2030 and the Global Environment Facility funded Food Systems, Land Use, and Restoration (FOLUR) Impact Programme.
The Paris Agreement in action: upscaling forest and landscape restoration to achieve nationally determined contributions Forest and landscape restoration (FLR) can make a decisive contribution to the achievement of nationally determined contributions (NDCs), since FLR measures often combine mitigation and adaptation approaches. The project focused on three regions with considerable potential for expanding forest stocks and improving their ecosystem services. Partner countries were supported in honouring their commitments made under the Paris Agreement. To achieve this, the project funded regional platforms for knowledge transfer, capacity-building, mobilising innovative financing and FLR monitoring. The project also supported the implementation of existing national FLR action plans and their monitoring.
2050 is now: Aligning climate action with long-term climate and development goals This project will provide governments and in-country research institutes and other relevant stakeholders with tools and analysis to strengthen Long-term strategies on the mitigation of greenhouse gases (LTS) with a strong focus on energy and land-use and food systems, in line with national development goals. Therefore the project will help to align short- and medium-term sectoral, economic and national development plans with LTS, including supporting a just transition. This includes to identify opportunities to enhance Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), on the basis of LTS, while achieving development goals. The project will also build capacity beyond focus countries through convenings, research, and lesson-sharing. The project will improve governments’ readiness to increase ambition and implement actions in line with the long-term transitions necessary to limit warming and adapt to climate change as envisioned in the Paris Agreement.
Valuation of Mexico's Protected Areas Climate and Ecosystem Services: a Tool for Innovative Climate Change and Biodiversity Financing This project aimed at supporting National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP), and its strategic partners, to assess and integrate the value of ecosystem services into decision-making processes to effectively manage and finance protected areas. To achieve this, the project communicated the values of ecosystem services to diverse stakeholders; design and implement innovative economic instruments, and strengthen CONANP's capacities for valuing ecosystem services. Working on this basis, the project promoted the integration of those values into public policies.
Climate and Clean Air Coaltion (CCAC) In February 2012, several countries formed with support of the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) a coalition called „ Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short Lived Climate Pollutants“ (CCAC). Germany joined the initiative in June 2012.  The goal of the coalition is to increase political awareness regarding the negative impact of short-lived climate pollutants on human health and the environment. Furthermore, the coalition aims to support initiatives to reduce the emission of short-lived climate pollutants. In this regard, capacity-building activities in developing countries is a particular objective. The project strenghtened the CCAC through an investment in the global fond and assisted the German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, through the provision of additional human resources, in the participation and steering of this coalition.
Indo-German Support project for Climate Action in India The Indian government is targeting an unconditional reduction in emissions by 33% to 35% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels, according to Indian NDC. The project supports theMinistry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) with the coordination and implementation of Indian climate and biodiversity policies. The project aims to strengthen capacities of selected decision makers at the national and state level to develop innovative approaches for implementation of India’s NDCs and climate policy. The project develops models for public-private sector collaboration implementing demonstration projects in selected states to establish a climate co-benefit roadmap. Aligned to priorities of the MoEFCC, project activities focus on two selected areas: circular economy and biodiversity. The project implements the interface function for IKI projects in India to foster synergies.
Citizens Planning for Ecosystem Based adaptation in Karkaralinsky District in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is the breadbasket of Central Asia, but the fast-changing climate increases the risk of natural hazards and threatens water security. This IKI Small Grants project introduces a “bottom-up” approach to bring local people and municipalities in the Karkaralinsky District of Karaganda region together to develop local plans for ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA). EbA measures aim to support people in adapting to the effects of climate change with the help of healthy ecosystems. To achieve this, ecosystems are conserved, restored, and used sustainably. The project involves people from different backgrounds in a participatory process to raise awareness about the impacts of climate change and how to adapt to climate-related hazards. It also serves as blueprint for replication of similar citizens activities in other districts of Karaganda region and other parts of Kazakhstan.
NDC Peru: support to the implementation of the National Climate Change Strategy The Ministry of Environment (MINAM) coordinates the technical and political implementation of Peru’s NDC. Peru aims at a 30% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (40% with international support) until 2030 and increased capacities for adaptation. In the context of this project, MINAM was strengthened in its coordinating role. Priority elements for this purpose were the creation of institutional arrangements for the coordinated implementation of the NDC at national and subnational level, the support to sector ministries and subnational governments to improve the enabling conditions for the NDC implementation, as well as the establishment of a transparency framework for mitigation (MRV) and adaptation (M&E) measures. A special focus was strengthening the role of indigenous organizations regarding the implementation of NDC measures. Project results and experiences were shared in international NDC forums. The project assumed the role of the IKI interface project in Peru.
Climate protection in the Mexican urban policy (CiClim) Already today, more than 78 percent of Mexico's population lives in cities and Mexico's urbanization will continue to increase. The consequences of climate change are particularly visible there. At the same time, cities generate a large proportion of greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, cities are crucial in the fight against climate change and in achieving Mexico’s climate and sustainability targets. The project advised the Mexican Ministries of Urban Development and of Environment as well as selected pilot cities to implement a sustainable urban development, which through climate adaptation and mitigation measures contributed to combating climate change in Mexican cities and to Mexico's green recovery. It focused thematically on green infrastructure, sustainable urban planning, urban mobility and access to urban climate finance. The experiences of the project were disseminated through local, regional and international networks.
Management and Destruction of ozone depleting and climate-damaging substances in cooling devices Old cooling devices like refrigerators, air conditioners and foam used to insulate buildings often contain coolants or chemical blowing agents with F-gases. These ‘ODS’ banks generate a high output of climate-damaging emissions. The project supports its partners in establishing procedures for the recovery, collection and disposal of ODS. As a first step, analyses of the framework conditions, the policy instruments and an inventory of the ODS banks are initially carried out. Building on this, the project formulates national roadmaps that include recommendations on policy measures, sustainable financial mechanisms and a recycling and destruction infrastructure. To implement these recommendations, the project supports help-to-self-help activities and workshops with stakeholders. A technology cooperation component also assesses the capacity for the environmentally-friendly management and destruction of ODS banks and supports the cooperation.
Water Infrastructure Solutions from Ecosystem Services Underpining Climate Resilient Policies and Programmes ('WISE-UP to Climate') The project tested, developed and demonstrated approaches for the use of a mixed water infrastructure that combines natural river courses with artificial elements such as reservoirs. It thereby improved water supplies and increased resilience to climate change in the basins of the Tana (Kenya) and Volta (Ghana, Burkina Faso). Furthermore, it supported sustainable development in the areas of poverty reduction, conservation of biodiversity, food security and secured supplies of energy and water. To this end the project partners collated hydrological, environmental and economic data and analysed the political and institutional dynamics of the related decision-making processes. Based on this, tried-and-tested instruments and technologies were then adapted to users’ needs with the aid of participatory learning methods. The project disseminated its results, experiences and recommendations by holding training events and maintaining a regional and global exchange of information.
Improved ecosystem services and reduced vulnerability to climate change through ecosystem-based management and application of ecosystem values in two river basins in the Philippines River basins offer habitats for endangered species while also offering a means of subsistence for people in the catchment area and beyond. Apart from a local supply of water, relevant economic sectors include agriculture, energy, healthcare and the environment. The project uses ecosystem-based approaches to support national strategies while helping to improve their coordination and integration. This reduces the number of at-risk households while also improving the availability and quality of water in selected river basin areas. The project provides innovative ideas for improving the fragmented water governance system while designing attractive ecosystem service segments for private enterprise. The earnings thereby raised are used to finance management and conservation programmes. Insights into climate insurance products are adapted to local requirements, and understood by regulators and the public alike as a complementary strategy for handling climate and residual risks.
Green Cooling Initiative III Rising temperatures, growing populations and increasing prosperity are increasing the global demand for cooling. At the same time, conventional cooling technologies lead to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions and damage to the ozone layer. The project strengthens key actors in public and private sector institutions in the partner countries to make their refrigeration and air conditioning sector sustainable and to achieve their goals within the framework of multilateral agreements such as the Montreal Protocol. In concrete terms, the project supports the implementation of regionally adapted sustainable sector strategies and effectively introduces the issue of sustainable cooling into the national climate discourse. It also makes financing instruments for green cooling technologies more widely available and establishes a training system for refrigeration and air conditioning technicians.
Thai-German Cooperation on Energy, Mobility and Climate (TGC-EMC) The project will support Thailand’s efforts to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. Focusing on the two most important sectors in terms of emissions, it will support the operationalisation of the power and transport’s transition through technology and knowledge transfer as well as policy, regulatory and business model development support. A clear focus will be put on sector coupling to encourage the tackling of issues shared across sectors which slow the energy transition. This cross sectoral support to implementation will also translate into city labs in which the technical, regulatory and business support will be operationalized along with local stakeholders in an urban set up and will integrate a scaling up plan. Finally, the project will provide significant support in the field of climate finance. The Thai Climate Finance Initiative (ThaiCI) will provide seed funding to a number of local projects along with capacity development to both the funder manager and potential recipients
Ecosystem-based land use and conservation of the ecosystems at the lower course of the Amu Darya river The Tugai floodplains are typical of the lower course of the Amu Darya river in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, and they are unique forest ecosystems. However, the floodplains are severely degraded, and their area has declined to less than ten percent of their original size. This degradation is mainly due to the expansion of irrigation farming, overuse of land, and poor management practices. The project promoted ecosystem-based land use and the conservation and restoration of the region's ecosystems. To this end, the project developed land use concepts aimed at restoring degraded agricultural land and increasing its productivity. Besides, the project provided a transfer of knowledge on ecosystem-based adaptation and alternative land use options at various levels. It also enhanced the skills of local stakeholders in the implementation of new land-use methods. The developed approaches will be made available to national decision-makers and international development partners for up-scaling.
Climate Diplomacy Action Programme The Climate Diplmomacy Action Programme supports the Federal Foreign Office (AA) in the implementation of German foreign climate policy and accompanies Germany's climate policy cooperation with its partner countries. In doing so, the so called "IKI framework project for climate foreign policy" is guided by the AA's current priorities in international climate policy as well as the requirements of the partner countries and implements regional and bilateral measures in selected thematic areas, such as climate protection, loss and damage, resilience, adaptation to the consequences of climate change, energy, agricultural and food systems, water management, climate diplomacy, climate financing, climate and security. The project takes into account the principles of just transition, feminist foreign policy and the international debate on loss and damage, as well as the horizontal linkages between the thematic areas, such as climate and security or climate and energy.
Ensuring the transparency of subnational climate change mitigation measures in developing and emerging countries MRV for transparency is an important foundation for policy-making within the framework of the Paris Agreement, one which also applies at subnational levels. The first phase of the project supported state governments in Brazil (Pernambuco), India (Chhattisgarh, West Bengal), Mexico (Baja California, Yucatán and Jalisco) and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) in closing MRV capacity gaps and implementing climate change mitigation measures. The project also organised cross-national dialogues between national, subnational and local governments to achieve the vertical integration of climate protection measures. The second phase focused on tailored intervention in Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul, Amapá), Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caqueta), India (Jammu & Kashmir), Mexico (Sonora, Guanajuato), and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng). The “Under2 Coalition” network of states and regions was used to disseminate the experiences gained.
BAT for Ukraine - Improving the framework conditions for the implementation of the European Directive 2010/75/EC on industrial emissions and promoting the use of best available techniques (BAT) in industry By signing an Association Agreement with the European Union, Ukraine has agreed to comply with EU climate targets and the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED). A key aspect of achieving these national climate targets will be ensuring that best-available techniques (BAT) are deployed in the country’s industrial infrastructure. A regulatory framework for transposing the EU Directive into law has been lacking to date. Accordingly, the project is promoting capacity building in companies and state-run facilities, while providing support to the responsible ministries as they develop the legal framework and monitor compliance. In relation to BAT, the project is aiming to facilitate capacity building for domain experts and management in ministries, for environmental regulators and for plant operators. This, in turn, will enable Ukraine to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from its industrial sector by the deployment of innovative industrial processes and procedures.
Climate-SDGs Integration Project: Supporting the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda through ecosystem-based adaptation The project supported the implementation of ecosystem based adaptation (EbA) in Guatemala and India as a contribution to the synergetic achievement of NDCs and SDGs. A core deliverable of the project was a roadmap in each partner country that includes prioritized actions for the better implementation of EbA and the conditions for their successful implementation. The project developed a better understanding of criteria and preconditions for EbA measures to contribute to both NDCs and SDGs through inclusive, participatory multi-stakeholder dialogues at local and national level. To contributed to communities’ resilience, food security and poverty reduction and to ensure the social dimension of sustainability, the project took due account of the principles laid out in the “Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land - VGGTs”.
Assessment and Communication of Climate Impacts of Food Food production and consumption account for a large share of global greenhouse gas emissions and have a negative impact on biodiversity. Although there are already many labels that are supposed to support more sustainable purchasing, these only cover partial aspects of sustainability. Companies and consumers are unable to recognise the criteria behind them. Needs-based communication channels are lacking. The project enables companies and consumers to inform themselves about complex impacts when consuming and purchasing and thus to make more sustainable decisions. To this end, a target group-oriented tool is being developed, which will be piloted in Germany, Paraguay, South Africa and Thailand and will be applied globally in the long term. In this way, more sustainable purchasing decisions promote the demand for more resource-efficient products within the planetary impact limits.