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Indigenous leadership for the restoration and sustainable use of biodiversity in the Andes Huanuco is the second poorest region in Peru. The region is strongly affected by the impacts of climate change, which particularly affect the water availability. This IKI Small Grants project aims to create a productive ecosystem in Chavin de Pariarca district, protected by community management mechanisms that recover ancestral knowledge and practices and provide equal opportunities for men and women. By conserving and recovering 60 hectares of natural and cultural resources, building three forest nurseries of native species, and holding several trainings to manage, conserve and protect areas, the organisation implements mechanisms for the sustainable management of productive ecosystems.
Mainstreaming biodiversity into food value chains Tropical fruits are rarely produced sustainably and ecologically along their entire value chain. The project supports the integration of biodiversity aspects and ecosystem services into the value chains of bananas and pineapples. To this end, pilot farms will be identified that will use practical examples to illustrate how biodiversity criteria can be integrated into corporate certification and procurement guidelines. The project is also developing a biodiversity check and a training programme for companies. In addition, a biodiversity innovation fund supports producers in testing more biodiversity-friendly measures. The acceptance of higher consumer prices for bananas and pineapples produced in a biodiversity-oriented manner is also being promoted. The experiences are systematically processed and disseminated at national, regional and international levels.
International Knowledge Transfer in the Energy Efficiency Sector (bigEE_ Bridging the Information Gap on Energy Efficiency Phase II) The purpose of the project was to communicate knowledge on energy efficiency to decision-makers in politics and industry and other target groups as well as support them in incorporating this knowledge into strategies and policies. In cooperation with experienced partners, it gradually developed an Internet-based knowledge portal called ‘bigEE – Bridging the Information Gap on Energy Efficiency in Buildings’, which provides systematic and clear information on energy efficiency in buildings. The project also set up a network of partners in relevant stakeholder groups in major emerging countries, like South Africa, India and China. The partners created their own pages for their country on the Internet platform, detailing country-specific potential, net economic benefits, local stakeholder structures and existing policy instruments.
Blue Mediterranean Partnership Fund The Mediterranean Sea basin is a significant marine biodiversity hotspot and a vital resource of economic activities for countries in the region. The fund promotes the transition to a sustainable blue economy in the Mediterranean region by financing ambitious projects, for example by supporting initiatives in the areas of sustainable water management, maritime energy management, biosphere protection and waste management. International financial institutions, development partners and public and private actors in the region will be encouraged to prioritize investments in the sustainable blue economy. It also aims to strengthen the dialog between stakeholders and promote the regional coordination of partnerships to pool resources.
Improving Energy Efficiency in the Water Sector The purpose of the project was to improve energy efficiency in the operation of the water pumps of the Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ). In the first phase the project partners retooled the pumps in the governorates of Balqa, Madaba and Zarqa. To achieve this, the potentials for energy saving at the major power users were identified, and measures to improve energy efficiency were then devised (for example procurement of new pumps, improvement of operation and repair processes through outsourcing). Build operate transfer and contracting schemes were developed in order to implement the measures. By this the WAJ involved the private sector as a key investor. In the course of the project, the gained experiences, standards and financing approaches were disseminated nationwide through several events and on the project website.
TEEB implementation – assessment of ecosystem services for holistic and sustainable land management in the agricultural sector The agricultural sector causes the degradation of ecosystems and increases health costs and CO2 emissions – but it also contributes much to nutrition, the production of raw materials and the creation of jobs. Many of the negative and positive effects of agriculture, however, are “economically invisible”, i.e. they are not included in decision-making processes. The project uses the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity approach (TEEB), cooperating with relevant stakeholders to identify decision processes that can be improved by economical evaluation. This approach is followed by the modelling of impacts on land use, the assessment of changes in the provision of ecosystem services and an economic evaluation. These processes include the analysis of effects on the fairness of decisions regarding the distribution of land use rights and the derivation of policy recommendations.
The One Planet Multi-Partner Trust Fund: catalyzing the implementation of SDG12 At the World Summit for Sustainable Development 2012 (Rio + 20) the governments decided on the “10 Year of Framework of Programs on Sustainable Consumption and Production” (10YFP). The 10YFP serves to implement the 2030 Agenda – here in particular SDG 12 (ensuring sustainable consumption and production methods). To implement the 10YFP, the multi-stakeholder partnership "One Planet Network" was formed. It six programmes iclude the topics public procurement, buildings and construction, tourism, food systems, consumer information and Lifestyles and Education. A multi-partner trust fund (MPTF) was set up at the UN Development Program (UNDP) to carry out country activities. The six UN institutions UNEP, UNDP, FAO, UN WTO, UN Habitat and UNOPS are involved. As part of the regular “Call for Expression of Interest”, interested countries have the opportunity to apply for support from the network.
Low Carbon Economic Zones The aim of the project was to develop a concept for establishing Low Carbon Zones through public-private partnerships. It focused on the exchange of expertise and the upscaling of investment in energy efficiency, renewable energies and sustainable transportation systems. This involved developing master plans that set out methodologies and parameters for low carbon growth. The project addressed provincial-level investors and stakeholders in Beijing as well as government officials and business leaders from Europe. The master plans reflected both China’s regional diversity and the common basis for cooperation between the EU and China.
Electric Cargo Bikes “Made in Ghana” –  Contributing to the Transformation of Ghana’s Transportation Population growth and urbanization commonly result in increasing mobility needs in emerging economies. The consequences are rising greenhouse gas emissions and a deterioration in air quality. Cleaner mobility solutions are essential to mitigate the negative effects of this trend; electric mobility has the potential to save greenhouse gas emissions in Ghana. The objective was to sustainably integrate electric mobility solutions into the existing transport system and, by focusing on social entrepreneurship, to make it replicable in neighboring countries. Therefore it tested the local production of electric cargo bikes to establish local value chains. Additionally, operating the electric cargo bikes and setting up a charging infrastructure generated new green job opportunities. Establishing a “Net Zero” platform supported the continuous exchange between different local stakeholders from the private and public sector.
Restoring a wetland's ecosystem by transforming invasive species into biochar With its 47,000 hectares, the Nuwejaars River Nature Reserve is heavily invaded by invasive alien plants. This poses a threat to its biodiversity. The project protects the reserve and makes the endangered ecosystems more resilient to the impacts of climate change. To do so, a team of 22 people from disadvantaged communities remove the invasive alien trees, gaining income from this activity. The project starts with a mapping of infested areas and assessing densities of invasive trees. Afterwards trees are cut, and biomass is prepared for commercial use by P&B Lime Works in Bredasdorp. This mine is in the process of converting its coal-fired furnaces into a synthetic gas-powered system. The alien biomass woodchips are used as fuel, after retrofitting the factory. This will be the first time a mine in South Africa makes use of this technology. The project aims to provide 100 tons of alien biomass wood chips per year, which largely contributes to biodiversity conservation.
PacFresH2O – Protecting freshwater resources for increased climate resilience in the Pacific Islands Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea have the most limited access to safe drinking water in the Pacific. The project will improve existing rural water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems and tap into new water resources to enable communities to better cope with changing climate conditions and extreme weather events, resulting in increased resilience. Planning processes that consider climate risks related adaptation measures will be strengthened. Partners responsible for key climate policy documents will be engaged in mainstreaming, knowledge sharing and replication to contribute to national development targets. Capacity building at national and local levels, especially among marginalized groups, will focus on evidence-based decision making in water management. The project will also demonstrate the potential of underutilized water resources, innovative sanitation systems, improved governance, and access to climate finance for wider impact and potential replication at national and regional levels.
Farming for Biodiversity Both land use and agricultural practice must change on a global scale to prevent further losses to biological diversity. This project is conducting a number of measures needed to raise awareness about the value of biodiversity, while also building capacity at a local level to promote the adoption of best practice. As part of a competition conducted worldwide, 338 approaches to ensuring the success of mainstreaming biological diversity into the agricultural sector were chosen, and disseminated in various regions via a knowledge sharing and training platform. Where possible, the approaches are also embedded into political planning processes at a national and international level. A series of workshops is providing selected local stakeholders with technical know-how about the winning mainstreaming approaches as well as social marketing techniques, which are essential for the promotion of local campaigns to strengthen biodiversity in the agricultural sector and change established practices.
Introducing Measures, Pathways and Roadmaps for Optimizing Vehicle Efficiency and Electrification (IMPROVE) The core mobility challenges of our time are to accelerate the phasing out of combustion engines, the transition to electric vehicles and to increase energy efficiency. The project supports newly industrialising and developing countries to reduce the average greenhouse gas emissions of newly registered or imported vehicles by 2030 compared to a reference scenario (Business as Usual, BAU) and thus contribute to the Paris Agreement. It develops necessary regulations and policies and coordinates them with partners in four countries. For this purpose the projects collects and analyses mobility and vehicle data, develops and evaluates regulatory proposals and supports corresponding coordination procedures. The project actively promotes international learning and cooperation with global initiatives to build momentum for the transition to zero emission mobility built internationally.
Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Water and Waste Water Management With dwindling water sources and a high incidence of drought, South Africa’s water sector is highly vulnerable to climate change. The project makes South Africa’s water and wastewater sector more resilient to the impacts of climate change. It introduces adaptation and energy efficiency measures that contribute to realizing national climate change objectives and respond to vulnerable groups’ development needs. By expanding water and energy resource efficiency gains, introducing clean energy, reducing water losses, strengthening management capacities, and raising awareness on climate resilience, water and sanitation services are enhanced, particularly for vulnerable groups. Activities target at least two municipalities and result in a replicable model for more municipalities. The project supports the Department of Water and Sanitation to progress more rapidly, effectively and on the basis of improved knowledge with the implementation of its National Water and Sanitation Master Plan.
Strategic Environmental Dialogue Forums with Partner Countries on Gearing their Economies Towards Resource and Energy Efficiency Building on the first phase, the aim of the project’s second phase was to extend strategic environmental policy dialogue with major newly industrialising countries such as Brazil, China, India and Thailand. In close cooperation with the selected partner countries, the project provided technical, strategic and organisational support for bilateral environmental policy forums held in the context of regional German business initiatives (for example, the Asia-Pacific Committee or Latin America Initiative of German Business). The dialogue forums were generally connected with a business exchange, and in specific cases, with an environmental trade fair.
Cool Up: Upscaling Sustainable Cooling Energy demand in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is projected to increase by 50 percent by 2040 as a result of climate change, rapidly growing populations, urbanisation, and higher living standards. Cooling represents a large portion of energy consumption and appliances are often inefficient and rely on refrigerants with a high global warming potential. To tackle these problems and mitigate climate change, the Cool Up program promotes accelerated technological change and early implementation of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol and Paris Agreement in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey. The Cool Up approach is based on four pillars: reducing cooling demand, phasing-down hydrofluorocarbons, replacing and recycling inefficient equipment and refrigerants, and training and awareness raising. The program aims to create catalytic change in the refrigeration and air conditioning sector and ultimately upscale the deployment of sustainable cooling technologies in the market.
NDC Policy Programme Colombia is pursuing its green growth strategy as a set of principles for achieving low-carbon, climate-resilient development and a point of orientation for its NDC. These NDC aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent until 2030 and increasing adaptation to the impacts of climate change. The project supported the coordination of relevant measures by the Ministry of the Environment, and key public and private sector actors. The project also helped its partners integrate mitigation and adaptation measures into agricultural value creation processes, while helping to improve institutional structures for the implementation of the NDC at the national and subnational level, and contributed to the expansion of the monitoring system. The work of the project not only contributed to the country’s development strategy but also supported the peace process in Colombia. Project insights were used as input for international forums and supported efforts to make the NDCs more ambitious.
REN21 – Strategic intelligence to build renewable energy leadership The project develops strategic information and provides knowledge that enables actors in the field of renewable energies to work together strategically. The further development of the Mapping Tool serves this purpose. The Mapping Tool reviews published documents and visualises the connections between authors, organisations and thematic fields. This makes current trends and developments within the network visible. Furthermore, it promotes the exchange on renewable energies with relevant decision-makers. The project enables the renewable energy community to expand by identifying and reaching out to individuals and organisations that can strategically support the use of renewable energy.  It provides a space for the community to come together and develop joint activities to strengthen renewable energy leadership.
Enabling Conditions for Investment in the Transition to a low carbon society in Latin American Countries The transition in Latin American countries to a low-carbon economy has meanwhile reached a crucial point and requires political reforms that will create incentives for climate friendly investments. Together with stakeholders from the public and private sectors, the project supported ambitious mitigation targets, contributed to the development of effective financial instruments and developed sectoral investment portfolios, all of which have advanced the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in the partner countries. The project initiated regional, national and local ‘communities of practice’, which enabled local stakeholders to share their experiences and learn from one other. It also contributed to the development of future, ambitious NDCs and to a stocktaking carried out within the framework of the “Ambition Mechanism” in the Paris Agreement.
Aligning Financial Flows with the Paris Agreement in Africa Article 2.1 c of the Paris Agreement (PA) represents a global goal for countries to make their financial flows (FF) consistent with low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development. The project aims to formulate evidence-based options for aligning FF with the PA in a way that encourages the presentation of ambitious mitigation and adaptation actions in future NDCs and long-term strategies of African countries. The project develops a systematic assessment of potential volumes and sources of FF to be aligned with the PA. The project also identifies and analyses sectoral prospects for the re-investment of FF and leveraging existing funding to high-risk countries to attract sustainable/green financing for climate adaptation. A vital component of the project is knowledge brokering, enabling the convening, sharing and exchanging of emerging evidence from the target countries with a broader group of African countries that reflect similar pathways.
Transforming the Honduran Livestock Sector into a Low-Carbon Economy Cattle farming in Honduras contributes significantly to the country´s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, mainly due to enteric fermentation, manure management and deforestation. Farmers rely on traditional cattle-raising practices characterised by poor animal management and a monoculture pasture approach considering trees as a limitation and causing land degradation and deforestation. The project promotes a productive yet low-carbon livestock sector. Farmers will receive advice to initiate behavioural change and access to credit schemes based on a three-pronged approach: extension services, access to blended capital and improved framework conditions. GHG reduction will be achieved via carbon capture through improved pastures and silvopastoral systems. This project complements bottom-up approaches to install capacities in cattle farmers with top-down interventions that enhance an enabling environment for competitive and sustainable intensification of livestock production.
Supporting IPBES capacity building in West Africa The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, IPBES, is tasked with providing scientific advice to governments on the topics of biodiversity and ecosystem services. The project aimed to develop a model for strengthening the work of IPBES in West Africa. The overarching goal of this programme was to network domain experts working in biodiversity and ecosystem services, and to expand existing interfaces between research and government. Annual conferences promoted cooperation and knowledge sharing between researchers about current developments in the field of biodiversity. This was supplemented by online forums that help to bring domain experts and decision-makers together from the region and further afield. A master’s programme focusing on the evaluation of biodiversity and ecosystem services was set up at a university in West Africa. Students from 15 partner countries were eligible to enrol in this programme.
Ecological recovery of wetlands in the ecological corridor of Manati, San Miguel del Tigre, Colombia The swamps of the Magdalena River are habitats for many species of birds, fish, and mammals. They regulate the hydrological cycle, control flooding, and form biological corridors. However, they are subject to an accelerated process of environmental degradation. The project raises awareness, educated, and worked with artisan farmers in the region to ecologically restore the El Tigre and El Totumo swamps. It wanted to reduce the degradation and loss of connectivity between biological corridors (e.g. for manatee, jaguar and puma populations), by implementing ecosystem clean-up days and conducting outreach and environmental education. The project aimed to restore and maintain aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, promote the welfare and survival of local wildlife, and improve communal water management.
Support of Costa Rica's Zero-Emission Development Strategy as Model for Low Carbon Development The project strengthened Costa Rica's ability to implement strategies for extensive greenhouse gas mitigation and helped to integrate the experiences gained into regional and international strategy discussions on low-carbon development. To this end, the project established and expanded institutional structures and expertise, drafted nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) and conducted pilot measures in selected action areas and sectors. The project also involved monitoring greenhouse gas emissions, mitigation efforts and project impacts (MRV) as well as promoting expertise in these areas. Furthermore, the project supported the implementation of Costa Rica's national climate strategy through communication and information campaigns.
Protection and restoration of coastal ecosystems for improved adaptation to climate change in the Philippines and the Coral Triangle The project worked to improve conservation and restore coastal ecosystems such as coral reefs, seagrass beds and mangrove forests in the Philippines. The Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and selected municipalities were assisted in their efforts to manage marine protected areas more prudently. Coastal protected areas received equipment and financial grants. Workshops and training events communicated knowledge to local and national stakeholders, while a campaign raises general awareness of the challenges and solutions in this field. The partners developed guidelines based on practical experience and recommendations, and conferred with other national ministries and local institutions as well as with partner countries within the Coral Triangle Initiative. The projekt worked together with rare and Conservation International zusammen.