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Unlocking economic opportunities to scale Forest and Landscape Restoration in Brazil In the context of its NDC, the Brazilian government is seeking to restore around 12 million hectares of forest landscapes by 2030 – and it developed the national restoration strategy PLANAVEG to this end. The project supported policy makers, industry, landowners, NGOs and communities with data and guidelines for FLR, as well as prioritisation maps for the Amazon region and the Atlantic rainforest. It selected three areas in which the potential of FLR was investigated and effective measures were developed, relevant stakeholders were brought together, and plans for the restoration of the three landscapes were drawn up. To generate the necessary financial resources, the project also developed new financing mechanisms and set up a monitoring system for FLR. The ultimate aim of the project was to inspire stakeholders in other Brazilian landscapes to use similar instruments and guidelines and drive the large-scale restoration of forest landscapes in Brazil.
Measuring Paris Agreement alignment and financial risk in financial markets The Paris Climate Agreement pursues the goal of aligning global financial flows with global mitigation targets. At the same time, however, investors have been offered few tools for incorporating associated risks into their decision-making. Policymakers have also lacked  instruments for measuring the alignment of capital markets with the ‘below 2 °C’ target". The key point of focus for this project is a tool for modelling the risks of realigning the financial system with a low-carbon economy and so making these risks measurable. The tool will be provided free of charge for investments in low-carbon market portfolios in emerging markets and developing economies. Risks for green recovery measures have been integrated into the tool as part of the IKI’s Covid-19 Response Package. Alongside the assessment of investment risks, instruments for political decision-makers were also developed, which can help in monitoring (towards the ‘global stocktake’) at a national level.
Examples to Follow! Expeditions in Aesthetics and Sustainability The travelling exhibition ‘Examples to Follow! Expeditions in aesthetics and sustainability’, curated by Adrienne Göhler and supported by the Stiftung Forum der Kulturen zu Fragen der Zeit, was shown in Lima to coincide with the UNFCCC COP 20. Various project partners were involved in organising the exhibition as well as its extensive fringe programme. Through installations of a high artistic standard, the internationally touring exhibition thematised climate protection from a non-technical perspective and made a direct appeal to the visitors’ feelings. Working together to ensure the exhibition’s success were the Goethe-Institut Lima and the Instituto de Ciencias de la Naturaleza, Territorio y Energías Renovables of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.
Climate change adaptation through climate-sensitive flood water management in the Lower Mekong Basin The project strengthened the capacities of relevant professional bodies in the four riparian states Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Viet Nam as well as the Secretariat of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to predict the impacts of climate change. The aim was for the countries to be better equipped to prevent or mitigate the growing risk of flooding and the damage arising from it. The project took existing flood forecasting systems and incorporated the impacts of specific climatic factors. Local stakeholders learned how to apply these systems for the planning and implementation of adaptation measures. This was realized through capacity building, on-the-job training, and through direct advisory support as well as through communication with other river basin organisations, particularly from Europe. The project carried out practical tests on the forecast procedures that have been developed and helped the partners to implement pilot flood prevention measures.
Scaling Up Mountain Ecosystem-based Adaptation: building evidence, replicating success, and informing policy Ecosystem services can also help to reduce the impact of climate change on human communities. The project disseminated the ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approach to strengthen resilience, reduce the risks of disasters and improve adaptive capacities in the mountain regions of the partner countries. This benefited both the mountain dwellers and millions of people downstream. Experiences from previous projects and evidence of the efficacy of the measures for future projects were systematically collected and evaluated. To replicate such successful approaches in other areas and countries, the project strengthened the necessary knowledge and resources in the partner countries. These experiences were also incorporated into local, national and international adaptation plans and policies. Training courses also supported the dissemination of experiences and EbA measures and established the link to national adaptation planning (NAP).
Resilient forests and financing options for sustainable water supplies in the tropics Robust forests help to preserve natural water stocks in the tropics. Together with local partner organisations, the project is developing EbA measures and innovative governance mechanisms in water catchment areas. A participative approach is being taken to the creation of ecosystem-based, sustainable land use plans. The project conducted economic assessments of the ecosystem services of the four water catchment areas and developed governance instruments aimed at integrating private-sector actors. Steps were taken to establish nature conservation measures for the reconstruction of forests, and to strengthen monitoring and local capacities in the water catchment areas. The project supported national policies and regulations for ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation. Findings collated and shared with both project countries and the international community. The project was part of the IKI Corona Response Package.
Raw materials and climate change: promotion of low-carbon, environmentally sustainable and resource-efficient methods in the production of raw materials The economies of many developing and emerging countries are dependent on the export of raw materials. Raw material extraction is often associated with extensive environmental pollution, high consumption of fossil fuels and major greenhouse gas emissions. The project modelled effective strategies and standards for raw material extraction in partner countries that is sustainable and environmentally friendly. While helping partner countries mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, the project was also improving energy and resource efficiency, and introducing socio-environmentally responsible company management structures. Apart from including stakeholders from business and civil society, the project also cooperated with selected companies on model solution strategies. Other work included consulting services for the mining sector and (re-)training for local specialists. The project results formed part of the global debate on raw material extraction that is more sustainable for the climate, environment and society.
Green Transition Facility Jordan Micro, small and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs) have a significant carbon footprint. They are important adopters of green business models and represent one of the largest untapped markets for renewable energy and energy savings. At the same time, MSMEs face various barriers that deter the adoption of sustainable technologies. The project facililitates the access for MSMEs to appropriate financing for green investments. It provides private-sector financial institutions with long-term financial resources to implement projects in the field of renewable energies and energy efficiency. The plastics and rubber, textile, chemical and construction industries are important sectors for the project. The project provides private-sector financial institutions with financial products to lend them to MSMEs, mobilises private sector financing for green investments and supports financial institutions and companies in developing technical and financial knowledge in green investments.
Developing risk awareness through joint action for the middle Msimbazi river The target population of around 20,000 inhabitants of the Kombo settlement in Vingunguti dis-trict in Dar-es-Salaam typically lives in poor quality housing in low-income informal settlements, consistently located on hazardous land such as the flood-prone area of the Msimbazi river. Many inhabitants are unable to take actions to reduce the impacts of recurrent extreme weath-er events. The IKI Small Grants project increases their adaptive capacity to climate change-induced extreme weather impacts. Through two pilot projects, this IKI Small Grants project seeks to make climate and weather information accessible to different stakeholders. The local population is invited to choose the respective pilots in a participatory process.
Thai Rice NAMA The rice sector accounts for nearly 60% of Thailand’s agricultural emissions. The Sustainable Rice Platform, co-convened by UNEP and the International Rice Research Institute, promotes resource efficiency and sustainability in trade flows, supply chains and production and consumption. The Project will reach 100,000 rice farmers in Thailand, working with them, their associations and other service providers to adopt advanced farming practices and develop supporting financial incentive schemes. It facilitates national replicability and ASEAN-wide scalability. Through innovative financial incentives, private sector investment is expected to reach EUR 21.5m, while the government has earmarked EUR 25m annually for agricultural mitigation-related activities. These changes should reduce emissions by 1.664 Mt CO2e over the 5-year lifespan of the NSP, with increasing annual mitigation potential and reduced baseline emissions from irrigated rice by more than 26%.
100% Renewable Island of Santa Cruz, Galápagos The project has developed a three-year training strategy in support of the Ecuadorian Government's ambitious goal of completely replacing mineral oil in the Galapagos Islands with energy from renewable sources by 2015. It includes technical training on wind and solar energy, biofuels and electromobility, as well as basic and further training in administration. The project also trained policy-makers, especially in designing effective support policies.
Adapting Public Investment to Climate Change in Latin America (IPACC II) Between 11/2011 and 04/2015, in partnership with the Peruvian Ministries (MEF and MINAM), Adapting Public Investment to Climate Change Project (IPACC I)  was executed, achieving the implementation of climate risk analyses in the national procedures for public investment. Thereby, in order to exploit the Peruvian advances and expand their experiences, IPACC II was commissioned. On the one hand this project will strengthen the capacities in Peru. On the other hand this innovative approach shall be adapted and transferred to other countries of Latin America, specifically to Brazil and Colombia. This project contributes considerably to reducing climate induced economic, social and ecologic damages and thereby leads to a better adaptation to climate change.
The Global Peatlands Initiative: Assessing, Measuring and Preserving Peat Carbon Although peatlands cover only three percent of the global landmass, it stores almost 30 percent of soil-sequestered carbon—roughly double the amount stored by forests worldwide. Yet, they are increasingly threatened by exploitation. The Global Peatlands Initiative aims to analyse the state of peatlands worldwide and the role they play in the global carbon cycle. The project will improve and support access to the current body of knowledge while creating a hotspot atlas and a platform on peatland degradation. In this way, the Global Peatlands Initiative will build stakeholder capacity in terms of resources and know-how, so as to improve the conservation and sustainable use of peatlands. Gaps will be identified in global and national strategies, and project partners will develop strategies and approaches to counter peatland losses more effectively. The project also facilitates networking among researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders. All members of the initiative have committed to local knowledge transfer and capacity building.
Energy Recovery from Sludge Gases at a Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant for Transport The project installed a pilot sewage treatment plant to capture sludge gases, upgrade them to natural-gas quality and make them available to the public vehicle fleet as biofuel (biomethane). The services rendered within the project included process selection, siting, compilation of basic data and detailed planning, construction and commissioning of the plant as well as an aftercare phase. In addition, the project conducted accompanying training activities to ensure the plant is well-operated and maintained.
Empowering LDCs and SIDS Leadership for High Level Negotiations on Climate Change The project aimed to strengthen the capacities of chief negotiators and political representatives from LDCs and SIDS to enable them to be more proactive in top-level international climate negotiations. Policy and strategy guidelines were being drawn up for this purpose. The project was carrying out strategy, training and evaluation sessions in the context of the meetings of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the meetings of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP).
Low Carbon Development Achieved Through Energy Efficiency Measures in Jiangsu Province The project developed strategies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and provided assistance in the implementation of these strategies. Its efforts focused primarily on increasing energy efficiency in Jiangsu Province and in selected cities and industrial zones. Training measures provided decision-makers in municipal administrations and technical staff with the tools needed to identify and assess energy-efficient solutions in buildings and industry. Pilot projects provided a showcase for the application of energy-efficient solutions/technologies and the development of products for the housing sector.
Climate Finance Tracking Data on climate finance is key to measure progress toward climate finance goals, identify gaps and optimize the use of public resources. The project will provide comprehensive, user-friendly data and analyses on global climate finance flows, broken down by sectors, geographies, sources of capital, and instruments. This will enable governments, climate funds, development finance institutions, and private investors to better understand their role in the climate finance landscape, identify opportunities to scale up flows, accelerate ambition and better coordinate on climate action. The project will also inform UNFCCC climate negotiations, assessing collective progress toward international agreements, in the published SCF’s Biennial Assessments, and the first ‘Global Stocktake’ of the Paris Agreement due in 2023.
Cooperation from PPPs  against deforestation in Vietnam Although the Central Highlands of Viet Nam are characterised by extensive forested areas, their acreage has declined significantly over the last few decades. This project is helping to reduce deforestation and forest degradation in a high-priority protected area in the Central Highlands. The project is also supporting sustainable landscape planning and effective cooperation between the public and private sector. Project aims include improving agricultural production as well as providing support to communities for both agriculture and forestry. Training courses targeting improved agricultural methods as well as capital investment in modernising agricultural businesses are intended to improve both harvests and earnings in buffer zones. To prevent deforestation, the private sector is also being encouraged to invest in systems that enable monitoring and tracking within supply chains.
National Land Monitoring and Information System for a transparent NDC reporting To ensure meaningful reporting on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions that are created by deforestation, suitable types of data need to be collected and monitored over time. To achieve this, one of the project aims was to support the use of an existing software tool for forest monitoring, which has been developed in cooperation with Google Outreach. The project scope also included a new piece of software for landscape and restoration monitoring. The software complemented partner country monitoring systems. This will improve the monitoring of NDC and REDD+ measures as well as greenhouse gas reporting. The expanded monitoring system will also provide an important basis for implementing REDD+ instruments and the preparation of reports to the UNFCCC. Training for around 400 domain specialists was targeting knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer about the tool. In this way, the project helped 22 partner countries to reduce deforestation emissions (REDD+)./
Catalyzing private financing for climate impact in Africa In 2017, as part of the G20 presidency, Germany initiated the Compact with Africa (CwA) initiative to sustainably promote Africa's economic potential. With the CwA facility, the BMU is making a climate policy contribution to the CwA initiative: The local green economy of the CwA countries is sustainably strengthened and thus a contribution to accelerating low-carbon development efforts. For this purpose, blended finance approaches are being developed to mobilize private and public climate-friendly investments, e.g. in energy, automotive, industrial production and tourism, in selected CwA countries. With the development of blended finance instruments, the risks for private investors are reduced and the mobilization of private capital increased. The project thus contributes to the redirection of financial flows in accordance with Art. 2.1c of the Paris Agreement and the mobilization of the private sector, which was agreed in 2009 in the Copenhagen Accord.
Increasing food sovereignty and climate resilience by agroecology for small farmers in the Ecuadorian Highlands The Ecuadorian Sierra and its agricultural production are heavily impacted by alteration of rainfalls due to the accelerating climate change. The IKI Small Grants project takes place in an indigenous community at the Eastern hillside of volcano Cotacachi, where people having only limited access to land and none to irrigation. It  developed community-based water harvesting techniques and agroecological concepts to adapt to the alteration of rainfalls due to climate change in the region. It also capacitated 10 women promoters who will act as multipliers contributing to the development of community knowledge regarding water harvesting and agroecology and implementing model farms on their sites. The generated knowledge serves as a basis for an online learning course about adaption to change for small farmers. Additionally, a forum with farmers, social organisations, local public servants, and political representatives aimed to disseminate the results.
EcoLogistics: Low carbon freight for sustainable cities Urban transport of goods and commodities is a significant source of greenhouse gases in Argentina, Colombia and India. Nevertheless, many cities hardly address this in their mitigation measures. The project supported environmentally friendly rules and practices that directly contribute to mitigating the impacts of climate change and to the achievement of ambitious NDCs in the partner countries. It has created greater awareness of the issue among local and national governments to this end, developed action plans and gave other cities an example of how to act. The project also strengthened institutional resources and competencies by involving all interest groups, giving national policy recommendations and developing a self-monitoring instrument for the movement of goods and commodities. Demonstration projects from the project cities and collections of successful practical examples are intended to motivate national governments and to extend the project experience on a larger scale.
Capacity Development for GHG inventories and MRV in Tunisia The project supported the development of a comprehensive national measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) system for reduction measures, including greenhouse gas (GHG) monitoring. While Tunisia had already developed concepts for nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs), it lacked rigorous MRV systems for these actions. This situation was remedied by capacity development as well as the development and application of a pilot MRV system for an existing NAMA: Energy Efficiency in the Building Sector as part of the Tunisian Solar Plan. Through its successful implementation, the project could act as a pilot for MRV systems in other partner countries and serve as a good example for the international process of implementing MRV systems. In addition, the project indirectly contributed to good governance (transparency; accountability) in the areas of environmental and energy policy.
Sustainable Electric Transportation for Nepal (SET 4 Nepal) Widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) has been recognized by the Government of Nepal as a priority for the transport sector. The project aims to systematically remove barriers holding back the electrifications of the transport sector. The project will deliver a blend of financial mechanisms and technical assistance with a focus on the minibus segment in the Kathmandu Valley and beyond. The project will support public transport operators to finance and deploy 3,500 electric minibuses (EMB) and charging stations nationally, and to promote and strengthen widespread adoption of EVs through reforms to policy, regulation and permitting and improved capacity. As a result of the project, a projected 85% of all new minibuses purchased in Nepal will be electric by 2030. The project will directly leverage EUR 299 million for e-mobility and directly mitigate 1.78 million tons CO2e over the lifetime of the vehicles.
Mitigation with farmers of Bali and Flores using the cheapest biogas system funded by carbon offset In Indonesia, more than 25 million rural households rely on traditional biomass fuels. Biogas digesters emerged as a renewable energy source to replace firewood stoves. However, they spread slowly and are often no longer functional just a few months after installation. So that they spread faster and are in use longer, this project has installed cheap and user-friendly biogas digesters on 40 coffee and chocolate farmers in Bali and Flores. In an accompanying training programme, farmers learned how to operate and maintain the biogas digesters as well as how to effectively adapt their farming practices to climate change and use co-products of the biogas production as organic fertilizer. The project also included a feasibility study for a potential upscaling of the project concept as well as policy dialogues regarding the national targets for biogas and bioenergy.
Ecosystem-based adaptation in marine, terrestrial and coastal regions The project analyzed the potential of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) measures at three locations in Brazil, South Africa and the Philippines. Pilot projects provided examples of how adaptation measures based on completely different ecosystems (marine and coastal zones, semi-deserts and tropical forests) can be designed, implemented and evaluated in conjunction with the local population. In each country, the pilot projects worked with the local population to identify the habitat that is most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Subsequently, two EbA measures for each country were selected, implemented and reviewed. The relevant national stakeholders received training and individual guidance. Additionally, the projects were scientifically monitored and the findings transmitted to the international community via scientific publications and best practice case presentations.