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Scaling up Community based Adaptation for Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Southern Africa  (CBA-SCALE Southern Africa+) The project aims to achieve implementation of inclusive, gender-responsive & nature-sensitive Community based Adaptation actions in Southern Africa (and beyond) to increase resilience to climate change for people of all genders and social groups.  The CBA approach will be implemented in more than 100 communities. Interlinkages between all levels of planning will be strengthened to ensure that community adaptation priorities are reflected in local development plans, and that they inform (sub-)national decisions, notably through NAP/NDC processes.  During the preparation phase, the project will engage with the target groups, including both community beneficiaries and various policy-making stakeholders to gather insights and undertake a participatory project design. Research will be conducted to close information gaps and to deepen the collective understanding of the context. The outcomes of these efforts will be applied to collaboratively design the project framework.
Growing smarter – sustainable mobility in East Africa The rapid growth in African cities leads to traffic jams and uncontrolled urban sprawl – and the consequences are rising greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, urban poverty and climate vulnerability. The project helps to avoid this and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector at the same time by supporting public & non-motorised transport and urban planning in the target countries. It also supports the implementation of high-quality public transport systems in Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Kigali and Kampala and the expansion of the existing bus rapid transport system in Dar es Salaam. The integration of public transport with cycling and walking is being improved and urban development along transport corridors addressed. The project also promotes policy frameworks at urban and national levels, accelerating changes in the transport sector through quality standards, improved financing and other policy measures.
Wise use of Caribbean wetlands for climate change mitigation and conservation of their ecosystem services Land use changes in the Caribbean have led to ecosystem degradation as well as the loss of biological diversity and ecosystem services. This is also true of the Caribbean wetlands, which urgently require effective policies for sustainable use and management. The project is therefore carrying out vulnerability assessments for selected Ramsar Sites and providing regional governments with the additional know-how they need to avoid negative changes to their wetlands. The results of these assessments as well as the implementation of integrated coastal zone management and maritime spatial planning will lead to improvements in legislation and regulation. Planning and management tools will also be integrated to improve the management of Caribbean wetlands. The assessments of vulnerability to climate change provide examples than can also be applied to other Ramsar Sites. The same applies to the implementation of integrated coastal zone management, monitoring and other insights.
Women cooperatives promoting clean cooking stoves An estimated 70 per cent of Nepalese households cook with firewood. The use of biomass-based traditional cookstoves is one of the main causes of indoor air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in Nepal. As women are the primary users of cookstoves, the use of traditional stoves has severe impacts on women’s health and well-being. This IKI Small Grants project promotes clean cooking solutions to replace traditional cookstoves in Sudoor Paschim Province. Five local women's cooperatives were identified as key actors for a clean cooking initiative. They cooperate with two local governments and the producers of the clean cooking stoves. At the same time, the project develops plans, policies, and financial packages for the promotion of clean cookstoves. It further establishes business linkages between producers and women cooperatives for the promotion and sales of clean cookstoves in the targeted municipalities to establish a sustainable environment for energy-efficient cookstoves in the region.
Rural Youth Climate Action Movement for Cool Farming in Indonesia Climate change poses major challenges for agriculture and forestry. On the one hand, the pace and scope of climate change overwhelms smallholder farmers’ adaptive capacity. On the other hand, the greenhouse gas emissions of these sectors themselves contribute massively to climate change. Moreover, the smallholder family farms that produce the bulk of staple foods in the Global South do not have the means to implement climate change mitigation and adaptation measures. This jeopardises food security, leads to impoverishment and to the migration of young people to the cities. The project in Indonesia aims to reverse this trend by promoting the knowledge of young rural people on climate-friendly and -resilient, yet profitable methods of smallholder agriculture and supporting pilot projects of young farmers. Anchoring in youth associations, as well as university and policy support, promotes the sustainability and upscaling potential of the project approaches.
Sino-German Climate Partnership The project supported Sino-German climate dialogue in order to intensify bilateral cooperation on climate protection. It focused particularly on analysing, evaluating and processing relevant information, carrying out background studies in support of technology cooperation, promoting scientific exchange, and increasing the involvement of German industry. In addition to handling the organisational preparations for meetings of the Sino-German climate working group, the project provided additional content-related support on the topics that the group discusses. International experience was being fed into Chinese climate policy discussions, along with technical expertise and information gained from specialist publications, round tables and workshops. Relevant outcomes from the bilateral working group were transmitted to the German, South African and South Korean initiative ‘MRV and Mitigation Partnership’.
Protection of Nyekweri Forest by local communities, Trans Mara Subcounty, Kenya Nyekweri Forest is located to the west of Maasai Mara Nature Reserve and is an important refuge for threatened wildlife.The project assists the approximately 1000 Maasai living in the area to develop a biocultural protocol based on their traditions and cultural values. Working together with the local project partner, the project improves the exchange with the administration at national and regional level in order to achieve legal recognition as a conservancy. The project also strengthens income-generating activities to reduce deforestation for charcoal production. They include eco-tourism, improved animal husbandry and honey production. These project measures will help prevent forest loss beyond the life of the project.  Women are trained to improve production and sale of traditional bead jewelry and to manage this income independently. Particular emphasis is placed on women's independent income and the strengthening of their role in traditional community bodies.
Making Climate Finance Transformational This special project focused on international climate finance architecture and support for the establishment of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The topics covered included research on access for emerging and developing countries to international climate finance and in particular to the GCF, on mobilising the private sector for investment in climate protection, and on the transformative impact of climate finance. In the framework of this programme, WRI also conducted workshops on capacity building and transparency for representatives of developing countries and NGOs.
Efficient Use of Fuel and Alternative Fuels in Indigenous and Rural Communities in Guatemala Guatemala is committed to create improved conditions for sustainable and efficient firewood use and has set up a Firewood Commission to implement the National Firewood Strategy. With financial and technical support mechanisms, the project stimulates supply and demand for energy efficient cookstoves. Enhanced coordination and consolidation of national and international support is required to upscale and ensure long-term sustainability in the implementation of clean cooking technologies, and for fortifying participatory governance to implement the National Firewood Strategy. Possible co-benefits include reduction in forest degradation and improved economic conditions of households (via reduced need to purchase fuel and time spent collecting firewood) for approx. 1.1 m people, mostly indigenous women and children. Approximately 1.7MtCO2e will be mitigated by the end of the project and 9 MtCO2e up until the end of 2027t.
Risk management strategies for climate change adaptation in agriculture in Kenya The project helped smallholders, processors and marketing enterprises throughout selected agricultural value chains appraise climate risks, select or develop suitable adaptation strategies and implement these. Agricultural extension services, insurers and district administrations were key partners in implementation. The agricultural extension services received training that places them in a position to advise farmers on the impacts of climate change. In dialogue with insurance companies, the project assessed the economic potential of insurance products; if assessments were positive, the further development of such products were stimulated. In parallel, farmers were informed about the costs and benefits of weather-based insurance. Relevant district bodies were involved in the processes, and received advice on how to integrate adaptation measures in development planning. In addition, the project developed a method for innovative results monitoring that will be able to capture the improved adaptive capacity of farmers.
Innovative Insurance Products for Climate Change Adaptation This project aimed to help Ghana manage the socio-economic costs and risks associated with climate change. It did so by developing and placing on the market climate-related agricultural insurance schemes for selected value chains. The project involved cooperation with regulatory and supervisory bodies, insurance companies and insurance industry associations, as well as consumers. In addition, a project knowledge management component on climate risk insurances in the IKI was added at a later stage.
Decarbonisation of the Chilean energy sector Chile has great potential for the use of renewable energy sources. The project therefore supported the expansion of solar and wind power in the partner country. In addition, it promoted innovative technologies and approaches such as "green" hydrogen for renewable energy system integration and sector coupling. To this end, innovative projects were identified and prepared for financing. The project built on the positive experience of the previous project which contributed significantly to the dynamic development of renewable energy sources in Chile from 2014 to 2019. The project promoted the decarbonisation of the Chilean energy sector by introducing market-based climate protection instruments in addition to support to the coal withdrawal. To this end, it advised the Chilean government on the implementation of its ambitious and coherently concerted agenda in the climate and energy sector.
ACCESS: Accelerating Access to Low Carbon Urban Mobility Solutions through Digitalization Latin America's transport sector is responsible for 35 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. By accelerating access to low-carbon urban mobility solutions through digitalisation, the project aims to measurably reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector in urban areas in six Latin American countries. To achieve this, existing and new data and technology solutions will be used to enhance the positive aspects of transport innovations and mitigate the negative aspects. Furthermore, successes and lessons learned in digital development from other sectors will be used to inform project activities and policy recommendations to policy partners. Transport-related Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) will be integrated into the objectives and targets for each country. The project includes activities and outputs at regional, national and city levels.
Supporting the Co-facilitators of Work stream I of the Transitional Committee for the design of the Green Climate Fund: Scope, guiding principles, and cross-cutting issues Under the guidance of Work stream Co-facilitators, the Technical Support Unit (TSU) supported the Transitional Committee (TC), in defining scope, guiding principles, and exploring crosscutting issues, as defined for Work stream I, for the design of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) through providing analytical and substantive support. The following issues have been explored: (1) Objectives and principles; (2) Thematic scope; (3) Size and scalability; and (4) Country-led and results-based approaches, for the design of the GCF. The TSU also collated and synthesized the views of TC members, stakeholders and observers, as submitted, on issues under Workstream I. These activities and continued substantive support to the TC also covered the technical workshops and three TC meetings and contributed to finally reaching an agreement on its recommendations for scope and guiding principles of the GCF.
Mobilize Net-Zero – Facilitating the global transport transformation Transport accounts for a quarter of energy-related CO2 emissions, growing faster than in other sectors. A global transformation of transport is pivotal for limiting global warming to 1.5 °C. The project aims for national governments to increase their commitments towards decarbonizing transport with the support of international partnerships. To this end, the establishment of a partnership of pioneering countries is being explored. Through this partnership as well as exchange platforms such as the Transport and Climate Change Week, international learning is being promoted and awareness is raised. An online tool based on artificial intelligence (Transport Transformation Tracker) informs stakeholders about the status of reforms. In East Africa, a flagship project on paratransit will be prepared and knowledge on the decarbonisation of transport will be disseminated. In Latin America, sustainable mobility encouraging electrification and shift to public transport is promoted in eight countries.
"1000 Roofs Programme" - Disseminating Solar Thermal Hot Water Production The project aimed to promote solar thermal energy as a resource-saving and affordable alternative for water heating in selected regions of Brazil. Accordingly, the project partners planned, funded and implemented solar thermal installations in social housing projects. Parallel to this, the project aimed to improve the quality of service provided by local suppliers and maintenance companies. In addition, a national implementation strategy and attractive funding mechanisms were developed together with the project partners to support wider distribution of solar thermal installations. Banks, property developers, installation companies, resident representatives, municipalities and other stakeholders were also involved in the process.
Improving energy efficiency in the building sector  through the use of renewable raw materials from agroforestry systems More than half of primary energy consumption in Uzbekistan is being spent on the energy supply for the building sector. There is great need to increase efficiency through improved insulation of houses and to substitute carbon-intensive building materials with locally available bio-based resources.  Based on locally adapted building design, materials, and improved production methods, the project develops resource-saving alternatives that combine both traditional and modern construction using wood, agricultural residues and clay. To demonstrate the advantages of such building systems it will build a model house in Tashkent. Educational materials will be developed that focus on the systemic relationships and synergetic benefits between agroforestry, ecosystem services, housing systems, energy efficiency and human well-being. These training modules will be included in the curricula of vocational and higher education. E-leaning contents will be made available for wider audiences in Central Asia.
Operationalising the landscape approach for biodiversity and benefits: Policy, practice and people Landscape approaches offer solutions to avoid utilisation competition and conflicting goals while enhancing potential synergies. However, the implementation and – above all – evaluation of the landscape approach has yet to be broadly established. This project is using a variety of partners and stakeholders to operationalise the landscape approach and ensure its implementation in practice. Key players are being networked at several levels to ensure they benefit from the implementation of the landscape approach. The main focus of this project is on national policy and processes, so as to increase awareness of the value of biological diversity. The project is funding resources and skills aimed at improving the integration of biodiversity into national policies and land development planning. This is being achieved by the organisation of a comprehensive public relations programme, as well as cooperation with political decision-makers and other target groups at the national and international level.
Integration of gender aspects into climate change adaptation and low-carbon developmen The project was working to mainstream the gender dimension in climate change adaptation and low-carbon development (LCD) measures in developing countries and in national and international climate policy. It provided training for representatives of community-based and non-governmental organisations and government employees on gender-sensitive adaptation and LCD measures, and supported this work with corresponding information and training materials. In addition, the project developed indicators and methodologies for strengthening and monitoring gender-sensitive adaptation measures and formulates proposals for political strategies.
Establishment of a national competence centre on climate change Morocco is one of the countries which are wholly committed to the fight against climate change in Africa. However, there are still deficits in the formal structures at national and regional levels, and this is why the project has supported the establishment of a climate competence centre to implement the national climate strategy. The centre has also enabled Morocco to participate actively in the international dialogue on climate adaptation and greenhouse gas mitigation. Through an information programme, the project has trained national climate experts as multipliers who then raise awareness of climate policy and adaptation and climate action measures nationwide. Various instruments – including a reliable climate database and measuring, reporting and verification (MRV)  systems – have been developed for sustainable knowledge management on greenhouse gas reduction and adaptation to climate change. Thanks to South-South cooperation, the results of the Climate Competence Centre have been made available to neighbouring countries on a long-term basis.
Green Climate Fund - Civil Society Readiness: Focus Africa The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is the most important multilateral instrument for climate financing and focuses its support on the least developed countries, small island states, and African states. The project enhanced existing capacities of African civil society to improve the quality of the GCF project proposals submitted, bringing in on-the-ground expertise and enabling the participatory monitoring of GCF projects. Project activities included, among other things, the organisation of webinars and workshops as well as the preparation of handouts. The project further promoted networking to strengthen the high-level involvement of civil society stakeholders in key African countries. Moreover, the expansion of civil society engagement was encouraged through an exchange of experience at the regional and global levels. The project thus helped embedding GCF-funded activities in a broader societal support for  a transformation towards a low-emission and climate-resilient society.
Training Leaders in the Environment and Climate Sector The aim of the project was to impart the theoretical basis for implementing environmental and climate policies as well as communicating Germany’s experiences in this area to high-ranking decision-makers and future leaders of the Communist Party. In addition, the project helped establish these issues more firmly throughout curricula for Chinese managers, building on the environmental goals described in the 11th and 12th Five-Year Plans and the goals of China’s National Climate Change Programme approved in June 2007.
Sino-German Platform for Renewable Energies - Wind Environment Research & Training Center This project aimed to improve the technical expertise of managers and specialised personnel in the Chinese energy sector to help ensure that wind power-generated electricity is fed into the grid efficiently and used sustainably. Through its activities, the project helped to reduce emissions in China. It helped to set up the Wind Environment Research and Training Center (WERT) as well as to develop and carry out training and education events. At the same time, it developed testing services and training testing staff in cooperation with German test institutions.
Converting Air-Conditioning Equipment in Public Buildings to Natural Refrigerants The project has supported the conversion of air-conditioning systems in selected government buildings in Mauritius to demonstrate (a) the advantages of natural refrigerants (ammonia) as an alternative to climate-damaging fluorinated refrigerants; and (b) the potential for increasing efficiency. It was intended to serve as a best-practice model. The project was also advising the National Ozone Unit on selling the credits earned by reducing emissions via a small-scale clean development mechanism. In addition, the operators of the public buildings has been trained in the proper operation and maintenance of the equipment.
Developing a Bioenergy Strategic Model to support Energy Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action in Peru The project developed a model for the strategic management of bioenergy in Peru. It aimed to provide families in rural areas with access to low cost renewable energy. At the same time, end users in cities were to be provided with a “greener” source of energy in order to achieve a reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The scheme consisted of six elements: (i) increasing the demand for biofuels by promoting bioenergy technologies and raising awareness for this type of energy; (ii) strengthening business initiatives with technology suppliers and retailers in Peru; (iii) designing and implementing mechanisms for the financing of bioenergy projects; (iv) developing a standardization system as well as a framework for research and development; (v) providing technical assistance; (vi) establishing and developing a monitoring system. The project contributed to the Bioenergy Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) and it cooperated across sectors with several ministries.
Climate-Tolerant Restoration of Degraded Bioregions in Southern Caucasus The project restored degraded landscapes, taking into account future climatic changes. This included introducing drought-resistant permanent crops, reforestation and planting to provide erosion protection. It supported communities and districts in the pilot regions in developing and implementing appropriate policies and identifyied sustainable land-use strategies.