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Structural Transformation Capacities developed across whole of government and Parliament to integrate SDGs and human rights into national planning and budgets
Greening the Central Bank of Eswatini & Capacity Building-UNDP-SWZ-01001487 Central Banks play critical roles in promoting greening of the economy and addressing the climate change risks. Central banks can provide guidance and support to financial institutions on how to green their operations and products. This guidance can include information on climate change risks, green finance products, and best practices for greening financial services. Specific areas in which a central bank can provide this guidance is through taking the lead in adopting green policies and practi
PIMS-9871 Biodiversity Finance Plan Eswatini The initiative “Global Programme on National Biodiversity Finance Plans” is an enabling activity that directly supports the implementation of the new biodiversity targets under the new Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), specifically it will focus on providing support to countries in developing: a) a national biodiversity finance policy and institutional review; b) an expenditure review to assesses spending related to biodiversity across all relevant sectors; c) an assessment of financial needs
Eswatini Engagement Facility Enhancing evidence-based planning for sustainable development solutions and conducting comprehensive Country Diagnostics for roll out of Strategic Road Map and National Development Plan 2019-2022 and preparation for new CPD roll out.
Establishment of Eswatini Big5 Nature Reserve This project aims to integrate existing private and state nature reserves, cattle farms, and portions of land from three different communities under a single protected area and governance framework to expand habitat and landscapes connectivity for key terrestrial wildlife populations (lions, elephants, rhinos, giraffe); strengthen human-wildlife co-existence and increase flow of economic benefits to communities, especially women and youth.
Preparation of an HFC phase-down plan Development of the overarching strategy and project document of HFC Phase-down Management Plan and evaluation of the need and development of strategy, components and action plans for non-conversion investment components.
Crisis Stabilization and Recovery Peaceful dialogue and a political solution is required in Eswatini, through an integrated and coordinated response stabilize the situation and transition the country towards recovery, sustained social and economic growth.
Crisis Stabilization & Recover Strengthen the coordination role of the Government in the crisis management and just transition to recovery.
PIMS-9871 Biodiversity Finance Plan Eswatini The initiative “Global Programme on National Biodiversity Finance Plans” is an enabling activity that directly supports the implementation of the new biodiversity targets under the new Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), specifically it will focus on providing support to countries in developing: a) a national biodiversity finance policy and institutional review; b) an expenditure review to assesses spending related to biodiversity across all relevant sectors; c) an assessment of financial needs required to achieve the targets of the GBF; and, d) a National Biodiversity Finance Plan. This is underpinned by a transformational process to develop a shared vision and action agenda on financing nature in the country, closely involving the finance sector.
Increasing Farmer Resilience to Climate Change The project is expected to impact over 500 farmers producing fresh fruit, vegetables and high value filed crops, 1,500 farmers practicing conservation agriculture, and create jobs for at least 1,000 people (mostly the youth and women).
Eswatini Engagement Facility Technical support to development of policy framework for enhancing evidence-based planning for sustainable development solutions.
HCFC Phase-Out Management Plan (Stage II - SWA/PHA/86/INV/31) - UNDP-SWZ Eswatinis consumption of HCFCs is in the servicing of refrigeration and air conditioning equipment. In 2021 Eswatini consumed 6.79 Metric Tons (MT) of HCFC- 22 used to repair and service residential, commercial, and industrial refrigeration and air conditioning equipment. Following the phase-out of the consumption of CFCs in domestic and commercial refrigeration equipment, significant quantities of HCFC have been introduced and their use continues to grow.It was therefore imperative that strategic measures are taken to reduce and eliminate the use of such ODS containing equipment in Eswatini to ensure compliance with the Montreal Protocol and combat climate change. With support from the Multilateral Fund, Eswatini initiated the implementation of the Stage 1 of the HPMP from 2010 and it was completed in 2020. In stage I Eswatini successfully achieved the 35% HCFC reduction as per the targets set in the Montreal Protocol and the phase out of HCFCs in the manufacturing (foam making) sector.Having achieved these results in the HPMP Stage I of the HCFC phaseout management plan, new set of strategies and activities have been designed through the HPMP Stage Il to achieve a 67,5% HCFC reduction by 2025, and complete HCFC phase-out by 2030 with a servicing tail of 2.5% until 2040. Therefore, the project seeks to provide, achieve, and sustain the HCFC phase-out by promoting the adoption of zero Ozone Depletion Potential and low Global Warming Potential technologies consistent with the provisions of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.
Greening the Central Bank of Eswatini & Capacity Building-UNDP-SWZ-01001487 Central Banks play critical roles in promoting greening of the economy and addressing the climate change risks. Central banks can provide guidance and support to financial institutions on how to green their operations and products. This guidance can include information on climate change risks, green finance products, and best practices for greening financial services. Specific areas in which a central bank can provide this guidance is through taking the lead in adopting green policies and practices such as in investing in green technologies, reducing their carbon footprint, and supporting green initiatives in the community. Central banks can also foster collaboration between financial institutions and other stakeholders such as governments, businesses, and non-governmental organizations and help to develop and implement green finance solutions that address climate change risks. Further, Central banks can promote research and development to develop new green finance products and services, and to improve the understanding of climate change risks. By playing these roles, central banks can help to channel financial resources into green investments, and to reduce the financial systems exposure to climate change risks. This can help to build a more sustainable financial system and economy.
Increasing Farmer Resilience The project is part of a regional undertaking involving five (5) countries, coordinated by the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA).
Strengthen Oversight and Accountability Through this Project UNDP country office under the governance Pillar seeks to implement a Number of activities that will facilitate accountability and transparency and contribute to an ease in doing business in Eswatini.
National Legal Framework To finalize the draft Climate Change Bill UNDP will engage consultants and work with Ministry of Tourism and Environmental Affairs to undertake stakeholder consultation and validation of the bill.
Strengthening EWS & Climate Services in Eswatini Assisting Eswatini to address the current EWS related gaps, monitoring and forecasting of climate-related hazards, impending disasters and constrained planning for slow-onset hazards.
Accelerator Lab - Eswatini The Country Accelerator Labs are a UNDP global initiative with a high level of ambition. The objective is to build a network of Country Accelerator Labs as the largest, fastest global learning network on development challenges. The network will surface and reinforce locally sourced solutions at scale while mobilizing a wide and dynamic partnership of actors contributing knowledge, resources and experience. The project started with the set-up of 60 Labs in all regions in 2019.
Accelerating Eswatinis Readiness to Respond This project is aimed at providing evidence to inform an accelerated national preparedness and response plan through understanding the interconnected crisis of food, energy and finance and its implications to the Kingdom of Eswatini.
Kenya Energy Programme We aim for a situation where green technologies and improved framework conditions for renewable energy contribute to sustainable development and improved human wellbeing in the Coastal Kenya Region and in Kenya in general. In terms of energy, Kenya is still largely considered as energy poor according to the World Energy Outlook reports. The predominant fuels for lighting and cooking are kerosene and firewood respectively. These fuels have serious environmental challenges in terms of pollution and forest degradation. 44 percent of Kenyan households use kerosene as the main source of lighting, while 57 percent use collected firewood as the main source of cooking. Over and above the environmental challenges the exposure to smoke from cooking and other indoor air pollution, principally among women and children, is a bigger killer than malaria or tuberculosis. This energy poverty is more evident at the coast. WWF expect to contribute to the following outcomes i) Partner CSOs/ CBOs/ coalitions and platforms within the marine and energy sectors have been strengthened and consolidated to analyze, monitor and advocate for sustainable use and management of natural resources. ii) WWF and partners are engaging more effectively and play a larger role in decision making in policy dialogues within marine and energy sectors especially regarding access to and production of renewable energy at both national and county level iii) Increased equity and rights for young and adult women and men in decision making regarding use and management of natural resources in the energy and marine sectors.
Vietnam Energy Programme Vietnam has had the fastest growing greenhouse gas emissions level in the Greater Mekong Region over the last ten years and the country continues to rely heavily on coal power. According to government plans, coal power will further increase in years to come. As demand grows, and the share of fossil fuels in the energy supply mix increases, environmental impacts and challenges will increase significantly, along with detrimental health issues. In addition, security of energy supply is impacted as Vietnam becomes dependent on imported coal. Vietnam is highly vulnerable to climate change, ranking eighth in the Global Climate Risk Index, which considers cost in loss of gross domestic product and human lives. Despite the devastating facts the climate change mitigation commitments are relatively low. To key challenges are lacking public awareness concerning negative impacts caused by unsustainable energy production and the decision-making processes on energy sector lacking transparency and mechanisms to include CSO, the private sector, and other stakeholders. Therefore, it is WWF’s vision to engage civil society to advocate for a socially just transition to a green energy sector, with reduced dependence on fossil fuels, for the long-term sustainable development of people and nature in Vietnam.
Myanmar Forest Programme We aim for a situation where civil society is influencing policies and monitors enforcement to ensure that natural resources are used sustainably; and indigenous people and local communites have increased governance rights over those resources, all together underpinning a green economy approach that leads to increased human wellbeing both in programme intervention areas and in Myanmar in general. Currently Myanmar is experiencing a rapid but unequal and resource-dependent growth leading to a degradation of natural resources, harming the large minority of indigenous people depending on these forest and freshwater resources. The ethnic minorities do not benefit from the economic development but bear the consequences of the environmental degradation of the ecosystems they depend on. The programme will satisfy the development needs of the region in terms of infrastructure, land allocation for the private sector, land allocation for community needs as well as achieving ecological integrity and minimizing conflicts and damages to more vulnerable stakeholders.
Innovation Programme The desired outcome of the innovation programme is to build an effective and agile innovation ecosystem cutting across the SPA programme portfolio with the aim of accelerating and scaling new approaches, methodologies, technologies, and partnerships that generates improved outcomes in the SPA. WWF will develop and apply a structured approach to manage the innovation processes under SPA, aiming to support two new innovative ‘cases’ per year. The cases will be selected based on a wide set of criteria including strategic match, urgency, readiness for implementation, potential for upscaling and cooperation with smallholder etc.
The Triple Benefit Programme-Vietnam The Tripple benfiit program i sbeing funded by DANIDA through WWF DK. The project is being implemented in 6 countries (Kenya, Madagascar, Uganda, Myanmar, Vietnam and Nepal. The aim of the Triple Benefit Program (TBP) is to achieve improved human well-being, thriving biodiversity and enhanced climate mitigation & resilience for people and nature in countries of intervention. The TBP centers around pioneering and scaling Nature-based Solutions (NbS) as a cross-cutting methodology.
The Triple Benefit Programme- Madagascar The Tripple benfiit program i sbeing funded by DANIDA through WWF DK. The project is being implemented in 6 countries (Kenya, Madagascar, Uganda, Myanmar, Vietnam and Nepal. The aim of the Triple Benefit Program (TBP) is to achieve improved human well-being, thriving biodiversity and enhanced climate mitigation & resilience for people and nature in countries of intervention. The TBP centers around pioneering and scaling Nature-based Solutions (NbS) as a cross-cutting methodology.
Strategic Partnership Agreement DAP2022-2025 The project is a public sector funded project grant of DANIDA through WWF Denmark. WWF Donor and WWF Recipients are part of the WWF’s global network of independent NGOs that operate under a common licensing agreement and brand, and that pool funds to advance common conservation objectives.
The aim of the Triple Benefit Program (TBP) is to achieve improved human well-being, thriving biodiversity and enhanced climate mitigation & resilience for people and nature in countries of intervention.
Other Activities Other activities may include preliminary examinations, financial management monitoring visits, reviews and external evaluations as well as other agreed activities (must be specified)
Uganda Forest Programme In Uganda, we aim for a desired situation where civil society influence policy and market decisions to ensure good governance of natural resources. The region in which our activities are located has the highest annual loss of forest and the highest level of poverty. Further the region, Albertine Graben, accounts for 70% of Uganda’s protected areas and holds important natural capital such as forest, freshwater and is rich on biodiversity and unique ecosystems. With a high level of poverty, the population is extremely vulnerable to environmental degradation and the effects of climate change. Key pressures emanate form development needs of the growing and poor population, the combination of weak natural resource governance and a high market demand for natural resources, unsustainable land management practices and large-scale infrastructural extraction. The programme will target central government, state agencies and district local governments to revise policies, laws, regulations and guidelines that enable equitable benefit sharing and improve legality in forest products trade.
Strategic Partnership Agreement Civil society effectively exercise their human and environmental rights and are actively influencing policy and market decisions to promote sustainable use and equitable benefit sharing of natural resources and ecosystem services for long-term sustainable development of people and nature. WWF’s Partnership Engagement with Danida is designed to support inclusive green economies in developing countries, draw on the comparative strengths and competences of WWF, and through this, support development cooperation and humanitarian action.
Global Climate and Energy Programme In the Global Climate and Energy programme, we aim for a situation where civil society is actively influencing and supporting ramped up climate actions globally, ensuring that global average temperature is kept below a 1.5°C increase, contributing to long-term climate resilient and sustainable development for people and nature. WWF’s work is closely linked with the Danish MFA and its support to global fora, institutions and processes to push common agendas and initiatives related to the UNFCCC and the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Our vision is threefold i) None-state multi-stakeholder platforms, such as Climate Action Platforms, have been established, strengthened and consolidated to monitor, analyze and advocate for and support accelerated implementation and enhancement of NDCs and related climate, energy and development goals in key countries. ii) The organized non-state actors are more effectively engaging with national governments in policy dialogues regarding enhancement of country NDCs and support accelerated implementation. iii) Increased finance mobilized for non-state actors and market-based solutions for piloting and scaling of low-carbon pathways and solutions to support the implementation of NDC targets and measures in developing countries.
Project and Programme Related Information Our expectations for communication are changing. We no longer want to be informed. We want to be engaged. That’s why ‘engagement’ is the key element for WWF’s communication under the new strategic partnership agreement with Danida. The aim of WWF’s development communication is to build on the Danes’ excitement and admiration for unique nature, ecosystems and wildlife to create support and sympathy for the engagements that comes out of WWF’s strategic partnership with Danida. The idea is to use the fascination of nature as a hook to engage and inform people about our work within sustainable development, drawing on the experiences and knowledge of our partners in the global South.
The Triple Benefit Programme- Nepal WWF Nepal implemented the TBP-Nepal project in coordination with the Department of Forests and Soil Conservation (DoFSC) and Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) and in collaboration with SAHAMATI as a local implementing CSO partner. The project aims for a climate resilient Lower Narayani River Basin with improved ecosystem services that supports community well-being and thriving biodiversity.
Vietnam Aquaculture Programme The shrimp aquaculture industry has grown rapidly over the last two decades and has become increasingly important for the national economy. However, the rapid growth of shrimp farming has created a range of environmental, social and economic challenges. Policies have failed to account for the environmental effects and the value of benefits from local ecosystem services. Unsustainable practices and poor regulation have increased volatility and hazards and resulted in greater risks and social inequality in shrimp farming communities. Producers are affected on farm-level profitability, and the long-term viability is threatened causing detrimental effects on all involved in the shrimp industry. In Vietam we aim for a desired situation where civil society effectively exercise their human and environmental rights and are actively influencing policy and market decisions to promote a green and socially inclusive transition of the aquaculture sector. The programme will support the formation of coalitions and alliances of smallholder cooperatives as well as the partner CSOs and their engagement in roundtable discussions and platform meetings with key industry stakeholders, such as the Public-Private Partnership for Sustainable Aquaculture. WWF has co-founded the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) aiming to transform the global seafood market and promoting the best environmental and social practices through a global certification programme. Thus, the shrimp farmers are required to improve performance around biodiversity impacts, responsible and traceable feed, water and soil pollution, disease outbreaks, and social and labor issues. It is especially needed to establish market mechanisms that incites smallholder shrimp farmers to adopt sustainable production practices such as the ASC. Overall, an integrated approach is required, one that considers broader issues such as poverty reduction and resilience for poor vulnerable groups, to ensure disadvantaged groups are not left behind.
The Triple Benefit Programme- Uganda The Tripple benfiit program i sbeing funded by DANIDA through WWF DK. The project is being implemented in 6 countries (Kenya, Madagascar, Uganda, Myanmar, Vietnam and Nepal. The aim of the Triple Benefit Program (TBP) is to achieve improved human well-being, thriving biodiversity and enhanced climate mitigation & resilience for people and nature in countries of intervention. The TBP centers around pioneering and scaling Nature-based Solutions (NbS) as a cross-cutting methodology.
The Triple Benefit Programme-Land to Sea (TBP-L2S) The Tripple benfiit program i sbeing funded by DANIDA through WWF DK. The project is being implemented in 6 countries (Kenya, Madagascar, Uganda, Myanmar, Vietnam and Nepal. The aim of the Triple Benefit Program (TBP) is to achieve improved human well-being, thriving biodiversity and enhanced climate mitigation & resilience for people and nature in countries of intervention. The TBP centers around pioneering and scaling Nature-based Solutions (NbS) as a cross-cutting methodology.
The Triple Benefit Programme- Myanmar The Tripple benfiit program i sbeing funded by DANIDA through WWF DK. The project is being implemented in 6 countries (Kenya, Madagascar, Uganda, Myanmar, Vietnam and Nepal. The aim of the Triple Benefit Program (TBP) is to achieve improved human well-being, thriving biodiversity and enhanced climate mitigation & resilience for people and nature in countries of intervention. The TBP centers around pioneering and scaling Nature-based Solutions (NbS) as a cross-cutting methodology.
Uganda Energy Programme In Uganda, we aim for a desired situation where the private sector is engaged in innovative financing mechanisms and sustainable technologies benefit livelihoods of women, men and youth. WWF will focus on increased access to renewable energy alternatives amongst communities that are over-dependent on biomass resources to meet their energy needs and will reduce pressure on available forests resources. Firstly, CSOs must be strengthened and empowered to engage in coordinated policy advocacy and to represent the interest of their constituency. Secondly, government policies and practices need to enable and ensure civil society participation. Lastly, there is a need for demonstrating and scaling up market transformation initiatives to enable change at scale while at the same time empowering local communities to add value to their forest based production.