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Pilot Programme on Integrated Adaptation Strategies in Grenada
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Project details
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Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
UNDP, GovernmentSummary:
Grenada is one of two countries selected to benefit from a pilot programme being offered by Germany to cope with the effects of climate change.
Project Status:
UNDP Pipeline
Piloting climate change adaptation to protect human health in Barbados
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Project details
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Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
UNDP, World Health Organization, Ministry of HealthSummary:
Barbados Project Objective
To strengthen national adaptive capacity to address health issues related to climate change attributable water scarcity.
Key Health Concerns and Vulnerability to Climate Change
Project Components:
- Climate change and health early warning and planning systems
- Institutional and technical capacity to manage climate change health risks
- Demonstration Measures to reduce vulnerability
- Regional Cooperation to address climate change health risks
Expected Outputs:
Outcome 1: Policies and Programs are implemented to ensure health risks do not increase as a result of using treated wastewater to recharge aquifers and for irrigation.
- Develop Procedures and guidelines for the effective recharge of aquifers using wastewater.
- Develop Strategies, policies and procedures for the use of wastewater for irrigation, ensuring that the quality and safety of agriculture crops is assured.
- Develop guidelines and standards for the safe use of wastewater.
- Develop monitoring systems for using wastewater in agriculture and aquifer recharge.
Outcome 2: Public acceptance of the use of treated wastewater for non potable use.
- Social Acceptance of the use of treated wastewater.
Outcome 3: Public safely stores water to prevent the breeding of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.
- Enhance current rainwater storage facilities for the prevention of the breeding of Aedes aegypti mosquito.
Contacts:
Pradeep Kurukulasuriya
(212) 906-6843
pradeep.kurukulasuriya@undp.orgCountry contact
Honourable Donville O. Inniss
Minister of Health
Ministry of Health, Jemmotts Lane, St.MichaelWinfred Greaves
Project Manager
E-mail: wagreaves@qnetlinks.netWHO contact
Dr Berzabe C. Butron Riveros
PAHO WHO Representative a.i.
E-mail: butronbe@ecc.paho.orgSally Edwards
E-mail: edwardss@ecc.paho.org
Producing Energy Efficient Home Refrigerators Without Making Use of Ozone Depleting Substances
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Project details
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Implementing Agency:
Ministry of Foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration (MINVEC)Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
Ministry of Foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration (MINVEC), National Union for the Manufacturing of Durables (INPUD) within the Ministry of Steel and Mechanics Industry and Electronics (SIME), Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA)Summary:
This project was one of the first to combine action on climate change and ozone depletion. It was designed to assist Cuban manufacturers to produce a range of highly efficient, low power consumption home refrigerators using substances which do not deplete the ozone layer.
Project Components:
- Establishment of accredited testing laboratory for design and trial of new refrigerator models.
- Manufacturing of new energy-efficient models.
- Training of technicians for on-going sustainable maintenance and support of the new models.
Expected Outputs:
- Establishment of a nationally accredited testing laboratory for refrigerators and freezers (on-going benefit of marketing services to other Cuban and regional manufacturers.
- Development of 3 new enerfy-efficient refrigerator models.
- Establishment of a manufacturing line capable of producing 30,000 units per year.
- New models result in an energy savings of 1.96kWh/day per refrigerator.
- Resulting savings of 11.3 tons of CO2 per refrigerator over an average 15 year life span.
- Reduce domestic refrigeration's share of national electricity use by 1/3.
- Total estimated savings to Cuban economy from the implementation of the project through 2010 is estimated at US$6,800,000 per annum.
- Projected production of 340,000 energy efficient refrigerators by 2015.
- Training of 60 technicians.
- Increase in national capacity for practical management of semi-industrial projects.
Project Status:
Complete
TT-Pilot (GEF-4): Introduction of Renewable Wave Energy Technologies for the Generation of Electric Power in Small Coastal Communities in Jamaica
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Project details
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Implementing Agency:
United Nations Development ProgrammeImplementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
Ministry of Energy and Mining, Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica’s Centre of Excellence for Renewable EnergySummary:
The reduction of emissions of green house gases (GHG) and relevance and importance of the introduction and use of renewable energy technologies, especially for clean electric power generation, to contribute to these reductions is common knowledge. Within the new technologies that are being developed in the last few years for clean power generation, those based on marine renewable resources (especially wave, tidal, current) have great potential, due to its concentrated power and high predictability.
Project Components:
- Wave Energy Conversion Technology Assessment
- Capacity Building and Training
- Policy and Regulatory Support
- Demonstration Wave Energy Pilot Projects
- Project management
Expected Outputs:
- Documented Techno-economic feasibility assessments of potential WEC application projects, and of local production of WEC components.
- Workshop and training courses to increase technical capabilities of government agencies and targeted civil society institutions (NGOs, universities, consulting companies) developed and delivered.
- Regulatory Framework about Wave Energy in place. Short Term National Wave Energy Strategy defined.
- Documented results of the implemented WEC application demos; Identified and designed other WEC application projects.
Contacts:
Oliver Page
Regional Technical Advisor
507- 3024548
oliver.page@undp.orgProject Status:
PPG Approved
Assistance to improve local agricultural emergency preparedness in Caribbean countries
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Project details
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Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
FAO Food and Agriculture OrganizationSummary:
Recurrent natural hazards destabilize the socio-economic fabric of the Caribbean region with most damaging impacts of hurricanes experienced in 2004, 2006 and 2008. At least 6,000 lives were lost, and over one million people were affected by climate related hazards in the region in 2004 alone. Comprehensive assessments of the impacts of the extraordinary active hurricane season 2004 on five Caribbean countries revealed that the damages were close to US $5.7 billion.
Project Components:
* Collection, validation, testing and replication of good practices in agriculture.
* Promote close collaboration between stakeholders to promote synergies and avoid possible duplications
* Promote and improve linkages between disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness and emergency relief operations and their complementary integration into regular agricultural and rural and regional development planning
* Enhance regional learning exchange on DRMExpected Outputs:
* Establish exchange process among sectors and countries for the knowledge on DRM
* Assess the institutional frameworks in place for DRM in agriculture within the participating countries, and compare among them, including weaknesses and strengths
* Formulate the recommendations to further strengthen country specific and regional institutional settings for DRM in agriculture.
Assistance to improve local agricultural emergency preparedness in Caribbean countries
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Project details
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Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
FAO Food and Agriculture OrganizationSummary:
Recurrent natural hazards destabilize the socio-economic fabric of the Caribbean region with most damaging impacts of hurricanes experienced in 2004, 2006 and 2008. At least 6,000 lives were lost, and over one million people were affected by climate related hazards in the region in 2004 alone. Comprehensive assessments of the impacts of the extraordinary active hurricane season 2004 on five Caribbean countries revealed that the damages were close to US $5.7 billion.
Project Components:
* Collection, validation, testing and replication of good practices in agriculture.
* Promote close collaboration between stakeholders to promote synergies and avoid possible duplications
* Promote and improve linkages between disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness and emergency relief operations and their complementary integration into regular agricultural and rural and regional development planning
* Enhance regional learning exchange on DRMExpected Outputs:
* Establish exchange process among sectors and countries for the knowledge on DRM
* Assess the institutional frameworks in place for DRM in agriculture within the participating countries, and compare among them, including weaknesses and strengths
* Formulate the recommendations to further strengthen country specific and regional institutional settings for DRM in agriculture.
Assistance to improve local agricultural emergency preparedness in Caribbean countries
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Project details
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Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
FAO Food and Agriculture OrganizationSummary:
Recurrent natural hazards destabilize the socio-economic fabric of the Caribbean region with most damaging impacts of hurricanes experienced in 2004, 2006 and 2008. At least 6,000 lives were lost, and over one million people were affected by climate related hazards in the region in 2004 alone. Comprehensive assessments of the impacts of the extraordinary active hurricane season 2004 on five Caribbean countries revealed that the damages were close to US $5.7 billion.
Project Components:
* Collection, validation, testing and replication of good practices in agriculture.
* Promote close collaboration between stakeholders to promote synergies and avoid possible duplications
* Promote and improve linkages between disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness and emergency relief operations and their complementary integration into regular agricultural and rural and regional development planning
* Enhance regional learning exchange on DRMExpected Outputs:
* Establish exchange process among sectors and countries for the knowledge on DRM
* Assess the institutional frameworks in place for DRM in agriculture within the participating countries, and compare among them, including weaknesses and strengths
* Formulate the recommendations to further strengthen country specific and regional institutional settings for DRM in agriculture.
Assistance to improve local agricultural emergency preparedness in Caribbean countries
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Project details
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Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
FAO Food and Agriculture OrganizationSummary:
Recurrent natural hazards destabilize the socio-economic fabric of the Caribbean region with most damaging impacts of hurricanes experienced in 2004, 2006 and 2008. At least 6,000 lives were lost, and over one million people were affected by climate related hazards in the region in 2004 alone. Comprehensive assessments of the impacts of the extraordinary active hurricane season 2004 on five Caribbean countries revealed that the damages were close to US $5.7 billion.
Project Components:
* Collection, validation, testing and replication of good practices in agriculture.
* Promote close collaboration between stakeholders to promote synergies and avoid possible duplications
* Promote and improve linkages between disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness and emergency relief operations and their complementary integration into regular agricultural and rural and regional development planning
* Enhance regional learning exchange on DRMExpected Outputs:
* Establish exchange process among sectors and countries for the knowledge on DRM
* Assess the institutional frameworks in place for DRM in agriculture within the participating countries, and compare among them, including weaknesses and strengths
* Formulate the recommendations to further strengthen country specific and regional institutional settings for DRM in agriculture.Contacts:
stephan.baas at fao.org
Project Status:
Closed
Jamaica - TT-Pilot (GEF-4): Introduction of Renewable Wave Energy Technologies for the Generation of Electric Power in Small Coastal Communities in Jamaica
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Project details
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Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
UNDP, Ministry of Energy and Mining, and the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica’s Centre of Excellence for Renewable EnergySummary:
The main objective of the project is the introduction of renewable wave energy in a Small Island Developing State like Jamaica for the electrification of coastal rural communities (both on and off-grid) and to contribute to lowering the risk of these communities exposure to high energy storm waves.
Background
Project Components:
- 1. Wave Energy Conversion Technology Assessment
- 2. Capacity Building and Training
- 3. Policy and Regulatory Support
- 4. Demonstration Wave Energy Pilot Projects
- 5. Project management
Expected Outputs:
- 1. Documented Techno-economic feasibility assessments of potential WEC application projects, and of local production of WEC components.
- 2. Workshop and training courses to increase technical capabilities of government agencies and targeted civil society institutions (NGOs, universities, consulting companies) developed and delivered.
- 3. Regulatory Framework about Wave Energy in place. Short Term National Wave Energy Strategy defined.
- 4. Documented results of the implemented WEC application demos; Identified and designed other WEC application projects.
Contacts:
UNDP Regional Technical Advisor
- Oliver Page
- Tel: 507- 3024548
- Email: oliver.page@undp.org
Project Status:
Under implementationPrimary Beneficiaries:
Local communities
Piloting climate change adaptation to protect human health in Barbados
Submitted by joyguillemot on Mon, 2011-02-07 22:07Summary:
Barbados Project Objective
To strengthen national adaptive capacity to address health issues related to climate change attributable water scarcity.
Key Health Concerns and Vulnerability to Climate Change
Barbados is already classified as a water scarce country. A further reduction in the availability of water, due to changes in precipitation patterns could lead to serious health impacts. Climate change is expected to affect the quantity and quality of available water. Previous projects concluded that sea level rise causing saline intrusion and changing weather patterns will adversely affect the water supply. With a limited water supply in the future there will be competition between various sectors with regards to the use of water.
Water scarcity can cause a variety of health problems by reducing the amount of water available to practice basic hygiene and by increasing the risk of chemical and microbial contamination; these can lead to gastrointestinal diseases and other health risks. Treated wastewater will be needed for non-potable purposes in the future; this will require effective management of the resultant health risks.
Barbados has the highest rate of dengue fever in the Americas. Studies in the Caribbean show an association between climate variability and increasing incidence of dengue fever. Rainwater storage is being promoted as an adaptation option to increase availability of freshwater, however, environmental health officers report an increase in the Aedes aegypti index due to mosquito breeding in domestic rainwater storage tanks. To reduce the negative impacts on public health, there are requirements to improve storage facilities to eliminate vector breeding, provide technical guidelines with regards to the construction and maintenance of water tanks, and to increase public awareness with regards to effective and safe water storage.
Adaptation Experience:
Expected Benefits
The most substantial benefit expected to arise from this project is the reduced incidence of dengue fever while increasing water safety and
availability.
Other significant benefits include:
Results and Learning:
This project will include two areas of action. The first will use treated wastewater to recharge an aquifer, while minimizing health impacts.
The second will focus on using wastewater for irrigation, while ensuring no increase in adverse health outcomes. Results from the
pilot projects will be used to develop water quality standards for the use of treated wastewater, policies and procedures to ensure
adequate aquifer recharge and safe and effective use of wastewater for irrigation, and increase the proportion of the community who are
aware of the need for the use of treated wastewater. These results will be achieved through addressing the following adaptive capacity
issues:
- Resources - There is a lack of sufficient national capacity in terms of human and financial resources for incorporating climate change risks into health sector activities.
- Governance - There are a lack of guidelines and legislation for water storage. This means that any new storage facility that is developed does not take into consideration climate change and the related health impacts.
- Waste water capacity - There is also a lack of capacity with regards to wastewater reuse issues. Barbados has little experience with regards to utilizing wastewater for non-potable purposes or for aquifer recharge. Human and technological capacity can be improved in this area.
- Communication and Information - There is a significant lack of information and therefore communication on climate change and it impacts in Barbados. This includes those in the health sector as well as the general public. Linked to this, there is a shortage of communication to the general public on climate change issues and how certain diseases, particularly dengue are related to climate.
| Outcome 1: Policies and Programs are implemented to ensure health risks do not increase as a result of using treated wastewater to recharge aquifers and for irrigation. | Outcome 2: Public acceptance of the use of treated wastewater for non potable use. | Outcome 3: Public safely stores water to prevent the breeding of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. |
| 1.1: Develop Procedures and guidelines for the effective recharge of aquifers using wastewater. | 2.1: Social Acceptance of the use of treated wastewater. |
3.1: Enhance current rainwater storage facilities for the prevention of the breeding of Aedes aegypti mosquito. |
| 1.2: Develop Strategies, policies and procedures for the use of wastewater for irrigation, ensuring that the quality and safety of agriculture crops is assured. | ||
| 1.3: Develop guidelines and standards for the safe use of wastewater. | ||
| 1.4: Develop monitoring systems for using wastewater in agriculture and aquifer recharge. |
Sustainability:
Not Yet Applicable
Replication:
Not Yet Applicable
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