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Building Capacities for Using Advanced Tools for Improved Implementation of Rio Conventions
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Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
UNDP, Ministry for Sustainable Development and Tourism, Agency for Environmental ProtectionSummary:
The immediate objective of this project is to analyze, identify, and pilot advanced tools and practices for environmental information management and compliance monitoring of the national implementation of the Rio Conventions. Specifically, the project would develop national capacities collect and analyze data and information against the metrics of global environmental indicators, and integrate these within national sustainable development and environmental decision-making processes.
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UNDP Pipeline (as of January 2012)
National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) on Climate Change
Submitted by andrea on Thu, 2012-03-01 08:51
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National adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) provide a process for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to identify priority activities that respond to their urgent and immediate needs to adapt to climate change – those for which further delay would increase vulnerability and/or costs at a later stage. A central element of the Timor-Leste NAPA has been the establishment and active participation of six dynamic Sector Working Groups on food security, water, health, disasters, biodiversity and infrastructure.
The following summarizes the NAPA for Timor Leste:
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The Specific objectives were: 1.To set up Institutional structure for the preparation of the NAPA document 2.To conduct participatory assessment of vulnerability to current climate variability 3.To identify key climate change adaptation measures and develop proposals for priority activities to address the adverse effects of climate change 4.To prepare the NAPA document in the format established by the COP 5.To have the NAPA document endorsed by the national Parliament, Council of Ministers and the Prime Minister 6.To disseminate the final NAPA document to the public.
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The Baltic Climate Toolkit
Submitted by heidi_seit on Thu, 2012-02-09 01:28Summary:
Climate change support for the local and regional level in the Baltic Sea Region
The BalticClimate Toolkit provides local and regional level policy makers, spatial planners, and the business community with climate mitigation and adaptation support. Development and increased competitiveness of municipalities, regions and companies are the main objectives.
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Adapting to Climate Change: UNDP-GEF Initiatives Financed by LDCF, SCCF and SPA
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2011-11-02 00:42Year:
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The Report showcases the UNDP-GEF adaptation portfolio, focusing on both the principles underlying the UNDP-GEF approach to adaptation programming and the key processes involved in removing barriers to successful adaptation measures. The report highlights emerging achievements of UNDP-GEF initiatives around the world and explores the future of low-emission climate-resilient development.
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Blending Climate Finance Through National Climate Funds: A Guidebook for the Design and Establishment of National Funds to Achieve Climate Change Priorities
Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2011-09-26 08:08Year:
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This guidebook is part of a series of manuals, guidebooks and toolkits that draws upon the experience and information generated by the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) support for climate change adaptation and mitigation projects in some 140 countries over the past decade.
Demonstration of Fuel Bus Commercialisation in China I/II
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Implementing Agency:
Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Commerce; Beijing and Shanghai municipal governments, Municipal Science and Technology Commissions and the Public Transit Company; multinational corporations and local companies, and universities.Summary:
Air pollution is a serious environmental and health problem in most urban cities in China. Coal combustion and oil consumption, the two primary sources of air pollution, constitute 90% of China’s total energy use. The transport sector, which relies almost entirely on oil, is projected to account for most of the incremental demand for oil over the next 20 years. The projected dramatic growth in number of vehicles over the coming decades will significantly exacerbate the urban air pollution problem while also contributing to global warming.
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Key components of this project include:
- Pilot fuel-cell buses;
- Construction of teo hydrogen refueling systems in Beijing and Shanghai;
- Capacity building programmes for the scientific, technical and industrial commercialisation of hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles (FCV);
- Development of a strategy for large-scale FCB commercialisation;
- Expansion of government policies, technical standards, research and development capabilities to support FCB commercialisation in China.
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The project aims to catalyse the cost-reduction of fuel cell buses (FBCs) and hydrogen refilling stations for public transport in China's cities. The project will improve performances and reduce costs of FCB transit services by conducting small-scale pilot demonstrations, which will eventually be expanded to additional cities to achieve commercialisation of FCB vehicles and infrastructure.
The long-term objective of the project is to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions through widespread commercial introduction of fuel cell buses in urban areas of China. It is estimated that the potential impact of FCBs in terms of GHG reductions in China could be an annual savings of 9.1 million tonnes.
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To be completed in 2011
Capacity Building for Rapid Commercialization of Renewable Energy in China
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Implementing Agency:
China National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
China National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Governments of Australia and Netherlands, research institutes, private sector and NGOsSummary:
The primary source of energy in China is coal and oil, and their use is forecasted to increase in the future in line with economic growth. China's fossil fuel based energy structure is generating high and rapidly increasing CO2 emissions. On the other hand, many households in Western China still lack access to basic energy supplies. The development of renewable energy in China will help mitigate the growing environmental and health effects associated with use of fossil fuel energy sources.
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The programme included -
- capacity building at national and local levels targeting market participants and stakeholder groups;
- increasing the financial attractiveness of investments in RETs to both investors and consumers;
- reducing the risk in RET investments;
- provision of hands-on experience and demonstration of viability through pilot projects.
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The project achieved the following outcomes -
- Developed national capacity for the rapid commercialization of renewable energy systems in China, including support for establishment of the China Renewable Energy Association;
- Demonstrated successful models for hybrid power for town- and village-level rural households;
- Developed national solar water heating program;
- Developed national wind resource assessment and wind development program;
- Assisted with formulation of China’s new renewable energy law;
- Removed primary barriers to four promising renewable energy technologies: Solar/ wind hybrid electricity, wind; large-scale anaerobic biogas commercialization; bagasse.
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UNDP China office can be contacted by phone on (86-10 8532 0800) or by email at registry.cn@undp.org
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Completed in 2007
Barrier Removal for Efficient Lighting Products and Systems in China (China Green Lights)
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Government of China, SETC/Department of Resources Conservation and Comprehensive Utilization (DRC)Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
Government of China, SETC/Department of Resources Conservation and Comprehensive Utilization (DRC), China International Centre for Economic and Technical Change, Chinese Lighting IndustrySummary:
As the world’s largest manufacturer of lighting products, China holds the key to lowering the cost and uptake of high quality, energy-efficient lighting throughout the world – which would mark a major step in reducing the output of greenhouse gasses. By volume, China supplies 80 per cent of the world’s lighting requirements. However, due to low or inconsistent quality, this is significantly less in terms of actual dollar value.
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Selected Project Awareness Raising Activities -
- Two TV series were developed – one with CCTV-10 and another with the State Bureau of Radio, TV and Film. A teaching programme on efficient lighting was also introduced into home decoration TV shows. TV material was also placed on CDs and distributed.
- An information drive for the Green Lights project was held in 2002 during China’s national Hi-tech Week in May. Brochures were also distributed to students and the general public during Energy Conservation Week in 2005.
- Articles on efficient lighting were published in daily newspapers, domestic and international magazines.
- An information and awareness-raising promotion was conducted through primary schools and communities. The schools’ campaign was organized under the slogan ‘Children to Parents to Society.”
- Publications and promotional material for professionals and the public included seven books, many brochures and reports.
- A series of seminars, workshops and training activities were held. There were 30 training courses for professional lighting designers, and 15 for large-scale users. National and international lighting conferences were held - Green Lights and Green Olympics (2002); International Green Lights symposium (2004); International Conference on Electricity Saving in the Domestic Sector (2004); and Right Light 6 (2005).
- A web site in English and Chinese was developed. More than 60 Chinese and two English newsletters were published and made available on the Internet.
- A series of Bulk Purchase Training Workshops targeting major purchasers (government, schools, hospitals, commercial centres, hotels, etc) were held in 2004. The workshops provided information on the cost and quality benefits of bulk purchase and provided assistance with establishing a bulk purchase group.
- Seminars were organized to encourage energy management companies (EMCs) to offer on-going lighting efficiency services. Six EMCs, capable of completing a total of 10 projects per year, are now offering such services, which will produce an estimated 16.7 million kW/year in savings.
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Selected Project Results -
- Total energy saving in Chinese lighting in 2004 resulting from the activities of the project was 15.78 billion kWh (equivalent to US$ 986 million savings in electricity costs to the consumer).
- The cumulative savings in lighting energy since project initiation in 2001 have been 25.54 billion kWh (equivalent to US$1,596 million savings in electricity costs to the consumer).
- A reduction of 4.9 percent in lighting electricity use was recorded for 2003 and estimated emissions related to lighting in 2004 were reduced by 4.3 million tonnes of carbon with cumulative reductions in carbon emissions of 6.8 million tonnes of carbon since project initiation.
- There was an increase in awareness of high efficiency products and an increase in the number of users (households and non-domestic bulk users) - from 32.1 per cent in 2002 to 34.7 per cent in 2003.
- There was a 46 percent increase in the output of high efficiency lighting products and a substantial (approximately 40 per cent) increase in China’s exports of high-efficiency lamps between 2002-2003.
- More than 600 lighting products, for eight different lighting product types, from 46 firms were certified.
- By the end of the project 400 products (in eight lighting product types) from 46 firms had been certified by the China Energy Conservation Product (CECP) Certification Committee. A CECP logo has been provided to promote certified products, and manufacturers are being encouraged to adopt it.
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Completed in 2005
Barrier Removal for the Widespread Commercialization of Energy-Efficient CFC-Free Refrigerators in China
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Implementing Agency:
UNOPS/China National Environmental Protection AgencyImplementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
State Environmental Protection Administration of China (SEPA), UNOPS/China National Environmental Protection Agency; United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs; China Ministry of Finance (MOF); SEPA Foreign Economic Cooperation Office; China National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC); China State General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ); China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS); China State Administration of Internal Trade (SAIT); China Household Electric Appliance Association (CHEAA); China Household Electric Appliance Research Institute (CHEARI); China Certification Center for Energy Conservation Products (CECP); Collaborative labeling and Appliance Standards Program (CLASP: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (UMd CEEE)Summary:
From 1980 to 1995, residential power use rose from 3% to 12% of the total electricity consumption in China. This growth has been driven by an explosive increase in household appliance use in which refrigerators account for approximately half of all electricity consumption in urban households. Production of household refrigerators in China has doubled since 1990, rising from 4.63 million units in 1990 to 9.28 million in 1996, making China the country with the second highest number of refrigerators in the world.
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Supported by Global Environment Facility (GEF), the project has improved energy efficiency and reduced GHG emissions by removing barriers to the widespread commercialization of energy-efficient refrigerators. It successfully combined elements of “technology push” by providing a combination of training, technical resources and financial incentives to induce refrigerator manufacturers to increase the efficiency of the household refrigerators they produce; and “market pull” by preparing and developing the consumer market through a combination of standards, labeling, an information campaign, to accept and purchase in quantity the energy-efficient refrigerators produced.
UNDP’s partners on this project included the State Environmental Protection Administration, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 16 refrigerator manufacturers and 10 compressors manufacturers. The participating manufacturers produced 70% of refrigerators and compressors in China.
Expected Outputs:
Achievements of the project include:
- An increase of nearly 29% in the weighted-average efficiency of household refrigerators produced in China between 1999 and 2005, as well as impressive improvements in refrigeration compressor efficiency.
- Reduction of 11 million tonnes of CO2 emissions by 2005, and will result in a total of 42 million tonnes of CO2 emission reduction by 2010.
- Cumulative CO2 emissions reduction over the life of the project total 170 million tonnes of CO2 for refrigerators produced through 2005 and 630 million tonnes of CO2 for refrigerators produced through 2010 will be reduced.
- Successful implementation of an award winning public awareness campaign on energy efficient refrigerators.
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Completed in December 2006
Building Community Resillience in the Water Sector (IWRM) through Capacity Building, Policy Research and Action, Awareness Creation and Education
Submitted by wrcclimate on Mon, 2011-09-05 20:55
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The project sought to coordinate efforts to conserve and store water, reducing the effects of flooding through flood water retention, strengthening existing adaptation strategies (e.g. dry season farming), and providing mechanisms for timely climate forecast and information for communities in times of expected floods and drought in over ten Districts. Water storage facilities of different types depending on uses such as flood storm reduction, livestock watering, dry season gardening, groundwater recharge and domestic uses, were provided in over twenty communities across the three northern regions. These were preceded by customised awareness creation and tailor made capacity building and training activities. Major parners were Alternative Initiative for Development (AID), Centre for Human and Environmental Security (CHES), and University for Development Studies.
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The project activities have shown contributions to building and strengthening the resilience of socioeconomically weakened communities with benefits trickling down to households especially those that are poor, having very limited resources with less mobility. Decision making for project activities had no gender imbalances as both gender contributed equally to approaches, the selection and siting of facilities as well as the overall management of connected small projects including expected benefit sharing. Water harvesting facilities were expected to not only serve food crop production purposes and gardening but also for livestock watering, and building and construction of houses, as well as for flood control in some cases.
Sustainability:
The factors that underline the replicability of the activities are already practical recipes for sustaining the project. Local communities are determined in their own little ways to emulate what have been achieved in other communities. However, these efforts would require some high level adoption and intervention to avoid lags in adaptation and to also ensure quality, the order of the day. Most materials developed under the project are already being used nationally especially those on flooding which are providing necessary resources for the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) hence some project activities are already enjoying an up-scaling and which must be sustained. Danida provided further support to the outcomes of this pilot so as to enhance sustainability. This takes the form of a practical climate change adaptation learning centre in Bolgatanga at the White Volta basin office to ensure sustained awareness, education and technical support through visitations made to the centre. However, this pilot phase should have been scaled up to real project status and then later years to programmes by the District Assemblies but just when the Assemblies started imbibing the concept of climate mainstreaming, the pilot phase was already concluding. A community investment support fund would in no doubt be an asset to continue with this project until such time that communities learn the appropriate way in harnessing water resources for their own water usage in the face of climate change and variability.
Replication:
The most achieved and conspicuous impact of the approaches for implementing the project was to ensure easy replicability and knowledge sharing. This includes technical and non-technical assistance from the WRC through interaction of various communities’ leadership and their offer to help neighbours. What this project has therefore nurtured as an innovation and thinking outside the box is to promote intercultural exchange of experiences with respect to the project activities involving the deliberate movement of people into new environments to assist in providing adaptation support. Awareness creation materials and information brochures are tangible resources that are being used by poor and vulnerable communities to tell their own stories and specifically what they are looking forward to doing. Such materials have enlightened several actors interested in adaptation. There were no big or small actors as equal playing field was maintained for all to do what was expected of them and in spite of being a pilot project with limited financial resources a lot more was achieved than commensurate with the level of funding. The potential to replicate therefore is very straightforward, readily available human capacity and requiring very little financial investment to undertake. For the good of sustainability most of the activities are now seen as cross-cultural in the context of adaptation to climate change rather than as livelihoods support only.
