Country Initiatives Details
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$7,108,013 CAD
Footnote*
- 2018 to 2019: $634,595 CAD
- 2017 to 2018: $2,799,635 CAD
- 2016 to 2017: $3,673,783 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Benin
Bolivia
Cambodia
Côte d'Ivoire
Ethiopia
Ghana
India
Kenya
Nepal
Nigeria
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Tanzania
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda
Funding Period: 2016 to 2017, 2017 to 2018, 2018 to 2019
Financial Instrument:
Grant
Type of Support:
Adaptation
Delivery Partner(s):
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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Description
This project is a collaboration between the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF). The project applies research in sustainable and gender-sensitive agricultural development and nutrition to help improve food security of poor households, in particular focusing on women subsistence farmers. The CIFSRF works in partnership with developing country-based organizations to harness Canadian expertise in agriculture and nutritional science and technology and combine it with first-hand knowledge and expertise of developing countries.
Project activities for phase II include developing farming practices that are more resilient to climate change, environmentally sustainable and gender-sensitive. The project will also help to improve crop production, aquaculture and livestock production, as well as reduce post-harvest losses through adaptable and affordable technologies.
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Results/Expected Outcomes
The project is expected to increase the knowledge and resources of developing country researchers in addressing key food security and agricultural priorities with emphasis on environmental sustainability and gender equity. The project also aims to increase application and scaling-up of environmentally sustainable food security and agriculture solutions that benefit subsistence farmers (particularly women), while promoting gender equitable decision-making. The project will also improve public policies and programming related to food security in developing countries by ensure they are more science-informed, gender responsive and environmentally sustainable.
The project has trained nine farmers in seed production and supported 64,795 households in soil and water conservation and land rehabilitation.
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$7,500,000 CAD
- 2011 to 2012: $7,500,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Botswana
Côte d'Ivoire
Kenya
Mauritania
South Africa
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
Funding Period: 2011 to 2012
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
Canada provided $7.5 million to the International Development Research Centre's (IDRC) Ecosystems and Human Health Program to support health vulnerabilities reduction and increased resilience against vector-borne disease risks under climate change conditions in Africa. The initiative used a multi-pronged approach to explore how to improve disease control strategies and tools, and increase the capacity to generate, interpret, and use new knowledge to inform policies and practices.
Results/Expected Outcomes
Canada’s contribution to this project supported research to assist African countries
in developing adaptation policies and disease control programs to anticipate, prevent,
and reduce vector-borne disease risks. The initiative is expected to train African
researchers to build national capacity to deal with climate change and related public
health threats.
Five research projects have been selected for funding under this
initiative. These projects worked to:
- assess the impact of social and environmental determinants and climate change
on malaria and schistosomiasis in Botswana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe
- develop/improve appropriate tools and coping strategies to the aggravating
effects of climate change on the transmission of vector-borne diseases, especially
malaria and schistosomiasis diseases in the towns of Korhogo (Côte d'Ivoire)
and Kaédides (Mauritania)
- look at the impact of expanding agricultural development, climate change,
and tsetse fly distribution while focusing on marginalised people in remote
areas
- address the potential effect of climate change on diseases such as malaria
and Rift Valley Fever in Kenya
- look into climate and land use changes effects on the Maasai population.
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$2,300,000 CAD
- 2010 to 2011: $2,300,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
South Africa
Funding Period: 2010 to 2011
Type of Support:
Mitigation
Project Funded through a Canadian Facility:
IFC - Canada Climate Change Program (CCCP)
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
The IFC-Canada Climate Change Program provided support to promote enhanced lending and investments in energy efficiency, renewable energy and cleaner production projects in South Africa, particularly to small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) clients. The program funds were offered at a concessional rate to offset the additional costs of developing the new line of business. The project seeks to increase the rate of deployment of financing to support clean energy investments in South Africa, to ensure that companies become more resource efficient and competitive in the long term.
Results/Expected Outcomes
With support from Canada, this project is expected to mobilize an additional $7.7 million in co-financing from public and private sources and lead to an estimated greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 28,500 metric tons of CO2 per year.* This project is expected to encourage a stream of energy efficiency project investments, generating a range of environmental and economic benefits related to the development of this type of project.
Co-Financing/Mobilized Finance ($CAD):
$7,700,000
Estimated GHG (metric tons of CO₂) Reduction Associated with Project (per year)Disclaimer *:
28,500