Country Initiatives Details
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$2,248,751 CAD
Footnote*
- 2020 to 2021: $135,000 CAD
- 2019 to 2020: $647,111 CAD
- 2018 to 2019: $674,028 CAD
- 2017 to 2018: $439,800 CAD
- 2016 to 2017: $352,812 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Côte d'Ivoire
Ethiopia
Ghana
Kenya
Malawi
Uganda
Funding Period: 2016 to 2017, 2017 to 2018, 2018 to 2019, 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021
Financial Instrument:
Grant
Type of Support:
Adaptation
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
This project supports social enterprises in the areas of climate-smart technologies, renewable energy, sustainable agriculture and water, health and sanitation, responding to the immediate risks that these highly vulnerable populations face, while supporting environmentally sustainable economic development. This will include: (1) providing support to increase the capacity of public service institutions and small and growing businesses to innovate, adapt to changing circumstances, and incorporate gender equality and environmental sustainability; (2) assist high potential leaders in developing countries, especially women, to increase their ability to adapt and innovate; (3) improve the capacity of developing country partners to develop and deploy innovations for sustainable development results; and (4) enhance young Canadians’ awareness of and ability to engage in sustainable development efforts, particularly within the engineering sector. The program will support approximately 240 volunteer assignments to organizations directly addressing environmental sustainability issues.
For more information, please visit Global Affairs Canada's Project Browser.
Results/Expected Outcomes
Achieved results as of date include: (1) the recruitment of 249 Canadian volunteers across seven countries to work with 38 local partners, serving 1,527,305 direct beneficiaries with improved economic opportunities, water and sanitation services, access to information and participation in decision-making; (2) the placement of 47 African innovators and high-potential leaders in one-month Canadian job placements, workshops and training sessions; and (3) 2,315 events, reaching 130,157 Canadians, were held across the country on Engineers Without Borders’ and Canada’s work in international development.
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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.
For more information, please visit Global Affairs Canada's Project Browser.
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:
$200,000 CAD
- 2010 to 2011: $200,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Uganda
Funding Period: 2010 to 2011
Financial Instrument:
Concessional Loan
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 Programme financed advisory services to support the structuring and development of a 4.4 megawatt (MW) small hydropower plant in the rural West Nile region of Uganda. The project is advising a local company in identifying and selecting, through a competitive bid process, a sponsor that would develop and operate the power plant under a public-private partnership (PPP) agreement.
Results/Expected Outcomes
With support from Canada, this project is expected to mobilize an additional $915,000 in co-financing from public and private sources and lead to an estimated greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 11,000 metric tons of CO2 per year.*
Co-Financing/Mobilized Finance ($CAD):
$915,000
Estimated GHG (metric tons of CO₂) Reduction Associated with Project (per year)Disclaimer *:
11,000
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$250,000 CAD
- 2010 to 2011: $250,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Uganda
Funding Period: 2010 to 2011
Type of Support:
Cross-cutting
Project Funded through a Canadian Facility:
IFC - Canada Climate Change Program (CCCP)
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
The IFC-Canada Climate Change Program financed advisory services to assist the Kampala City Council Authority in Uganda in structuring and implementing a public-private partnership (PPP) transaction to manage municipal solid waste in the city of Kampala. Project activities include waste collection, recycling and composting, and landfill operations including closing the existing landfill and constructing a new one.
Results/Expected Outcomes
The successful implementation of the project is expected to result in increased access to solid waste management services for informal settlements in Kampala and a reduction of an estimated 50,000 metric tons of CO2 per year through clean power generation.* In addition, the anticipated waste disposal method, involving turning landfill gas into energy, is expected to increase renewable energy capacity by about 3-5 megawatts (MW), which will be fed into the national grid. The project is also expected to mobilize an additional $1,020,000 in co-financing from other public and private sources.
Co-Financing/Mobilized Finance ($CAD):
$1,020,000
Estimated GHG (metric tons of CO₂) Reduction Associated with Project (per year)Disclaimer *:
50,000