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:
$30,000,000 USD
- 2017 to 2018: $30,000,000 USD
Targeted Countries:
Nepal
Funding Period: 2017 to 2018
Financial Instrument:
Concessional Loan
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
This project is funded through Canada’s $200 million contribution to the Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector at the Asian Development Bank (Phase II). This project aims to help build and operate a 216-megawatt run-of-the-river hydropower plant on the Trishuli River near the capital, Kathmandu in Nepal. It will enhance Nepal’s energy security by helping to utilize its renewable hydro resources and enable increased electrification, and reduce imports of coal-fired power. Overall, the project will contribute towards Nepal’s climate mitigation efforts. The project is one of the largest private sector investments in Nepal to date.
The project also includes a comprehensive gender equality integration, including: female employment targets; livelihood training for women in affected communities; providing free electricity to adjacent communities; and conducting gender-based violence training for employees, contractors and local communities.
Results/Expected Outcomes
Once operational, the plant is expected to provide over 1,200 gigawatt-hours of clean electricity annually to the national grid. This will allow avoiding the equivalent of 446,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually by 2026. The project will also help alleviate power shortages, alone providing a 20% increase in domestic nameplate generation capacity versus 2018 levels and will replace dry season imports of power into Nepal with indigenous renewable resources. The success of this first private sector-led hydro project in Nepal is expected to pave the way for additional private sector development of Nepal’s significant untapped hydropower potential.
Co-Financing/Mobilized Finance ($USD):
$614,400,000
Estimated GHG (metric tons of CO₂) Reduction Associated with Project (per year)Disclaimer *:
446,000
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$1,530,000 CAD
- 2011 to 2012: $1,530,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
China
Nepal
Pakistan
Funding Period: 2011 to 2012
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
This contribution is part of Canada's $20 million fast-start contribution to the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to support climate change adaptation projects in the water sector in Asia and in Latin America and the Caribbean. This project worked towards building effective water governance in the Asian Highlands.
Results/Expected Outcomes
With support from Canada’s contribution, an inception workshop took place on October 31-November 2, 2012 in Kunming, bringing together researchers from the two collaborating institutions. A methodology workshop was also held in March 2013 in Kunming to review and revise research questions, develop appropriate research protocols for vulnerability assessment, and identify common data required from each site for the bioclimatic stratification that is currently underway.
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$19,300,000 CAD
- 2010 to 2011: $19,300,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Nepal
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 finance the construction of the first project-financed hydropower plant in Nepal. The 37.6 megawatt (MW) peaking run-of-river hydropower plant is expected to help address energy shortages in the country, which will support economic growth and overcoming poverty.
Results/Expected Outcomes
This project is expected to unlock the country’s hydropower potential and to help transform the energy sector. With support from Canada, this project is expected to mobilize an additional $80.2 million in co-financing from public and private sources and lead to an estimated greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 114,400 metric tons of CO2 per year.*
Co-Financing/Mobilized Finance ($CAD):
$80,200,000
Estimated GHG (metric tons of CO₂) Reduction Associated with Project (per year)Disclaimer *:
114,400
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$165,000 CAD
- 2010 to 2011: $165,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Nepal
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 will provide support for the emergence of a pipeline of investable hydropower projects in Nepal. The project will provide advice to developers and their contractors, to enable adherence to international industry standards on project development practices, technical, commercial and environmental and social aspects. Assistance will also be provided to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment in upgrading current Nepali standards to international requirements, to promote a regulatory environment conducive to the development of bankable hydropower projects.
Results/Expected Outcomes
This project is expected to promote sustainable hydropower development in Nepal by reducing the risk for adverse social and environmental impact while strengthening the pipeline of investable hydropower projects. With support from Canada, this project is expected to mobilize an additional $1.8 million in co-financing from public and private sources and lead to an estimated greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 1,185,754 metric tons of CO2 per year.*
Co-Financing/Mobilized Finance ($CAD):
$1,800,000
Estimated GHG (metric tons of CO₂) Reduction Associated with Project (per year)Disclaimer *:
1,185,754
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$200,000 CAD
- 2010 to 2011: $200,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Nepal
Funding Period: 2010 to 2011
Type of Support:
Adaptation
Project Funded through a Canadian Facility:
IFC - Canada Climate Change Program (CCCP)
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
The IFC-Canada Climate Change Program provided support for adaptation strategies in Nepal, one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the effects of climate change. Building resilience to climate change through adaptation is one of the key development priorities of the Government of Nepal and of the international development community. As a result, the project is working with lead agribusiness firms to support smallholder farmers in their supply-chain to adopt climate resilient practices, such as water management and improved resilient seed varieties.
Results/Expected Outcomes
With support from Canada, this project is expected to mobilize an additional $2.29 million in co-financing from public and private sources. To date, the project has worked with three lead firms in three key commodities (rice, sugarcane and maize), resulting in more than 13,000 smallholder farmers, including 5,700 women, being trained on climate resilient practices.
Co-Financing/Mobilized Finance ($CAD):
$2,290,000