Peru

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Country Initiatives Details

Support to enhance measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) with countries in the Pacific Alliance and West Africa

  • Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution: $3,289,155 CAD
    • 2020 to 2021: $1,817,393 CAD
    • 2019 to 2020: $1,176,296 CAD
    • 2018 to 2019: $295,466 CAD

Targeted Countries: Benin Burkina Faso Cabo Verde Chile Colombia Côte d'Ivoire Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Mexico Niger Nigeria Peru Senegal Sierra Leone Togo

Funding Period: 2018 to 2019, 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021

Financial Instrument: Grant

Type of Support: Mitigation

Delivery Partner(s):

Description

Canada supports countries in the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) and Western Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo) to define regional priorities to address greenhouse gas (GHG) and short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP) emissions and to pursue opportunities to strengthen their capacity to measure, report, and verify (MRV) emissions. This project will facilitate South-South MRV collaboration and knowledge sharing within and between the Pacific Alliance and West Africa as a mean of exchanging best practices and supporting the replication of best practices generated from Canada’s climate finance sectoral projects in each region. Through capacity-building and regional collaboration efforts, this project will support countries to achieve their respective Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC).

Results/Expected Outcomes

This project supports efforts by the Pacific Alliance and Western African countries to:
• Increase awareness and familiarization of climate targets, policies and the status of climate MRV systems in each nation in order to strengthen MRV capacity and support NDC implementation.
• Support approaches to strengthen institutional arrangement, climate governance structures and improve the effectiveness of national climate MRV systems within each nation.
• Support harmonization of climate MRV within the region, including mitigation activities, emission inventories and climate finance.

The project provides support to the Pacific Alliance's Technical Sub-Group on MRV and Climate Change (SGT-MRVCC) to implement the Presidential Mandate to cooperate on MRV in a manner that helps mobilize climate finance, enhance ambition of climate actions and support NDC implementation with the Pacific Alliance.

To support the countries to achieve these objectives, the project will engage in capacity building, provide technical expertise, and facilitate inter- and intra-regional collaboration and dialogues.

Participatory Water Management and Climate Resilience for Andean Women and Men

  • Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution: $12,300,000 CAD
    • 2020 to 2021: $4,500,000 CAD
    • 2019 to 2020: $4,200,000 CAD
    • 2018 to 2019: $3,400,000 CAD
    • 2017 to 2018: $200,000 CAD

Targeted Countries: Peru

Funding Period: 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 promotes the conservation, restoration, and rehabilitation of natural ecosystems (“natural infrastructure”) to improve water security and climate risk resilience in Peru. Project activities include working with public authorities to eliminate regulatory bottlenecks, mobilizing funding from new investors such as water utilities and private companies, gathering hydrological and social data in priority watersheds, and working with communities to scale up natural infrastructure projects such as reforestation, wetland conservation, improved grazing and farming practices, and the restoration pre-Incan infiltration canals. The project also promotes the participation of women and indigenous peoples in decisions about water and natural infrastructure at the local and national levels.

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Results/Expected Outcomes

This project seeks to:
1. Improve enabling environment for gender-sensitive investments in natural infrastructure by supporting the development and implementation of a green infrastructure investment plan by national and regional institutions.
2. Improve information management and generation for evidence-based decision-making on natural infrastructure and water resources by the Government of Peru, private investors, communities, and NGOs.
3. Increase the volume of gender-inclusive natural infrastructure investments designed, financed, and implemented. Support the effective participation and leadership of women in vulnerable communities in these projects.

Agricultural Training Program and Support of Youth Entrepreneurship in Peru

  • Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution: $3,097,534 CAD Footnote*
    • 2020 to 2021: $430,861 CAD
    • 2019 to 2020: $741,786 CAD
    • 2018 to 2019: $601,500 CAD
    • 2017 to 2018: $605,156 CAD
    • 2016 to 2017: $718,231 CAD

Targeted Countries: Peru

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

The aim of the project is to improve the economic conditions and prospects of young farmers, including women in rural and peri-urban communities in nine provinces in the Ancash and Lima regions of Peru. The project provides technical training on sustainable agriculture, animal production and entrepreneurship development. Sustainable agricultural practices and the use of ancestral techniques are promoted to strategically support climate change adaptation amongst Andean families. Additional technical guidance helps foster access to key players in commercializing the young farmers’ products. To this end, the project aims to diversify productive agricultural systems and make them more cost-effective, making it possible for farmers to earn an income from their production.

Eight technical farming education centres and technological institutes offer the training program. Twenty-four business initiatives and twelve strengthened agricultural value chains help stimulate the economy in the target regions.

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Results/Expected Outcomes

Among the results achieved to date:
• 8,002 individuals (including 4,126 women) in target communities went from subsistence farming to commercial farming.
• 95% of families supported use at least one of the 17 organic or ancestral farming techniques that help reduce the use of organic agrochemicals. In addition, 85% of families supported apply more than five sustainable production techniques. Moreover, 14 new environmentally friendly techniques have been adopted, including compost, repellants, fallow, crop rotation, etc.
• At the start of the project, only 37% of families carried out good water management (drip, sprinkling, micro-sprinkling, water collection), this rate is now 52%.
• 99% of families currently use at least one waste management practice, up from 61%.
• The percentage of products sold in ecological packages increased tenfold, from only 2% at the start of the project.
• 1,436 young producers participating in the Program received training related to environmental issues, including organic vegetable production, agroecological management of pests and diseases, sustainable water management, and use of technical irrigation.
• 179 teachers from participating training centers benefited from capacity building on environmental issues. The topics covered were organic fertilizers, agroforestry, the implementation of environmentally friendly irrigation technologies and the sustainable management of agricultural production. In addition, at least 14 topics related to environmental protection were introduced in the training modules and in the various awareness-raising activities and in the technical support for young producers, including: soil conservation and fertility, biodiversity, waste management, water conservation techniques, efficient use of water resources, ecological health management, climate change, recycling, reduction of the use of external inputs in agriculture, agroforestry, organic fertilizers, and integrated watershed management.
• A Climate Change Forum was held on June 2019, which brought together more than 250 participants and enabled reflection on the issue of climate change and on the techniques used by producers through working groups and conferences on adaptation and mitigation in the Andean regions. The solutions put forward during the forum for better adaptation to climate change included the use of ancestral techniques such as Andean terraces, agroforestry, water collection systems, beekeeping, crop diversification, and the use of animal guano for the production of organic fertilizers and biogas.

Supporting implementation of the Kigali Amendment on the phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) (Bilateral projects)

  • Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution: $3,323,602 CAD
    • 2020 to 2021: $773,605 CAD
    • 2019 to 2020: $1,268,603 CAD
    • 2018 to 2019: $1,281,394 CAD

Targeted Countries: Bangladesh Belize Chile Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador Jamaica Mexico Panama Peru

Funding Period: 2018 to 2019, 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021

Financial Instrument: Grant

Type of Support: Mitigation

Delivery Partner(s):

Description

Canada provided bilateral support for the ratification and early implementation of the Kigali Amendment on the phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by 11 developing countries (Bangladesh, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama and Peru). HFCs are potent greenhouse gases, some of which are 4,000 times more potent than carbon dioxide, and the Kigali Amendment could avoid up to 0.4 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.

This initiative supports investment activities to contribute to the adoption of low-global warming potential alternatives to HFCs in the refrigeration and air-conditioning sector, as well as technical assistance and capacity building activities to enable ratification and implementation of the Kigali Amendment.

Results/Expected Outcomes

The expected outcomes of the project include:
• Elimination of 289,160 tonnes CO2eq of HFCs used annually for the manufacturing of refrigeration equipment in Mexico and the Dominican Republic;
• Ratification of the Kigali Amendment by beneficiary country governments;
• Capacity building for government and industry stakeholders to fully implement the Kigali Amendment once ratified, including through the development of legal and regulatory instruments, raising awareness with respect to the ratification of the Kigali Amendment, the development of national HFC phase-down strategies, and training of stakeholders.

Innovation and Mobilization for Food Security (IMSA)

  • Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution: $2,887,151 CAD Footnote*
    • 2018 to 2019: $945,918 CAD
    • 2017 to 2018: $921,319 CAD
    • 2016 to 2017: $1,019,914 CAD

Targeted Countries: Bolivia Burkina Faso Peru

Funding Period: 2016 to 2017, 2017 to 2018, 2018 to 2019

Financial Instrument: Grant

Type of Support: Cross-cutting

Delivery Partner(s):

Description

This project aims to increase food security in the arid and semi-arid poor rural areas of Burkina Faso, Bolivia and Peru, by strengthening the agricultural value chain, from farming to marketing, while taking into account communities’ needs.

Climate change resilience is a key element of the project in the three targeted countries. The project focuses on soil and water conservation, and on reducing crop vulnerability to unpredictable climate events, such as prolonged droughts, intense rainfall or irregular precipitation. Project activities include, among others, implementing eco-environmental measures to ensure improved livestock feeding, including installing hydroponic modules and biodigestors.

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Results/Expected Outcomes

This project is expected to strengthen the agricultural value chain in several ways, including by increasing farmers’ yields and resilience to climate change, benefitting 35,000 people in Peru, Bolivia and Burkina Faso. Results achieved to date include:
In Burkina Faso, soil recuperation techniques allowed the exploitation of plots that were previously deemed not fit for cultivation due to desertification. The restoration of desertified soils went beyond the original objectives of the project and contributed to providing populations in the Sahel with technical solutions of increase area of arable land. For example, there is an increased in the production of black-eyed peas, sorghum, tomatoes and onions in Burkina Faso thanks to the use of sustainable agricultural practices that address climate change, such as land restoration techniques and improved seeds.
In Peru and Bolivia, producers supported by the project achieved relatively stable yields despite adverse climatic conditions, thanks to innovative agropastoral technologies, access to improved seeds and irrigation water (reservoirs and micro-sprinklers systems) which enabled two annual fodder productions campaigns.
Concrete measures to protect the environment in Peru were implemented, including the use of water in large basins and high reservoirs which benefited hundreds of families for agriculture and domestic consumption. In addition, 8.8 ha of forest trees and 1.16 ha of fruit trees have been planted for reforestation and 40 cubic meters of solid waste have been collected and eliminated.

Support to enhance measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) with countries in the Pacific Alliance and West Africa

  • Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution: $504,553 CAD
    • 2018 to 2019: $4,553 CAD
    • 2017 to 2018: $500,000 CAD

Targeted Countries: Chile Colombia Mexico Peru

Funding Period: 2017 to 2018, 2018 to 2019

Financial Instrument: Grant

Type of Support: Mitigation

Delivery Partner(s):

Description

Canada supported Pacific Alliance countries (Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) in efforts to strengthen their capacity for measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV)of greenhouse gas (GHG) and short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP) emissions. Through regional collaboration efforts, this project supported countries to achieve their respective Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC).

Results/Expected Outcomes

This project supported Pacific Alliance countries in upholding their collaborative commitments under the 2017 Cali Declaration to strengthen their GHG and SLCP emissions MRV systems, as well as their collaborative commitments under the Paris Agreement to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

This project provided technical expertise and supported cooperative dialogue to identify opportunities to develop a work plan to support MRV collaboration in the Pacific Alliance and the implementation of the Alliance’s Action Plan of the Technical Group on Environment and Green Growth (GTMACV). Dialogue and scoping resulted in the establishment of the Technical Subgroup on MRV and Climate Change (SGT-MRV), a sub-group formed to conduct technical exchanges, capacity building, and analysis among the national agencies responsible for the implementation of climate policy in each member country of the Pacific Alliance.

This project provided further technical expertise and coordination support that enabled the SGT-MRV to provide advice to the GTMACV on how to strengthen regional MRV collaboration in response to the Pacific Alliance’s 2017 Cali Declaration commitment.

Development and Implementation of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in the Housing sector

  • Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution: $3,500,000 CAD
    • 2012 to 2013: $3,000,000 CAD
    • 2011 to 2012: $500,000 CAD

Targeted Countries: Costa Rica Mexico Peru

Funding Period: 2011 to 2012, 2012 to 2013

Delivery Partner(s):

Description

Canada provided technical advice to countries to help them flesh out implementable mitigation actions in the Housing sector in Costa Rica, Mexico, and Peru.

Results/Expected Outcomes

Canadian support to this project lead to the development of a Low Carbon Housing Roadmap in each country designed to identify opportunities for action to realize emissions-savings and associated co-benefits from scale development of highly energy-efficient residential housing. Roadmaps were supported by capacity building activities, research studies, monitored pilot projects and by regional workshops including a co-benefits workshop and a financial forum.

Integrating a Climate Change Adaptation Focus into the Development and Implementation of Public Investment Projects in Peru: Pilot Project in a Highly Vulnerable Region

  • Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution: $312,315 CAD
    • 2012 to 2013: $312,315 CAD

Targeted Countries: Peru

Funding Period: 2012 to 2013

Delivery Partner(s):

Description

Canada provided support for the reduction of climate change vulnerability and the adaptation of vulnerable populations in Peru by supporting development of criteria and guidelines, and capacity, to facilitate integration of climate change adaptation criteria into public investment projects in Peru.

Results/Expected Outcomes

Key results to date include: strengthened institutional capacity of decision-makers and experts in the Regional Government of Junín to incorporate the climate change variable in project formulation for the Peruvian National Public Investments system, mainly in the agriculture sector; development of a public investment project proposal to be presented to the national system that incorporated climate change adaptation criteria; revised and updated Regional Climate Change Strategy; and, the formulation of three Ordinances and a Regional Decree, including on incorporation of climate change and adaptation variables in public investment projects.

Sustainable and Efficient Management of Peru's Energy Resources

  • Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution: $3,000,000 CAD
    • 2012 to 2013: $3,000,000 CAD

Targeted Countries: Peru

Funding Period: 2012 to 2013

Delivery Partner(s):

Description

This project aims to strengthen the capacity of the Peruvian Government to plan and manage energy resources efficiently and in a sustainable manner. The initiative is relevant for Peru’s economic success, since its recent growth has been fuelled by the development and consumption of its large natural resource base, of which energy resources form an important part. Specifically, the project intends to support the implementation of the Peruvian National Energy Policy which aims to improve energy planning, enhance the use of renewable energy sources and strengthen the capacity of parastatal institutions involved in the sector. Key activities include: technical assistance to the Ministry of Energy and Mines in the design, implementation and staffing of an Energy Planning Unit; the assessment of the corporate governance framework of parastatal institutions; the creation of experts networks to enhance knowledge sharing on renewable energy between public institutions at central and regional levels.

Results/Expected Outcomes

The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: Improved energy planning at the central and regional levels, taking into account socio-economic, environmental and gender equality considerations ; Improved efficiency and transparency in the management of relevant parastatal institutions in the energy sector; Improved integration by the Ministry of Energy and Mines of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency considerations in the national energy matrix.

Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL) Expansion Project

  • Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution: $1,500,000 CAD
    • 2011 to 2012: $1,500,000 CAD

Targeted Countries: Peru

Funding Period: 2011 to 2012

Type of Support: Cross-cutting

Delivery Partner(s):

Description

The Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in the Americas (C2F) at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) provided support to infrastructure expansion, investment in equipment, and creation of student loan fund for the Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL) in Peru. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Lima, Peru, USIL is a socially inclusive private university that serves approximately 12,000 students and employs 2,300 academic and administrative staff. Approximately half of USIL’s students are women and approximately one quarter are young working adults. The project enables USIL to invest in low-carbon energy efficient building design and equipment in the construction of new campus facilities. These facilities will support improved access to quality higher education and broaden the socio-economic profile of the university’s student population to an additional 25,000 students. Canada’s contribution to this project supports the incorporation of more sustainable design and technologies in the university’s construction plans.

Results/Expected Outcomes

Canada’s investment in this project has facilitated the incorporation of more environmentally sustainable building design, through the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification process. To date, the project has made substantial progress on the construction of its Lima Norte campus building in Peru.

The expected intermediate outcomes of the project include pursuing LEED Gold certification for the Lima Norte building, which is expected to be one of the first LEED certified buildings in higher education in Peru and the first one achieving LEED Gold. As a result of the project, annual water savings of 43 percent and annual energy savings of 26 percent are both expected. It is also expected that the project will abate 600 metric tons of CO2 emissions per year.

Co-Financing/Mobilized Finance ($CAD): $77,500,000
Estimated GHG (metric tons of CO₂) Reduction Associated with Project (per year)Disclaimer *: 600