Country Initiatives Details
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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.
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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:
$1,900,000 CAD
- 2020 to 2021: $900,000 CAD
- 2019 to 2020: $1,000,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Marshall Islands
Funding Period: 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021
Financial Instrument:
Grant
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
This project is part of a multi-donor, global initiative, the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network providing support to developing countries through coordination of bilateral support and in-country actors. It aims to reduce vulnerability to climate change for women and men, by improving the quality and integration of gender equality into national adaptation planning and action (a process that facilitates the integration of climate change adaptation into relevant new and existing policies) in developing countries. Projects activities include: (1) providing long and short-term in-country technical assistance; (2) facilitating peer-learning events between government policy-makers; and (3) developing and disseminating knowledge development and policy analysis. The project also works to improve the capacity of government actors and other stakeholders, particularly in small island developing states and in Sub-Saharan Africa.
For more information, please visit Global Affairs Canada's Project Browser.
Results/Expected Outcomes
The project has achieved 270+ public institutions with strengthened adaptation capacities and 4800+ beneficiaries (people trained in adaptation planning) across 155 participating countries, including SIDS and SSA States.
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$2,120,000 CAD
- 2019 to 2020: $418,000 CAD
- 2018 to 2019: $1,702,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Côte d'Ivoire
Senegal
Funding Period: 2018 to 2019, 2019 to 2020
Financial Instrument:
Grant
Type of Support:
Mitigation
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
Canada is supporting Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) and short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP) emissions in their waste sectors and implementing their respective Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). This project focuses on building capacity, and developing and implementing policy frameworks, including regulations and industry standards to reduce methane emissions from landfills.
Results/Expected Outcomes
Thus far, this project has developed two national strategies for Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal respectively on composting and biogas.
The overall objective of the project is to strengthen the policy framework, enhance capacity of countries and support pilot compost and biogas plants to facilitate emission reduction in the waste sector. Besides environmental benefits, the project will also create social (public health and food security) and economic benefits (job creation).
The project has four (4) components as follows:
• Strengthening policies framework to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) and Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) in municipal solid waste sector;
• Technical and operational capacity building for data monitoring, reporting and verification in the waste sector;
• Implementation of a pilot project; and
• Regional coordination and experiences sharing.
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$7,108,013 CAD
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- 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:
$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.