Country Initiatives Details
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$20,000,001 CAD
- 2020 to 2021: $1,563,471 CAD
- 2019 to 2020: $8,436,530 CAD
- 2018 to 2019: $10,000,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Bangladesh
Funding Period: 2018 to 2019, 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021
Financial Instrument:
Grant
Type of Support:
Adaptation
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
The project aims to secure a safe and healthy environment for the affected host community population in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, with particular focus on vulnerable women and girls and women-headed households. It aims to do so by: (1) providing alternative clean cooking fuel and clean technology stove kits to address their urgent cooking fuel needs; (2) establishing gender-inclusive, climate-sensitive farming training, technologies and practices to improve their economic livelihoods and food security; and (3) land stabilization and sustainable natural resource management program that include, among others, erosion control, agro-forestry and forest management in order to rehabilitate the natural resource base preventing further environmental degradation in the region.
Cox’s Bazar is hosting the world’s largest refugee camps. This is putting immense pressure on scarce natural resources in the area, which requires a response to restore the environment and ecosystem and prevent further degradation.
For more information, please visit Global Affairs Canada's Project Browser.
Results/Expected Outcomes
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased provision of alternative, clean cooking fuel and technology to host community households, particularly those headed by women; (2) increased empowerment and livelihood opportunities for the most vulnerable, especially women and girls, in host communities; and (3) enhanced natural resource base and reduced environmental degradation.
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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.
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$5,000,000 USD
- 2018 to 2019: $5,000,000 USD
Targeted Countries:
Bangladesh
Funding Period: 2018 to 2019
Financial Instrument:
Concessional Loan
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
Through the $200 million contribution to the Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in Asia – Phase II, Canada is supporting the development of a 35-megawatt grid-connected, utility-scale solar photovoltaic power plant in Paturia, Shibaloy, and Manikgonj in Bangladesh. The solar park is one of the first private sector solar plants in Bangladesh to be financed by multilateral institutions and will support the country’s efforts to attain long-term energy security and meet climate goals by stepping up its use of clean energy. Through this project, ground-mounted solar PV panels and associated electrical equipment will be installed, as well as an approximately 7 km interconnection transmission line to the nearest substation.
Results/Expected Outcomes
Once operational, this solar power plant is expected to provide over 50 gigawatt-hours of clean electricity annually to the national grid and avoid 33,200 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. The project aligns with the Government of Bangladesh’s aims to reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuels and increase the share of renewable energy in the total generation capacity to 10% under Bangladesh Vision 2021. While renewable energy initiatives in Bangladesh have previously faced challenges in their implementation, this project is expected to establish bankable precedents intended to catalyze further private sector participation in Bangladesh's renewable energy sector.
Co-Financing/Mobilized Finance ($USD):
$50,000,000
Estimated GHG (metric tons of CO₂) Reduction Associated with Project (per year)Disclaimer *:
33,200
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$637,681 CAD
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- 2017 to 2018: $281,872 CAD
- 2016 to 2017: $355,809 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Bangladesh
Honduras
Mali
Mozambique
Tanzania
Funding Period: 2016 to 2017, 2017 to 2018
Financial Instrument:
Grant
Type of Support:
Adaptation
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
The project aims to address rural poverty issues faced by more than 65,000 direct beneficiaries of which 56% are women and girls. The issues are caused mainly by erratic weather, declining soil infertility, lack of agricultural inputs and land tenure, as well as poor skills for employment and lack of access to credit for small enterprises. World Renew works with 12 local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and targeted community members through three mutually reinforcing development processes including food security, economic growth and community governance capacity, to enhance food security and economic well-being of vulnerable households.
The projects activities include:
• Improving knowledge and skills for climate change adaptation (CCA) through sustainable agriculture and environmental management among women smallholder farmers;
• Delivering training to women and girls on environmental management practices to deal with CCA;
• Training women and girls in organic farming and sustainable agricultural practices to address CCA issues;
• Linkages to higher value markets at the district level facilitated for micro/small-enterprises; and
• Technical support provided to women’s trust fund groups.
The project will have compiled sound environmental management practices and appropriate technologies particularly geared to women. The project will also develop gender equality training and materials with strong integration of environment and natural resource issues. This project will address gender inequities in resource access and control by recognizing women’s role in informal and agricultural sectors, supporting vulnerability reduction measures that target women’s needs, and developing micro-credit schemes for women that promote eco-innovation.
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Results/Expected Outcomes
This project has improved the livelihood security of vulnerable households in identified communities in Bangladesh, Honduras, Mali, Mozambique and Tanzania.
Among the results achieved to date:
• 98% of participants farmers are now practicing sustainable agriculture methods compared to 46% before the project.
• 85% of project participants are engaging in small-scale enterprises or income generating activities (farm or non-farm).
• 85% of participants said that their earnings increased as a result of what they have learned and/or support they have received from the project.
• 83% of communities involved in the project developed an action plan in a participatory manner under local leadership.
• 87% of participants said that women were able to influence the planning and management of community action plans; 77% of participants said the same for ethnic minorities.
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$300,000 CAD
- 2010 to 2011: $300,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Bangladesh
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 provided support to enhance the long-term competitiveness and sustainability of the Bangladeshi textile’s wet processing sector. The project will support factories in specific geographic clusters to reduce their energy, water, and chemical use.
Results/Expected Outcomes
With support from Canada, this project is expected to mobilize an additional $9.5 million in co-financing from public and private sources and lead to an estimated greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 300,000 metric tons of CO2 per year.* To date, the project has partnered with 169 textile factories to support the implementation of resource efficiency projects. These projects have not only led to savings in resources, but are also realizing cumulative cost savings of US $8 million/year for these factories.
Co-Financing/Mobilized Finance ($CAD):
$9,500,000
Estimated GHG (metric tons of CO₂) Reduction Associated with Project (per year)Disclaimer *:
300,000