Projects

NDC Transport Initiative for Asia Completed

Project Lead: Kuldeep Sharma
01 Nov 2019 to 28 Feb 2025

Rapid economic growth, together with a persistent trend towards urbanization and a rise of motorized transport are leading to an increase of traffic volumes in Asia. This leads to an increase of green...
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Partnership for Market Implementation On-going

Project Lead: Flavia Rosembuj
30 Nov 2011 to 31 Dec 2030

Carbon markets are a cost-effective way to mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases. The “Partnership for Market Implementation” project aims to support partner countries in designing and im...
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Private Business Action for Biodiversity Completed

Project Lead: Andreas Gettkant
01 Sep 2016 to 31 Dec 2021

Private enterprise has an important role to play in countering contributory factors to the loss of biodiversity. This global project is supporting methods and instruments to ensure biodiversity-friend...
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Promoting Community Conservation Resilience Completed

Project Lead: Simone Lovera
01 Mar 2015 to 30 Apr 2019

The aim of the project was to contribute to the implementation of the CBDs 2011-2020 Strategic Plan and Aichi Targets by providing policy advice on effective and appropriate forms of support for comm...
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Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems in India's Northeastern Himalaya Region On-going

Project Lead: Patricia Dorn
01 Jan 2020 to 30 Jun 2025

Population growth, increased usage intensity and climate change impacts are increasingly threatening aquatic habitats and their ecosystem services in India’s northeastern Himalayan region. The p...
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REDD+ Himalaya: Capacity Building for Using REDD+ to Conserve Natural Biodiverse Carbon Sinks in the Himalayas Completed

Project Lead: Kai Windhorst
01 Dec 2013 to 31 Dec 2020

The forestry authorities and the forest-using population in the Himalayan partner countries lack sufficient competence and practical experience to implement REDD+ (Reduction of Emissions from Deforest...
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Restore Conserve and Protect Forest and Tree Cover for NDC Implementation in India (RECAP4NDC) On-going

Project Lead: Alejandro von Bertrab
11 May 2022 to 30 Apr 2029

Owing to socio-economic pressures, 43 percent of Indian forests are degraded. With 140 million hectares, the forest restoration potential is enormous. India is aiming at a national target for forest a...
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Scaling-up Biodiversity Communication for Achieving Aichi Target 1 Completed

Project Lead: Gunter Mitlacher, Christine Van Deuren
01 Jan 2018 to 31 May 2023

Aichi Biodiversity Target 1 states that by 2020, at the latest, people should be aware of the values of biodiversity, and the steps they can take to conserve and use it sustainably. The project aims t...
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Strategic Environmental Dialogues On-going

01 Jan 2014 to 30 Jun 2027

The 2030 Agenda and the Paris agreement on Climate change call for the global transformation of economies and lifestyles, providing new impetus for sustainable development. The accompanying internatio...
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Strategic Partnerships for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement (SPIPA) Completed

Project Lead: Nicole Kranz
01 Mar 2018 to 31 Mar 2023

The project contributed to translating the political commitment for advancing bilateral dialogues and cooperation in the field of climate action into concrete interventions, aligning with the ambition...
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