Projects

Strengthen National Climate Policy Implementation: Comparative Empirical Learning & Creating Linkage to Climate Finance (SNAPFI) Completed

Project Lead: David Rusnok
01 Jul 2019 to 30 Jun 2023

As part of implementing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), governments face the challenge of supporting national climate policies and institutions with limited public funds while also reducin...
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Support to Indigenous Peoples’ and Community Conserved Areas and Territories (ICCAs) On-going

01 Jan 2018 to 31 Dec 2030

The financing of biodiversity conservation is a key issue in the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Most countries lack reliable information on the actual costs needed to ...
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Support to Indigenous Peoples’ and Community Conserved Areas and Territories (ICCAs) On-going

01 Nov 2013 to 30 Jun 2025

Indigenous peoples and local communities play a crucial role in the conservation of biological diversity. The project supports these communities in 45 countries in preserving their traditional habitat...
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Supporting PAGE Countries on Green Economic Recovery from Covid-19 Completed

01 Oct 2020 to 31 Dec 2022

The UN initiative “Partnership for Action on Green Economy” (PAGE), founded in the context of the Rio+20 conference in 2012, strives to enable the transformation of an economy that is not only int...
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Supporting the Nitric Acid Climate Action Group (NACAG) Completed

Project Lead: Kundan Burnwal
01 Nov 2016 to 30 Sep 2021

The project aims to support countries participating in the NACAG Initiative by means of a technical advisory and support unit (TBU) for planning and implementing specific measures for a sustainable re...
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Sustainable Energies Entrepreneurship and Development in Rural Kashmir (SEED Himalaya) On-going

Project Lead: Daphne Gondhalekar
01 Sep 2022 to 31 Aug 2025

The livelihood of the rural population in Jammu and Kashmir is particularly threatened by climate change due to the negative impact of varied rainfall patterns and more frequent extreme weather events...
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The Asia Low Carbon Buildings Transition (ALCBT) On-going

15 Aug 2023 to 14 Aug 2028

Buildings and space cooling is the main driver for the growing future electricity demand and rising GHG emissions in Asia. The project addresses regulatory, capacity and financing gaps that prevent la...
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The Bonn Challenge Barometer of Progress Completed

01 Oct 2016 to 30 Jun 2024

Forests possess a great variety of species, serve as carbon sinks and fulfil many other functions that must be preserved. The Bonn Challenge is the most important international initiative for forest r...
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Tracking and Strengthening Climate Action (TASCA) Completed

Project Lead: Kelly Levin
01 Nov 2016 to 31 Dec 2021

Efficient Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) tracking systems are necessary for demonstrating and reporting progress. Existing Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) systems must be stren...
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Transformational Project Pipelines for NDC Implementation Completed

01 Feb 2019 to 31 Jul 2023

To date, many countries have lacked a clear pathway to financing and implementing their NDCs. To rectify this situation, the project is building capacity in partner countries to ensure they have the r...
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