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Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund: Addressing Climate Change with Equity Investments

Perceived high risk, lack of upfront capital and high transaction costs are keeping away private sector investments in emerging economies. GEEREF is a pioneer climate finance initiative harnessing ODA (official development aid) to catalyse private capital for the benefit of clean energy projects in developing countries.

A publication as part of MEXIREC 2017.

Promotion of a Carbon-Neutral Water Sector

The water sector is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Droughts, intense rainfall and mudslides affect drinking water and wastewater services, decreasing the availability and quality of water and damaging the utilities’ infrastructure. At the same time, water and wastewater utilities in emerging countries are among the major consumers of energy, emitting significant amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, primarily nitrous oxide and methane, which have much more significant multiplier effects on global warming. The need to find solutions to combat climate change is therefore a central challenge for the water sector.

A publication as part of MEXIREC 2017.

Flexibility is Key to the successful Integration of variable Renewable Energy Sources in Chile

The energy sector is accountable for approximately 70% of Chile’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and plays a key role in the country’s mitigation efforts. Currently, the share of renewable energies in the Chilean electricity market is increasing rapidly. The International Climate Initiative (IKI) has supported the Chilean Ministry of Energy since the initial stages of renewables expansion through a series of projects.

A publication as part of MEXIREC 2017.

Renewable Energies, Emission Reduction and Sustainable Economic Growth in Chile

In recent years, the expansion of renewable electricity generation capacities in Chile has experienced rapid growth. More than 40% of the Chilean electricity is currently produced by renewable energies, of which one third comes from wind and solar energy. Latest potential analyses show that Chile could cover its electricity demand more than a hundred times with renewable energy sources.

A publication as part of MEXIREC 2017.

Promoting Solar Energy in Brazil and Chile

Brazil and Chile have huge renewable energy resources. In recent years, the costs of relevant technologies have experienced a signicant decline. The factsheet presents projects in Brazil and Chile facilitating the deployment of solar power.

A publication as part of MEXIREC 2017.

Dissemination of Solar Water Heating in Brazil and Mexico

The use of fossil fuels for cooking and water heating represents a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Latin America. One of the most technically viable and economically attractive ways of reducing fossil fuel consumption in home systems is solar water heating (SWH). The International Climate Initiative (IKI) supports projects aiming to foster the use of SWH systems on rooftops as a sustainable alternative to conventional water heating technologies.

A publication as part of MEXIREC 2017.

The Mexican-German Climate Alliance: Contributing to Coherent Energy and Climate Policies

Germany and Mexico are among the world’s top ten emitters of greenhouse gases (GHG). Similarly to Germany, Mexico has set itself ambitious mitigation and adaptation goals and has assumed a pioneering role among developing countries in terms of climate policy. The International Climate Initiative is supporting Mexico’s climate change and sustainable energy efforts through the “Mexican-German Climate Change Alliance”.

A publication as part of MEXIREC 2017.

Case study: Uruguay

This case study on Uruguay is one in a series that describes the steps taken to formulate and implement National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). The case studies focus on adaptation in agriculture, which includes forestry, livestock and fisheries. Each case study describes the contribution and lessons learnt from the UNDP – FAO programme Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans (NAP–Ag) and it also shows the links between the country-led NAP processes and the NAP– Ag programme activities and resulting impacts.

Bottom-Up GHG inventory and MRV of measures

Emission inventories and measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of mitigation actions in the transport sector show synergies and limitations. This report explores particularly to what extent inventories can monitor single mitigation measures. In comparison to top-down assessments in national inventories, bottom-up inventory models allow a more detailed analysis, but require an extensive data collection. This paper concludes that using bottom-up data for the MRV enhances the comparability of the measures effects. Data collected additionally may be used to increase the level of details of the inventory. However, data inconsistencies can limit their applicability.

Partner for a Sustainable Energy Future in the Philippines

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) has been a partner of the Philippines in the development of renewable energy for more than 35 years. Starting in the early 1980s with the Philippine-German Solar Energy Project, GIZ is now supporting the Philippine government in enhancing the framework conditions for sustainable energy supply. This report provides an overview of GIZ's work in the Philippine energy sector.

International Dialogue Forum: How to Improve Integration of Climate Change Aspects into Urban Development Instruments, Strategies and Initiatives (Durban, South Africa)

This report summarizes the International Learning Exchange Workshop of the Cities Fit for Climate Change project in partnership with Connective Cities in Durban (South Africa). which The key question of the workshop was: How can we improve integration of climate change aspects into urban development instruments, strategies and initiatives?

Incentives to save the forest - Financial instruments to drive sustainable land use

Unsustainable farming and logging is behind most tropical deforestation. There are more sustainable methods that address this by using the land more efficiently, reducing deforestation, but farmers, producers and others will not make this switch automatically. This briefing describes how governments and companies can use basic financial instruments to channel greater investment in this area.

Ecosystem-based adaptation: Question-based guidance for assessing effectiveness

This booklet sets out guidance for assessing the effectiveness of an ecosystem-based approach to climate change adaptation. It describes a process, based around asking a detailed set of questions, that can be used by project managers and researchers to shape project design, assess the progress of an ongoing project or draw conclusions about the effectiveness of a project that has ended.

NAP–Ag Programme highlights 2015–2017

The Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans– Programme (NAP– Ag) is a multi–year initiative (2015–2018) funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB). The NAP–Ag Programme is supporting countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to identify and integrate climate change adaptation measures into relevant national planning and budgeting processes.

Supplementary Guidelines: Adressing Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in National Adaptation Plans

These guidelines provide specific adaptation guidance for the agricultural sectors. The Guidelines aim to support developing countries in reducing the vulnerability of the agriculture sectors to the impacts of climate change by building adaptive capacities and resilience, addressing agriculture in the formulation and implementation of NAPs and enhancing the integration of adaptation in agricultural development policies, programmes and plans.

IKI Review of Activities 2015-2016

Achieving aims together – Review of activites 2015-2016 for the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Environment Ministry (BMUB).

Solar Heat for Industry

The brochure offers important facts and numbers on industrial solar heat in images and graphics. Investors’ profiles and comments are presented. The World Map of Solar Process Heat Specialists 2017 presents the growing number of suppliers. Simple integration schemes explain the basic use of solar heat in industrial processes.

Brazilian-German cooperation: contributions to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity

This brochure shows some examples of the work the Brazilian-German Cooperation for the Protection and Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests, which contributes to the achievement of the Aichi Targets.

Annual Status Report on NAMAs 2016

The Annual Status Report on NAMAs 2016 contains articles of representatives from AfDB, EBRD, GCF and IDB who illuminate the approach of climate finance of their institutions in general as well as the NAMA financing approach in particular. It also includes articles of government representatives from partner countries of the IKI project Mitigation Momentum by Ecofys and the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN).

Guidance for policymakers in RAC&F sector

These guidelines assist policymakers in designing national mitigation strategies for the refrigeration, air conditioning and foam (RAC&F) sector to meet the increasing ambition levels expected in revised NDCs. By aligning efforts taken under the two relevant international regimes, the UNFCCC and the Montreal Protocol, the RAC&F sector can make a significant contribution towards reaching the 2°C target, or even the 1.5°C target.