This mission was implemented under the global contract “GCCA Climate Support Facility”. The NGO Ecodev is a Malagasy association working on improvement of livelihoods and environment of poor populations of Madagascar. The NGO is looking into setting up a pilot project for improving livelihoods while promoting sustainable natural resources management around the protected forest areas …
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Mapping, inventories and ecological management of railway embankments in Brussels
Based on extensive vegetation inventories and mapping, adequate management plans were developed. In a first step railway banks with potential ecological value were identified through interpretation of aerial photographs and GIS mapping. The outcome was validated and refined by field inventories, resulting in a detailed identification of the areas of ecological interest. Management plans were …
Private sector engagement in resilience building to climate change in Pacific Island Countries
This mission was implemented under the global contract “GCCA Climate Support Facility”. Within the Intra-ACP GCCA Programme, in addition of the CSF, 5 regional programmes are implemented by decentralised institutions. One of them covers the Pacific region and is co-implemented by the SPREP (Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme). SPREP requested assistance from the …
Climate change adaptation in Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
This mission was implemented under the global contract “GCCA Climate Support Facility”. The African Collaborative Centre for Earth Systems Sciences (ACCESS) is a regional body of African Scientists based at the University of Nairobi. Amongst other activities, ACCESS is fostering global change research on a regional scale, including the impacts of climate change on water …
Formulation of EU Support to Maldives on Climate Change Trust Fund Phase II
Prospect C&S has been contracted, under the EU Framework Contract Beneficiaries Lot 6, in order to carry out a formulation mission to prepare a design for the Climate Change Trust Fund (CCTF) Phase II in Maldives. The CCTF is a multi-donor recipient owned program. The purpose of the CCTF is to support the development and …
Preparation of a training package on climate change Finance
This mission was implemented under the global contract “GCCA Climate Support Facility”. Between February 2011 and April 2012, the Support Facility of the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA-SF) organised a series of regional workshops on mainstreaming climate change in national development planning and budgeting. The feedback from participants was highly positive and many participants asked …
Development of a climate change adaptation strategy and programme for the coastal area of Ivory Coast
This mission was implemented under the global contract “GCCA Climate Support Facility”. With its 550 km, Ivory Coast is one of the West African country with the longest coast. The area is characterised by a rich and unique biodiversity but suffers from an intense pressure generated by human activities such as agro-industry, urbanisation, fishing, tourism, …
Calculation of the Emission Factor for the Electricity System in Djibouti
Through the GCCA ACP program funded under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), the Climate Support Facility has been requested to assist in the calculation of the emission factor for Djibouti’s electricity system and to build capacity in the application of the corresponding calculation tool. Having a very favourable natural environment for production of renewable …
Capacity building in conducting greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories and vulnerability assessments in Ivory Coast
Through the GCCA ACP program funded under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), the Climate Support Facility has been requested to assist the UNFCCC focal point of Ivory Coast in training staff in the development of full-fledged national communications, with special emphasis on conducting GHG inventories and vulnerability assessments. Ivory Coast has been a non-Annex …
Starting up a REDD+ Programme in Côte d’Ivoire: capacity strengthening and roadmap development
The focus of this proposed assignment is on institutional strengthening of key actors in Côte d’Ivoire and on the preparation of a REDD+ roadmap following a request for technical assistance of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. Two missions were conducted in order to prepare a roadmap to the development of a REDD+ programme …