Ncf Newsletter 3-2013 Lowres

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Fourteen contracts awarded underthe third call of the Nordic Climate Facility

N ordic C lim ate F acility (N C F ), fin an ced by th e N ordic D evelopm ent F u n d (N D F ), encourages

N ordic com pan ies an d org an isation s an d th eir cou n terparts in low -in com e cou n tries to join forces

to tack le th e chan g in g clim ate. T h rou g h N C F, partial g ran t fin an cin g is provided to projects th at

support exch an g e of k n ow ledg e an d tech n olog ical k n ow -h ow in th e field of clim ate chan g e.

N C F is adm in istered by th e N ordic E n vironm ent F in an ce C orporation (N E F C O ).

T h e th ird call for p roposals focu sed on low -cost clim ate solu tion s w ith a stron g positive im pact

on local bu sin ess develop m en t. F in an cin g w as g ran ted to th e 14 h ig h est scorin g

ap plication s ou t of th e total of 12 8.

NordicClimateFacility

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Photo:SuzanneChew

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TanzaniaTurning agriculturalwaste into improvedsoil conditions, energyand income for women

Cambodia and LaosScaling up low-carbonwater purificationtechnologies

NCF Newsletter 2013

Photo:AnjaNystn

Sanitation centre.

Making final adjustment to a ceramic water filter.

KenyaTransforming humanwaste into energy andorganic fertilisers

Niras Natura AB in Sw eden,together w ith their K enyan

partnerUmande Trust, w illcon struct a biog as an d ferti-

liser plan t w hich w ill utilisehum an w aste from pu blic la-

trines to produ ce energy and

natural fertilisers. The objec-

tive of the initiative is to cu t

dow n g reenh ouse gas em is-

sion s - especially m ethan e -

orig in atin g from u n pro-

cessed w aste and chem ical

fertilisers. M eth an e has a

h ig h g lobal w arm in g pot-

ency, an d sew ag e is one of

the m ajor sources of m ethane

em ission s g lobally.

Curren tly, public latrinesin N airobi face challenges

du e to the strong dem and

for sanitation services. The

san itation centres do n ot

have the necessary storage

R ice is th e second m ost im -

portan t food and com m er-

cial crop of Tan zan ia after

m aize. T h e produ ction of

rice leaves rice h u sk as a

w aste m aterial, w h ich is

often burned or disposed on

site.The Royal NorwegianSociety for Development(Norges Vel), in cooperationw ith Rural DevelopmentInitiatives, Tanzania Tradi-tional Energy DevelopmentOrganisation and Norwe-gian Geotechnical I nstitute,w ill im plem ent a project

th at w ill u tilise rice h u sk

to produ ce biochar for im -

provin g local soil qu alityas w ell as for fu rth er pro-

cessin g in to briqu ettes.

B iochar im proves th e soil

w ater reten tion capacity

an d bin d n u trients in th e

g roun d, an d can th erefore

in crease ag ricu ltu ral pro-

du ctivity an d im prove food

security during dry season s.

T h e project w ill in stall

m u ltifu n ction al carbon isa-

tion retorts, w h ich w ill be

pow ered by rice h u sk an d

oth er ag ricultu ral w aste.T h e resu ltin g bioch ar w ill

be sold by local entrepreneurs,

an d the excess bioch ar w ill

be fu rth er refin ed in to cook -

in g briqu ettes, w h ich can be

u sed in cook in g stoves to

replace trad ition al carbon -

in ten sive fu els, su ch as fire-

w ood an d charcoal. The pro-

ject w ill establish w om en en-

trepreneu r groups, w h o can

u tilise the excess h eat from

th e carbon isation process to

run local bak eries, cafes an d

caterin g firm s. T h e in n ova-tive p rodu ction process pro-

m otes syn erg ies betw een

variou s produ ction ph ases

an d u n derlay s possibilities

for in com e-g eneratin g activ-

ities in differen t sectors.

T h e project h as g reat

potential to cu t C O 2 em is-

sion s, decrease d eforesta-

tion , im prove soil qu ality

an d p rom ote local bu sin ess

opp ortu n ities th roug h sim -

ple clim ate-frien dly solu -

tion s. T h e project aim s toestablish broad supp ort an d

fu rth er replication w ith in

th e cou n try th roug h sensiti-

sation an d sharin g of in for-

m ation an d tech n olog y.

capacity for the high volum e

of w aste and biogas. The bio-

slu rry typically en ds up

being disposed of in rivers

or lan dfills due to the inade-

qu ate sew ag e treatm ent

system , an d m eth an e isreleased to the atm osphere.

Th e w aste dum ping con-

tribu tes to g lobal w arm ing

and harm s health an d the

environ m ent. In addition ,

the costs relating to w aste

disposal lead to considerable

decreases in th e m on th ly

in com es generated by th e

latrines, w hich im pede fur-

ther expansion of com m un al

latrine services.

The biog as an d fertiliser

plan t w ill h elp to red u ce

n egative en vironm ental

im pacts and cut th e w aste

and disposal costs faced by

pu blic latrin es. T h e plan t

w ill process the latrine w aste

an d process it in to h ig h

qu ality org an ic fertilisers

an d biog as, w h ich can be

sold in th e local m ark ets.

T h e un iqu e desig n of th e

project w ill com bin e provi-

sion of urban sanitation an d

com m ercial produ ction of

both renew able energy and

org anic fertilisers. Finally,

increased incom e w ill help tofurther expan d the provision

of san itation services, w hich

tog ether w ith decreased la-

trine overflow can redu ce the

risk of w ater born e diseases.

A ccess to clean drin k in g

w ater is recog n ised as a

basic hu m an rig h t, bu tm ore th an a billion people

w orldw ide still lack access.

In C am bodia and L aos, u p

to 90 per cent of th e pop u -

lation boil th eir drin k in g

w ater to redu ce th e risk of

w ater-born e diseases. B oil-

in g , w h en don e properly,

is an effective m eth od for

k illin g m ost bacteria, viru-

ses and pathog ens, bu t it is

also h ighly energy-intensive

and tim e-con sum in g . T h e

boilin g costs have been in -creasing due to the scarcity

of fuel-w ood. This increases

th e risk of n on -boilin g

am ongst the poorest incom e

g rou ps. T h e availability of

in n ovative low -cost alter-

n atives, such as ceram ic

w ater pu rifiers, h as been

lim ited . T h e full av aila-

bility h as so far been re-

stricted by th e lack of ex-

terna l fu n din g requ ired

for scalin g -u p m easures.

Finland Futures ResearchCentre, tog eth er w ithHydrologic Social Enter-prise and Nexus Carbonfor Development fromCam bodia and TerraClear

Development Company Ltd.from L aos, w ill in trodu ce

a fram ew ork w hich can

lead to the dissem in ation

of m ore th an 550 ,00 0

ceram ic w ater pu rifiers in

Cam bodia and L aos by 2020 .

T h e p roject creatively u ti-lises an establish ed an d

proven low -carbon w ater

pu rification techn olog y,

th e ceram ic w ater pu rifier,

an d w ill in trodu ce a car-

bon fin ancin g fram ew ork .

F un ding from volu n-

tary carbon m arkets w ill

sup port th e m u ch-n eeded

scale-u p m easures of low -

carbon w ater pu rification

techn olog ies. T h e project

w ill develop tw o V olu n tary

G old Stan dard projects to

ru n in parallel, on e in

Cam bodia and on e in L aos.

Local supply ch ains w ill be

strengthened to create jobs

in producing, selling, m ar-

k eting an d distribu ting the

pu rification tech n olog ies.

T h e project w ill produ cean d distribu te ceram ic w ater

pu rifiers, aim in g to h ave

arou n d 7 4,00 0 u n its in

u se by 20 14 , yieldin g an

issu an ce of aroun d 11 2,00 0

ton s of C O 2 redu ction s by

2014. In addition to redu ced

carbon dioxide em ission s,

th e project can streng th en

th e ad ap tive cap acity o f

th e pop u lation th rou g h

im proved access to clean

drinking w ater and redu ced

depen den cy on firew ood.


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Tree nursery within the project area.

Fairtrade tea producer.

alon g th e sup ply chain totak e an active role in invest-

ing in clim ate change adap-

tation . T h e in itiative w ill

u tilise the existin g F air-

trade fram ew ork by focus-

in g on ad aptation w ith

producers that are already

em pow ered to m eet social,

econ om ic an d en viron -

m ental stan dard s,thu s

contributing to a m ore com -

preh ensive approach w ith

h ig h er ch an ces of success.

Kenya, Rwanda,Tanzania and UgandaClimate changeadaptation for Fairtradetea producers

T h e w eath er condition s

an d sloping groun ds of E ast

A frica m ak es th e reg ion

ideal for grow in g tea. O n e-fou rth of global tea ex ports

com e from th e region , an d

th e tea in du stry p rovides a

livin g for a large nu m ber of

sm all-scale farm ers and sea-

sonal w orkers in E ast A frica.

Sm all-scale tea farm ers are

h ighly vu lnerable to clim ate

chan g e du e to relian ce on

rain fall patterns an d cool

tem peratu res. F airtrade tea

produ cers in E ast A frica

h ave requ ested resources

for m on itorin g w eath erch an g es, assessin g risk s

an d developin g strategies

to in crease clim ate chan g e

resilien ce.

The Sw edish foundation

Vi-Skogen as w ell as ViAgroforestry (reg istered asa n on -g overn m ental organ i-

sation in K eny a, U gan da,

Tanzania and R w anda)toget-

her w ith K enya-based Fair-trade Africaand FairtradeInternational, are answ er-

in g th e p rodu cersrequ est

by prop osin g a set ofactivities that w ill build the

adaptive capacity an d cli-

m ate resilience of Fairtrade

sm all tea producer organ i-

sations in K enya, R w anda,

Tanzania and U gan da.

T h e project w ill provide

techn ical assistan ce an d

train in g on su stain able

land use m anagem ent,

in clu din g ag roforestry

an d w ater and soil conser-

vation . N ew practices aim

to in crease yields in a su s-

tain able m an n er, bu ild re-silien ce in produ ction an d

provide ad dition al ecosys-

tem services, such as fruits,

tim ber an d seedlin g s.

F u rth erm ore, th e pro-

ject w ill su pport Fairtrad e

produ cers to d evelop adap-

tation risk an d opportu-

n ity assessm ents an d to

provide a techn olog y-based

in form ation -sh arin g plat-

form . T h e in n ovative and

h olistic ap proach encou r-

ag es com m ercial actors

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F irew ood an d charcoal

are im portan t sources of

energy for th e m ajority of

th e G h an aian pop u lation ,

and for a g reat n u m ber of

people charcoal production

an d trade is the only source

of in com e. U rban m ig ra-tion h as in creased th e de-

m an d for charcoal, an d

illeg al charcoal prod u ction

is pu ttin g ad dition al pres-

sure on th e in dig enou s

forests of G h an a.

Pyry ManagementConsulting Oy from F in -lan d, G h an a-based AfricanPlantations for Sustain-able Development, WWFWest Africa Forest Pro-gramme Office an d four

traditional councils as th elocal partn ers from G h an aare im plem entin g a pro-

ject w h ich ad vocates su s-

tain able forestry tog eth er

w ith en ergy-efficien t char-

coal prod u ction . T h e pro-

ject w ill establish 19 energy

w ood p lantations to provide

w ood for seven charcoal pro-

du ction plan ts for th e use

of local entrepreneurs. Com -

pared to cu rrent charcoal

produ ction practices, th en ovel distillation techn olog y

in trodu ced by P yry p ro-

du ces hig h er qu ality char-

coal an d requ ires only on e-

third of the natural resources.

T h e project w ill set u p a

cooperative w hich w ill bring

tog eth er entrepreneurs of

both ch arcoal produ ction

an d tree plan tation s an d

create job op portun ities in

forestry, log istics, ch arcoal

m an u factu rin g an d sales.The local com m unity decision-

m akers and traditionalcou n -

cils, in cooperation w ith th e

A frican P lan tation s for Su s-

tain able D evelopm ent an d

W W F, h ave selected and

allocated th e lan ds for the

w ood plan tation s, in areas

th at are un used or unsuit-

able for ag ricu ltu re. T h e

ch arcoal plan ts are im ple-

m ented u sin g local con-

stru ction m aterials an d

w ork force.

T h e project w ill h elp

m itig ate clim ate chan g e

by redu cin g illegal h arvest-in g from n atu ral forests

an d by in trodu cin g n ew

w ood plantations. The pro-

ject aim s to im prove energy

security and eradicate pov-

erty through local entrepre-

n eursh ip. T h e sim ple an d

efficien t tech n olog y is

hoped to encou rage further

developm ent of sustainable

ch arcoal production in the

region . The project also aim s

to develop a n ew charcoal

prod u ction m odel th atth roug h proven success

w ou ld attractlocal in vestors

an d lead to project m u ltipli-

cation w ith in G h an a and

elsew h ere in A frica.

Photo:FairtradeAfrica

GhanaSustainable BiomassCharcoaling

PhotoTuomoUtriainen.


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Distillation of chamomile.

Field water pipes for irrigating crops.

L an d deg radation , soil ero-

sion an d forest fires, are

m ajor con tribu tors to ru ral

poverty in N epal. H eavilydeg raded forest areas no

lon g er perform th eir fu ll

n atu ral ecosystem roles,

such as protection ag ain st

w eath er an d p rovision of

firew ood an d n on -tim ber

prod u cts. T h e degradation

of forests directly translates

in to w orsen in g livelih oods

for th e com m u n ities th at

dep end on th ese services.

Danish Forestry Ex ten-sion, Wildlife Conservation

Nepal, Choudhary BiosysNepal Pvt Ltd, an d Biosyn-ergy Ltd are im plem entin ga p roject th at provides

ben efits to local residen ts

of frag ile lan dscap es. T h e

project w ill prom ote non -

tim ber forest produ cts,

w h ich con tribu te in bu ild-

in g ecosystem resilien ce

ag ain st clim ate ch an g e in

local com m u n ities. T h e

n on -tim ber produ cts are

m ostly essen tial oils to be

sold to th e organ ic cosm e-

tics in du stry. T h ese pro-

du cts have a h ig h valu e

per volu m e, an d th erefore

n o soph isticated log istics

are requ ired to brin g th e

produ cts to th e m arkets.

T h e un derlyin g idea is

to in crease th e livelih oods

am on g st local h ou seh olds

th roug h ag ro-forestry an d

sound m anagem ent of

n atural forest areas in fivecom m u n ity forestry user

g roups. A pp ropriate low -

cost produ ction techn olog y

w ill be tran sferred to com -

m u n ities an d th e produc-

ers w ill be lin k ed to a

w ell-establish ed m ark et.

T h e project team is also

curren tly stu dy in g th e

possibility of trad in g th e

sequ estered carbon in th e

volu n tary carbon m arkets,

w h ich w ou ld provide addi-

tion al reven u es for th ecom m u n ities. In addition ,

to sequ estered carbon , th e

chan ge in land m anage-

m ent practices tow ards

clim ate-resilien t ecosystem s

im proves groun d w ater

availability, redu ces n eg a-

tive effects of extrem e

w eath er even ts and in -

creases soil qu ality. D u e

to th e effective low -cost

ap proach , th e project h as

a h ig h ch an ce of replica-

tion am on g st adjoin in g

com m u n ity forests.

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Malawi

Mainstreaming climate-smart agriculture

A g ricultu re is th e m ain stay

of M alaw i's econ om y and

sm all-h older farm ers dom i-

n ate th e sector. Sm all-h older

farm ers are hig h ly su scep-

tible to clim ate ch an g e as

their incom es depen d alm ost

solely on rain -fed irrig ation ,

leavin g th em strong ly af-

fected by drou g h ts and dry

spells. T h e low profitability

of sm allh older agricultu reis fu rth er exacerbated by

w eak lin k s to m ark ets.

A D an ish org an isation ,

DanChurchAid, tog eth erw ith its local cou n terparts

Church Action in Relief andDevelopment, ChristianService Committee of theChurches in M alaw i andK usamala Institute of Agr i-culture & Ecology, is im ple-m entin g a project th at aim s

to im prove th e adap tive

cap acity of sm all-h olderfarm ers an d tack le th e

develop m en t obstacles in

th e sector.

T h e project w ill support

15 ,00 0 farm in g h ou seh olds

in ad ap tin g to clim ate

chan g e and to m itig ateem ission s th roug h n ew

ag ricu ltu re p ractices.

Sm art ag ricultu re tech-

n iqu es, in clu din g org an ic

fertilisers, ag ro-forestry,

h ig h -yield crop varieties

an d con servation farm in g

are expected to lead to en -

vironm ental an d fin an cial

su stain ability. R eplacin g

in org an ic fertilisers w ith

org an ic substitu tes help

redu ce C O 2 em ission s from

ag ricultu re and an in ven-tory of oth er greenh ou se

g as em ission sources w ill

be prepared to provide

baselin e in form ation an d

g u idan ce for fu rth er deve-

lopm ent of clim ate sm art

ag ricu ltu re practices.

T h e farm ers w ill also be

supported in accessin g vi-

able m arkets an d adoptin g

effective m ark etin g strate-

g ies to in crease th eir in -

com es. T h e project tak es a

u n iqu e h olistic approachto com bin e clim ate adapta-

tion , m itig ation an d ag ri-

cultu ral develop m en t, in

an in tegrated an d su stain -

able w ay.

NepalCommunity basedbusiness from non-timber forest products

PhotoChoudh

aryBiosysNepalPvtLtd.

Photo:DanChurchAid


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Briquette extruder at Bakamoyo Brikwiti Company.

Cultivation of caahua.

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F irew ood an d charcoal ac-

cou n t for m ore th an 90 per

cent of total en ergy u se inTan zan ia. C h arcoal is th e

larg est sou rce of h ou sehold

energ y in u rban areas, an d

m ore th an a m illion ton s of

charcoal are con sum ed ann u -

ally in th e cou n try. T h e pro-

duction of charcoal is a m ajor

con tribu tor to deforestation

and CO 2 em ission s. T h e pro-

ject im plem ented by Gaia

TanzaniaSustainable businessmodels for producingnon-wood charcoalbriquettes

BoliviaPromoting climateresilient crops forBolivian highlands

Consulting Oy from Finland,tog eth er w ith AppropriateRur al Technology Institutefrom Tan zania, aim s to re-

du ce deforestation , m itig ate

g reenh ou se g as em ission s

an d su pport local livelih oods

by in trodu cin g sustain able

n on -w ood-based charcoal

bu sin esses in Tan zan ia.T h e project w ill train 770

entrepreneu rs an d p rovide

120 n on-w ood charcoal kilns

to en able prod u ction of sus-

tain able ch arcoal. Sou n d

bu sin ess m od els w ill be

established for com m u n ity-

based enterprises. T h e pro-

ject an sw ers to th e existin g

h ig h d em an d for charcoal

an d aim s to in trodu ce an

affordable and m ore sus-

tain able altern ative to u n -

su stain able charcoal. T h e

ap proach u tilises ag ricu l-

tu ral w aste, in stead of fu el-

w ood, in produ cin g h ig h

qu ality ch arcoal briqu ettes.

T h is tech n olog y h as so

far been in trodu ced on lyin a lim ited con text in th e

coun try.

Th e redu ced dem and for

fu elw ood w ill m itig ate C O 2em ission s orig in atin g from

forestry an d charcoal pro-

du ction . In ad dition , th e

project w ill redu ce th e pres-

sure on Tan zanian forests,

w h ich w ill positively affect

w atershed m anagem ent

an d biod iversity. T h e pro-

ject is in lin e w ith th e g ov-

ern m en ts overarch in g

developm ent plan by p ro-

vidin g alternatives to w ood -

based charcoal prod u ction

an d sup portin g renew able

energy in g eneral. Train -

in g of th e en trepreneursan d d evelopm ent of th e

com m u n ity-based en ter-

prises w ill particu larly

provide n ew in com e oppor-

tu n ities for peop le in ru ral

areas and encourage w om en

to en g ag e in all aspects of

ch arcoal in du stry, in creas-

in g th eir social stan din g .

Photo:KariHmekoski

H arsh w eath er con dition s

and poverty m ake the popu -lation in th e B olivian high-

lan ds prone to food related

disasters. M elting of glaciers

is exp ected to exacerbate

w ater sh ortag es, an d de-

lay ed rain y seasons are

seriou sly affectin g crop

prod u ctivity. C h an g es in

precipitation pattern s create

a n eed for crops w ith short

g row in g cycles and g ood

tolerance for extrem e w eather

condition s, such as drou g h t

an d frost. C a ah u a is an ative bu t h ig h ly u n der-

u tilised g oosefoot plan t of

B olivia. C a ah u a is a close

cou sin to q u in oa, an d it is

ch aracterised b y its h ig h

n u trition con tent an d g ood

resilience to extrem e w eather

con dition s.

A project im plem ented by

th e University of Copen-hagens Department of Plantand Environmental Sciences,tog eth er w ith th eir local

partn ers in Fundacin parala Promocin e Investiga-cin de Productos Andinos,w ill prom ote ca ah u a pro-

du ction am ong poor A nd ean

h ou seh olds th rou g h th e

in trod u ction of varieties

adapted to n ew clim ate pat-

terns w ith an application of

app ropriate crop an d lan d

m anag em en t techn iqu es.

F u rth erm ore, th e project

w ill im plem ent a pilot plan tfor caah u a seed processin g

an d stren g th en local com -

m u n ity organ isation s to d e-

velop m arkets and g enerate

in com e in th e food chain .

The project supp orts the

A ndean population to adapt

to extrem e w eather events

and to redu ce the econom ic

losses du e to a shortened

grow ing season . In addition

to im proved food secu rity,the project contribu tes to

generating higher incom es

for farm ers by lin k in g

farm ersorg an ization s to

different m ark ets. T h e pilot

im plem entation w ill be situ -

ated in th e north ern h ig h -

lan ds, w h ich h ou se a h ig h

diversity of ca ah u a in th e

m ost adverse clim ate con-

dition s. T h e pilot reg ion

w ill h elp to iden tify an d

develop varieties su itable

for oth er potential areas.T h e developed tech n olog y

w ill be g enerated an d dis-

tribu ted as a pu blic good ,

w ith n o restriction s on its

fu rth er dissem in ation

and u se.

Photo:Alejand

roBonifacio


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Steel casting.

Rice husk will provide energy for the food processing unit.

Currently, the saw dust waste from saw

mills is burned instead of utilising it.

Photo:FridolinMllerHolm,Viegand&Maage

Photo:MaijaSaijonmaa

Photo:Maija

Saijonmaa

BangladeshRecover the heat renewing local steelproduction industry

Burkina FasoFoodsecurity witheco-logical foodprocessing

GhanaBiomass briquettescleanenergyfromagricultural and forestwaste

Steel produ ction in B an g la-

desh is h ig h ly con centrated

in sm all an d m ediu m -sized

enterprises. T h e produ ction

is m ostly based on refin in gdom estic scrap m etal u sin g

in efficien t tech n olog ies

w ith h igh energ y consum p-

tion , poor w orkin g condi-

tion s, sig n ifican t n eg ative

environm ental im pacts and

low produ ction capacity.

Viegand & Maage A/Stog eth er w ith NIR AS A/S,from D enm ark,ModernEr ection Ltd and Vikram-pur Steel L td as w ell as th eRoyal Danish Embassy inB an g ladesh , w ill supp ort

th e im provem ent of energy

efficiency an d w orkin g con-

dition s in steel prod u ction .

T h e project w ill pilot sim ple

locally p rodu ced energy

savin g s techn olog y, w h ich

recovers lost heat from steel

m elting furnaces and reuses

th e energ y to p reheat in -

com in g scrap. T h e n ew

solu tion w ill lead to en erg y

saving s, reduced CO 2 em is-

sion s and p rodu ction tim e

as w ell as im proved w ork -

in g con dition s. T h e op ti-

m ised produ ction m eth ods

w ill be dissem inated through

train in g w orkshops for th e

staff in volved in th e daily

produ ction . T h e project w ill

also develop a draft N ation -

ally A ppropriate M itig ationM echanism (N A M A ) pro-

posal for im plem entation in

th e steel sector in B an g la-

desh. Th e N A M A w ill be

prepared in close coopera-

tion w ith th e G overnm ent

of B an g ladesh, represen ted

by th e D epartm ent of E n vi-

ronm ent.

T h e pre-h eat system s

h ave been already in stalled

in large fu rnaces in E u rope

an d the U n ited S tates, bu t

th e sm all-scale ad op tion of

th e techn olog y is still lim i-

ted. T h e current steel pro-

du ction practises are com -

m on ly u sed all over A sia in

h u n dreds of steel m eltin g

sh ops. T h erefore, th ere are

poten tial bu sin ess develop -

m ent perspectives both in

B an g ladesh an d in th e

region for th is en ergy -

efficient an d en viron m en-

tally frien dly tech n olog y.

C u rren t ag ricultu ral pro-

du ction in B u rkin a F aso

is con cen trated on cu lti-

vatin g basic cereals, su ch

as m aize and sorgh um ,

w hich cann ot be produ ced

du rin g th e dry season.

B ecau se th e dry season is

expected to becom e longer

du e to clim ate chan g e, it

is essen tial to su pport

sw itching to m ore clim ate-resilient crops su ch as

cassava. Im provin g an d

diversifyin g th e cou n trys

food processin g cou ld re-

du ce th e cou n trys vu ln er-

ability even fu rth er.

Danish TechnologicalInstitutes Energy andClimate Division, in col-laboration w ith IsometB u rkin a F aso, w ill pilot

th e first renew able an d

w aste energ y-based food

prod u ction u n it in W estA frica. T h e in stalled food

processin g u n it w ill be

pow ered by biow aste an d

solar en ergy. T h e su stain -

able energ y sou rces w ill

h ave m itig ation im pacts

throug h reduced d em and

for firew ood in food pro-

cessing. The versatile u nit

can be u sed to process a

variety of food p rodu cts,

an d th e relatively sim ple

tech n olog y can be im ple-

m ented elsew h ere in th e

region w ith con siderable

in com e generation opp or-

tu n ities. C h an g in g food

consu m ption p attern s

h ave created a stron g

local, as w ell as g lobal,

dem an d for processed

produ cts and h ig h qu al-

ity groceries, w hich w ou ld

m eet th e qu ality, h y-

g ien ic an d n u trition alstandards.

The unit w ill prim arily

concen trate on produ cin g

th ree selected produ cts:

parboiled rice, dried m an -

g oes an d cassava cou s-

cous. T h ese produ cts are

creatively ch osen so th at

rice h u sk provides bio-

w aste for energy g enera-

tion ; dried m an g os pro-

du ce con siderable p rofits

to en su re fin an cially

h ealth y bu sin ess; an dcassava couscou s pro-

m otes fu rth er cultivation

of tu ber plan ts. T h e u n it

w ill redu ce th e cou n trys

depen den ce on im ported

processed good s, prom ote

th e cu ltivation of clim ate

resilient crops an d dem -

on strate th e econ om ic

viability of sustain ab le

food processin g for fu r-

th er replication .

Soarin g dem and for fu el

w ood in G han a puts su s-

tain able forest reg en eration

at risk an d con tribu tes to

g reenh ou se g as em ission s.

F or every n ew ly-plan ted

tree in G h an a, m ore th an

tw o are been sim u ltan e-ou sly cu t dow n in n eed for

firew ood an d charcoal.

C.F. Nielsen A/S fromD en m ark ,Cook CleanGhana Ltd and B2A Busi-

ness to Africa join forcesto ease th e pressure on

local forests by in trod u c-

in g n ew in n ovative tech-

n olog y w hich w ill provide

clean energy to the G hana-

ian m arket. T h e project

w ill supply biom ass bri-

qu ettes, w h ich can be di-

rectly u sed to su bstitu te

trad ition al w ood fu els.

T h e briqu ettes are m ade

of agriculture an d forestry

residu als, m ost im por-tan tly o f saw du st, bu t

also of m aize cobs, an d

sorgh u m an d m illet stalk s,

w h ich oth erw ise w ou ld be

disposed or in cin erated.

T h e briqu ettesprod u ction

process tran sform s th e

w aste in to an end produ ct

w h ich bu rns lon g er w ith

less sm oke com pared to

trad ition al fu el w ood.

T h e project w ill in stall

th e first biom ass briqu et-

tin g plan t of th is type in

G han a and transfers kn ow -

ledg e on the produ ction an d

u se of biom ass briqu ettes.

T h e briqu ette produ ction

is expected to create localbu sin ess op portun ities. If

su ccessful, th e project is

plan n ed to be u sed as a

m od el for rep lication in

other W est A frican countries.


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A plant nursery at a multipurpose farm.

An example of an integrated

RWH system with water filters.

Photo:KariHmekoski

CambodiaCarbon sequestrationin farmlands

GhanaRainwaterharvestingforimprovedclimate resilience

A g ricu ltu re is on e of th e

larg est sou rces of g lobal

g reenh ou se g as em ission s,

bu t the sector also provides

larg e m itig ation potential.

M itig ation m easures in

ag ricu ltu re in volve strong

co-ben efits for su stain able

developm ent, such as im -

provem ent in food secu rity

an d better environm ental

services.

Nordic A gency for

Development and Ecologyand Cambodian Centre forStudy and Development inAgriculture w ill m itig ateg reenh ou se g as em ission s

by in trodu cin g a carbon

sequ estration schem e w hich

w ill rew ard Cam bodian

sm all-h older farm ers for

practisin g clim ate-sm art

farm in g . T h e project w ill

dissem in ate practical

ap proach es to clim ate-

resilien t ag ricu ltu re, con -

centratin g on creative low -

cost w ays to org an ise tree

plan tin g in th e farm in g

lan dscape. The project w ill

establish a bu siness w hich

w ill con nect w ith the exist-

ing farm ersassociation s,

an d supp ort th em to in -

crease th eir in com es from

carbon sequ estration . T h e

farm ers w ill be th erefore

lin k ed to th e volu n tary

carbon m arkets in an in n o-

vative an d cost-effective

w ay. In ad dition , th e pro-

ject plan s to d evelop eco-

ag ro tou rism in rural

C am bodia in conn ection

w ith th e clim ate-sm art

farm in g , in trodu ce sm all-

scale bioch ar produ ction

an d develop advisory serv-

ices for m itigation aspects

of sustainable agriculture.

The project w ill provide

sm all-h older farm ers in -

com e opportu n ities an d

im proved fin an cial secu -

rity, w h ile in clu din g con -

siderable environ m ental

ben efits. T h e ben efits are

n ot restricted to m itig a-

tion ; addition al adaptation

ben efits are expected

through decreased erosion

and im proved g roun d-

w ater availability.

SINTEF from N orw ay, incollaboration w ith WaterResearch Institute an dth e Science and Technol-ogy Policy Research In-stitute of th e Council forScientific and IndustrialResearch in G h an a, w illprovide u rban h ou se-

h olds an d in stitu tion s

im proved access to w ater

th rou g h affordable, sim -

ple an d safe rain w ater

h arvestin g (R W H ) sys-

tem s. In th e capital city

of A ccra, on ly approxi-m ately on e-fou rth of th e

citys popu lation en joys

24 -h ou r w ater su pp ly.

W ater secu rity is also af-

fected by m ore extrem e

an d u n predictable rain -

fall even ts. E ffective R W H

system s can decrease th e

risk of u rban floodin g

du rin g extrem e rain fall

events w h ile providin g

access to clean w ater

du rin g prolon g ed dry

season s exp ected as a

result of clim ate ch an g e.

Fu rtherm ore, an R W H

system in u rban areas

can in crease local reten -

tion of rain w ater an d

th erefore act as an ad ap -

tion m easu re to flood -

related clim ate chan g e

im pacts.

T h e project assesses

th e m ost ap prop riate

solu tion s for rain w aterh arvestin g , m on itorin g

an d disin fection , an d im -

plem ents m odel system s

in selected h ou ses an d

in stitu tion s. T h e p roject

w ill create stan dard ised

desig n criteria an d in stall

inn ovative R W H system s.

T h e m odel system s are

m on itored an d evalu ated,

w h ile local artisan s are

train ed in h ow to con struct

and m aintain such R W H

system s, w h ich w ill pro-

vide a basis for local bu si-

n ess developm ent.

T h e project is developed

in lin e w ith th e objectives

of G h an as N ation al R ain -

w ater H arvestin g Strategy,

w h ich can be expected to

im prove project su stain -

ability. In th e lon g ru n ,

effective solu tion s an d im -

proved k now ledge of R W H

possibilities are expectedto in crease th e use of such

system s, im prove th e cou n -

trys adap tive capacity an d

g ive rise to n ew bu sin ess

opportu n ities.

Photo:MaijaSaijonmaa


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T h e N ordic Clim ate Facility (N C F ) provides su pport to ch allen g in g an d in n ovative projects

th at w ill in crease low -in com e cou n triesabilities to m itig ate an d ad ap t to clim ate chan g e. T h e facility is

based on calls for p roposals. N ordic entities w ith a local partn er in a low -in com e cou n try can ap ply for

N C F fu n din g . N C F is fin an ced by th e N ordic D evelopm ent F u n d (N D F ) an d im plem ented join tly w ith th e

N ordic E n viron m ent F in an ce C orporation (N E F C O ).

N D F is a m u ltilateral develop m en t fin an ce in stitu tion establish ed by th e five N ordic cou n tries.

N D F provides g ran t fin an cin g for clim ate chan g e in terven tion s in low -in com e coun tries.

N E F C O is an in ternation al fin an cial in stitu tion establish ed by th e five N ordic cou n tries. N E F C O fin an cesin vestm en ts an d p rojects in R u ssia, U k rain e, E ston ia, L atvia, L ith u an ia, M oldova an d B elaru s, as w ell as

clim ate chan g e projects across th e w orld.

Contracted NCF3 projects

Distribution of origin by country

Country All proposals Shortlisted proposals Projects under implementation

Denmark 31 13 7

Finland 18 4 3

Iceland 2 1 0

Norway 24 7 2

Sweden 29 5 2

Other countries 24 0 0

Total 128 30 14

Host country

Bangladesh

Bolivia

Burkina Faso

Cambodia

Cambodia and Laos

Ghana

Ghana

Ghana

Kenya

Kenya, Tanzania,

Uganda and Rwanda

Malawi

Nepal

Tanzania

Tanzania

Nordic Partner

Viegand & Maage A/S,

Denmark

University of Copenhagen,

Denmark

Danish Technological Institute,

Denmark

Nordic Agency for Development

and Ecology, Denmark

Finland Futures Research

Centre, University of Turku,

Finland

Pyry Management

Consulting Oy, Finland

C. F. Nielsen A/S, Denmark

SINTEF, Norway

Niras Natura AB, Sweden

The Foundation Vi Planterar

Trd (Vi-Skogen), Sweden

DanChurchAid, Denmark

Danish Forestry Extension -

DFE, Denmark

Norges Vel, Norway

Gaia Consulting Oy, Finland

Project

NAMA and Innovative Energy Optimisation in the Steel

Sector in Bangladesh

Promoting Caahua in the Extreme Climatic Conditions

of the Bolivian Altiplano: A Highly Nutritive Crop with

Tolerance to the Effects of Climate Change

Ecological Food Processing Unit

Cambodian Farmland Carbon (CAFACA) Project

Scaling Up Low Carbon Household Water Purification

Technologies in the Mekong Sub Region

Efficiency Enhancement and Entrepreneurship

Development in Sustainable Biomass Charcoaling

Biomass Green Briquette Fuel (GBF) Production

(BidiePa) under Kitchen Efficiency Programme Ghana

Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) for Resilience to Climate

Change Impact on Water Availability in Ghana

Business Development Closing the Rural-UrbanNutrient and Carbon Dioxide Cycles

ADAPTea: Climate Change Adaptation for FAIRTRADE

Tea Producers in East Africa

Mainstreaming Climate-Smart Agriculture in Solar

Irrigation Schemes for Sustainable Local Business

Development in Malawi

Developing Low-Cost Community Based Innovative

Solutions to Mitigate and Adapt with Climate Change

while Creating Viable Local Business Solutions

From Waste to Local Business Development and

Vigorous Soil

Sustainable Charcoal Business Development in Tanzania

F or m ore in form ation abou t N C F visit:

www.ndf.fi and www.nefco.org

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