Nigeria—Nigerian Rural Electrification Policy—2005 The Nigerian Rural Electrification Policy—2005 aims to achieve rural access to electricity through the cost-effective use of grid and off-grid approaches as well as standalone systems (GIZ, 2015). The Federal Government of Nigeria, in recognition of the potential for renewable energy sources to facilitate extension of electricity services, has installed more...
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Mexico Success Project
Mexico—La Trinidad-Community Managed Forests If you had known La Trinidad—a settlement of 704 people in the middle of the Northern Mountain Range of Oaxaca—during the 1960’s, you might have thought they were surely heading to an irreversible path of deforestation and loss of species. Managed by a paper mill, the forests of La Trinidad did...
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Japan Success Project
Japan—Tokyo Metropolitan Cap and Trade System In Tokyo, there is a successful cap and trade system that will help meet Japan’s INDC pledge to the Paris Agreement, which is to achieve a 26% reduction in GHG emissions by 2030 compared to emission levels in 2013. This is the first urban-type emission trading system in the...
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Indonesia Success Project
Indonesia—Badan Restorasi Gambut (BRG)-The Peatland Restoration Agency The president formed the Peatland Restoration Agency (Badan Restorasi Gambut) to restore 2.4 million hectares of degraded peatland by 2020. Last year’s fires released 1.2 billion tons of CO2. The target for 2017 is to restore 400,000 hectares of fire-vulnerable land. Half of this destroyed land is in...
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India Success Project
India—The Jal Kranti Abhiyan (Water Movement Initiative) Drought is nothing new in India. However, with changing climatic conditions, both the frequency and impact of it is increasing. The monsoon season that provides 80 per cent of the rainfall in the country, is witnessing a disturbing change, according to a 2014 study by the Stanford Woods...
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Germany Success Project
Germany—The German Climate Action Plan 2050 In its INDC pledge to the Paris agreement, Germany proposed reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by 40% by 2020 and up to about 95% in 2050, as compared to 1990 levels. To achieve this aim, Germany drafted a policy known as the Climate Action Plan 2050, which provides the...
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France Success Project
France—The 4 per 1000 Initiative The French Government has been promoting different participatory/multi-stakeholder initiatives that can help the country meet its INDC pledge to this Paris Agreement. Following the COP21 (cf. the Lima-Paris Action Agenda), France has clearly shown its interest in and commitment to developing agro-ecology in order to ensure sustainable soil management and...
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China Success Project
China—National Cap and Trade Program President Xi Jinping announced last week that China will push ahead with an ambitious plan to build the world’s largest market for carbon emission permits. This national cap-and-trade program will expand from the seven regional pilot emissions trading systems established in the country’s 12th Five Year Plan (in 2011). The...
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Canada Success Project
Canada—The Carbon Impact Initiative The United Nations Environmental has reported that buildings account for 40% of emissions as a result of the construction, operations and maintenance over the life of a building. The Carbon Impact Initiative (CII) is an industry-wide effort by the EllisDon Corporation (a world leading construction/building firm) to contribute to a low-carbon...
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Brazil Success Project
Brazil—IMAZON (Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia) In 2004, deforestation in the Amazon region reached record levels. In 2009, Pará state accounted for the highest deforestation rate in the country, corresponding to 20% of its territory. It is also a highly conflicted area, where violence and corruption are widespread, and environmentalists have been...