Ethiopia NDC Highlights newsletter: June 2020
This NDC Highlights newsletter features articles on Ethiopia’s implementation of its Climate Resilient Green Economy strategy and Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), and the potential for off-grid electricity in Ethiopia.
Uganda's climate law makes headway
Legal expert Bernard Namanya outlines the progress being made in Uganda's national climate law. It is the country's principal mechanism for implementing the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Resource
9th April 2020
Report: Mobilising Finance for Climate Action Strategies
This report presents approaches for actionable NDC finance mobilization efforts. The strategies presented will help in identifying and addressing key regulatory and policy barriers and capital market gaps that are impeding climate finance flows.
News
6th April 2020
Enhancing national climate plans through nature-based solutions
In 2020, countries have the opportunity to take more ambitious action on climate change by updating their climate plans (Nationally Determined Contributions or NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. A new guidance paper by WWF US provides recommendations on how countries can integrate nature-based solutions in these national climate plans.
Feature
23rd March 2020
Latin America lacks climate ambition - Experts urge a way forward
Fabiola Ortiz, of LatinClima, considers: Is it possible to decarbonise Latin America? What challenges will the region face under a 2ºC increase in temperature? She interviewed José Luis Samaniego of ECLAC and others, for their expert views.
Feature
12th February 2020
Ethiopian ministries pledge greater gender focus in climate action
Robi Redda of CDKN describes how Ethiopian government ministries are aiming for two cross cutting development issues: climate change and gender, to be well integrated across the country's policies and programmes.
The Mobilising Investment project in Ethiopia is working to identify the current regulatory and financial barriers to the growth of the mini-grid sector and opportunities for productive use.
The Mobilising Investment project in Kenya is working with Dalberg Global Development Advisors to analyse the social, environmental, and economic impacts of moving away from dirty cooking fuels to clean cooking fuels in Kenya.
Unlocking private finance in Peru's waste sector
The Mobilising Investment for NDC Implementation programme has been working with countries around the world to unlock finance for the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). The project in Peru is capitalising on a key opportunity to mobilise private finance in the waste sector. Yasomie Ranasinghe from PwC UK reports.
The Mobilising Investment project in Bangladesh is working with the Sustainable Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA) to de-risk investment for solar irrigation pumps and identify options for the public sector in supporting private investment into off-grid solar.