Fwd: Communications Update: New CIF Blogs and News Articles on the CIF from global media outlets
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Data: 2 de outubro de 2014 03:47:22 PM BRT
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Assunto: Communications Update: New CIF Blogs and News Articles on the CIF from global media outlets
Dear CIF Partners,
We would like to share with you recent updates to the CIF Voices blog and news articles on CIF projects.
CIF Voices (Blogs)
EBRD: Joining forces to accelerate climate investments
Oct 2
Addressing the challenges of climate change requires cooperation, collaboration, and commitment. The EBRD has responded to calls to finance clean energy projects through its own investments and by participating in the implementation of multi-donor funds such as the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
Galleries and Buses: Engaging Stakeholders with Tajikistan’s PPCR Scorecards
Sept 30
Tajikistan is considered the country most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in Central Asia, not to mention one of the poorest. Building adaptive capacity for climate change is one of the main activities of Tajikistan’s Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) and in early May, a broad range of stakeholders gathered in the capital Dushanbe to share, discuss and assess the progress being made in this area.
Climate Finance: Lessons from the Front Lines
Sept 2
Climate change presents serious and growing risks to the global economic system, with a number of recent studies showing the impact that climate change is already having on livelihoods and business models. For example, extreme weather, which can be exacerbated by climate change, caused economic losses of US$2.6 trillion from 1980 to 2012
International public finance supports South Africa’s deployment of concentrated solar power
Aug 20
Among emerging economies, South Africa has particular potential for solar power because of the country’s excellent solar resources. While fossil fuel power generation currently provides over 90% of its electricity, South Africa is seeking to reduce its reliance on carbon-intensive coal-based energy.
Brazil aims to lower carbon emissions using new agriculture technologies in the Cerrado Biome
Aug 7
The world population is on track to reach 9.7 billion people by 2050. With this in mind, Brazilian agriculture experts are urgently trying to develop a sustainable system capable of addressing a strain on the global food supply through new agriculture technologies to increase productivity with low carbon emissions.
CIF News from MDB partners
World Bank Group Climate Lending Grows to Over $11 Billion
IBRD, Sept 9
To scale up resources for climate action, the World Bank Group is also demonstrating innovative ways to mobilize and leverage finance and markets.Climate finance plays a key role here, providing resources to address risks and build readiness. The World Bank Group has successfully facilitated access to a menu of climate finance instruments, as seen by growing commitments to projects from the Global Environment Facility as well as in carbon finance and the Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
EBRD invests in hydropower in Tajikistan
EBRD, Sept 2
After careful study, the EBRD has committed itself to investing approximately US$ 75.7 million, which includes US$ 21 million in donor funds – a US$ 10 million loan and a US$ 11 million grant from the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience.
Ghana and Mexico to Explore Forest Accounts
Waves Partnership
Ghana and Mexico are two of eight countries that are part of the Forest Investment Program (FIP), a targeted program of the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF), which is one of two funds within the framework of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF). The FIP supports developing country efforts to reduce deforestation and forest degradation and promote sustainable forest management that leads to emissions reductions and enhancement of forest carbon stocks (REDD+).
CIF News from other global media outlets
From Rio to New York – the (long) path towards a safer planet
The Guardian, Sept 29
On 23 September 2014, UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon convened more than 100 heads of state and other world leaders in New York City to develop a concrete climate action plan. GEF’s commitment to international action was also announced in New York and includes promoting renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable land and forest management, oceans’ health and sustainable cities, as well as reducing short-lived climate forcers and removing deforestation from the global commodity supply chains. To expand our impact, we will strengthen our collaboration with partner entities such as the World Bank’s Climate Investment Funds and the recently established Green Climate Fund, following Ban Ki-moon’s leadership to increase the volume, effectiveness and reach of climate finance.
Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture
US Department of State, Sept 25
U.S. support to the international Climate Investment Funds (CIF), including the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR), helps the most vulnerable countries protect their economies and citizens from the negative effects of climate change. Agriculture and land management are one of the key sectors supported by the PPCR. The Forest Investment Program (FIP) is providing more than $600 million for activities to address reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation – often with significant agriculture components – in Brazil, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Indonesia, Laos, Mexico, and Peru.
The deepest cuts
Economist, September 20
So The Economist has made a stab at a global comparison of carbon-mitigation efforts. Chart 1 is the result. It ranks 20 policies and courses of action according to how much they have done to reduce the atmosphere’s stock of greenhouse gases. We have used figures from governments, the EU and UN agencies. As far as we know, this exercise has not been carried out before.
Waste to Energy Taking Off in Nepal with CIF Investment
WMW, September 19
The project will receive $8 million from the ‘Scaling up Renewable Energy’ programme run by the CIF, itself a $7.6 billion international financing mechanism to support low-carbon development and adaptation to climate change in developing countries.
MDBs Pledge to Enhance Climate Finance Action
IISD, September 15
On leveraging resources, the statement notes that the MDBs' sound financial structures and long-term loans are increasing other investors' confidence to participate in climate finance projects, thereby increasing the scale of finance provided. As an example of the donors' role in catalyzing finances, the statement informs that US$8 billion in public funds issued under the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) are expected to mobilize a total of US$55 billion from private and public source
Africa Practice: Media Monitor and Intelligence Update
Sept 3
"The additional donor support for energy transformation is a clear sign of confidence in the success we have already seen taking place in low-income countries in Africa and other regions, and a sign of developing countries continuing enthusiasm to commit to Climate Investment Funds-style transformation," - Erastus Wahome, Kenyan representative and co-chair of the Climate Investment Funds - Scaling Up Renewable Energy in Low Income Countries Program (SREP).
Africa on the Rise
Energy Digital, Sept 3
At the semi-annual Climate Investment Funds governing body meeting, funding and operational support for nine low-income African countries to transform their renewable energy services was announced. The countries gaining this support are Benin, Ghana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zambia. This is a big step forward for the continent, as these 9 countries join the ranks of 16 others in piloting the CIF’s climate-smart investment scheme.
Please look out for further updates soon.
Sincerely,
Steven Shalita
Senior Communications Officer
Administrative Unit
Climate Investment Funds