Morocco held an Inter-ministerial Dialogue on climate change, where the NDC priorities and next steps were discussed. The idea of the Dialogue was to introduce the financial assessments to policy makers and to get their consent and input for this work ahead, and to ensure their ownership over this process. During the Dialogue, participants also agreed on their priority sectors for NDC implementation: energy, housing and waste.
UNDP climate finance expert Susanne Olbrisch conducted a training on the Investment and Financial Flows (IF&F) methodology for the national team to conduct the assessments in the priority sectors. Along with the participants from key line ministries and institutions, Morocco has also hired a set of experts from the Morocco's Price Waterhouse Coopers, who will support the assessments. Morocco is also in the process of conducting a review of its Climate Public Expenditures (CPEIR), which is being carried out by the Caisse de Depot et de Gestion, with support of the NDC Support Programme.
Studies on sensibilization of private actors on climate change issues has already been launched, - results will be discussed at the second dialogue. Next steps will focus on identifying barriers to investment for climate action. Two trainings will be held in October and November, following two trainig sessions already completed. The training focuses on 1. Climate change, 2. Bilan carbon (carbon budget), 3. Climate finance and how to prioritize projects, 4. Vulnerability. Last year 27 enterprises benefitted from the trainings, this year's training will comprise around 20 enterprises.
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Posted on May 12, 2021
Lebanon is seeking to improve the gender responsiveness of its climate policies and climate action through the NDC revision and implementation process. To support this, a Gender Analysis was carried out to assess various aspects of the governance, policy and planning processes related to climate change and gender equality and specifically analyzed data collection, existing technical capacities, institutional mechanisms, and gender mainstreaming opportunities.
Posted on February 19, 2021
The Blue Congo Basin Fund aims at mobilizing the necessary resources, from African States, public and private funders, to finance the implementation of programs and projects which contribute to the sustainable development and the promotion of the Blue Economy in the Congo Basin region
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This report estimates the private sector investment potential for delivering NDC sectoral targets for the water sector in coastal areas in Tunisia through assessments of the NDC targets, the enabling environment, the current market and Tunisia’s investment potential.
Posted on December 28, 2020
