As of: May 2017
STRENGTHENING LOW-CARBON
DEVELOPMENT AT THE SUBNATIONAL
LEVEL IN AFRICA AND SOUTH-EAST
ASIA (V-LED)
OBJECTIVE AND ACTIVITIES
The project supports the more effective design of local
climate policies in Kenya, the Philippines, South Africa and
Viet Nam. Low-carbon development at municipal level will
help countries achieve their national climate change
mitigation goals. To this end, the project is boosting the
planning, coordination and implementation capacities of
policy-makers. It fosters information and knowledge
transfer between the national and subnational level, for
example provinces and municipalities, through regular
events on climate protection issues using various dialogue
formats. In addition, training programmes, analysis of
project experiences through studies, and structured means
for facilitating exchange between partner countries at
regional level strengthen specialist knowledge and exchange
between the stakeholders. The project also advises on
integrating elements for emission reductions into municipal
development and climate action plans. This will enable
more systematic design and implementation of policies.
The project approach is geared towards transferring
successful policy approaches and instruments of the
German Climate Initiative (NKI) to partner countries.
PROJECT DATA
Country:
Global: Kenya, Philippines, South Africa, Vietnam
Partner institution:
Kenya: Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural
Resources; Philippines: National Climate Change
Commission; South Africa: Department of
Environmental Affairs (DEA); Viet Nam: Ministry of
Construction
Implementing organisation:
adelphi research GmbH
BMUB grant:
€ 2,892,963.12
Duration:
02/2015 till 01/2019
Website:
http://www.localclimateaction.org/
http://www.adelphi.de/en/project/vertical-integrati
on-and-learning-low-emission-development-frica-and-asia
STATE OF IMPLEMENTATION/RESULTS
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Project presented at the COP 21 in Paris and contributed
to various international conferences, i.a. "International
Conference on Climate Action" (ICCA) in Hannover in
October 2015, "Berlin Conference on Global
Environmental Change" in 05/2016 (see blog post,
external), "Urbanisierung in Deutschland: Lösungen der
Städte und Kommunen für die Herausforderungen der
urbanen Entwicklung" in Hamburg in May 2016, 6th
Regional Workshop "Integrated Resource Management in
Asian Cities: the Urban Nexus" in Santa Rosa, the
Philippines in June 2016, "Resilient Cities" Congress in
Bonn in July 2016, "Urban Transitions Global Summit
2016" in Shanghai in September 2016 und UN-Habitat III
in Quito in 10/2016
South Africa: Kick-off workshop held in June 2015 with
the South African Department of Environmental Affairs
(DEA), attended by other ministries and national and subnational actors; project advisory committee established; to
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support research, a pilot training course was initiated on
municipal water supply; vertical dialogues conducted in
November 2015, February and May 2016 ; project partner
Sustainable Energy Africa published Low Carbon and
Sustainable Development Future for South African Cities
study in November 2015; round table on the
implementation of the South African Nationally
Determined Contribution (NDC) and the role of
communities and municipalities in this context held in
September 2016
Kenya: Kick-off workshop held in June 2015; six
background studies prepared on identifying specific
approaches for promoting low-carbon development at
sub-national level; vertical dialogue conducted at subnational level in November 2015; two guidelines for
action/training courses on climate governance and a
Climate Action Toolkit for developing measures at local
level prepared; support provided for civic participation
process in April 2016: a civil society organisation received
training in order to review and comment on two new laws
at district level; video interviews conducted with
municipalities in February 2016 in order to incorporate
their interests into dialogue events with government
representatives; Good Practice Exchange-workshop on
climate resilient development in cooperation with the
local government of Kwale County, attended by nongovernment organisations and companies, conducted in
September 2016
Philippines: Kick-off workshop and first vertical dialogue
held in December 2015, attended by representatives from
the national and local government, international donors
and non-governmental organisations; second vertical
dialogue and workshop to exchange good practices on
low-carbon development at sub-national level, with a
focus on mitigation at local level through measures in the
waste sector conducted in March 2016; dialogue event on
local climate action in the new National Urban
Development and Housing Framework held in September
2016
Viet Nam: Kick-off workshop held in May 2016, first
dialogue event “Low emission development integrated on
city development strategy” held in August 2016 in Tam Ky
in conjunction with the first meeting of the project
advisory committee
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