Center For Clean Air Policy

ADVANCING CLEAN ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND AIR QUALITY SOLUTIONS.

THE RECYCLE ORGANICS PROGRAM: CCAP LED AND EXPANDED THE RECYCLE ORGANICS PROGRAM, WHICH NOW SUPPORTS OVER 20 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD IN REDUCING METHANE EMISSIONS AND OTHER HARMFUL GREENHOUSE GASES FROM THE WASTE SECTOR. PROJECTS DEVELOPED THROUGH THE RECYCLE ORGANICS PROGRAM COULD MITIGATE UP TO +30.1 MILLION TONS OF CO2E OVER THEIR LIFETIME. THE PROGRAM HAS A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (SIDS), SINCE THEY HISTORICALLY CONTRIBUTE THE LEAST TO CLIMATE CHANGE BUT ARE TYPICALLY HIT THE HARDEST BY ITS EFFECTS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND DEVELOPS A PIPELINE OF PROJECTS WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW) SECTOR, WHILE HELPING COUNTRIES OVERCOME REGULATORY BARRIERS AND CREATING ENABLING FRAMEWORKS FOR PROJECT EXECUTION. THE GOAL IS TO FACILITATE CONDITIONS FOR A SUSTAINED EXPANSION OF ORGANIC WASTE MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES AND ACCELERATE METHANE MITIGATION PROJECTS.

CLIMATE FINANCE TRANSPARENCY PROJECT: A TWO-YEAR CONSULTANCY PROJECT FUNDED BY THE INITIATIVE FOR CLIMATE ACTION TRANSPARENCY (ICAT) TO SUPPORT PARTNER COUNTRIES IN IMPLEMENTING CLIMATE FINANCE METHODOLOGIES AND STRENGTHENING THEIR TRANSPARENCY CAPACITIES AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. UNDER THIS PROJECT CCAP HAS BEEN PRODUCING AN INTEGRATED CLIMATE FINANCE TRANSPARENCY FRAMEWORK AND GUIDE FOR COUNTRIES TO USE, WHILE SUPPORTING A SET OF CAPACITY-BUILDING WORKSHOPS THAT WILL HELP THE ICAT PARTNER COUNTRIES ACHIEVE THEIR NDC TARGETS AND SUSTAINABILITY GOALS IN AN EFFICIENT AND TRANSPARENT MANNER.

FAIR AND EQUITABLE REDD+ AGREEMENTS PROJECT: THIS PROJECT WAS ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE NEEDS EXPRESSED BY LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO IMPROVE THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND STRENGTHEN THEIR CAPACITIES REGARDING REDD+ PROJECTS AND THE VOLUNTARY CARBON MARKET IN THE COLOMBIAN AMAZON AND PACIFIC REGIONS. THE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO IMPROVE THE DECISION-MAKING CAPACITIES AND GOVERNANCE PROCESSES OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES RELATING TO THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS. THE PROJECT WORKS CLOSELY WITH AND SUPPORTS INDIGENOUS AND AFRO-COLOMBIAN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COLOMBIAN AMAZON AND PACIFIC REGIONS. THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCUMENTS AND THE ARTICULATION OF ACTIONS WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL FOCUS ON MAXIMIZING THE SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE ETHNIC AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN COLOMBIA. THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON STRENGTHENING THE UNDERSTANDING OF VOLUNTARY CARBON MARKETS TO PROMOTE THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL INTEGRITY OF THE TERRITORIES WHERE CARBON MARKET AGREEMENTS ARE EXERCISED, WHICH WILL REDUCE THE HARMFUL RISKS THAT COMMUNITIES AND THEIR TERRITORIES COULD FACE.