Lead country
Paraguay
Participating countries
Paraguay
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From April 12, 2017 to April 29, 2022
Project ID: 5188
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Technical team
- Energy Programme
Technical area(s)
- Miscellaneous energy program
- Energy efficiency
Sub-area(s)
- Sustainable cities
- Transport
Landscape(s)
- Human altered areas
Sub-landscape(s)
- Urban areas
Transformed sector(s)
- Transportation
- Forestry and other land use
- Other sectors
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Institutional mechanism and system building
- Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
Strategy
- Governance
- Technology innovation
- Management operation
Sub-strategy
- Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
- Institutional framework
- Partnerships
- Urban green space
- Wildlife and habitat conservation
- Waste management
- Demonstration sites/Pilot
Social inclusion
- Women
- Waste pickers
Gender equality
- Women decision making
- Awareness raising (on gender)
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender responsive
Pathway(s)
- Systems pathway
- Sci-tech pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Improve resilience
- Reduce exposure
- Hazard control/mitigation
SDG target(s)
- 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use
- 11.2 Provide safe, affordable, accessible, sustainable transport systems
- 11.7 Provide universal access to green, public spaces
Conventions and protocols
N/A
Private sector(s)
N/A
Hot topic
- Structural/system transformation
About this project
Description
The objective of the proposed project is to improve the quality of life in the Asuncion Metropolitan Area (AMA) and deliver multiple benefits through the integration of transport and solid waste management and green infrastructure into a framework for a sustainable and resilient city. It has been organized into five outcomes:1)Enabling framework for a green sustainable city enhances integrated urban planning of the AMA;2)Sustainable mobility and transport in the AMA for reducing GHG emissions from urban transport;3)Improved chemicals and waste management system for reducing emissions of UPOPs, GHGs and toxic chemicals; 4)Emplacing and improving Protected Area management;5)Dissemination of Lessons-learned, monitoring & evaluationTo achieve the stated objective, the project will place Asuncion and its metropolitan area on a pathway towards a sustainable and resilient city through addressing the principal current urban problems; notably transport, solid waste disposal, and management of green areas. The project will implement a framework that attends to these issues in a systematic and integrated manner, thus providing a critical step forward to improve the city's sustainability.This will be done through integrating sectorial planning and defining short, medium and long term goals; developing capacities for their implementation and long term funding needs, and setting up monitoring systems needed to guide and adapt plans over time; thereby promoting a more coherent and integrated vision for the future of Asunción, in which common goals govern policy, planning and investment decisions. Furthermore, it will undertake on the ground action to address the identified problems and delivering solutions to global environment problems. This includes improving the transport and management of municipal and hazardous waste management to reduce GHG and chemicals releases; and improve the management of green areas to conserve global biodiversity values and provide ecosystem services that contribute to GHG reduction and health related benefits; exploring cross-sectorial benefits and providing important inputs and guidance to the broader framework for a sustainable and resilient city.Expected global environmental benefits to be accrued include: a) 1,227,442 tCO2e emissions mitigated and sequestered through transport oriented development, green infrastructure and solid waste management policy uptake; b) 13.2 gTEQ UPOP emissions reduced through an integrated waste and chemical management system; and c) increase in 1% of global populations (number of individuals) of 5 species found seasonally at site:- Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis); American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica); Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes); White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis); and Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos).
Objectives
Improve the quality of life in the Asuncion Metropolitan Area (AMA) and deliver multiple benefits through the integration of transport and solid waste management and green infrastructure into a framework for a sustainable and resilient city.
USD $7,593,120
Grant amount
USD $240,340,000
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Source(s) of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($7,593,120)
Implementing partner(s)
- Government of Paraguay
Joint agencies
- World Bank
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