Project

Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions for Low-carbon Urban Development

Lead country

Kazakhstan

Participating countries

Kazakhstan

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From April 22, 2015 to October 21, 2021

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 13.2 Integrate climate change into national policies, planning
  2. 13.b Build capacity for climate change planning, management
  3. 11.a Strengthen national and regional development planning

Project ID: 4670

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Technical team

  • Energy Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Energy efficiency
  • Renewable Energy

Sub-area(s)

  • Buildings
  • Type: Thermal
  • Resource: Solar

Landscape(s)

  • Human altered areas

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Urban areas

Transformed sector(s)

  • Other sectors

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Optimising financing
  • Thought leadership

Strategy

  • Governance
  • Capacity building
  • Monitor inventory

Sub-strategy

  • Institutional framework
  • Partnerships
  • Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
  • Technical capacity building
  • Institutional capacity building
  • Awareness raising
  • Environmental accounting
  • Energy finance

Social inclusion

  • Private sector

Gender equality

  • Awareness raising (on gender)

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender responsive

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway
  • Sci-tech pathway
  • People pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Hazard control/mitigation

SDG target(s)

  • 13.2 Integrate climate change into national policies, planning
  • 13.b Build capacity for climate change planning, management
  • 11.a Strengthen national and regional development planning

Conventions and protocols

N/A

Private sector(s)

  • Capital providers

Hot topic

  • Public-private partnership
  • Multi-stakeholder collaboration

About this project

Description

The Project supports the identification, design, and implementation of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in the urban sector. NAMAs, consisting of investments in infrastructure supported by capacity building, awareness raising and technical assistance, will contribute to achieving the country's GHG emission reduction voluntary target while improving urban services and the quality of life of citizens in Kazakh towns and cities.

Objectives

Support the Government of Kazakhstan in the development and implementation of National Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in the urban sector to achieve voluntary national GHG emission reduction targets.

USD $6,080,000

Grant amount

USD $65,389,094

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($6,080,000)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Kazakhstan

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Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions for Low-carbon Urban Development