Project

Promotion of Improved Charcoal and Biomass Energy Technologies

Lead country

Angola

Participating countries

Angola

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From September 27, 2016 to September 26, 2022

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 7.3 Double global rate energy efficiency improvement
  2. 15.2 Promote sustainable forest management, restoration, afforestation

Project ID: 5331

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Technical team

  • Energy Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Energy access

Sub-area(s)

  • Sustainable charcoal
  • Clean cooking

Landscape(s)

  • Human altered areas
  • Forests

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Urban areas
  • Rural areas
  • General

Transformed sector(s)

  • Energy
  • Forestry and other land use

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
  • Policy advice

Strategy

  • Law regulation
  • Management operation
  • Capacity building

Sub-strategy

  • Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
  • Institutional framework
  • Sustainable land management
  • Institutional capacity building
  • Technical capacity building

Social inclusion

  • Local community/CSOs
  • Women
  • Private sector

Gender equality

  • Livelihoods for women

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender responsive

Pathway(s)

  • People pathway
  • Systems pathway
  • Sci-tech pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Improve resilience
  • Hazard control/mitigation

SDG target(s)

  • 7.3 Double global rate energy efficiency improvement
  • 15.2 Promote sustainable forest management, restoration, afforestation

Conventions and protocols

N/A

Private sector(s)

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises

Hot topic

  • Multi-stakeholder collaboration
  • Poverty reduction
  • Food and agricultural commodities strategy

About this project

Description

The Project aims to introduce energy-efficient charcoal technologies in Angola and trigger market demand for certified, sustainable charcoal. Through selected Responsible Partners, energy-efficient charcoal kilns, briquetting machines and efficient stoves will be transferred to rural and peri-urban beneficiaries, thereby adding value along the chain while creating opportunities for income and job creation. Environmental benefits are attained by mitigation of baseline greenhouse gas emissions, reduction of local pollution, and saving of forest-based biomass resources. The Project will deliver key elements for building and financing a sustainable charcoal sector, including a policy white paper and sustainability criteria and verification mechanisms. The Project will further build relevant human resources at all levels for implementing and sustaining low-emission development strategies in Angola, with a focus on charcoal and rural biomass utilization. Finally, the Project will mainstream sustainable charcoal into existing Governmental poverty reduction and rural development programs.

Objectives

To reduce the current unsustainable and GHG-intensive mode of charcoal production and utilization from Angola"s Miombo woodlands via an integrated set of interventions in the national charcoal value chain.

USD $4,720,000

Grant amount

USD $18,736,700

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($4,720,000)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Angola

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

The policy framework to support a sustainable charcoal value chain in Angola, has been strengthened

 Indicators:

(Aa) Achieved direct GHG emission reductions over lifetime (ton CO2eq);
(Ab) Estimated indirect GHG emission reductions over lifetime (ton CO2eq);
(Ba) Number of people with improved energy access as a result of UNDP-supported intervention.
(Bb) Percentage of households benefitting from improved access to energy which are female-headed households
(Bc) Average monetary savings by households using sustainable charcoal in efficient stoves (US$/(household–year).
(C) Policy and regulatory framework for sustainable charcoal sector supported.
(1a ) white paper on sustainable charcoal, endorsed by Government (-);
(1b) certification and MRV mechanism designed and implemented;
(2a) Number of improved charcoal kilns and briquetting machined effectively in use;
(2b) Annual volume of certified, sustainable charcoal delivered to consumers (ton/yr);
(2c) Number of energy-efficient (EE) charcoal stoves delivered to peri-urban consumers (-).
(3a) Number of persons skilled in sustainable forest management and charcoal technology (male, female);
(3b) Number of partnerships strength-ened and active at project termination;
(4a) Mid-term review (1) and follow-up on recommendations (1) on gender mainstreaming and sustainability of project results
(4b) Terminal Evaluation document (-)
Outcome 2:

The benefits of sustainable charcoal production technology, briquetting and energy-efficient charcoal stoves, have been accepted by producers and peri-urban consumers
Outcome 3:

Institutional and human capacities for sustainable charcoal production and utilization have been strengthened through partnerships for knowledge transfer and professional training
Outcome 4:

The Monitoring & Evaluation plan for the Project has been implemented
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