Projects

Morgenstadt Global Smart Cities Initiative: Global approach - local solutions Completed

Author Name: PI IKI
01 Dec 2018 to 30 Jun 2023

Smart and sustainable urban development is one of the main solutions for climate change adaptation and the efficient use of resources. However, the sectoral approaches to sustainable urban development...
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NDC Transport Initiative for Asia On-going

Author Name: Kuldeep Sharma
01 Nov 2019 to 28 Feb 2025

Rapid economic growth, together with a persistent trend towards urbanization and a rise of motorized transport are leading to an increase of traffic volumes in Asia. This leads to an increase of green...
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Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR) Completed

Author Name: Jai Kumar Gaurav
30 Nov 2011 to 31 Dec 2030

Carbon markets are a cost-effective way to mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases. The Partnership for Market Implementation (PMI) aims to support partner countries in designing and implementing carbo...
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Private Business Action for Biodiversity Completed

Author Name: Andreas Gettkant
01 Sep 2016 to 31 Aug 2020

The project pursues to identify, analyse and test promising approaches, methods and tools for promoting biodiversity-friendly production, commercialization and marketing; to test and learn from their ...
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Promoting Community Conservation Resilience Completed

Author Name: Simone Lovera
01 Mar 2015 to 30 Apr 2019

The aim of the project is to contribute to the implementation of the CBD’s 2011-2020 Strategic Plan and Aichi Targets by providing policy advice on effective and appropriate forms of support for com...
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Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems in India's Northeastern Himalaya Region On-going

Author Name: Patricia Dorn
01 Jan 2020 to 31 Dec 2024

Population growth, increased usage intensity and climate change impacts are increasingly threatening aquatic habitats and their ecosystem services in India’s northeastern Himalayan region. The proje...
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REDD+ Himalaya: Capacity building for using REDD+ to conserve natural biodiverse carbon sinks in the Himalayas Completed

Author Name: Kai Windhorst
01 Dec 2013 to 31 Dec 2020

The project cooperates closely with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and government bodies of the four partner countries: Bhutan, India, Myanmar and Nepal. The pro...
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Restore, Conserve and Protect Forest and Tree Cover for NDC Implementation in India On-going

Author Name: Kundan Burnwal
11 May 2022 to 30 Apr 2029

Owing to socio-economic pressures, 43% of Indian forests are degraded and their ecosystem services (ES) diminished. Restoration potential is enormous, but despite an internationally rare upward trend ...
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Reviving Traditions of Climate Resilient Multi-tier, Poly Crop Systems in Arid Regions of Anantapur On-going

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15 Apr 2022 to 14 Apr 2024

The high vulnerability of smallholders in the Anantapur district of Southern India to drought and climate change is exacerbated by the fact that farmers have largely switched from various polyculture ...
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Scaling-up Biodiversity Communication for Achieving Aichi Target 1 Completed

Author Name: Gunter Mitlacher, Christine Van Deuren
01 Jan 2018 to 31 May 2023

Aichi Biodiversity Target 1 states that by 2020, at the latest, people should be aware of the values of biodiversity, and the steps they can take to conserve and use it sustainably. The project aims t...
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