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To assist developing countries, Canada committed $2.65 billion in funding for climate-finance investments in 2015, under a program that has supported 140 projects that are currently being implemented, or that were recently implemented, in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Middle East. These interventions are expected to help some 6 million people adapt to the effects of climate change and to help reduce 222 megatons of CO2-equivalent emissions, equal to taking 47 million cars off the road for 1 year.
 
To assist developing countries, Canada committed $2.65 billion in funding for climate-finance investments in 2015, under a program that has supported 140 projects that are currently being implemented, or that were recently implemented, in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Middle East. These interventions are expected to help some 6 million people adapt to the effects of climate change and to help reduce 222 megatons of CO2-equivalent emissions, equal to taking 47 million cars off the road for 1 year.
 
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[[File:Imageddd.png|frame|Beekeeping helps communities benefit from restored wetlands and makes them more resilient to climate-change impacts. Photo: GoU/GCF/UNDP.]]
Canada is now committed to ensuring that 2021 is a transformative year for ambitious global climate action that reaches the places where it’s needed the most. Our country has doubled its previous international climate-finance contribution to $5.3 billion in funding over the next 5 years to help countries transition to climate-resilient, nature-positive and inclusive sustainable development. Canada will also increase its grant contributions for climate financing up to a total of 40%, from the previous level of 30%.
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Canada is now committed to ensuring that 2021 is a transformative year for ambitious global climate action that reaches the places where it’s needed the most. Our country has doubled its previous international climate-finance contribution to $5.3 billion in funding over the next 5 years to help countries transition to climate-resilient, nature-positive and inclusive sustainable development. Canada will also increase its grant contributions for climate financing up to a total of 40%, from the previous level of 30%.  
    
The following are examples of climate-change mitigation and adaptation efforts supported by Global Affairs Canada that are making a difference and providing models for climate action around the world:
 
The following are examples of climate-change mitigation and adaptation efforts supported by Global Affairs Canada that are making a difference and providing models for climate action around the world:
    
* In Jordan, a project is improving the awareness and adoption of renewable energy and energy efficiency. The initiative is helping households install solar-water heaters and panels and supporting schools and health centres in adopting renewable energy systems and improving their energy efficiency. It is also changing gender and social norms, providing employment and income opportunities and boosting skills and knowledge among women.
 
* In Jordan, a project is improving the awareness and adoption of renewable energy and energy efficiency. The initiative is helping households install solar-water heaters and panels and supporting schools and health centres in adopting renewable energy systems and improving their energy efficiency. It is also changing gender and social norms, providing employment and income opportunities and boosting skills and knowledge among women.
* In central Vietnam, the Da Nhim-Ham Thuan-Da Mi solar power plant generates electricity during the daylight hours. Photo: Asian Development Bank. A solar power plant in Vietnam has been created right at a hydro-generating station, where it “floats” on the dam’s reservoir—space that would not have been otherwise used. As well, a gender-action plan is an important feature of the project. For example, women were offered employment opportunities in the plant’s construction and are employed in its operation. As well, the project includes health and education programs for women and girls.
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* [[File:ImageSc.png|left|frame|In central Vietnam, the Da Nhim-Ham Thuan-Da Mi solar power plant generates electricity during the daylight hours. Photo: Asian Development Bank. ]]A solar power plant in Vietnam has been created right at a hydro-generating station, where it “floats” on the dam’s reservoir—space that would not have been otherwise used. As well, a gender-action plan is an important feature of the project. For example, women were offered employment opportunities in the plant’s construction and are employed in its operation. As well, the project includes health and education programs for women and girls.
    
* In Morocco, unique argan forests that were once under threat from deforestation are today suffering from thermal stress due to climate change. There is now a program focused on planting and preserving the country’s argan orchards. It supports rural communities by fostering argan-oil cooperatives that are primarily run by and employ women, providing them with sustainable incomes and improving their social standing.
 
* In Morocco, unique argan forests that were once under threat from deforestation are today suffering from thermal stress due to climate change. There is now a program focused on planting and preserving the country’s argan orchards. It supports rural communities by fostering argan-oil cooperatives that are primarily run by and employ women, providing them with sustainable incomes and improving their social standing.
 
* A program in Uganda supports agricultural cooperatives that are restoring and bringing new economic opportunities to the country’s wetlands. These valuable natural features are drying up as a result of climate change and are also drained for agriculture. Today, people there are learning the benefits of restoring water levels, regenerating the natural vegetation and finding alternative sources of income like beekeeping, poultry-raising and fish-farming.
 
* A program in Uganda supports agricultural cooperatives that are restoring and bringing new economic opportunities to the country’s wetlands. These valuable natural features are drying up as a result of climate change and are also drained for agriculture. Today, people there are learning the benefits of restoring water levels, regenerating the natural vegetation and finding alternative sources of income like beekeeping, poultry-raising and fish-farming.
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The argan oil industry employs over 20,000 people, many of them women. Photo: Green Climate Fund
      
Initiatives such as these are helping developing countries build domestic capacity, protect biodiversity and adopt clean energy. Many of the projects tap the natural power of ecosystems to counter climate change, creating a virtuous circle that can enhance climate resilience. They also improve lives and livelihoods, especially for women and girls, transforming these communities and presenting models for others.
 
Initiatives such as these are helping developing countries build domestic capacity, protect biodiversity and adopt clean energy. Many of the projects tap the natural power of ecosystems to counter climate change, creating a virtuous circle that can enhance climate resilience. They also improve lives and livelihoods, especially for women and girls, transforming these communities and presenting models for others.
    
Source: https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/stories-histoires/2021/canada-climate-crisis-crise-climatique.aspx?lang=eng
 
Source: https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/stories-histoires/2021/canada-climate-crisis-crise-climatique.aspx?lang=eng

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