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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.[[File:ImageSc.png|left|In central Vietnam, the Da Nhim-Ham Thuan-Da Mi solar power plant generates electricity during the daylight hours. Photo: Asian Development Bank. |thumb|253x253px]]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 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.[[File:ImageSc.png|left|In central Vietnam, the Da Nhim-Ham Thuan-Da Mi solar power plant generates electricity during the daylight hours. Photo: Asian Development Bank. |thumb|253x253px]]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.

* [[File:ImagefWR.png|thumb|385x385px|The argan oil industry employs over 20,000 people, many of them women. Photo: Green Climate Fund]]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.  

* [[File:ImagefWR.png|thumb|385x385px|The argan oil industry employs over 20,000 people, many of them women. Photo: Green Climate Fund]]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.