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Burkina Faso Solar Grandmothers initiative: Global Green Growth Institute's (GGGI) contribution to the rural energy transition process

The aim of the project was to empower older women to help reduce the negative environmental impact of fossil fuel use in Burkina Faso by promoting clean technologies and low-carbon energy sources

History of the "Solar Grandmothers" initiative During the India-Africa Forum held in New Delhi in April 2008, an agreement was reached between the Government of India and the African Union (AU) Commission on pan-African projects for the establishment of regional Barefoot College Training Center in Africa. This was followed by…

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    • Strengthening resilience in Burkina Faso: Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) sign a partnership agreement (1)
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    • Strengthening resilience in Burkina Faso: Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) sign a partnership agreement (3)
    • Strengthening resilience in Burkina Faso: Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) sign a partnership agreement (4)
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Strengthening resilience in Burkina Faso: Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) sign a partnership agreement

KOICA is going to promote sustainable development through strengthening the capacity to manage societal, political, economic, and environmental risks

The Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) (www.GGGI.org) signed a financing agreement on 9th March 2023 in Ouagadougou, to jointly strengthen the resilience and sustainable development of the Kaya-Dori axis in the Centre-Nord region of Burkina Faso. According to the Korean government's the Humanitarian-Development-Peace…

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Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) digital Platform of Burkina Faso

The MRV IT platform was officially launched on March 29, 2022, by the Minister of Environment, Energy, Water and Sanitation, Mrs. Maminata Traoré/Coulibaly

Burkina Faso is one of the few countries in Africa endowed with a national Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) digital system. The MRV IT platform is part of this system being built by the Government, with the support of GGGI (GGGI.org) and Sweden”. The need to establish an IT platform stems…

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Building cooling: an opportunity for green growth?

Buildings in urban, peri-urban and rural areas account for about 40% of total energy consumption in the member states of the West African Economic and Monetary Union

The construction sector consumes up to 40 % of energy and contributes up to 1/3 of the world's annual greenhouse gas emissions. The use of air conditioners and fans for thermal comfort accounts for around 20 % of the total electricity used in buildings in the world [1]. Among 35% of…

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The Rapid Assessment of Burkina Faso Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Monitoring, Reporting and verification (MRV) system

Effectively launched in 2020, this MRV project is nationally supported by the Ministry of Environment, Green Economy and Climate Change of the Republic of Burkina Faso

As part of tackling climate change, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change States Members have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in order to stabilize the increase in Earth's temperature at 2oC through their commitment materialized in NDC in Paris in 2015. In its Article 13, Paris Agreement highlights the need for…

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Towards the establishment of a National Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system in Burkina Faso

Validation of the Rapid Assessment results

Contextualization Launched in 2020, the Development of a system of Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) project is currently implemented by Global Green growth Institute (GGGI) (https://www.GGGI.org/country/Burkina-Faso) in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Green Economy and Climate Change of the republic of Burkina Faso, through its Green Economy and Climate…

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Burkina Faso : GGGI and Sweden support the establishment of a National Measuring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) system

The MRV system is essential for the effective implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement

Context The concept of MRV (Measuring, Reporting, and Verification) was firstly introduced at the Conference of the Parties in Bali in 2007 (COP 13), and it designates a set of processes and procedures that allow the collection and reporting of ''factual information (data), its assessment and verification to determine if,…