The development objective of the Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Program (COREMAP) Project for Indonesia is to institutionalize the COREMAP approach of a viable, decentralized, and integrated framework for sustainable management of coral reef resources, associated eco‐systems and bio‐diversity for the welfare of the communities in the selected districts of the respective provinces in Indonesia.
... See More + This level one restructuring introduces a number of significant changes to the project, including: (i) revision of the project development objective (PDO) reflecting a reduced project scope and, as a consequence, revision of component names, activities, costs, and results framework; (ii) change of executing agency and, as a consequence, modification of implementation, financial management, procurement, and disbursement arrangements; and (iii) 18‐month extension of the closing date.
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CURB, Climate Action for Urban Sustainability, is an interactive scenario planning tool that helps cities take action on climate change. By reducing their environmental impact, cities can achieve a variety of local benefits including improved health and air quality, job creation and economic growth, energy independence, while often saving money.
... See More + CURB helps cities assess the implications of policy and technology interventions by allowing them to evaluate their cost, feasibility, and impact. CURB responds to local realities through a flexible and modular design, allowing users to focus on the information (e.g. energy or emission impacts, cost savings, etc.) that is most relevant to their priorities. The CURB tool is free to download and designed for Excel 2010 and later versions. The CURB User Guide explains the purpose and approach used in each of the six modules contained in the Toolkit. This Guide walks users through the process of operating each module and describes what type of output is ultimately generated to support local planning and decision-making. The CURB User Guide is available for download in both English and Spanish. The CURB Data Template describes what type of information is needed to run CURB. For each of the 6 sectors support in CURB, the data template details the data inputs and units that the user may provide for his or her city, noting that proxy data is available in case local information is unavailable or if gaps exist. The CURB Data Template can be used by city officials to collect data on the ground in preparation for scenario planning. CURB, was developed through collaboration between the World Bank Group, the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and AECOM Consulting. Each institution is actively engaged in supporting climate, energy, and sustainability planning efforts at the local scale in cities around the world.
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The Global wildlife program (GWP) India project aims to enhance the ecological integrity and economic security of high range Indian Himalayan Ecosystem.
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Cities depend on a healthy natural environment that continuously provides a range of services or benefits to society and the economy. Managing the urban environment is, however, a complex task.
... See More + Many urban cities in Africa are struggling to meet their infrastructure needs; maintain or provide adequate service delivery; and upgrade city systems to keep pace with the rate of change, urbanization, and population growth. Identifying what investment is required in urban areas to enable economic activity, and to create livable and vibrant cities in an environmentally sustainable way is the key challenge for decision makers, but also presents significant opportunities. The purpose of this toolkit is to provide an overview of a selected sample of generic policy measures and instruments that specifically address the challenges raised by ‘greening’ urban development. It focuses on instruments that may be able to help leverage finance (from private sector, national government and donors) to address the range of environmental problems faced by cities in developing countries, including low quality housing, poor access to services, pollution and safety hazards, and to support the implementation of green urban development measures.The toolkit is intended primarily as a resource for urban managers and planners in African cities. As such, the instruments that are included have been specifically selected because they address some of the most pressing environmental challenges faced by rapidly growing African cities while at the same time contributing to the achievement of wider sustainable development goals. The toolkit complements a wide range of other guidelines and manuals covering integrated urban environmental planning, green city development and mainstreaming ecosystem services into municipal functioning. These are valuable volumes in themselves and the reader is encouraged to use these alongside this toolkit.
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The transport sector offers limited options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as compared with other sectors, such as power generation and industrial sectors.
... See More + To understand the potential reduction of energy consumption and associated emissions through fuel substitution or transportation service demand reduction, this study estimates own- and cross-price elasticities of various fuels used for transportation. The analysis shows, like many previous studies, that an increase in fuel prices would not have a large effect on transport sector carbon dioxide emissions, due to limited substitution possibilities among fuels for transportation. The study also finds that price-induced changes that lead to an increase in the rate of adoption of fuel-efficient vehicles would be more effective than a policy to cause fuel substitution.
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Policy Research Working Paper WPS8070 MAY 22, 2017
The development objective of Lake Victoria Transport Program Project is to improve the efficient and safe movement of goods and people along the regional corridor from the border crossing at Rusumo to the border crossing at Nemba and Rusizi together with upgrades to road asset management and road safety in Rwanda.
... See More + This project has two components. 1) The first component, Improving the physical infrastructure, aims for the improvement of the primary infrastructure through design, build and multi-year maintenance has the following two subcomponents: (i) Road Infrastructure - Upgrading Ngoma-Nyanza road Lot 2: Kibugabuga-Shinga - Gasoro (66.55 kilometers); and (ii) Implementation of the Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs). 2) The second component, Improving the institutional infrastructure and implementation assistance, aims to provide support to strengthen and harmonize the institutional framework to ensure safe and efficient operation of private and public transport including cargo and transit traffic, and capacity building and assistance to support implementation of the project. It has the following two subcomponents: (i) Monitoring/supervision of Upgrading Ngoma-Nyanza road Lot 2: Kibugabuga- Shinga - Gasoro (66.55 kilometers); and (ii) Technical Assistance (TA) to Rwanda Transport Development Agency (RTDA) and Ministry.
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The development objective of Dakar Bus Rapid Transit Pilot (BRT) Project for Senegal is to enhance urban mobility between Dakar and Guédiawaye through the development of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor.
... See More + This project has four components. 1) The first component, BRT Infrastructure, Fleet, and Systems, aims to finance goods, works, and services for detailed design, construction, and supervision of the BRT core infrastructure including the road infrastructure and its drainage system, landscaping, depot, terminals, stations, intersections, corridor traffic management systems, pedestrian crosswalks, sidewalks, and some bike lanes along the corridor. 2) The second component, Public transport network restructuring and road works, aims to finance goods, works, and services for road works along feeder routes, road works on vicinal roads to support diverted traffic due to suppressing of left turn movement as well as reduction of the ROW, and provision of urban furniture for public transport along feeder routes. 3) The third component, Capacity building and project management, aims to finance provision of technical assistance, operational costs, and capacity building in project implementation as well as in sustainable monitoring and supervising of BRT operations (including a mirror system), fiduciary and safeguard activities, monitoring and evaluation (M and E), and financial audits. 4) The fourth component, Road safety, aims to finance provision of road safety technical assistances, education and sensitization campaigns of local communities to the BRT operations, and training and equipment.
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The development objective of the Xinjiang Yining Urban Traffic and Environmental Improvement Project for China is to improve transport mobility and accessibility to selected areas of Yining municipality in a safe, sustainable, and inclusive manner.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) consider the continuous use of the existed road cross-section in the further design of road, and keep the existed green belt; (2) reduce the expansion work of carriage ways as much as possible for reducing the impacts on urban ecological environment; (3) the construction floodlight at night should be placed in proper height and direction to avoid the interruption on inhabitant’s rest at night; (4) leave the access road in crossings, gate of hospitals, and schools to ensure the regular work of inhabitants in those working places; (5) the caution sign should be written in simple words or signal. The notification of project construction should be written in Chinese and Uygur language; (6) protect ancient and famous trees in historic and cultural blocks. Maintain the local characteristics of garden greening and road greening in Yining; and (7) the road construction should be made within the red line, the stack of earth and building material is forbidden to occupy the nearby greenbelt in order to maintain the urban ecological landscape.
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The development objective of the Xinjiang Yining Urban Transport and Environment Project for China is to improve the urban road network and transport management, and establish a sustainable and efficient urban transport system.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures are includes : (i) construction will affect nearby stores’ operations and nearby residents’ rest due to noise and traffic interruption, thereby potentially affecting nearby stores’ operating revenue; (ii) Construction will affect the traffic of nearby residents, students and vehicles mainly, and construction vehicles will threaten the personal safety of local residents, especially old people, children and women; (iii) difficult adaptation during early-stage operation of road-crossing safety facilities; (iv) the improved transport infrastructure will improve traffic efficiency, but high driving speed will pose greater traffic safety risks to pedestrians, and faster buses will pose risks to some passengers, especially old people, pregnant women, children and other special groups; (v) improve the logistics efficiency of local enterprises, and reduce their transport costs, thereby improve their overall economic efficiency and attracting more external investment; (vi) construction dust and noise may affect women’s physical and mental health, and increase their medical expenses; (vii) road maintenance and management should be conducted in consultation with women, old people, etc.; (viii) traffic signal setup, road passing mode, position and convenience, and streetlamp setup should be determined in consultation with women, old people, etc.; (ix) Skills training for women should be given at such time and venue, and in such form that women’s needs are fully met;
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The development objective of the Xinjiang Yining Urban Transport and Environment Project for China is to improve the urban road network and transport management, and establish a sustainable and efficient urban transport system.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures are includes : (i) construction will affect nearby stores’ operations and nearby residents’ rest due to noise and traffic interruption, thereby potentially affecting nearby stores’ operating revenue; (ii) Construction will affect the traffic of nearby residents, students and vehicles mainly, and construction vehicles will threaten the personal safety of local residents, especially old people, children and women; (iii) difficult adaptation during early-stage operation of road-crossing safety facilities; (iv) the improved transport infrastructure will improve traffic efficiency, but high driving speed will pose greater traffic safety risks to pedestrians, and faster buses will pose risks to some passengers, especially old people, pregnant women, children and other special groups; (v) improve the logistics efficiency of local enterprises, and reduce their transport costs, thereby improve their overall economic efficiency and attracting more external investment; (vi) construction dust and noise may affect women’s physical and mental health, and increase their medical expenses; (vii) road maintenance and management should be conducted in consultation with women, old people, etc.; (viii) traffic signal setup, road passing mode, position and convenience, and streetlamp setup should be determined in consultation with women, old people, etc.; (ix) Skills training for women should be given at such time and venue, and in such form that women’s needs are fully met;
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CURB, Climate Action for Urban Sustainability, is an interactive scenario planning tool that helps cities take action on climate change. By reducing their environmental impact, cities can achieve a variety of local benefits including improved health and air quality, job creation and economic growth, energy independence, while often saving money.
... See More + CURB helps cities assess the implications of policy and technology interventions by allowing them to evaluate their cost, feasibility, and impact. CURB responds to local realities through a flexible and modular design, allowing users to focus on the information (e.g. energy or emission impacts, cost savings, etc.) that is most relevant to their priorities. The CURB tool is free to download and designed for Excel 2010 and later versions. The CURB User Guide explains the purpose and approach used in each of the six modules contained in the Toolkit. This Guide walks users through the process of operating each module and describes what type of output is ultimately generated to support local planning and decision-making. The CURB User Guide is available for download in both English and Spanish. The CURB Data Template describes what type of information is needed to run CURB. For each of the 6 sectors support in CURB, the data template details the data inputs and units that the user may provide for his or her city, noting that proxy data is available in case local information is unavailable or if gaps exist. The CURB Data Template can be used by city officials to collect data on the ground in preparation for scenario planning. CURB, was developed through collaboration between the World Bank Group, the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and AECOM Consulting. Each institution is actively engaged in supporting climate, energy, and sustainability planning efforts at the local scale in cities around the world.
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The development objective of the Xinjiang Yining Urban Traffic and Environmental Improvement Project for China is to improve transport mobility and accessibility to selected areas of Yining municipality in a safe, sustainable, and inclusive manner.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) consider the continuous use of the existed road cross-section in the further design of road, and keep the existed green belt; (2) reduce the expansion work of carriage ways as much as possible for reducing the impacts on urban ecological environment; (3) the construction floodlight at night should be placed in proper height and direction to avoid the interruption on inhabitant’s rest at night; (4) leave the access road in crossings, gate of hospitals, and schools to ensure the regular work of inhabitants in those working places; (5) the caution sign should be written in simple words or signal. The notification of project construction should be written in Chinese and Uygur language; (6) protect ancient and famous trees in historic and cultural blocks. Maintain the local characteristics of garden greening and road greening in Yining; and (7) the road construction should be made within the red line, the stack of earth and building material is forbidden to occupy the nearby greenbelt in order to maintain the urban ecological landscape.
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Rapid urbanisation is taking place at an unprecedented rate throughout the world, with the rate of growth often outpacing urban planning and the capacity of city managers.
... See More + As a result, existing natural areas within cities,which provide a range of benefits to urban dwellersare becoming smaller and degraded, and problems such as flooding, air pollution and water pollution are becoming worse in many places. African cities often lackthe resources to deal with these problems. However, anumber of studies have suggested that investing in the maintenance or restoration of natural infrastructurein many cases may not only address given problems at comparable or lower cost than conventional engineering projects, but also generate multiple additional benefits that ultimately translate into cost savings and increased human wellbeing. Meanwhile, great strides have been made in the design of sustainable mechanisms to deal with urban environmental issues, stormwater flows and the attendant pollution problems, and management and planning of cities is increasingly taking a holistic approach that includes the use and conservation of semi-natural and natural areas within cities as part of a green urban development strategy. One of the challenges of green urban development will be to findthe right balance between ecological infrastructure(natural systems), “green” (= environmentally friendly)built infrastructure, and conventional (“grey”) built infrastructure. Dar es Salaam, located on Africa’s Indian Ocean Coast,faces a multitude of environmental problems. Prominent among them is the problem of flooding in and around the city centre, which frequently brings the city to a standstill, as well as causing infrastructural damage. Many factors have contributed to this problem, including unplanned informal settlements in the upper catchment and floodplain areas, a lack of drainage and a lack of solid waste management. The impacts of flooding are also exacerbated by high levels of pollution in the rivers, which increases the risks associated with flooding. In consultations for this study, stakeholders in Dar esSalaam identified the Msimbazi River as being amongthe most degraded ecosystems in the city and also the source of the most serious flooding problems. The aim of the study was to explore the potential costs and benefits of undertaking a green urban development approach, including catchment-to-coast restoration measures, to ameliorate flood risk in the Msimbazi Rivercatchment.
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Working Paper 115186 APR 01, 2017
Turpie,Jane; Kroeger,Timm; De Risi,Raffaele; de Paola,Francesco; Letley,Gwyneth; Forsythe,Katherine; Day,LizDisclosed
The development objective of the Informal Settlements Improvement Project (KISIP) is to improve living conditions in informal settlements in selected Counties in Kenya.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures are included :- (i) displacement and loss of livelihoods by moving those people on infrastructure corridors; (ii) temporary interference of services during construction and installation; (iii) dust and noise will affect the residents during construction activities; (iv) health and safety of the locals especially their children; (v) social disruptions due to inaccessible routes under construction; (vi) internal roads are unpaved and dust is produced during dry season which has negative impacts on the residents’ health; (vii) solid waste is currently disposed of outside residents’ houses and on undeveloped plots; (viii) transfer station to be cleared of solid waste twice weekly and high levels of cleanliness maintained; (ix) stagnating pools of water are breeding grounds for mosquitoes and other water-related diseases; (x)proper traffic signage for traffic control and safety during trenching and laying of pipes; (xi) shallow pit latrines have propensity to contaminate surface and ground water; (xii) community education and awareness on waste water management, basic hygiene and maintenance of infrastructure; (xiii) limited natural vegetation cover, mainly fruit trees and flower beds; (xiv) residents to be involved in re-planting adequate ground cover with grass, shrubs and tree cover; (xv) high priority to be accorded to local residents for permanent jobs during construction and operation and maintenance of all infrastructure project components; (xvi) employ skilled and trained workers and provide all construction workers with personal protection equipment and training on construction site safety procedures; (xvii) safety issues or incidents to be discussed in the site meetings and remedial measures taken.
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The development objective of Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization Project for India is to enhance productivity and climate resilience of irrigated agriculture, improve water management and increase market opportunities for farmers and agro entrepreneurs in selected sub-basin areas of Tamil Nadu.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (i) preparation of nurseries or main fields free from pest infestation by removing plant debris, trimming of bunds, treating of soil and deep summer ploughing which kills various stages of pests; (ii) proper plant spacing which makes plants more healthy and less susceptible to pests; (iii) all the crops are not preferred by each pest species and certain crops act as repellents, thus keeping the pest species away from preferred crops resulting in reduction of pest incidence; (iv) use of light traps and destruction of trapped insects; (v) removal and destruction of egg masses, laivae. pupae and adults of insect practices pests and diseased parts of plants wherever possible; (vi) use of chemical pesticides ls the last resort when all other methods fail to practices keep the pest population below economic loss; (v) avoid water stagnation in the field at the time of pest infestation, field should be dry and enough aeration should be facilitated by titling the plants on the borders;(vi) early planting of paddy seedlings; (vii) destroy crop residues of last crop to eradicate the source of spores; (viii) maintaining field capacity to saturation point of soil moisture through irrigation helps to affect the insect growth.
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The development objective of the Second South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Governance and Shared Growth Project for Southern Africa is to improve the management of selected fisheries at regional, national and community levels and to increase access by targeted fishers to alternative livelihood activities.
... See More + The project has comprises four components. 1) The first component, enhanced regional collaboration promotes the implementation of Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Resolutions in the South West Indian Ocean (SWIO) countries enhancing their compliance with their international fisheries obligations. It provides a coordination mechanism between African and Indian Ocean Developing Island States (AIODIS) for collaborating and sharing their own experiences to address some of their specific challenges and strengthens the newly created Indian Ocean Federation of Artisanal Fishers (Fédération des Pêcheurs Artisans de l’Océan Indien, FPAOI); 2) The Second component, strengthening capacities for priority fisheries management primarily targets policies, strategies, institutions, legal frameworks, and actions by the public sector necessary to improve priority fisheries management and performance and sustain regional marine environmental health and resilience to climate change. It will be backed by applied research activities aimed at understanding the resource base and building human and institutional capacity necessary to implement fisheries policies and management plans. 3) The third component, strengthening capacities for engagement in alternative fishing practices and livelihoods activities supports the fisheries management activities building acceptance and adherence to the fisheries management plans by the targeted communities. This component directly benefits the targeted local population by providing financial transfers, training, and small community infrastructure. 4) The fourth component, project management and coordination will support regional project coordination, implementation and management, country level implementation and management, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) at regional and country levels.
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The objective of the Yunnan Highway Asset Management Project for China is to improve Yunnans trunk highway asset management capacity and provide a better level of service to trunk highway users.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures are includes : (i) gaining access to the proposed construction sites through existing state and local roads; (ii) avoiding or minimizing occupation of existing and planned residential areas; (iii) vulnerable groups refer to low-income households, five-guarantee households, households affected by disability and one women-headed households; (iv) compensation rates should comply strictly with the state laws and policies; (v) land compensation fees and resettlement subsidies will be fully paid before LA to ensure that all APs are resettled properly; (vi) financial and supervisory agencies will be established at different levels to ensure that all funds are fully and timely available; (vii) resettlement rehabilitation programs should be combined with group construction, resources development, economic development and environmental protection programs so as to ensure the sustainable development of the affected village groups and persons; (viii) optimizing the design to protect the rights and interests of the APs; Mitigating or eliminating construction disturbances and impacts; (ix) encouraging women to participate in decision-making; (x) use local building materials and transportation resources; (xi) skills training for population affected by temporary land occupation; (xii)increasing jobs for minority residents.
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