Latest Good Practice Cases
Listed below are the good practice project cases, which can be divided into those that aim to mitigate or adapt to climate change. The advanced filters allow for more detailed searches. Readers can ‘rate’ cases according to how useful they found them for their particular work, share cases via facebook, twitter or email, contact the authors and/or project developers and start a discussion group regarding a particular project, experience or idea.
This was a 5 year, two phase, project implemented in climate sensitive communities in riverine Bangladesh. The objective of the first phase…
08-08-2014
3,010
An insurance policy that combines an Islamic-compliant financial instrument with innovative use of satellite imagery was set up to…
07-08-2014
2,467
This project aimed at enhancing the capacity of local people engaged in agriculture to adapt to climate variability and change through…
05-08-2014
6,661
The project designed a weather based index to assess the likely damage caused by poor rainfall and trigger insurance payout. Most of the…
27-06-2014
2,883
Kilimo Salama is a weather based index insurance designed for Kenya and Rwanda farmers to help them insure their farm inputs against…
07-06-2014
3,875
This pilot project was undertaken to assist the Namibian government devise and implement adaptation strategies for the predicted effects of…
06-06-2014
3,225
This long-term project (35 years) aims to maintain and increase native flora and fauna, improve the soil to reduce the risk of floods and…
17-05-2014
4,154
The SWAMP project represents the first West African experience of participatory action research’ regarding carbon quantification. This…
09-05-2014
2,743
In response to the effects of climate change in Africa, more than 100 new drought-tolerant maize varieties and hybrids have been developed…
12-05-2014
2,228
Over 5 million ha of degraded land in the Sahel have been restored through a practice
known as ‘farmer-managed natural regeneration’,…
12-05-2014
2,411
An insurance policy that combines an Islamic-compliant financial instrument with innovative use of satellite imagery was set up to…
07-08-2014
2,467
This project aimed at enhancing the capacity of local people engaged in agriculture to adapt to climate variability and change through…
05-08-2014
6,661
The project designed a weather based index to assess the likely damage caused by poor rainfall and trigger insurance payout. Most of the…
27-06-2014
2,883
Kilimo Salama is a weather based index insurance designed for Kenya and Rwanda farmers to help them insure their farm inputs against…
07-06-2014
3,875
This pilot project was undertaken to assist the Namibian government devise and implement adaptation strategies for the predicted effects of…
06-06-2014
3,225
This long-term project (35 years) aims to maintain and increase native flora and fauna, improve the soil to reduce the risk of floods and…
17-05-2014
4,154
The SWAMP project represents the first West African experience of participatory action research’ regarding carbon quantification. This…
09-05-2014
2,743
In response to the effects of climate change in Africa, more than 100 new drought-tolerant maize varieties and hybrids have been developed…
12-05-2014
2,228
Over 5 million ha of degraded land in the Sahel have been restored through a practice
known as ‘farmer-managed natural regeneration’,…
12-05-2014
2,411
Le projet SWAMP constitue la première expérience de recherche-action sur la quantification participative du carbone en Afrique de l’Ouest….
30-04-2014
7,664
The programme was implemented to help increase capacity for adaption and mitigation of climate change and ensure the development and…
28-03-2014
2,475
Bio Energy Resources Ltd (BERL) has created a sustainable biofuel sector in Malawi by using an outgrower production system. The project is…
17-03-2014
3,787
The Environmental Programme, which is being implemented jointly by GIZ and KfW, aims at fostering the sustainable management of natural…
02-03-2014
2,390
The project aimed at boosting energy production at the Ain Beni Mathar (ABM) gas-fired thermal and solar power plant to help meet…
27-02-2014
3,456
An effective public transportation system in fast growing cities of the global south such as Lagos may offer a potentially cost effective…
11-02-2014
7,283
Gazi Mangrove Project aims to enhance the productivity, stability, and functional integrity of mangrove ecosystems and fisheries production…
11-02-2014
3,665
BBCDC is a commercial and technical school located in a remote rural district of Lesotho that began operations in 1993 on barren land with…
03-02-2014
4,876
Intensification of agriculture in Kabale, Uganda, led to erosion of the hill slopes, collapse of river banks and increased flooding. Local…
24-01-2014
2,993
The Buffelsdraai Landfill Site Community Reforestation Project was initiated in 2008 by the eThekwini Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South…
10-12-2013
4,494
Briquette Care Africa is a partnership company which has been registered under Kenyan law, and is headquartered in the town of Voi. It is…
28-11-2013
2,528
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