General
Name of initiative
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CCAC: Bricks Initiative
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LPAA initiative
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No
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NAZCA Initiative
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No
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Website address
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http://ccacoalition.org/en/initiatives/bricks
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Related initiatives
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Starting year
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2012
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End year
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Secretariat
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Catalina Etcheverry, Agriculture & Bricks Initiative Coordinator, CCAC Secretariat, UNEP Paris, 1 Rue Miollis, Building VII. e-mail: Catalina.Etcheverry@un.org
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Organisational structure
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Geographical coverage
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Global
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Name of lead organisation
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Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)
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Type of lead organisation
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Network/Consortium/Partnership
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Location/Nationality of lead organisation
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France
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Description
Description
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Despite the availability of clean technology, the majority of the 1,500 billion bricks used each year are produced using polluting kilns.
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Objectives
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Activities
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The Coalition takes action through initiatives, which are partner-led and designed to provide transformative action in sectors or as cross-cutting efforts to reduce methane, black carbon and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
These actions include:
Training and institutional strengthening;
Support for developing laws, regulations, policies and plans;
Technology demonstrations;
Political outreach;
Awareness raising campaigns;
Co-funding and catalysed funding;
Development of knowledge resources and tools.
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One or two success stories achieved
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Monitoring and Impacts
Function of initiative
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Implementation, Technical dialogue
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Activity of initiative
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Technical operational implementation (ex-post), Knowledge dissemination and exchange
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Indicators
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Technical operational implementation (ex-post) — Mitigation - Energy efficiencyYear | 2017 |
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Value (MWh/yr saved) | 255 |
Technical operational implementation (ex-post) — Total MitigationYear | 2017 |
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Value (MtCO2e/yr) | 0,194775 |
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Goals
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Comments on indicators and goals
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The Implementation unit is in tCO2/yr, and the Energy Efficiency is in number of brick kilns installed.
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How will goals be achieved
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Have you changed or strenghtened your goals
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Progress towards the goals
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Adoption of more energy efficient technologies and practices for 255 brick kilns in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru led to reduction of 194 775 tCO2 emissions.
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How are you tracking progress of your initiative
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Available reporting
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Progress report for 2016-17: http://ccacoalition.org/en/resources/bricks-initiative-progress-report-2016-2017
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Participants
Participants
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Number
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Names
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Members
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20
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Companies
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0
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Business organisations
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0
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Research and educational organisations
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1
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University of Illinois (USA)
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Non-governmental organisations
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16
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Arcadis (Netherlands), Brooke (United K.), Federation for Nepalese Brick Industries (Nepal), Center for Human Rights and Environment - CEDHA (USA), Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies - IASS (Germany), Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development - IGSD (USA), International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (Nepal), Green Tech Knowledge Solutions (India), Corporacion Ambiental Empresariel - CAEM (Colombia), National Institute for Ecology and Climate Change (India), MinErgy Nepal (Nepal), SwissContact (Switzerland), Centro de Innovation Applicada en Technologias Competivas (Mexcico), Gold Standard (Switzerland), Reseau Climat Grand-Lacs (Congo), Skat Consulting (Switzerland).
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National states
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3
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Colombia, Mexico, Switzerland
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Governmental actors
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0
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Regional / state / county actors
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0
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City / municipal actors
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0
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Intergovernmental organisations
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0
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Financial Institutions
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0
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Faith based organisations
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0
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Other members
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0
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Supporting partners
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0
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Number of members in the years
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Have only national states as participators
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No
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Theme
Transport
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Agriculture
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Forestry
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Business
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Financial institutions
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Buildings
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Industry
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Waste
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Cities and subnational governments
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Short Term Pollutants
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International maritime transport
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Energy Supply
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Fluorinated gases
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Energy efficiency
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Renewable energy
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Supply chain emission reductions
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Adaptation
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Other
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Resilience
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Innovation
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Energy Access and Efficiency
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Private Finance
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Last update: 28 July 2020 12:25:58
Not only have national states as participators