The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has published two studies that aim to provide Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana with the information and opportunity to use Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) to implement sustainable value chains and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their current charcoal value chains.
21 October 2014: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has published two studies that aim to provide Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana with the information and opportunity to use Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) to implement sustainable value chains and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their current charcoal value chains.
The first study, ‘NAMA Study for Sustainable Charcoal Value Chain in Côte d’Ivoire,’ proposes a NAMA design for Côte d’Ivoire that aims to provide a holistic framework for improving the complete value chain in the charcoal sector. This design includes establishing a cross-sectoral charcoal unit to maintain an overview of the various elements in the chain, improving the formalization of the charcoal sector, establishing relationships among the many stakeholders in the value chain, and improving communication, particularly at a policy-making level. It highlights that implementing the design would require a phased approach, with Phase I being achievable in the short term and still having transformative and sustainable effects on the country’s charcoal sector.
The study underlines that using the NAMA mechanism to improve the charcoal value chain would help remove a major driver of deforestation, and increase energy security and sustainability.
The second study, ‘NAMA Study for A Sustainable Charcoal Value Chain In Ghana,’ highlights the co-benefits of providing cleaner charcoal – which is produced sustainably and used more efficiently – including reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and deforestation, creating jobs and livelihoods, improving the health of end users and allowing greater private sector participation. The NAMA design proposed in the study takes a phased approach intended to kick-start the implementation of a sustainable charcoal NAMA in Ghana.
The study provides an overview of the country-specific conditions and actions required to develop a sustainable charcoal NAMA for Ghana. It proposes required improvements including formalization of the sector through establishing a charcoal unit, charcoal fund and co-operatives, eco-labelling and creating awareness. [Publication: NAMA Study for a Sustainable Charcoal Value Chain in Côte d’Ivoire] [Publication: NAMA Study for a Sustainable Charcoal Value Chain in Ghana]