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USAID/India’s Climate Change Initiatives – Mitigation and Adaptation USAID/India June 18, 2015 Mitigation Adaptation Integration Clean Energy Sustainable Landscapes 2 History of USAID/India’s Energy Program 1965-1975 1975-1985 Capital Infrastructure Science and Technology 1985-1990 Energy Technology Commercialization 1990-2000 Climate Change 2001 -2012 Clean Coal, Power Sector Reform, and Energy Efficiency Current Clean Energy programs in India Thank You… Clean Energy Deployment - Partnership to Advance Clean Energy Deployment (PACE-D) Technical Assistance Program - Greening the Grid (GtG)* Off-Grid Energy technologies and solutions - wPOWER - SCALE - *CLEAN Water-energy nexus - Water-AgricultureLivelihood Security in India (WEALS) Reduce GHG emissions from the power sector PACE-D TA Program Snapshot • 5-Year, USD 19.5 million PACE-D Technical Assistance Program • Program formally launched on July 31, 2012 • Being implemented by Nexant and a consortium of Indian and U.S. partners. • Three components program: of the • Energy Efficiency • Renewable Energy and • Cleaner Fossil 5 PACE-D Key Components Energy Efficiency (EE) EE Technology Deployment - Smart Grids, Net Zero Energy Buildings, Waste Heat Utilization, Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC). Institutional development and strengthening of policy. Design, develop and implement innovative financing mechanisms to scale up investment in EE projects and initiatives in India. Capacity building and public outreach programs. Renewable Energy (RE) Cleaner Fossil Technologies Institutional development and strengthening of policy frameworks at the state level. Provide support to two Indian utilities in improving heat rates in power plant performance. Provide support for market driven deployment of RE technologies (i.e., REbased mini/micro grids). Design and develop the concept of a Model Power Plant and Service Provider Network. Design, develop and implement innovative financing mechanisms to scale up investment in RE projects. Capacity building and outreach program. Capacity building, education and public outreach. Partnership between U.S. and Indian regulators. Microfinance Support. 6 6 Karnataka Haryana notifies DSM Regulations prepares in State Gazette BESCOM initiates solar roof-top program RE and EE policy Forum of Regulators is expected to approve the Smart Grid Regulations shortly MNRE allots 5 MW to Indian Oil for solar BEE in process of technically rooftop projects updating ECBC 2015 Indian RE Federation (IREF) establishes Rajasthan ERC invites public comments on Net Metering Regulations Clean fossil activities result in 68,000 MTCO2e emissions reductions through Heat Rate Improvement partnership with ACORE Chandrapur budgets USD 9.6 Energy Training Network million for Heat NISE provides in-principle approval to establish Solar IH2PA established More than 13,000 person-hours of training provided across the clean energy spectrum Rate Improvement activities Current Sustainable Landscapes programs in India • Partnership for Land Use Science (Forest-PLUS) • Innovations for Forest Resources Management (InFoRM) • Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Science Forest-PLUS: Key Tasks • Tools and techniques for improved forest ecosystem management • Tools and techniques for forest carbon inventory • Improved governance and institutional models • Demonstration through REDD+ carbon credit projects • Communication and outreach activities • Training programs Forest-PLUS landscapes • Tropical dry deciduous forests: parts of Hoshangabad and Harda districts, Madhya Pradesh • Tropical moist deciduous/wet evergreen/semi-evergreen forests: part of Shimoga district, Karnataka • Moist temperate forests: parts of Shimla and Kullu districts, Himachal Pradesh • Sub-tropical and moist temperate forests: parts of East and South districts, Sikkim InFoRM: key areas of interventions Thank You… strengthening supporting innovations for fuel wood management systems for forest resources management increasing income of forest dependent communities Reducing Forest Degradation Please contact Varghese Paul ([email protected]) for more information on forestry initiatives CLIMATE ADAPTATION CHALLENGES IN INDIA • India is home to 900M people (1/7 world population). • Breadbasket of South Asia - Dominated by rice-wheat, rice-rice, rice cotton systems. • Key constraints o Climate induced monsoon variability & disasters - floods, droughts, storms etc. o High population density in vulnerable ecologies and coastal ecosystem o Variable Water availability o Soil erosion/nutrient depletion 12 Cereal System Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) • Partners: National Agricultural Research partners (NARS) and CG centers including IRRI, CIMMYT, ILRI and IFPRI • Objectives: Accelerated development and deployment of climate resilient, sustainable cropping systems for rice, wheat and maize, improved natural resources management, post harvest technologies; and building partnerships with private sector for improving input delivery • Activities: • • • Adaptive and participatory research and evaluation of conservation agriculture technologies through the rural delivery hubs Develop and disseminate climate-resilient rice, wheat and maize varieties Expand the delivery hubs into eastern India- Bihar, Eastern UP and Orissa 13 Target interventions and results • • • Improving water use efficiencyLaser land levelling, Direct Seeded Rice Using shorter duration varieties & more efficient planting technologies- ZTW, Raised bed Rice/wheat/Maize breeding to select for climate resilient traitsSalinity, heat, flood and drought tolerance More than 138,882 ha have been brought under improved technologies in Eastern India, where approximately 760,444 farmers have applied climate resilient technologies 14 USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific Support to India • USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific is a five year regional climate change adaptation project • Project assists India’s National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and the Mysore Municipal Corporation to access climate financing from the Global Adaptation Fund • With USAID support, NABARD was able to access funding for three projects in India– Conservation and management of coastal resources as a potential adaptation strategy for sea level rise- Andhra Pradesh ($689,000) – Building adaptive capacities of small inland fishers for climate resilience and livelihood security- Madhya Pradesh ($1,790,500) – Enhancing adaptive capacity and increasing resilience of small and marginal farmers in Bankura and Purulia Districts of West Bengal ($ 2,510,854) 15 THANK YOU