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Add to Preferred SourcesA new project aiming to reduce carbon emissions in Africa, The Urban Pathways project, has been launched by UN-Habitat in partnership with the UN Environment and the Wuppertal Institute.
The project provides a structured approach to boost Low Carbon Plans for urban transport energy and waste management services through supporting the development of national action plans and concrete local implementation. Currently, 11 percent of carbon emission are due to road transport and two percent from the air and marine transport.
Participants from Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, Nextbike, the World Bank, representatives from Ministries of Environment and Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development, the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), the counties of Nyandarua, Kiambu, Kisii, Machakos and Nairobi, and civil society.
The project, which includes capacity building, the establishment of partnerships and concrete bankable project proposals is being targeted at India, Brazil, Kenya and Viet Nam.
“UN-Habitat is working with other partners to ensure that there is low carbon emission we are glad that Urban Pathways project is a vehicle that will enable us to implement the New Urban Agenda as well as achieve SDG on climate change, ”. said Mr. Andre Dzikus of UN-Habitat.
Mr. Abdu Muwonge a World Bank representative and team leader of the Kenya Urban Support Programme emphasized the need to support the counties with time-bound action plans; incorporating low carbon plans in their projects, encouraging use of non-motorized transport as a priority, advocating for better energy technologies, encouraging participatory dialogue with academia and citizens and developing a toolkit and guide that can be rolled out to the counties on how to reduce carbon emissions.
Various concepts were submitted to the Urban Pathways team for follow-up from the counties of Nairobi, Kiambu. Nyandarua, Kakamega, Kisii and Machakos county.
Original source: UN-Habitat
Published on 29 October 2018