Efficient Use of Fuel and Alternative Fuels in Indigenous and Rural Communities

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Guatemala

Description

Overview
Sector	Energy
Focus area	Energy efficiency, Low carbon fuels
Type of action	Project
Scope	National
Stage	Implementation
Submitted to UNFCCC registry	No
Start of initiative	2016

Financing and support details
Financing status	Seeking financing
Total cost	EUR 20.8 mln
Financing requested	(no data)
Financing received to-date	EUR 10.9 mln
Principal source of financing	Multilateral
Principal type of financing	Other
Capacity building required	Yes
Technology transfer required	Yes

Additional information
Proponent(s)	Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
International funder(s)	Inter-American Development Bank, NAMA Facility
Organization providing technical support	(no data)
Contact	(no data)

Objective:

The NAMA intends to sustainably stimulate the supply and demand for energy efficient cookstoves in Guatemala with tailor-made financial and technical support mechanisms.

Activities: (2016 - 2020)
This NAMA is the result of the third call for project proposals of the NAMA Facility.

According to population growth statistics for the next ten years, it is estimated that there will be an average increase of 65,000 new families per year that will use firewood as their main source of energy. As a result the country has set up a dedicated Firewood Commission to implement the National Firewood Strategy. A respective action plan proposes: (i) to enhance access to efficient technologies, (ii) to increase demand, and (iii) to promote an enabling environment for sustainable and efficient firewood use.

Enhanced coordination and consolidation of national and international support is required to achieve scalability and long-term sustainability in the implementation of clean cooking technologies, and for strengthening participatory governance to implement the National Firewood Strategy, which is part of Guatemala’s INDC.

Impact and MRV

Cumulative GHG reductions: 9.02 MtCO2e

Mitigative capacity:

No information has been provided on mitigative capacity

Co-benefits:

Social:	* reduction of cardiac and respiratory diseases reduction of time spent collecting wood
Economic:	Information has not been provided
Environmental:	* reduction of deforestation

MRV Framework:
No MRV plan has been defined

References

• http://www.nama-facility.org/call-for-projects/lessonslearned.html
• http://www.nama-facility.org/projects/guatemala.html

Direct funding leverage: A contribution of 14M is expected from the private sector in the form of credits and microcredits from private financial institutions to purchase clean cookstoves. The public sector will negotiate and allocate approximately 5.5M to increase the sustainable production of firewood through the National Forestry Incentive Programs. Indirect funding leverage: 1.3M are expected from the public sector; this contribution will be provided through ministerial and other institutional actions (financing of experts, services, logistics other expenses).