The Global Climate Change Alliance +

In April, OIKO LOGICA will be working in partnership with AECOM Europe in a new project to formulate a new Climate Change Program. The GCCA+ will foster policy dialogue with vulnerable countries and exchange of experiences in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

The new GCCA+ will provide vulnerable countries in Africa, Asia, The Caribbean and Pacific, primarily Island States, technical and financial support to climate vulnerable developing countries and regions. 

The GCCA+ will concentrate on the integration of climate change and disaster risk reduction into development planning processes at different levels, including budgeting and monitoring systems.

We are proud to contribute to climate solutions in priority areas in the fields of community resilience to climate change, climate finance, adaptation and mitigation synergies, ecosystem-based adaptation, gender issues, urban development, climate-induced migration and more, as these topics become increasingly significant for development and policy agendas.

Philippines

We are happy to start the year with an challenging new assignment in The Philippines. This is our first time in The Philippines.  

Our team will spend a month in Manila in Spring working with the Department of Budget and management from the Government of the Philippines to assist in the contribution to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and poverty reduction.

Our team will evaluate an EU contribution to reduce poverty through improved public finance management resulting in improved delivery of basic services by local governments.

The specific objective of the project is to enhance capacity of local governments to generate

revenue and to allocate and spend public funds more effectively and efficiently.

Eligibility Assessment for Renewable Energy Reforms in the Republic of the Marshall Islands

Access to affordable and reliable sources of energy is crucial to enhancing sustainable livelihoods in the Pacific Island countries, contributing to economic growth and development in remote off grid atolls, here vulnerable communities live. Financing for outer island renewable energy equipment installation, maintenance and the eventual replacement of essential parts, batteries, inverters, etc has to be secured with local leaders. OIKO LOGICA Team held meetings with majors of 10 Atols to define user-pay models via a revolving fund via monthly user-fees. This majors meet once a year! they spend up to 12 hours commuting in ferries and small boats to reach Majuro. They do not have electricity nor telephone connections in their small islands. 

Marshall Islands

Politicians negotiating Climate Change Policies

Albert Camus Dixit

"Whatever our personal weaknesses may be, the nobility of our craft will always be rooted in two commitments, difficult to maintain: the refusal to lie about what one knows and the resistance to oppression".

We cannot find more accurate words to define or responsibility with climate change.

OIKO goes Island Hopping Again!

OIKO LOGICA has been awarded a new Climate Change Project. The GCCA will conduct the formulation of a support program to Climate Change Adaptation in Mauritius. Strategic objectives of the climate change adaptation policy framework are to: 

• Foster the development of strategies, plans and processes to: (i) Avoid, minimize or adapt to the negative impacts of climate change on key sectors and assets of Mauritius, namely agriculture, water, fisheries and ecosystems; (ii) Avoid or reduce damage to human settlements and infrastructure, and also possible loss of lives caused by climate change. (iii) To build capacity to understand, analyse and pre-empt in a timely manner in the wake of future climate change impacts within the Republic of Mauritius.

• Integrate and mainstream climate change adaptation into core development policies, strategies and plans of the Republic of Mauritius. 

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