Deadline: 30-Aug-2024
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) is soliciting proposals to develop a strategy and project pipeline for mitigating methane emissions from waste dumps in Nigeria.
This project responds to the request by Nigeria’s National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), Federal Ministry of Environment, and National Environmental Standards and Regulations and Enforcement Agency (NESREA) to develop a framework and project pipeline for mitigating methane emissions from waste dumps in Nigeria.
The objective of this project is to establish a stronger quantified approach to understanding, using innovative data approaches, where and how to mitigate methane emissions most effectively from waste dumpsites nationwide.
Additionally, it links financing and investment models to solutions, through the identification of where investment can impact most positively in rapidly cutting organic waste (and thereby methane emissions) from large and poorly managed landfills.
This project will contribute to the implementation of the LOW-Methane initiative launched at COP28, which supports multilevel action to identify and act at sub-national level to reduce methane emissions in support of GMP.
This will be achieved by:
- Carrying out nationwide assessment and inventories of waste dumpsites in the country to identify emissions and mitigation potential. This assessment will identify two principal landfills to focus attention and resources.
- Using innovative data (such as satellite data) alongside ground assessments and developing a standardized methane emissions monitoring framework which assesses current and future (with actions) scenarios for methane abatement.
- Developing a project pipeline to implement identified mitigation strategies, projects and businesses opportunities.
- The framework will be data-driven, supporting sub-national governments especially in better identifying sources of methane emissions and actions which can be financed.
Funding Information
- Estimated project cost: $250,000
Expected Results
- Outcome 1: The Government of Nigeria endorses a strategy for methane emissions mitigation from waste dumps nationwide by the end of the project or soon after.
- Indicator: Number of action plans, roadmaps, strategies, or other future plans with SLCP targets or mitigation measures.
- Output 1.1 Nationwide inventory and comprehensive assessment of two identified waste dumpsites. This assessment will include at a minimum:
- Identification of key dumpsites in terms of emissions,
- collecting data on the size, location, and types of waste disposed of at each dumpsite.
- Estimation of emissions from each dumpsite, and identification of a select number for targeted actions.
- Output 1.2 A methane emissions data and monitoring framework that include at a minimum:
- protocols and requirements for measuring methane emissions from waste dumpsites.
- Outcome 2: The Government of Nigeria endorses a project pipeline for methane mitigation from waste dumps by the end of the project or soon after.
- Indicator: Number of government entities with a demonstrated improved capacity for SLCP action
- Output 2.1: A project pipeline with 8-10 project ideas to scale up implementation of methane mitigation from dumpsites developed, providing the information listed below:
- Project name
- Sector
- Description
- Outcomes
- Implementing entities
- Stakeholders
- Link to policies, plans
- General timeline for Development, Financing, Implementation, and Operation
- Mitigation potential
- Co-benefits
- Investment needs
- Potential business model, financing strategy
- Gaps and barriers to implementation and proposed enabling mechanisms
- Financial sustainability
- Potential financing partners
- Enabling, Capacity Building and Technical Assistance Needs
- Information and MRV Needs
- Output 2.2: Project financing, and public and private sector stakeholders convened and engaged during project identification process
- Outcome 3: A funding proposal is submitted for at least one identified project within 6 months of completing the pipeline.
- Indicator: Amount of external funding (“catalyzed funding”) for SLCP actions.
- Output 3.1: Funding proposal finalized and, if possible, submitted to a funding institution
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for consideration, project proposals must meet the following requirements:
- Complete and submitted before the deadline
- Submitted by a non-governmental organization (NGO), intergovernmental organization (IGO), or other not-for-profit entity.
- Requested funding is within the estimated budget amount, or includes a clear justification for additional expenses
- Project duration is less than 24 months
- Budget criteria are met and spending caps on expenses are respected.
- Please note that entities will be required to provide the last three (3) audited financial statements to be eligible for CCAC funding. These statements may be provided along with the application for funding or at the request of the CCAC Secretariat during the evaluation process.
- For-profit entities may only participate in the project as stakeholders, co-funders, or end users. Applicants are encouraged to include for-profit entities in the development of the project proposal and/or during project implementation if their ownership of the proposed solution is key to the project’s success.
For more information, visit CCAC.