Deadline: 30-Aug-2024
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) is inviting applications to develop a comprehensive strategy for mitigating methane emissions in Pakistan’s organic waste sector.
This project responds to the request by Pakistan’s Ministry of Climate Change and Environment to develop a comprehensive organic waste management strategy to mitigate short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP) emissions in the organic waste sector. The strategy should align with and help advance Pakistan’s climate goals, including those in the: National Climate Change Policy and Clean Green Pakistan Index.
The outputs of this project will identify the necessary infrastructure and investments to support waste separation, diversion from landfills, and the development of circular economies. It will also contribute to enhancing the knowledge and capacity of government entities and stakeholders on organic waste diversion and its positive impacts. The project supports and builds on the assessment delivered as part of the National Methane Action Roadmap and integrating SLCPs into air quality and climate change plans in Pakistan through CCAC-funded projects.
Funding Information
- Estimated project cost: $800,000
Expected Results
- Outcome 1: The Government of Pakistan endorses a national organic waste strategy 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 formally adopted, endorsed, and/or implemented
- Output 1.1: National organic waste strategy drafted that includes at a minimum:
- A review of the current policies, laws, and programs related to organic waste management at the national and sub-national levels.
- An assessment of current practices on organic waste, organic waste treatment facilities, and key stakeholders.
- An assessment of the organic waste management sector of Pakistan, and key stakeholders, including an understanding of methane and SLCP emissions. which would include:
- Data collection of current volume estimates of organic waste, as a proportion of overall waste streams from 5 key cities
- Assessment of practices on organic waste, including existing organic waste treatment facilities and identification of key stakeholders
- Estimate of GHG emissions from organic waste, including projections through BAU approaches.
- Methane mitigation measures and impacts on the organic waste sector.
- Evaluation of the costs to implement the strategy.
- Recommended economic instruments and funding opportunities to implement the strategy.
- Guidance document on how to communicate the organic waste management strategy with the public and relevant stakeholders.
- Output 1.2: Consultation meetings organized with MoCC&EC, Local and municipal governments, waste management companies, provincial EPA/EPD, and provincial NDC focal points to inform the development of the strategy.
- Outcome 2. The Government of Pakistan has increased knowledge on opportunities and options for organic waste diversion including their positive impacts 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: Technical, financial, and institutional feasibility assessment conducted for one (1) landfill in Lahore.
- Assessment of existing waste characterization studies of waste received at the landfills.
- Assessment of the waste composition in the landfill site, with specific reference to organic waste
- Assessment of landfill SLCP emissions
- Institutional assessment of landfill management
- Evaluation and recommendation of measures for the mitigation of methane emissions from the waste sector at the pilot site, such as diversion of organic waste for composting
- Output 2.2: Pre-feasibility studies for organic waste treatment options conducted, including:
- Estimates of decentralized infrastructure supporting diverted organic waste, such as materials separation and recovery centers, black soldier fly infrastructure, and compositing plants
- Recommendations for alternative/complementary infrastructure to landfill to support circular economies.
- Output 2.3: A report identifying necessary infrastructure and investment to support waste separation, diversion from landfills, and development of circular economies (e.g. collection, transport, decentralized MRF, landfill-based infrastructure, and investment).
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.