Ethiopian Urban NAMA: Creating Opportunities for Municipalities to Produce and Operationalise Solid Waste Transformation (COMPOST)

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Ethiopia

Description

Overview
Sector	Waste
Focus area	Solid waste management
Type of action	Strategy/Policy
Scope	National
Stage	Under development
Submitted to UNFCCC registry	No
Start of initiative	2016

Financing and support details
Financing status	Seeking financing
Total cost	US$ 50.204 mln
Financing requested	(no data)
Financing received to-date	US$ 6.667 mln
Principal source of financing	Multilateral
Principal type of financing	Grant
Capacity building required	Yes
Technology transfer required	Yes

Additional information
Proponent(s)	Ministry of Urban Development, Housing, Ministry of Environment and Forest
International funder(s)	GEF
Organization providing technical support	(no data)
Contact	(no data)

Objective:

This NAMA aims to promote significantly greater use of Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) and Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) approaches in Ethiopian cities and towns in alignment with the national Growth and Transformation Plan for the urban sector.

Activities: (2016 - 2020)
The GEF approved funding for the development and implementation of the NAMA in August 2016. In this project, the main components are:

• The establishment of the regulatory and legal framework, institutional and coordination mechanisms, and tools for supporting the national policy environment for integrating ISWM and UGI within urban systems
• The development of a market-based system and support to Micro & Small Enterprises (MSEs) to promote sustainable production and utilisation of compost
• Preparation of NAMA documents
• Integration of UGI and ISWM in urban systems, including design and implementation in 6 cities and towns (Adama, Bahir Dar, Bishoftu, Dire Dawa, Hawassa and Mekelle)

A COMPOST NAMA will be developed with the goal of scaling-up the proposed GEF project. It includes (1) compost production using displaced landfill organic waste; (2) substitution of chemical fertilisers in urban greenery (urban agriculture, green spaces, nurseries and peri-urban forests) for compost; (3) urban and peri-urban reforestation of degraded land; (4) displacement of non-renewable fuelwood by renewable biomass generated from managed forests; and (5) implementation of the Fukuoka method for semi-aerobic landfill treatment. A Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) scheme will also be established and linked with Ethiopia’s Cities Prosperity Index (ECPI).

Impact and MRV

Cumulative GHG reductions: 750 MtCO2e

Mitigative capacity:

No information has been provided on mitigative capacity

Co-benefits:

Social:	* improved landscapes better hygiene reduction of bad odors increased frequency of waste collection for households
Economic:	* energy recovery job creation healthier agricultural products and improved yields
Environmental:	* biodiversity water-food-ecosystems security disposal and reduction of releases of POPs, ODS and mercury avoided methane emissions

MRV Framework:
No MRV plan has been defined

References

• https://www.thegef.org/project/ethiopian-urban-nama-creating-opportunities-municipalities-produce-and-operationalise-solid