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18.01.2012
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Expanding wind and solar energy use in Chile

The Chilean government is making state-owned properties available for private investment in generating renewable energies. A project aiming to develop suitable sites in the north of Chile is receiving funding from the International Climate Initiative.
17.01.2012
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Start-up financing for climate investment

As part of its International Climate Initiative, the German Environment Ministry is providing ten million euros as endowment capital for the ‘Future of the Carbon Market’ foundation being established by KfW Entwicklungsbank.
05.01.2012
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Developing transport NAMAs

On the occasion of the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference in Durban, the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH signed a memorandum of understanding on the joint provision of support to national governments in Latin America for developing and implementing nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) in the transport sector. The International Climate Initiative (ICI) is contributing via the TRANSfer project.
29.12.2011
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Germany supports Morocco's solar plan

Within the framework of the International Climate Initiative the German Government contributes to financing the first large solar power station in Morocco.
20.12.2011
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First training centre for renewable energies opens in Central America

The Center for Research and Development in Renewable Energies at the EARTH University in Costa Rica was inaugurated on 30 November. University representatives were joined in officially opening the centre by Kerstin Pürschel, the trade representative of the German Embassy in Costa Rica. The training centre is the first of its kind for renewable energies in Central America.
13.12.2011
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Dominican Republic assumes leading role in climate protection 

On 29 November 2011 the Dominican Republic presented it’s climate-compatible development plan at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban. The German Environment Ministry, under its International Climate Initiative, supported the Dominican government in designing this plan.
05.12.2011
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New insurance solutions to protect states particularly vulnerable to climate change

Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment has approved funding for a unique project that will develop insurance solutions in Caribbean states particularly vulnerable to climate change. The objective is to protect small farmers and day labourers from losing their livelihoods due to the impact of a hurricane or a flood. 
11.11.2011
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International workshop on insurance solutions for adaptation to climate change

At the invitation of the Peruvian environment ministry, an international workshop on ‘Insurance for Adaptation to Climate Change for the Public, Productive and Financial Sectors’ took place in Lima from 12 to 14 October 2011.
03.11.2011
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Sustainable production of palm oil for bioenergy

Farmed feedstocks for industrial processes are becoming ever more important as energy sources, for fuel blending and in the consumer goods industry. Vegetable oil is regarded as a climate-friendly, renewable energy resource, the cultivation and production of which opens up new income-generating opportunities in many countries.
02.11.2011
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Climate Negotiation

The projects of the International Climate Initiative (ICI) support the negotiation process manifoldly. They demonstrate that climate protection and adaptation to climate change are technically possible and economically viable. The projects enhance innovations that are crucial steps to a resilient and low carbon economy. They show how international climate protection accords can be implemented in practice.
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