GCRF_NF335 COVID19: Greening the Social and Economic Recovery in Ghana and Zambia

该项目将支持加纳和赞比亚在2019冠状病毒病大流行后实现清洁和有韧性的复苏。它将与这些国家的研究伙伴、政府和其他组织合作，制定综合经济复苏和气候变化政策的战略。选择加纳和赞比亚是因为有机会在现有合作的基础上进一步发展；政策制定者对这项研究有明确的需求；它们之间存在着重要的差异，这将使其他国家能够吸取教训。该项目有五个主要目标。它将:1。了解加纳和赞比亚实现清洁、有韧性复苏的驱动因素、挑战和机遇2。通过共同创造参与性的未来发展途径，研究清洁、有弹性的复苏方案3。量化清洁、弹性复苏对社会经济、能源和气候的影响。支持政府在恢复、气候行动和发展规划方面的决策，包括通过信息共享和适应其他情况下的清洁、有韧性的恢复举措。加强能力，分享知识，建立公平和持久的伙伴关系该项目将特别侧重于修订后的国家自主贡献的制定和实施。修订后的国家自主贡献需要在2021年底在格拉斯哥举行的COP26之前提交给《联合国气候变化框架公约》。这种整合不仅对短期内的社会和经济复苏至关重要，而且对避免陷入可能破坏长期复原力的碳密集型发展道路也至关重要。

This project will support a clean and resilient recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana and Zambia. It will work with research partners, governments and other organisations in those countries to develop strategies that integrate economic recovery and climate change policies. Ghana and Zambia have been chosen because there is an opportunity to build on existing collaborations; there is a clear demand from policy makers for this research; and they have important differences that will enable lessons to be learned in other countries.The project has five main objectives. It will:1. Understand the drivers, challenges and opportunities for a clean, resilient recovery in Ghana and Zambia2. Investigate options for a clean, resilient recovery through the co-creation of participatory pathways for future development3. Quantify the socio-economic, energy and climate implications of a clean, resilient recovery4. Support government decision-making on recovery, climate action and development planning, including through information-sharing and the adaption of clean, resilient recovery initiatives from other contexts5. Strengthen capacity, share knowledge and create equitable and enduring partnershipsThe project will focus in particular on the development and implementation of revised Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Revised NDCs need to be submitted to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change before COP26, which will be held in Glasgow in late 2021. This integration is critical not only for social and economic recovery in the short-term, but also for avoiding lock-in to carbon intensive development pathways that could undermine long-term resilience.