CCREEE - Strategic Plan 2021 - 2023

Austrian Development Agency (

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Description

Project objective: CCREEE Vision: Transforming the energy landscape into a climate resilient, sustainable and affordable sector; focused on improving the lives of our people. CCREEE Mission: To create, educate and facilitate the increased awareness and development of the renewable energy and energy efficiency (RE&EE) Agenda. Expected results: Successful implementation of the CCREEE Strategic Plan 2019-2023, including: Enhanced awareness of key stakeholder groups on RE&EE opportunities through the up-scaling of regional mechanisms for data and knowledge management and advocacy (for other results see 'description of deliverable' below). Target group/Beneficiaries/Partners/Location: The 15 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States with its over 18 million people are the key beneficiaries of the activities of the Centre. Non-CARICOM Member States and Overseas Territories can opt-in to become members. With ADA’s contribution of about 10% of CCREEE’s total budget between 2021 and 2023, it can be expected to reach about 1.8 million beneficiaries. Activities: - Establish CCREE as CARICOM Energy Knowledge Hub, leveraging existing resources to ensure stakeholders make full use of currently available information services and sources, including setting up a Community of Practice to support peer-to-peer learning and collaboration - Develop a Project Preparation Facility providing technical and financial support to design bankable sustainable energy projects across the region - Create an Energy Modelling and Renewable Energy Integration Virtual Laboratory for training and research in several topics of interest concerning energy systems performance and modelling - Construct a CCREEE Residence and Visitor Centre as a net zero energy building, which will serve as a sustainable building showcase and education centre in the region - Establish an Emergency Response Mechanism, containing the procurement of electric marine vessels which can be deployed immediately to provide emergency power services and water in case of extreme weather events, and the creation of a robust information management system to inform resilience strategies and action plans - Launch Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Centres with mini-grids, featuring innovative applications of sustainable energy and climate technologies, e.g. rainwater harvesting and wastewater treatment, on-site renewable energy generation and distribution to neighbouring communities, households and other facilities through a micro-grid Context: In 2014, SIDS DOCK, UNIDO and the Government of Austria had signed a Memorandum of Understanding to assist Small Island Developing States in Africa, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific in creating regional sustainable energy Promotion centres. Thereafter, a consultative preparatory process was executed in close coordination with the CARICOM Energy Programme. Initial support towards the establishment and operationalisation of the centre was implemented with technical support from UNIDO. After achieving the CCREEE's full operational capacity, the cooperation beyond 2021 is based on a bilateral contribution agreement ADA-CCREEE. The stronger deployment RE&EE solutions is an effective tool to reduce dependence on fossil fuel imports, enhance climate resilience and support the sustainable socioeconomic development of the Caribbean region and its member states.

Partners

Austrian Development Agency
CCREEE - Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency

SDGS & Targets

Goal 7

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

7.1

By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services

7.1.1

Proportion of population with access to electricity

7.1.2

Proportion of population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technology

7.2

By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix

7.2.1

Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption

7.3

By 2030, double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency

7.3.1

Energy intensity measured in terms of primary energy and GDP

7.a

By 2030, enhance international cooperation to facilitate access to clean energy research and technology, including renewable energy, energy efficiency and advanced and cleaner fossil-fuel technology, and promote investment in energy infrastructure and clean energy technology

7.a.1

International financial flows to developing countries in support of clean energy research and development and renewable energy production, including in hybrid systems

7.b

By 2030, expand infrastructure and upgrade technology for supplying modern and sustainable energy services for all in developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States, and land-locked developing countries, in accordance with their respective programmes of support

7.b.1

Installed renewable energy-generating capacity in developing and developed countries (in watts per capita)

Goal 14

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

14.1

By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution

14.1.1

(a) Index of coastal eutrophication; and (b) plastic debris density

14.2

By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans

14.2.1

Number of countries using ecosystem-based approaches to managing marine areas

14.3

Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels

14.3.1

Average marine acidity (pH) measured at agreed suite of representative sampling stations

14.4

By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics

14.4.1

Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels

14.5

By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information

14.5.1

Coverage of protected areas in relation to marine areas

14.6

By 2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new such subsidies, recognizing that appropriate and effective special and differential treatment for developing and least developed countries should be an integral part of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiation

14.6.1

Degree of implementation of international instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

14.7

By 2030, increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism

14.7.1

Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP in small island developing States, least developed countries and all countries

14.a

Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries

14.a.1

Proportion of total research budget allocated to research in the field of marine technology

14.b

Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets

14.b.1

Degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small‐scale fisheries

14.c

Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources, as recalled in paragraph 158 of "The future we want"

14.c.1

Number of countries making progress in ratifying, accepting and implementing through legal, policy and institutional frameworks, ocean-related instruments that implement international law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources

SDG 14 targets covered

Name	Description
14.7	By 2030, increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism

Deliverables & Timeline

31 December, 2023

Strengthened regional support capacities for RE&EE through CCREEE

31 December, 2023

Accelerated implementation of regional and national gender sensitive RE&EE policies, programmes and projects through targeted regional interventions

31 December, 2023

Strengthened capacities of local key institutions and stakeholder groups through the development, upscaling and replication of certified training and applied research programs and mechanisms

31 December, 2023

Increased RE&EE business opportunities for local companies and industry through the development and implementation of regional investment promotion programs and facilities

Resources mobilized

Financing (in USD)

GIZ (Germany), AECID (Spain), UNIDO, CARICOM States

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