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Green East Africa Programme

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Climatekos via its non-profit arm, is part of a group of local and international non-governmental organisations and firms that jointly implement the Green East Africa climate action development programme. The vision of the Green East Africa Programme is a climate smart future - implementing an integrated grassroots climate smart & nature-based development programme in rural communities at scale!

 

The Green East Africa Programme:

• is already implemented in Western, Central and Eastern Uganda and is currently expanding into Kenya in this next phase, covering about 20 districts - developing and implementing long-term climate resilient, adaptive and low emission strategies and actions with rural communities and their farmers, family businesses and cooperatives;

• continuously integrates improved and new clean technologies and agricultural practices as part of climate-smart agriculture and village concepts and approaches - replicating and scaling up with a view to support and implement national climate action and development strategies and programmes at the local level; and

• combines locally rooted development organizations and village development approaches and methodologies with best-practice climate action strategies and measures and traditional development finance with new climate finance to unleash adaptation and mitigation potentials - upscaling through a programmatic approach.

 

The programme’s activities consist of the demonstration, replication and scaling up of climate smart technologies and practices, including natural resources management and protection, green technologies, waste management and low impact housing. The available expertise of the programme partners covers village development planning and implementation support, climate action project development & finance expertise, mapping and microfinance, amongst others.

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The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is currently the main donor of the programme next to further co-finance from private sector players and foundations.

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Climatekos’ role in the programme encompasses technical programme development and implementation support, environmental finance expertise & international technical backstopping and QA/QC.

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As part of the preceding project to the Green East Africa Programme Climatekos elaborated a tailored guidebook on developing climate-smart villages and agricuture action that can be accessed here (advanced online version).

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More information can be found at www.green-east-africa.net​

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Deforestation-free Coffee Supply Chain in Uganda

 

The project “Deforestation-free Coffee Supply Chain in Uganda” supports the development of deforestation-free and low-carbon coffee supply chains in Uganda over the course of three years (October 2024 – October 2027). It is part of the Green East Africa (GEA) Programme, implemented by the same consortium, complementing regional efforts to promote climate-smart agriculture and sustainable land use. It promotes agroforestry (shade-grown coffee), carbon farming, and climate-smart agricultural practices, linking these with innovative finance instruments such as revolving funds, savings and lending groups, green credit, results-based and carbon finance.

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Local smallholder cooperatives will aggregate and market coffee collectively, selling directly to small roasters in Germany under recognized sustainability standards (e.g., Fairtrade). Using Global Forest Watch, geomapping, and ground-truthing, the project will develop a traceability and monitoring system to meet EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) requirements. It will be integrated into an IT-based system, developed jointly with local implementing organizations and supported by Climatekos. Farmers will participate in a community-based monitoring process to track deforestation avoidance, ecosystem protection, and GHG mitigation, using visual tools such as customized maps for regular information sharing. Thus, the project strengthens local capacities and institutional structures for EUDR compliance and promotes zero-deforestation commitments among participating farmers.

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Objective and approach:
The objective is to enable local partners and subcontractors to establish an initial information system to track, measure, monitor, and report deforestation-free and low-carbon coffee production at farm level.

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The approach includes:

1. Developing an integrated system that combines tracking, monitoring, and reporting tools;

2. Setting up a data management process and database;

3. Facilitating cross-organizational working groups on GHG reduction and monitoring; and

4. Conducting targeted workshops and on-the-job training.

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The Project is funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI).

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