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Strengthening resilience to Climate Change

Committed to climate-proofing the future for a cleaner, healthier world by providing solutions to manage environmental liabilities & adapt to climate change.

 

 

CLIMATE ACTION

Climate Action for Sustainable Planet

Geopolitical boundaries are being breached by climate change around the planet. Climate change has an impact on the social and environmental factors that determine health, such as clean air, safe drinking water, enough food, and secure housing. In addition to shifting weather patterns, it is negatively affecting our ability to ensure global food and water security, eradicate poverty, and achieve sustainable development.

We recognise the need to accelerate climate action for a sustainable future. We regularly work with clients to design and implement solutions that help companies turn environmental risks into competitive advantages. We assist policymakers, governments, private corporations, and other institutions in improving their operations by identifying and utilising climate innovation, assessing climate risks, raising public awareness of the issue, and integrating climate adaptation into daily activities.

Our Climate Change & Sustainability Team prioritises climate actions through evidence-based research and analysis, including but not limited to biodiversity, forest governance, climate innovation, energy efficiency, and water management. This enables us to help our stakeholders embed climate proofing and sustainability into their growth and development plans.

CLIMATE ADAPTATION

Thematic Focus

Climate Risks, Adaption and Resilience Planning

Climate Resilient Infrastructure Designs 

Decarbonising Economy through Renewable Energy

Mainstreaming Climate in Policy, Plans and Programmes

Climate Mitigation - Reduction of GHG Emissions (Forest Monitoring Systems)

Forest Governance & Land Tenure Rights

Disaster Risk Reduction and Promotion of Nature-Based Solutions

Gender Mainstreaming in ECC Policies and Programmes

Adapting Cities for Climate Reslience

Mainstreaming Climate Action for Sustainable Tourism

CLIMATE ACTION

Integrating Climate Mitigation
& Adaption into our Services

Mainstreaming Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Actions

Sustainable Food Systems

Sustainable Tourism

People- Centric Climate Risk Communication

Climate Finance

Climate Resilient Cities

CLIMATE CHANGE

Key Projects

2015-2018

Evaluation Management Unit for the Forestry, Land Use and Governance (FLAG) Programme, Indonesia

DFID

Evaluation Management Unit for the Forestry, Land Use and Governance (FLAG) Programme, Indonesia

FLAG was a £32.5 million, 3-year programme to support action to reduce the rate of deforestation and Peat land degradation in Indonesia...

12.1

Generated 12.1 million tonnes of avoided CO2e

20,958 hectares

Prevented 20,958 hectares of deforestation and forest degradation

33,000

Reduced GHG emissions from an area of 33,000 hectares of peatlands

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2016-2020

Infrastructure for Climate Resilient Growth in India (ICRG) Programme, India

DFID

Infrastructure for Climate Resilient Growth in India (ICRG) Programme, India

ICRG was a 43-month Technical Assistance (TA) Programme commissioned by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) that aimed to support the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India. Selected from 2500 blocks under the special focus of MGNREGA by the Government of India, the ICRG programme was implemented in 103 blocks in the states of Bihar, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh. The programme aimed to ensure that the most vulnerable sections in selected geographies were able to tackle the impact of climate extremes. Facilitating a better understanding of climate factors, capacity building of field practitioners, and improving the design of the work being undertaken, ICRG synergized its resources with MGNREGA in building climate resilience of the most vulnerable to achieve improved quality and climate resilient assets.

35000+

people trained on climate proofing MGNREGA assets

18,000+

MGNREGA and Line Department functionaries trained

27

Training Modules & Guidebooks developed

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2015-2017

Preparation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan (ICZMP) and Shoreline Management Plan for Odisha, India

THE WORLD BANK

Preparation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan (ICZMP) and Shoreline Management Plan for Odisha, India

The Government of Odisha, with financial assistance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India (GoI) and the World Bank, initiated the ICZMP project. The project aimed...

GIS-Based Database Creation

to analyse potential for damage to people and property due to coastal hazards

Conceptual Modelling

to undertand coastal behaviour to comprehend the past, present and potential future hazards

Sectoral Plan

development with focus on coastal sectors of highest priority considering all the sectoral aspects

Land Vulnerability Mapping

for analysing potential for damage to people and property due to coastal hazards

Shoreline Management Sub Plan

creation to provide broad management strategies for delineated sediment cells

Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan

creation to access all the coastal features and provide implementation strategies in consultation with all the stakeholders

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CLIMATE ACTION

Mainstreaming Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Actions

Technology presents new options for recovery and energy transitions even as climate change continues to gain attention as a global issue. Recent advancements in digital technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data, can aid in the decarbonization of economies by lowering emissions, creating sustainable infrastructure, and providing new options. Without addressing the needs of the community as a whole and through compartmentalised climate mitigation and adaptation measures, the vision for successful and sustainable climate action cannot be accomplished. Often, the most disproportionate effects of climate change are felt by the most vulnerable groups, who lose lives and livelihoods. Effective risk-transfer mechanisms will be needed to distribute rewards and liabilities among all stakeholders in order to achieve long-term and widespread climate action. We firmly believe that participatory, community-driven projects focused on adaptation and mitigation co-benefits can reduce inequities and advance interconnected environmental goals.

 

Long-term and large-scale climate action will require equitable contribution & distribution of benefits and burdens among all stakeholders through effective risk-transfer mechanisms. We strongly believe that inequalities can be addressed, and interlinked sustainability goals can be achieved through participative, community-driven initiatives that are centered around adaptation and mitigation co-benefits. Our cross-cutting interventions in remote rural and fragile areas offer adjustable and holistic solutions to climate change, thereby focusing on strengthening global cooperation on technological use to bring in an international perspective to hyper-local climate action. Further, we believe that a collective effort by all stakeholders can make a difference. Through our state-of-the-art services in risk assessment, policy analysis, and expert recommendations, we support key government and private decision-makers in designing climate-risk-informed policies and actions across targeted sectors to insulate lives, livelihoods, infrastructures, and economies.  We focus on strengthening international cooperation on technological use to provide an international perspective to hyper-local climate action through our cross-cutting interventions in remote rural and fragile areas that offer adaptable and comprehensive answers to climate change. Furthermore, we think that collective action by stakeholders can change things. We support government and business decision-makers in formulating policies and actions across targeted sectors to protect lives, livelihoods, infrastructures, and economies through our cutting-edge services in risk assessment, policy analysis, and expert advice.

Through the Indian Himalayas Climate Adaptation Programme (IHCAP), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) sought to increase the adaptability of vulnerable communities in the Indian Himalayas by enhancing the institutional capacities of Indian institutions in climate science, with a focus on glaciology and related fields, as well as the institutional capacities of Himalayan states in India about adaptation planning, implementation, and policy.
Design and Development of a Web based Geo-spatial Application on Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment for 12 Himalayan States, India (2019)
The Infrastructure for Climate Resilient Growth (ICRG) Program supports the development of higher-quality and more productive infrastructure under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in order to increase the resilience and livelihood security of India's rural poor (MGNREGS). The initiative aims to improve the climate change resilience and livelihood security of some of the poorest and most vulnerable populations in the states of Bihar, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh, particularly women, scheduled castes, and scheduled tribes.
Infrastructure for Climate Resilient Growth in India (ICRG) Programme (Bihar, Odisha & Chhattisgarh), India (2016-2020)
The £250 million, ten-year FGMC global programme aims to implement effective market and forest governance reforms that lessen unlawful exploitation of forest resources and help the underprivileged who depend on forests for their subsistence. In support of the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan, FGMC works to combat illegal logging in developing nations that are major producers of timber as well as the trade in illegally produced timber products through a multi-stakeholder deliberative process that involves the private sector, the government, and civil society, including local communities. It also aims to use the timber trade's lessons to trade in other commodities that affect forests and the people who rely on them for a living.
Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Project Development and Urban Governance in Tamil Nadu, India (2019-2020)
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Sustainable Food Systems

Climate disasters put more strain on resources, obliterate farms and crops, kill vital livestock, and jeopardise food security. Climate change has negatively impacted global access to nutrition and halted progress on sustainable agriculture when combined with the COVID-19 pandemic. In recent years, the number of people who experience chronic hunger has doubled, placing the most vulnerable communities at the mercy of global humanitarian aid. It will be crucial to scale up innovative, climate-friendly agriculture methods and financial and logistical support to build resilience. By providing grassroots, cooperative solutions through our services, we are dedicated to achieving SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) 2’s objective of eradicating hunger and ensuring universal access to nourishment by 2030. In order to improve nutrition and address climate-related obstacles to food security, we have mastered the bottom-up strategy by bringing governments and communities to the same table. By doing so, we have addressed data and empirical evidence gaps and developed strategies that ensure inclusive supply chains.

The German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ) GmbH is implementing the Indo-German Energy Programme - Access to Energy in Rural Areas (IGENAccess), a bilateral cooperation project on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). The goal of IGEN-Access is to develop an environment that is favourable for rural renewable energy businesses to enable access to energy sevices for rural people. IPE Global conducted a scoping study to examine the current scenarios of energy usage, agriculture and livelihoods. IPE Global identified sustainable agricultural and livelihood diversification practices, and recommended options to enhance income from agriculture and allied services by increasing the share of renewable energy in the energy mix in the Kapasheda and Najafgarh sub-divisions of New Delhi.
IGEN-Access – Scoping Study for Agriculture-Energy Nexus in Rural Areas of Delhi (2018-2019)
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Sustainable Tourism

The tourist and hospitality industry makes a significant contribution to the national economy, aids in bringing in outside expertise, and supports local livelihoods. Recent predictions, however, indicate that carbon emissions from the industry will increase, endangering earlier gains in sustainable travel. Decarbonization must be prioritised in all facets of the industry, including travel, transportation, and hospitality, in order to restore global ecologies. We recognise the importance and support initiatives for the effective management of natural and cultural environments through the development of local capacity, technical advancements, conservation practises through endorsing nature-based solutions, ongoing observation, and raising awareness.

Areas close to National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries have been designated as Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZ) and are subject to regulation by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India, in order to reduce the effects of urbanisation and developmental activities on these protected areas. With the help of participatory conservation management, the Zonal Master Plans for Eco Sensitive Zones (ESZs), created by IPE Global for Bandhavgarh National Park, Panpatha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sanjay National Park & Sanjay Dubri Wildlife Sanctuary, Son Ghariyal Wildlife Sanctuary, and Bagdara Wildlife Sanctuary, aim to lessen pressure on protected areas while boosting community resilience in the ESZ through participatory conservative management. Project proposals focused on promotion of tourism, generation of livelihood opportunities, resource conservation and regeneration, man-animal conflict management, protection of biodiversity, provision of infrastructure, monitoring, and sustainable co-management were initiated.
Preparation of Zonal Master Plans of Eco Sensitive Zones (ESZ) of National Parks and Sanctuaries listed in Cluster 1 of Madhya Pradesh (2019-2021)
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People- Centric Climate Risk Communication

 Awareness-raising and education are vital at the local level as the effects of climate change continue to affect people’s lives and various facets of society. To go the extra mile in creating hyper-local actions and raising awareness of climate change, nations, governments, corporations, and communities must work together. To lessen the effects of and prepare for climate disasters, people in vulnerable regions need specialised training and communications. We are committed to leading behavioural change among key stakeholders and communities. Our tailor-made services include highly detailed risk assessment, analysis, impact evaluation, and development communication that strengthens communities and provides an agency to tackle climate change’s immediate, short-term, and long-term effects.

A bilateral cooperation agreement between the governments of India and Germany is called Climate Change Adaptation - North East Region of India (CCA-NER). It supports four north-eastern states (Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Mizoram) in their efforts to improve the climate resilience of rural communities by collaborating with the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MoDoNER), Government of India, on a national level. IPE Global developed training modules and supported the Government of Mizoram in building the capacity of its various stakeholders at various levels on sector-wise climate change impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptive capacities, orientation towards State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) - 2, which was developed considering the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as formulation of adaptation strategies at the local level.
Develop Training Modules and Capacitate State Government Stakeholders on Sector wise Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerabilities and Adaptive Capacities, Mizoram, India (2019)
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Financing Climate Actions

The UNFCCC’s “common but differentiated responsibilities” principle captures both the spirit of international collaboration to combat climate change and the disparity in global resource availability. We realise that financing gaps often expose underdeveloped nations and disadvantaged communities to more severe effects of climate change, distorting the paths for development. In order to balance climate-related risks through cutting-edge risk finance tools, stakeholders will need to unite to share financial resources. International cooperation, threat mitigation, and capacity building among vulnerable groups are possible through public-private partnerships and transnational financing. To provide financial solutions and interventions that help mainstream climate efforts and support just transitions, we have made an effort to establish financial collaboration with regional, sub-national, local governments and financing institutions.

The Mobilising Investment (MI) project for NDC implementation was a 3-year project focused on interventions within seven target countries: Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, Peru, Philippines and Vietnam, supported by the Federal Government of Germany’s International Climate Initiative (IKI). The main objective of the project was to support public actors and the private sector to create favourable conditions for private financing of NDC implementation in Ethiopia by derisking investments and increasing the scale of demand.
Mobilising Investment for NDC Implementation-Understanding the Ethiopian Regulatory Environment in Relation to Mini- Grids, Ethiopia (2018-2019)
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Climate Resilient Cities

Cities around the world pose one of the most distinctive challenges to long-term climate action. They continue to be the leading contributors to carbon emissions despite being essential to national economies. Additionally, they are especially susceptible to the effects of disease, bad weather, and rising temperatures. It will be necessary to strike a balance between the economy and the environment, reduce key sources of pollution, and make joint investments in the search for alternatives in order to build urban resilience to climate change. In a world that is rapidly changing, we think that urban planning and management are still essential for sustainability. Our comprehensive approach to changes, from planning to execution, advances the goal of creating sustainable and climate-resilient cities.

The project is aimed at delivering sustainable and comprehensive solutions to transform climate vulnerable and heavily polluting ger areas of Ulaanbaatar city into affordable, low carbon, climate-resilient, and liveable eco-districts. The primary objective is to leverage private sector investments to deliver 10,000 affordable green housing units and redevelop 100 hectares of ger areas into eco-districts.
Ulaanbaatar Green Affordable Housing and Resilient Urban Renewal Project (AHURP) – Sustainable Green Finance Support (SGFS), Mongolia (2020-2024)
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Development (L&D)

We inspire people to be better.

Our intuitive and personalised programmes provide clear path for growth, leadership development and help people sharpen their skills.

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Structured Onboarding

Helps align expectations and lays the foundation of your success

New Hire Training

Makes you familiar with the organisation; helps you settle down quickly in a new work environment and gives a sense of belonging

Customized L&D Platform

Through our continuous learning and training programmes, upskill at your own pace and place

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Performance Management

Aligns resources and training needs based on your skill-set

Learning is not always a formal process. We also align our organization values to a culture of learning…

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