Climate Finance & Livestock Solutions Group

Generating evidence to help livestock development projects estimate livestock emissions and apply for climate finance.

Why Climate Finance for Livestock ?

We know there is increasing interest from people managing livestock development projects to access climate finance to support their work. Financing bodies are also keen to support the livestock sector. However, the livestock sector is scarcely mentioned in developing country pledges for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The amount of money pledged for climate finance is increasing, but there are barriers that have prevented the allocation of climate finance for livestock development.

  • Applying for finance: governments need support in building a case for climate finance investment in livestock including empirical methods and data required to measure or estimate emissions

  • Awarding finance: livestock have not been part of routine investments, so there is a need for expertise to help appraise livestock development project proposals.

Livestock can play a role in both climate change adaptation and mitigation in the context of rural economic development, but this is not always widely understood by those applying for funding or funders. The Solutions Group will collate evidence to help inform evidence-based narratives on these themes. This will help governments build the case for climate finance and help investors appraise proposed actions

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Aims of the Solutions Group

The Solutions Group focuses on generating evidence briefs on topics such as how to build a case for livestock development project to receive climate finance, and how to estimate livestock emissions in a livestock project. 

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Solutions Group members

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Sintayehu AlemayehuThe Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Andrew BissonUSAID
Rebecca ChamberlinLand O’Lakes Venture37
Laura CramerInternational Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Carlos Gonzalez FischerDepartment of Global Development, Cornell University
Bernard KimoroGovernment of Kenya
Gregory KohlerAgriculture Hub of the UNEP-convened Climate and Clean Air Coalition
Ricardo GonzalesThe Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Jeannette GurungWomen Organizing for Change in Agriculture and 
Natural Resource Management (WOCAN)
Danielle NiedermaierLand O’Lakes Venture37
Phyllis Ndung'uMazingira Centre + FAO consultant
An NotanbaertAlliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Kurt RockemanRuMeth International Ltd.
Frances RyanSEBI-Livestock
Gareth SalmonSEBI-Livestock
Dominik WisserThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Nick WheelhouseGlobal Research Alliance on Greenhouse Gases 
and Edinburgh Napier University
Andreas WilkesFreelance MRV Consultant
Michael VictorInternational Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

 

 

What are LD4D Solutions Groups?

Solutions groups are a new collaboration platform bringing together decision makers and experts from the LD4D network. Solutions Groups work on a specific data challenge, and together produce a tailored data tool or knowledge product that can support decision making. These groups are designed to deliver measurable outputs within 6-12 months.

We have created Solutions Groups to address the gaps between data producers and decision makers. Available livestock data does not always address decision making needs. Our motivation is to promote ongoing dialogue and collaboration between LD4D members and decision makers. We want to harness the wide range of expertise we have in the network to try to bridge the gap between data and decisions.

Solutions groups will be piloted in 2024, starting with the Livestock and Climate Finance group. In developing this new model for collaboration focused on decision maker needs, we will measure its impacts, and generate learning to inform similar work in other contexts, and potentially scale up.

Get involved

To learn more about joining the Solutions Group, please contact LD4D.

If you are interested in supporting our work and exploring partnership opportunities, please visit livestockdata.org/partnership