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Evaluation of Environment, Climate and Energy Efficiency portfolio supported by the Embassy of Sweden in Kyiv

Evaluation of Environment, Climate and Energy Efficiency portfolio supported by the Embassy of Sweden in Kyiv

Final Report

  • År: 2023

  • Publikationstyp: Decentraliserad utvärdering

  • Författare: Eric Buhl-Nielsen, Iryna Bezverkha, Ivan Naletilić, Oksana Davis, Stephanie R Oksen

Sammanfattning

The evaluation concluded that investments in district heating and energy efficiency investments led to more environmentally and
energy efficient services, but considering the scale of war destructions, it is likely that these have to some extent been damaged by
the war and underlying reforms are still incomplete. Institutional support and core grants to small, regionally based civil society
organisations working in environmental fields has been promising. Public sector cooperation, beyond the municipal energy projects,
was limited and hampered by inadequate capacity and low priority to environment. EU association did not so far provide political
momentum to the level expected and did not create strong incentives improving environmental performance – however with the war
this is changing. Donor coordination did not work well in environment compared to other sectors such as energy. The evaluation
recommends that Sweden’s future support should be guided by the National Recovery Plan and its update. Sweden can play a
constructive role through balancing its support to investment, capacity and policy during post war reconstruction and the emergence
of the new economy. In response to Ukrainian request, Sweden will need to prioritise and take difficult decisions on phasing out of
relatively successful areas such as district heating and engaging with the challenging area of waste management. A number of
suggestions for how to manage these transitions are given.

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  • Tematik: Miljö och klimat

  • Geografiskt område: Ukraina

  • Språk: Engelska

  • Publikationsnummer: 2023:6

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Beyond the Grid Fund Zambia was created to expand affordable renewable energy for energy poor people living outside the national electricity grid. This was to be achieved by incentivising private sector companies’ to invest in off-grid energy generation, distribution and service delivery, with the goal to reach more than one million Zambians living in peri-urban and rural areas.

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