Image [media_placeholder] Abidjan waste activities Subscribe Subscribe for updates If you would like to receive periodic updates about the CCAC, please complete the form below. Select your areas of interest to receive updates from our hubs about relevant events, meetings and funding opportunities. Agriculture Hub Cooling Hub Fossil Fuels Hub Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Engines Hub Household Energy Hub National policy and planning hub Waste hub Captcha You need Javascript for CAPTCHA verification to submit this form. Subscribe Share SHARE Facebook share Twitter LinkedIn Copy URL Email Breadcrumb Home Project Portfolio Abidjan waste activities Year 2011 2013 Beneficiary Cote d'Ivoire Funding CCAC Funded Implementing partners Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire Gavalor The city of Abidjan generates around 1.2 to 1.7 million tonnes of waste a year. With the support of the Coalition's Municipal Solid Waste Initiative, the city aims to strengthen the capacity of its experts and build a new landfill. These activities include:  Setting up a reporting system for monitoring black carbon, methane and others pollutants Reinforcing the policy and institutional arrangement based on the knowledge from black carbon and methane reduction by including SLCPs in National waste management plan and local plans Contributing to securing health of all population around the landfill and in the cities Promoting black carbon reduction and health benefits near others big cities What we're doing  Gavalor conducted a study about the recycling of organic waste in the Abidjan district to reduce short-lived climate pollutants. A study was also conducted with goal of closing the AKOUEDO dump. Find out more on the Coalition's Municipal Solid Waste knowledge platform. Tags Regions Africa Pollutants (SLCPs) Black carbon Tropospheric ozone Themes Waste
Year 2011 2013 Beneficiary Cote d'Ivoire Funding CCAC Funded Implementing partners Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire Gavalor