Community Development Benefits

A Measurable Community Benefit Purpose: Differentiates CDCF to attract funding for smaller, poorer countries and communities Direct Community Benefit: Community benefits that arise directly and automatically from project implementation Indirect Community Benefit: paying a premium for ERs to support additional benefits where the project does not automatically and directly improve community welfare

“Direct” Community Benefits “Direct” Community Benefits Project Implementation leads directly to: Improving Community Economic Welfare Power supply enables new industry and job creation, higher income, new social and educational services, radio, internet…. Improving Environmental Quality and Health Reducing air pollution (severe indoor or outdoor pollution): LPG/kerosene stoves replacing smoky wood, residue, coal/coke fuel for heating and cooking; Reducing Water Pollution: removing organic wastes polluting potable water sources (MSW leachate, crop waste to streams, etc) Issues: are these significant and measurable? How? Defining outcomes as well as outputs?

Indirect Community Benefits Where there is no community benefit arising directly and automatically from a CDCF project…… Is it possible to add a benefit that is also “additional” and has its own baseline, monitoring plan enabling verification/certification Indirect Benefits could include: Education benefits: schools/materials, teaching services, lighting/power for schools, internet connections, satellite radio facilities Health Services: clinics/medicines/fridges; regular health service provision; immunization, basic infectious disease management; Potable water supply, sanitation services Issues: practicability, affordability, measurement. Who provides the service?

Total Project FinancingCarbon Finance ($4/tCO2e gross) in nominal lifetime total payments (10-14 year crediting periods) Explicit Financing Option for Community Benefit At $0.50/tCO2 equivalent (project lifetime payment stream; annual payments for a ten year crediting period) Large CDCF Project: $10-$ 30mm $2mm - $10 mm$500,000 - $2.5 mm total; $50k - $250k/year Medium CDCF Project: $1mm- $10 mm $200,000 - $3 mm$50,000 - $750,000; $5,000 - $75,000k/year Small CDCF Project $100,000 - $1mm $20,000 - $300,000$ $75,000; $500 - $7500/year Capacity to afford additional community benefit

Nepal Biogas– Community Benefits Benefit TypeMonitoring IndicatorImpact Latrines Attached to Biogas Plants Number of toilets attached to the biogas plant Plants with attached latrines increased from the current level of 70% By 2009, > 113,400 households will have biogas-attached latrines Reduction in Kitchen Smoke Number of respondents reporting a drastic reduction, some reduction, or no reduction in kitchen smoke Improved indoor quality leading to improved health primarily of mothers and children

Nepal Biogas – Community Benefits Benefit TypeMonitoring IndicatorImpact Incidence of Disease Number of respondents (male, female, children) reporting recent cases of common illnesses such as eye infection, respiratory disease, cough, diarrhea, dysentery and parasites. Reduction of such common diseases among both adults and children Employment Creation BSP partners including the construction companies, the MFIs, and the banks will provide data indicating the number of employees involved in the biogas program.  >12,000 direct employment for skilled people in marketing, construction, manufacturing, maintenance, credit-lending + many more indirectly

Nepal Biogas – Community Benefits Benefit TypeMonitoring IndicatorImpact Time Saving for Women number of women reporting increased time spent on activities in the home and outside the home More time available for child care, for tending to sick family members and to their own health, and to undertaking income generating activities.  Saving of at least 3-hours a day Firewood Consumption Seasonal household fuel wood consumption by region. Nearby forests/community forests conserved.  Saving 2,700 kg of firewood per household annually