Our consortium has won the opportunity of implementing the contract “Climate friendly technologies and capacity development for the implementation of the Brazilian national waste policy” financed by the International Climate Initiative (IKI)“ and steered by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

This Brasília-based IKI-project aims to contribute to the improvement of the conditions for the exploitation of the mitigation potential related to the effects of climate change in the waste sector. GOPA Infra is responsible for the development of decision-making tools to support municipalities, and for the capacity building of public officials and stakeholders. The goal of our assignment is to strengthen institutional and human capacities “of municipal actors for a climate-friendly and resource-efficient circular economy”.

The GOPA Infra/Adelphi team is steadily represented on site by two long-term experts, Mr Jan Janssen and Mr Guilherme Gonçalves, to be based in Brasília during the entire project lifetime. They will work directly with both the Ministry of Cities and Ministry of Environment, building the foundations for a solid contribution for the management of urban solid waste in Brazil.

The photo shows our experts during a visit to one of the world’s largest landfills – Sao Joao Landfill in Sao Paulo, Brazil.