Transcript GEF and the conventions

GEF and the Conventions
GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop
February 15-17, 2011
Hotel Memling, Kinshasa, DR Congo
GEF and the conventions
• The GEF provides funding to assist developing
countries in meeting the objectives of international
environmental conventions.
• The GEF serves as "financial mechanism" for four
conventions:
– The Convention on Biological Diversity
– The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change
– The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
– The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic
Pollutants
Biodiversity Focal Area Strategy and
CBD COP Guidance
COP 2010-2014 Programme Priorities
GEF-5 Strategy Objectives
Programme priority area 1:
Promote conservation of biological diversity, including
through catalyzing sustainability of protected area
systems
Programme priority area 2:
Promote sustainable use of biodiversity
Programme priority area 2:
Promote sustainable use of biodiversity
Programme priority area 3:
Mainstream biological diversity into various national
sectoral policies development strategies programs
Programme priority area 4:
Improve national capacity to implement the Convention
and
the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Objective One:
Improve Sustainability of Protected Area Systems
Objective Two: Mainstream Biodiversity
Conservation Sustainable Use into Production
Landscapes/Seascapes Sectors
Objectives One and Two as above, Objective Four:
Build Capacity on Access to Genetic Resources and
Benefit Sharing
Objective Five: Integrate CBD Obligations into
National Planning Processes through Enabling
Activities.
Objective Three: Build Capacity for the
Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety
Biodiversity Focal Area Strategy and
CBD COP Guidance
COP 2010-2014 Programme Priorities
Programme priority area 5:
Promote the implementation of the Convention’s third
objective support the implementation of the
international regime on access to genetic resources
benefit-sharing
GEF-5 Strategy Objectives
Objective Four:
Build Capacity on Access to Genetic Resources
Benefit Sharing
Programme priority area 6:
Safeguard biodiversity
Objective Two: Mainstream Biodiversity
Sustainable Use into Production Landscapes
Seascapes Sectors
Objective One: Improve Sustainability of
Protected Area Systems: c) Improve
management effectiveness of existing protected
areas
Objective Three: Build Capacity for the
Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety
Climate Change Focal Area Strategy
and UNFCCC COP Guidance
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In response to Convention guidance, the GEF has provided financial and technical
support to more than 150 non-Annex I Parties to prepare their initial, second, and,
in some cases, third national communications to the Convention.
– During GEF-3, the GEF funded a global program to support the second national
communications of most eligible countries.
– During GEF-5, the GEF will continue to provide finance for national communications
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In response to COP decision 2/CP.12, the GEF launched a strategic program during
GEF-4 to promote the reduction of GHG emissions from Land Use, Land-Use
Change and Forestry (LULUCF) within the climate change focal area.
– In GEF-5, the GEF has established the cross-cutting initiative of Sustainable Forest
Management (SFM).
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At COP13, the GEF was requested to elaborate a strategic program to scale up the
level of investment in technology transfer to help developing countries address
their needs for environmentally sound technologies – GEF established the Poznan
Strategic Program on Technology Transfer
Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
and UNFCCC COP Guidance
• At COP7 in 2001, the UNFCCC asked the GEF to finance adaptation
pilot and demonstration projects.
• The GEF establish the Strategic Priority on Adaptation (SPA) during
GEF-3/GEF-4 under the GEF trust fund in response to guidance from
the COP. (e.g. decision 5/CP.7)
• COP7 asked the GEF to manage two voluntary adaptation-focused
funds, the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and the Special
Climate Change Fund (SCCF);
• The GEF is continuing to fundraise and replenish the LDCF and SCCF in
response to Convention guidance and conclusions of the subsidiary
bodies of the UNFCCC, (e.g. at the 26th session of the SBI)
• The conclusions at SBI 31 have recognized the steps the GEF has taken
to enhance the support of the implementation of NAPAs
Land Degradation Focal Area Strategy
and UNCCD COP Guidance
• As a new UNCCD financial mechanism, the GEF is currently
clarifying how its land degradation focal area strategy will directly
contribute to implementation of the UNCCD, including its ten-year
(2008–2018) Strategic Plan and Framework adopted by the eighth
COP.
• When developing the latest strategy for the land degradation focal
area, the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) included a representative
of the UNCCD, who provided guidance as the TAG explicitly sought
to accept the COP’s invitation to the GEF to take into account this
ten year strategic plan and to align its operations accordingly in
order to facilitate effective implementation of the Convention
POPS Focal Area Strategy and
Stockholm Convention Guidance
• The GEF POPs strategy responds to guidance adopted by the COP to the
Stockholm Convention at its first four meetings.
• The latest guidance adopted by the COP at its fourth meeting in May 2009
reaffirms the central guiding principle that the GEF should “take into
account the priorities identified by Parties in their implementation plans
transmitted to the Conference of the Parties”, and further highlights the
preparation and update of NIPs, alternatives to DDT for disease vector
control, and information exchange.
• The GEF’s mandate as financial mechanism of the Stockholm Convention
will require addressing the newly listed chemicals under the Convention.
Enabling Activities
Direct Access Grants for Convention
Reports: Activity Implementation Process
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