Transcript Climate Change Adaptation - English

GEF-5 Strategy for Adaptation
GEF Expended Constituency meeting, 2011
Kinshasa 15-17 February 2011
Adamou Bouhari
Task Manager Biodiversity/Land Degradation
UNEP/Global Environment Facility
Adaptation Funds
• The Least Developed Countries Funds (LDCF)
• Special Climate Change Funds (SCCF)
• (Adaptation Fund)
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The Least Developed Countries Funds (LDCF)
• Established at the 7th Conference of the Parties to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
2001 - Marrakech
• To: “meet the urgent and immediate adaptation needs of the
Least Developed Countries, as identified in their NAPAs.(Decision
7/CP.7)”
• COP asked the GEF to manage this fund.
• The LDCF would provide financing for the ‘additional costs,’
imposed to development, that pertain to these needs (Decision
3/CP.11, GEF/C.28/18).
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The Least Developed Countries Funds (LDCF): key
priority sectors/areas of intervention for NAPA
implementation through the LDCF will likely include:
• Water Resources
• Food Security and Agriculture
• Health
• Disaster Preparedness and Risk Management
• Coastal Zone Management and Infrastructure
• Natural Resource Management
• Community-Based Adaptation
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The Special Climate Change Funds (SCCF)
Established at the 7th COP of UNFCCC 2001 - Marrakech
The GEF was asked by the COP to manage this fund,
To ‘finance activities, programs and measures relating to climate change
that are complementary to those funded by the resources allocated to the
climate change focal area of the GEF and by bilateral and multilateral
funding’ (GEF/C.24/12).
The SCCF was established to finance four programs: a) Adaptation; b)
Technology Transfer; c) a list of specific Sectors (Energy, transport,
industry, agriculture, forestry and waste management;); d) Economic
Diversification.
Adaptation was given by the COP the highest priority, followed by
technology transfer (Decision 7/CP.7)
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The Special Climate Change Funds (SCCF): priorities
areas of intervention as identified by COP
• Water Resources Management
• Land Management
• Agriculture
• Health
• Infrastructure Development
• Fragile Ecosystems (including mountain ecosystems)
• Integrated Coastal Zone Management
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LDCF and SCCF:
GEF5 Strategic objectives
Goal: To support developing countries to increase
resilience to climate change through both immediate
and longer-term adaptation measures in development
policies, plans, programs, projects and actions .
Impact: Reduced absolute economic losses at country
level due to climate change, including variability
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GEF 5 - LDCF-SCCF Objectives
Objective 1 - Reducing Vulnerability: Reduce vulnerability to the adverse
impacts of climate change, including variability, at local, national, regional and
global level (mainstreaming, reduce vulnerability and diversify and strengthen
livelihood)
Objective 2 - Increasing Adaptive Capacity: Increase adaptive capacity to
respond to the impacts of climate change, including variability, at local,
national, regional and global level (knowledge of variability and CC risk,
strengthening capacity, awareness & ownership of adaptation process at all
level)
Objective CCA -3 - Adaptation Technology Transfer: Promote transfer and
adoption of adaptation technology (Transfer &En Envnt)
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Adaptation Fund
-Established in by COP 7 in 2001 in application of
article 12.8 of Kyoto Protocol
-Administered by a The Board of Adaptation Fund
-GEF provide the Secretariat services
- Executing Agencies to be approved by the Board
Agency – Priority is more and and more given to
accredited national institutions
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Many thanks
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