Transcript GEF Focal Area Strategies, Cross-cutting Initiatives & Funds

GEF Focal Area Strategies,
Cross Cutting Initiatives and
Funds Available for Adaptation
Sub-Regional Workshop for GEF Focal Points
in the Pacific SIDS
Auckland, New Zealand, 18-19 September 2008
I. GEF Focal Areas
GEF’s Six Focal Areas
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Biodiversity
Climate Change
International Waters
Ozone Depletion
(only countries in
transition)
 Land Degradation
 Persistent Organic
Pollutants – POPs
Revision of Focal Area Strategies in GEF-4
 Purpose: to sharpen focus of strategies
and foster harmonized and integrated
approaches across Focal Areas
 Basis for programming of resources during
GEF-4
 Better alignment with the GEF resultsbased management framework.
BIODIVERSITY
Strategic Objectives and Programs
1: Catalyzing
Sustainability of Protected
Area Systems
 Sustainable Financing of Protected Area Systems
at the National Level
 Increasing Representation of Effectively Managed
Marine Protected Areas in PA Systems
 Strengthening Terrestrial Protected Area
Networks
2: Mainstreaming
Biodiversity in
Production Landscapes/Seascapes
and Sectors
 Strengthening the Policy and Regulatory
Framework for Mainstreaming Biodiversity
 Fostering Markets for Biodiversity Goods and
Services
BIODIVERSITY (contd.)
Strategic Objectives and Programs
3: Safeguarding
Biodiversity
 Capacity Building for the Implementation
of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
 Prevention, Control and Management of
Invasive Alien species
4: Capacity
Building on Access and
Benefit Sharing
 Capacity Building on Access and Benefit
Sharing
LAND DEGRADATION
Strategic Objectives and Programs
1. Develop an enabling
environment that will
place Sustainable Land
Management (SLM) in the
mainstream of
development policy and
practice at regional,
national and local levels
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2. Upscale SLM investments 
that Generate mutual
benefits for the global
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environment and local
livelihoods
Sustainable Agriculture and
Rangeland Management
Sustainable Forest Management in
Production Landscapes
Investing in New and Innovative
Approaches in SLM
INTERNATIONAL WATERS
Strategic Objectives and Programs
1. Foster international,
multi-state cooperation
on priority water
concerns
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Restore and sustain coastal
and marine fish stocks and
associated biological
diversity
Reduce nutrient overenrichment and oxygen
depletion from land-based
pollution of coastal waters in
Large Marine Ecosystems
INTERNATIONAL WATERS
Strategic Objectives and Programs
2. Catalyze transboundary
action addressing water
concerns
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Balance overuse and
conflicting uses of water
resources in transboundary
surface and groundwater
basins
Reduce persistent toxic
substances and adaptive
management of waters with
melting ice
POPS
Strategic Objective and Programs
1. Reduce and eliminate production, use
and releases of POPs
 Strengthening capacities for
implementation of National
Implementation Plans (NIPs)
 Partnering in investments for NIP
implementation
 Demonstration of feasible,
innovative, technologies and best
practices for POPs reduction
CLIMATE CHANGE
Strategic Programs - Mitigation
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Promote energy-efficiency in
residential and commercial
buildings
Promote energy efficiency in
industrial sector
Promote market approaches for
renewable resources
Promote sustainable energy from
Biomass
Promote sustainable, innovative
systems for urban transport
Manage land-use, land-use change
and forestry to protect carbon
stocks and reduce GHG emissions
CLIMATE CHANGE
Strategic Programs and Funds - Adaptation
Strategic Objective:
Support pilot and demonstration
projects for adaptation to climate
change
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Strategic Pilot on Adaptation (SPA) to
ensure delivery of both adaptation and
global benefits in vulnerable
ecosystems (coral reefs, BD loss,
Integrated Coastal Zone Management,
Sustainable Land Management, etc)
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Special Climate Change Fund and
Least Development Country Fund
- Implementation of NAPAs
- Top priorities on adaptation
II. Cross-Cutting Issues
Cross-Cutting Issues
Cross-cutting issues that are
addressed within the focal area
strategies include:
 Adaptation to climate change
(CC and all Focal Areas)
 Sustainable Forest Management
(BD, CC and LD)
 Sound Chemicals Management
(all Focal Areas)
Sustainable Forest Management (SFM)
Strategic Objectives
1. To conserve globally
significant forest
biodiversity
2. To promote
sustainable
management and use
of forest resources
Sound Chemicals Management
Strategic Objective and Programs
1. To promote sound management of
chemicals for the protection of
human health and the global
environment,
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Integrating sound chemicals
management in GEF projects;
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Articulating GEF supported chemicalsrelated projects and programs within
countries’ broader frameworks for
chemicals management;
For more information, please access the GEF
Document: “Focal Area Strategies and Strategic
Programming for GEF-4” at the following link:
http://www.thegef.org/uploadedFiles/Focal%20Area%20
Strategies_10.04.07.pdf
III. Resources for Adaptation
Adaptation Funds
 The GEF supports interventions that increase resilience to
the adverse impacts of climate change on vulnerable
countries, sectors, and communities
 Funds for Adaptation - $275 M (currently available for
adaptation/pledges)
 Features of Funds
• Strategic Pilot on Adaptation (SPA) – GEF Trust Fund
• Least Developed Countries’ Fund (LDCF) –
(UNFCCC)
• Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) – (UNFCCC)
• Adaptation Fund (AF) (Kyoto Protocol)
Adaptation Funds
New Adaptation Funds (LDCF, SCCF, AF)
GEF Assistance to
Address Adaptation
GEF Trust Fund
Strategic Priority
Piloting an
Operational
Approach to
Adaptation (SPA)
Least Developed
Country Fund
(LDCF)
(implementation
of NAPAs)
Special Climate
Change Fund
(SCCF)
Top priority to
Adaptation
Adaptation Fund
(AF)
(2% of the share
of the proceeds
of the CDM)
NO GLOBAL BENEFITS
NO GLOBAL BENEFITS
NO GLOBAL BENEFITS
Features of Adaptation Funds
GEF TRUST FUND:
(SPA)
New FUNDS:
(LDCF & SCCF)
 Incremental cost
 Global benefits
 Co-financing
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Additional cost
Sliding scale (optional)
No Global benefits
Different approach to
co-financing
“Piloting an Operational Approach to Adaptation”
(SPA)
Projects will: “Show how adaptation planning and
assessment can be practically translated into
projects that will provide real benefits”
 $50 million allocation => after an evaluation of
the pilot the program will evolve
 Policy guidelines – GEF Assistance to Address
Adaptation
 SPA operational guidelines
Adaptation Funds: LDCF
Least Developed Countries Fund
 Implementation of National Adaptation Plans of
Action (NAPAs) – focus on urgent and
immediate adaptation needs
 The LDCF has supported the preparation of
NAPAs in 46 LDCs and is supporting
implementation of priority actions in 9 countries:
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Eritrea, Niger,
Malawi, Mauritania, Samoa, Sudan.
 Existing resources, including new pledges:
$160 million
Adaptation Funds: SCCF
Special Climate Change Fund
 (a) top priority: adaptation
 Areas: Water, land management, agriculture,
health, infrastructure development, fragile
ecosystems, integrated coastal zone
management, disaster risk management and
prevention
 Total resources, including new pledges: $65
million
 All resources have been programmed
Adaptation Fund (AF)
Adopted recently in Bali (December 2007)
2% of the share of the proceeds of the CDM
 Governance
• New Operating Entity: The Adaptation Fund Board
• Secretariat (on an interim basis): Global Environmental
Facility (GEF)
• Trustee (on an interim basis): World Bank
 Access to Funding
• Eligible Parties will have the option to submit project
proposals directly to the Adaptation Fund Board or to
utilize AF agencies
Adaptation Fund (AF)
Composition of the Adaptation Fund Board
 Two representatives from each of the five UN regional
groups
 One representative of the Small Island Developing States
 One representative of the Least Developed Country
Parties
 Two other representatives from the Parties included in
Annex 1 to the Convention (Annex 1 Parties);
 Two other representatives from the Parties not included in
Annex 1 to the Convention (non-Annex 1 Parties)