Transcript UNEP:GEF programming & alignment with the international

UNEP support to GEF
- complementarity & alignment
Max Zieren, Division of the Global Environment Facility
UNEP- Regional Office Asia and Pacific
OBJECTIVE
• UNEPs role in the GEF
• Alignment of UNEP and GEF actions in
support of countries – examples portfolio
• Emerging environment issues
• Streamlining/service standards UNEP, and
challenges
UNEP’s MTS/PoW
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Climate Change – M&A
Ecosystem Management
Disasters and Conflicts
Environmental governance
Harmful substances and hazardous waste
Resource efficiency - SPC
UNEP in the GEF
• The only Implementing Agency of the GEF whose core business
is the environment;
• Supports strategic and policy direction of GEF, and performs
legal obligations;
• Helps operationalise the GEF Trust Fund by assisting countries
and proponents to access funds;
• Enhances scientific rigor and relevance, including by providing
the secretariat of the STAP
• Help to mainstream environment into other sectors through
partnerships (including One-UN, PEI, UN REDD, etc)
UNEP Medium Term Strategy 2010-2013
Vision Statement ‘Nairobi, Declaration’ – approved by the
UNEP GC 1997
“”The leading global environmental authority that sets the
global environmental agenda, that promotes the
coherent implementation of the environmental
dimension of sustainable development within the
United Nations system and that serves as an
authoritative advocate for the global environment””.
UNEP MTS and GEF alignment
UNEP Climate
Change
GEF
Ecosystem
Mgmt
Disasters &
Conflict
Env.
Governance
Harmful
Substance
Resource
Efficiency
CC
Mitigation
&
Adaptation
-Ban the Bulb
-Science of
resilience
reefs &
mangroves
-LULUCF
and REDD
-Ecosystembased
adaptation
Human
migration
-National
Comm.
-NAPAs
HCFC
-Building
energy codes
-Economic
assessment
adaptation
BD
- Adaptation
- Flyway
wetland
water
management
-Marine &
Terrestrial
PAs
- Invasive
species
-Coastal
protection
projects
-NBSAP
- CHM
Biosafety
-Nat.Comm.
-ABS
Methyl
bromide and
invasive
species
Sustainable
Use
IW
Adaptation
-transb. water
management
Watershed
management
TDA and SAP
TDA, SAP
Waste mgmt
Water use
efficiency
(SCWP)
LD
Carbon
measuremt
Mountain
SLM
Drought,
Migration
SLM science
& capacity
developmt
-Pesticide
overuse
Sustainable
Land
Managmt
POPs
Ozone
DDT prgm
DDT and
wetlands
Stockpiles in
crisis
countries
NIPs
All POPs
Phase-out
UNEP’s GEF Portfolio - Global
Since the GEF was established in 1991,
through to the third quarter of 2009, it has
approved 464 projects to be implemented
by UNEP with a total value of
approximately US$ 922 million, which in
turn has generated US$ 2.1 billion in cofinancing.
UNEP’s Comparative Advantage in GEF
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Scientific assessments, monitoring, early warning;
Linking science to policy (Capacity Building,
Enabling Activities) at national, regional and
global levels;
Innovation, technology transfer and lifting
barriers;
Regional, transboundary and global cooperation;
National projects where mutually beneficial &
justified
Awareness raising, advocacy, and knowledge
management.
Scientific Assessments, Monitoring,
Early Warning
• Carbon benefits of GEF projects, Economic
Assessment of Adaptation Options, analysis and
research Liquid Biofuels – CC
• ‘Millennium Ecosystem Assessment’ -BD
• Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and
Strategic Action Plans (SAP) – IW
• Bioindicators and biomarkers - POPs
Linking Science to Policy at
National, Regional and Global Levels
• Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (BD), followed by
TEEB the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity
• National Invasives Strategy and Action Plans (BD)
• Biosafety Frameworks (BD)
• National Communications (NCs), Technology Needs
Assessments (TNAs), National Action Plans for Adaptation
(NAPAs), Solar and Wind Energy Assessment - CC
• National Capacity Self-Assessments (NCSAs)
Innovation, Technology Transfer
and Lifting Barriers
• African Rift Geothermal Development Facility,
Co-Generation for Africa, Greening the Tea
Industry in East Africa, Bus Rapid Transport
Jakarta – CC
• Prevention and Management of Invasive Species,
Voluntary Forest Certification & Ecosystem
Services, National Biosafety Frameworks - BD
Examples: cutting edge Projects
• CC: JGI/ARGEO - Joint Geophysical Imaging (JGI)
Methodology for Geothermal Reservoir Assessment:
– Innovative Geothermal prospecting using an overlay of
different techniques tested in Kenya;
– Technique has reduced geothermal costs by 1/3rd.
– As a result, Kenya has plans to develop 9 GW’s electricity,
more than current world production.
• BD: Removing Barriers to Invasive Plant Management in
Africa:
– First multicounty project in Africa targeting, in a
comprehensive way, the threats of invasive species.
– Project set format for GEF IV & V strategic programs on IAS
– Project framework replicated by various other national GEF
IAS projects;
Regional and Global Cooperation
• Technology Transfer Networks, e.g. phasing out
Incandescent Lamps – global & countries - CC
• Regional Assessment of Persistent Toxic Substances,
Phasing out DDT and Introducing Alternatives – POPs
• Flyways-based wetland & bird conservation (Siberia to
South China) – BD
• Conservation & Sustainable Use Agro-biodiversity - BD
• South China Seas Project/UNEP Regional
Seas/COBSEA, IW Learning Network - IWs
Examples - Innovative Projects
• BD: Siberian Crane Wetland Project (China, RF, Iran and
Kazakhstan):
– First ‘Flyways’ project funded by GEF;
– Successful multi-country cooperation along the 5000+km
long flyway of waterbirds combined with national
conservation action;
– Project strong on science-based wetland hydrology &
restoration, multiple stakeholder agreements on water
allocations, environmental monitoring, and expanding the
protected area network and its management effectiveness.
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• BD: Conservation and Sustainable Management of Below Ground
Biodiversity - India, Indonesia, Brazil, Kenya, Uganda, Mexico
• BD: Expanding FSC Certification at Landscape-level through
incorporating additional eco-system services - Indonesia, Vietnam,
Nepal, Chile
• POP: Pacific POPs Release Reduction Through Improved
Management of Solid and Hazardous Wastes – Regional (Cook Islands,
Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Niue, Papua New Guinea,
Palau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Samoa)
Awareness Raising, Advocacy, and
Knowledge Management
• Assessment of Impacts of and Adaptation to
Climate Change (AIACC), Liquid Biofuels, Wind
and Solar Energy (CSP) - CC
• Integrated Managed Aquifer Recharge,
Integrated Water Resources Management – IWs
• Indigenous Peoples Network for Change &
Access to CBD (BD)
Example
• IW: LEARN -International Waters Learning Exchange and
Resources Network:
– Strengthen International Waters Management (IWM) by
facilitating structured learning and information sharing;
– IW:LEARN Information Management System at
www.iwlearn.net;
– Project partners include South-East Asia Regional Learning
Centre and the Transboundary Waters Information Exchange
Network for South-Eastern Europe.
UNEP in GEF-5 and
emerging environmental issues
• Biodiversity :
• ABS; Invasive Alien Species & life support systems;
marine protected areas; ecosystem restoration; migratory
species; 2010 Targets.
• International waters :
• High seas; hypoxia and nutrient overload; marine litter &
micro-plastics; coastal erosion & adaptation
• Climate Change :
• Mitigation : NAMAs; barriers to tech transfer; Black
carbon/ABC; HCFC;
• Adaptation : migration; modeling to local scale
- continued
• Land degradation :
• Urban sprawl
• Ecosystem restoration
• Conservation agriculture
• POPs and Ozone :
• Integrated, life-cycle approaches, chemicals & waste
• Synergies :
• Green economy -SPC;
• Convention obligations – reporting as one
Streamlining and Access
• Improvements already in place
– Harmonization and reduction of duplication between
GEF processes and UNEP core processes (e.g.
documentation, appraisal & M&E procedures)
– Service standards and tracking tools (ADDIS to go
public in mid-2010)
– UNEP GEF Regional Focal Points and country support
Regional Offices
Some current challenges
• Ensuring UNEP’s interventions are founded on sound
science – e.g. new UNEP Science Coordinator.
• GEF project cycle remains cumbersome despite good
reforms (delays with both GEFSEC, IAs as well as NEAs)
• Co-finance burden for many partners and countries
challenges - continued
• Incentives for regional cooperation & multi-country
projects (mechanism of Set Aside funds as ‘top-up’ to STAR)
• Some misconception regional GEF projects – as being
too costly or no national benefits.
• Lack of incentives for inter-agency cooperation on
projects
• Integrating UNDAF, bi-lateral programming etc with
GEF Voluntary Business Planning
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• Questions for dialogue
– How does this alignment help countries to address
priority needs ?
– Does the focus on the six areas of comparative
advantage match country concerns on One-UN
delivery ? Are there gaps ?
– How can UNEP enhance its support to countries in
programming GEF requests within the current
constraints ?