Transcript LDCF & SCCF

LDCF/SCCF Climate Change
Adaptation Strategy
GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop
25 – 27 October 2011
Nairobi, Kenya
LDCF/SCCF Adaptation Strategy 2010-2014
• Adaptation is the process of reducing the
adverse effects of climate change on human
and natural systems. It refers to the efforts
made to cope with actual change as well as
the process of adjusting to expected change.
• 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: Reduce absolute losses due to climate
change, including variability.
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LDCF and SCCF Strategic Objectives
1. Reduce vulnerability to the
adverse impacts of climate
change – e.g. reduced risks to
economic losses through
implementation of adaptation
measures
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LDCF and SCCF Strategic Objectives
2. Increase adaptive capacity to
respond to the impacts of climate
change – e.g. within relevant
development sectors and natural
resources; diversified and
strengthened livelihoods and
sources of income
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LDCF and SCCF Strategic Objectives
3. Promote transfer and adoption
of adaptation technologies – as
defined under the Climate
Convention (example: SCCF-TT
Jordan)
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Looking forward: programming
under the LDCF and the SCCF
• Most vulnerable sectors targeted:
– agriculture, food security, and water resources
management – all highly relevant for efforts to curb
land degradation.
• Through multi-trust fund, programmatic
approaches, the LDCF and the SCCF promote
synergies with other GEF focal areas, not least with
land degradation.
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Looking forward: programming
under the LDCF and the SCCF
• Scaling up adaptation through:
– robust and predictable financing of the LDCF and the
SCCF
– programmatic approaches
• Responding to Convention guidance, developing
country needs and independent evaluations
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Innovative Features of LDCF/SCCF
GEF TRUST FUND:
LDCF & SCCF:
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Incremental cost
Global benefits
STAR
Co-financing
Additional cost
NO Global benefits requirement
No STAR
Existing BAU Financing
Higher MSP ceiling for LDCF
Rolling basis approval for
LDCF
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Thank you!
For more information, please visit LDCF/SCCF websites:
LDCF: http://www.thegef.org/gef/ldcf
SCCF: http://www.thegef.org/gef/sccf
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