Transcript IFAD`s Climate Change Strategy

IFAD’s Climate Change Strategy
EB Informal Seminar
14 December 2009
Elwyn Grainger-Jones
Director, Global Environment and Climate Change
International Fund for Agricultural Development
Presentation Overview
Strategy for a
Climate Smart
IFAD:
Changing
Context
IFAD’s mandate
and experience
Goal
Purpose
Outputs
Inputs
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Glossary/Climate Jargon
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Adaptation, climate resilience
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Mitigation, carbon emissions
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Copenhagen, UNFCCC
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Carbon market
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REDD
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Board Feedback
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Have we reflected the changing external context
and its implications for the rural poor correctly?
(slides 5-6)
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Does the proposed goal and purpose statement
reflect this changing context and our mandate?
(slides 7-11)
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Are the four ‘climate smart’ building blocks and
its underlying principles the right ones for the
strategy? (slides 12-17)
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1. The Changing Context: Impacts
Biophysical drivers
 Temperature
 Extreme events
frequency,
intensity
 Rainfall patterns
 Seasonal shifts
 Sea level rise
RURAL LIVELIHOODS
(migration, labour
availability, food
insecurity, conflict, forced
sale of livestock and other
assets)
e.g. food insecurity in
Niger, rural
livelihoods in the high
Andes (Altiplano) in
Peru.
RURAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
(rural roads, storage
and processing,
irrigation systems)
AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTIVITY
(food and cash
crops, livestock and
fisheries)
e.g. rice production in
Sierra Leone, rain-fed
agriculture in Yemen,
livestock sector in Mongolia
(drought and Dzud)
e.g. damage to irrigation
systems and other
agricultural infrastructure
in Viet Nam
ECOSYSTEMS/
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROCESSES
SUSTAINING
AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION
Global Rules Response
 Global carbon target
 Finance
 Adaptation Framework
 Land use mitigation rules
e.g. coastal ecosystems in
Sri Lanka; rangeland
ecosystems of Eastern
Morocco
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1. The Changing Context: Implications
Continued emphasis…
Demand-led
countrydriven
Gender
Integrated
approach
Sustainable
resource
management
Knowledge &
Innovation
Land
Tenure
Institutions,
governance
Productivity
Growth
Anything different?
Can’t think
in historical
averages
New sources
of risk
Targeting
Rural Poor
Credit
Markets
Scarce resources:
Managing conflict
Eg: income Diversification
Mauritius
Long term
trends
Potential
emission reduction
payment
opportunities
Eg: Sierra Leone
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2. Delivering Our Mandate
Goal:
To maximize IFAD’s impact on rural poverty reduction in the changing
context of climate change
Purpose 1
To be a leading
international institution in
supporting innovative
approaches to reduce
the vulnerability of poor
rural communities to
climate change
Purpose 2
To help partner
communities take
advantage of
available
mitigation
incentives
Purpose 3
To inform a more
joined up
dialogue on
climate change,
rural development,
agriculture and
food security
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2. Delivering Our Mandate:
Opportunities and Challenges
IFAD PORTFOLIO:
RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION
CLIMATE RISK
CARBON IMPACT
Adaptation
Spectrum
Comparative advantage
New tools/approaches
Mitigation
Ag potential
COP15 ambition/realism
PES experience
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2. Delivering Our Mandate: Adaptation
Vulnerability focus
Addressing the
drivers of
vulnerability
Activities seek to
reduce poverty
and other nonclimatic stressors
that make people
vulnerable
Impacts focus
Building response
capacity
Managing climate
risks
Confronting
climate change
Activities seek to
build robust
systems for
problem solving
Activities seek to
incorporate
climate
information into
decision-making
Activities seek to
address impacts
associated
exclusively with
climate change
(Heather McGray, WRI, 2007)
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Agriculture and land use mitigation in
agriculture: What Physical Potential?
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Crop management
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Rangelands and pasture
management
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Livestock management
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Restoration of degraded lands
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Coastal management and
fisheries
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Bio-energy
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Purpose 3 - To inform a more joined up dialogue
on climate change, rural development, agriculture
and food security
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Climate community
Agriculture community
Deeper challenge: country level coherence
Using our voice
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3. The Strategy Output:
A Climate Smart IFAD
Operating
Model
Staffing and
Partnerships
Finance
Advocacy and
Knowledge
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Climate Smart Principles
Deep integration of
climate into IFAD
programmes
Decentralisation of
accountability for
climate operations
to Regional
Divisions
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Integrating Climate into IFAD Operating Model
Climate integration into
COSOP, including climate
assessment/proofing
Design: climate proofing, riskmapping/vulnerability and
quality control (QE/QA);
implement environmental
screening; develop learning
notes; integrate climate in
financial & economic
assessment tools
Use/build on Results
Management Framework;
“adaptive adaptation” –
build in new knowledge into
project reviews
e.g. Carbon markets, explore potential
for more national/regional programmes
Sustainable policies in-house
Better/more
knowledge
management;
strengthened
advocacy &
communications;
role of evaluation
Use of RIMS & integrate
climate into annual
portfolio reviews
Staffing and Partnerships
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Internal HQ + in-country
capacity and skills
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Make more use of
existing/latent skills
Upskilling/training
Expand our dedicated
climate capacity
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Strategy will review and deepen
partnerships where this adds
value:
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Explore deeper knowledge
partnerships
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Country-level, including Agriculture
Ministries engagement
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Global Environment Facility
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Rome based agencies
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Other IFIs, GM, CGIAR, civil society
and the private sector
Deployment:
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a matrix-style climate and
global environment hub,
with staff shared with
regions
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Finance
MORE
FOCUSED USE
OF EXISTING
FINANCIAL
RESOURCES
ADDITIONAL
GRANT-BASED
RESOURCES
ACCESS TO
EXTERNAL
FUNDS
IFAD
SUPPLEMENTARY
WINDOW
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Advocacy and Knowledge
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Continued advocacy in support of action on
climate change for the rural poor
New internal network to manage climate
knowledge and advocacy
Knowledge products - guidance notes, case
studies, lesson learning, participatory K products
– culturally appropriate
Staff and partners’ awareness on climate
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Presentation Summary and Next Steps
Strategy for a
Climate Smart
IFAD:
Changing
Context
IFAD’s
mandate
and
experience
Goal
Purpose
Outputs
Inputs
Process &
Product:
Timing and
consultations
Flexible and
responsive
Short and
focused
5-year change
perspective
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Board Feedback

Have we reflected the changing external context
and its implications for the rural poor correctly?
(slides 5-6)

Does the proposed goal and purpose statement
reflect this changing context and our mandate?
(slides 7-11)

Are the four ‘climate smart’ building blocks and
its underlying principles the right ones for the
strategy? (slides 12-17)
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