Transcript Environmental Mainstreaming - Participatory Development

Environmental Mainstreaming in Development
Projects
Cairo, March 8 2016
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Contents
1. What is environmental mainstreaming and sustainable development?
2. Developmental projects and environmental mainstreaming
3. Environmental dimension in the planning and design phase
4. Environmental dimension in the various projects packages
5. Environmental dimension in the implementation phases of the project
activities
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Environmental Mainstreaming
Environmental mainstreaming ensures that all environmental concerns are taken
into account across various sectors of development during the planning and
decision making processes
"environmental protection requirements must be integrated into the definition and
implementation of the Community policies in particular with a view to promoting
sustainable development”
Sustainable Development
Sustainable development that meets the needs and aspirations of the present
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
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Looking at development through an environmental lens
What exactly is this environmental lens???
Water
Climate
Change
Natural
Resources
Energy
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The environmental dimension in the design and
planning phase of the project
Preservation of natural resources :
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Project staff must agree upon the use of resources to reduce consumption and to
substitute with sustainable resources whenever possible
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Staff must also take into consideration how such measures will be integrated into
the project’s financial budget and activities
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Environmental dimension in the planning and
design phase
Linking the concept and idea of the project to the nature of the land
and its environmental problems:
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Example: The area of Shubra Al Khaimah has been identified with
solid waste problems (environmental). Proposed development
project should aim to overcome the high levels of unemployment
by creating green jobs in the fields of recycling, waste disposal
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Example: By using the environmental lens, projects can move
past simply allocating green corners in schools and start
implementing drip irrigation systems to save water and producing
organic fertilizer by recycling organic waste in schools.
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The environmental dimension in the various projects
packages
1.
2.
Employment:
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Jobs in the fields of waste recycling and urban agriculture (roofs, streets,
walls etc.)
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Environmental sustainability (energy efficiency, renewable energy,
reduce emissions etc.)
Education:
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Integrating the environmental dimension in the school environment
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Raising awareness (waste separation, using waste to produce organic
fertilizer for school landscaping, paper recycling, rationalizing the
consumption of all resources such as electricity, water, paper etc.) and
initiating environmental preservation societies
3. Health
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Waste and its impact on health
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Safe disposal of medical waste
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Air pollutants
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The environmental dimension in the various
projects packages
Recreation and youth centers :
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Light halls and stadiums
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Implement drip irrigation systems
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Recycle
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Create awareness material to be placed on walls, fences, playgrounds and
forming environmental preservation societies
Transportation:
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Allocate biking and pedestrian paths
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Reduce air pollutants and carbon emissions
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The use of recycled materials ( X )
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Environmental dimension in the implementation
phases of the project activities
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Reduce the carbon cycle when visiting the site area (carpooling; one car to
transport team, using bicycles for team’s movement within the region)
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Hold meetings during the day during winter to take advantage of natural light,
and during the sunset in summer
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Print on recycled paper
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Design banners that can be used for different purposes
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Design advertising materials that can be reused later on by the community for
different uses (sacks of cloth, caps for protection from the sun, bottles of water
conservation etc.)
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Participatory Climate Change Adaptation
…or what exactly is cooking in the Climate Change Component?
Food For
Thought
Heat
Stress
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Socio-Economic
Sectorial
Measures
Awareness
and
Architectural
Measures
Measures
Information
Measures
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•
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• Focus on climate change
effects on different sectors
• plants
Building
healthy
communities
The
cool
the house
• Cools
the
area
adaptive to climate change
temperature
• • Protects
theyouth
vulnerable
Targeting
with
awareness
impacts
Generates
an
income
for
the
inhabitants
heatthrough
stress
measuresfrom
(for
ex.
• Supporting
energy-efficient
residents
• Beautifies
the area
school
programs)
solutions
Beautifies the rooftop
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