Transcript Implamentation Plan
United Nations Environment Programme A Partner In
The Global Environment Facility
The Global Environment Facility
Funding the incremental costs of actions by developing countries and CEITs that provide global environmental benefits in six focal areas:
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Biological Diversity Climate Change International Waters Protection of the Ozone Layer Land Degradation Persistent Organic Pollutants Implementing Agencies: UNEP, UNDP, World Bank Executing Agencies: ADB, AfDB, IDB, EBRD, FAO, UNIDO, IFAD
UNEP Role in GEF
catalyzing development of scientific and technical analysis and advancement of environmental management in GEF activities
guidance on relating GEF activities to environmental assessments, policy frameworks and plans, and to environmental agreements
Secretariat support to Scientific & Technical Advisory Panel (STAP)
UNEP - GEF Project Priorities
Activities additional to but consistent with regular work programme, focusing on areas of comparative advantage:
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Environmental Information and Assessments
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Tools and Methodologies
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Action Plans and Strategies
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Trans-boundary issues, shared ecosystems
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Capacity building
Over 140 countries participate in UNEP GEF Project Activities
UNEP-GEF Portfolio
Overall portfolio by programme ($ value)
Multifocal 6% POPs 11% Ozone 4% Land Degradation 11% Biodiversity 22% Biosafety 9% International Waters 24% Climate Change 13%
Focal Area
Biodiversity Biosafety Climate Change International Waters Land Degradation Ozone POPs Multifocal
Total GEF ($m) Total ($m)
78.7
33.7
46.4
88.8
37.6
12.7
38.3
20.3
158.0
49.3
77.2
175.7
91.1
11.8
55.9
42.7
356.4
661.8
Project categorization
Categorization of UNEP/GEF Projects
Global 17% Single country 10% Enabling activity type 16% Multi-country 33% Regional collaboration 24% 56 Medium-size 53 Full-size 123 EAs 26 PDFB 43 PDFA
International Waters
Assessment Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA)
analyzing linkages between freshwater and marine systems
Analysis, management planning and demonstration
Trans-boundary Diagnostic Analyses (TDA)
Leading to
development and implementation
Strategic Action Programmes (SAP)
of,
South China Sea
“Reversing Environmental Degradation Trends in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand” (Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysis, Thailand, Philippines, Viet Nam)
Integrated Management of the Amur-Heilong River Basin
(China, Russian Federation, Mongolia)
also Latin America and Mediterranean and Red Seas
Persistent Organic Pollutants
Assessment
Regionally Based Assessment of Persistent Toxic Substances Support to Implementation of Stockholm Convention
Development of National Implementation Plans for POPs
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Full-size project assisting 12 pilot countries (including Malaysia, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea)
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National enabling activities (14 approved including Sri Lanka and Fiji, and 30+ in pipeline)
Sub-regional workshops promoting awareness Demonstration projects: management of POPs & PTS
Alternatives to agripesticides Phase-out of DDT for malaria vector control Potential for development in Asia/Pacific
Biodiversity
Information Management, Assessment, Analysis & Research
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
FSP: “In-situ Conservation of Wild Crop Relatives through
Enhanced Information Management and Field Application” including
Sri Lanka
Tools & Methodology
FSP: “Conservation and Sustainable Management of Below-
Ground Biodiversity”, including India and Indonesia
In-Situ/On-Farm Conservation of Indigenous Fruit trees in Central Asia (PDF B) Trans-boundary Conservation & Sustainable Use
FSP: “Development of a Wetland Site and Flyway Network for Conservation of the Siberian Crane and other Migratory Waterbirds
in Asia”, including China
Biosafety
Supporting implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Pilot Project:
18 pilot countries develop National Biosafety Frameworks (including China and Pakistan)
Development of National Biosafety Frameworks:
Global Project, currently 106 countries including 26 from Asia/Pacific
Demonstration Projects for the Implementation of National Biosafety Frameworks:
Medium-sized projects in 8 countries (including China)
Land Degradation
Mainly Africa, but increasing attention to Asia
Assessment, Analysis & Research
Global Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) -
China one of the pilot countries in the PDF B phase
Environmental Information
MSP: Promoting best practices for conserving biodiversity in arid ecosystems,
including Mongolia and Pakistan
Tools & Methodology Development
e.g. “Management of Indigenous Vegetation for Rehabilitation of Degraded Rangelands in the Arid Zone of Africa” Trans-boundary Ecosystem Management
Sustainable Land Management in the High Pamir and Pamir-Alai Mountains (PDF B)
- Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Prevention and Control of Dust and Sand Storms in North East Asia -
China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan (together with ADB)
Climate Change
Environmental Assessments and Analyses
Solar and Wind Resources Assessment
(including Bangladesh, China, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal)
Assessment of Impact and Adaptation to Climate Change
(including Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Mongolia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam, Cook Islands and Fiji)
Environmental Information
Country Case Studies on Sources and Sinks of GHGs Development of Tools and Methodologies
on greenhouse gas inventories to assess Climate Change impacts and adaptation strategies to analyze economic costs of greenhouse gas limitation
Support to MEAs
Building National Capacity: GEF Enabling Activities
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Biodiversity
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Biosafety
(CBD) - China, Pakistan, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (Cartagena Protocol) - China, Pakistan, and 26 countries from Asia/Pacific region developing national biosafet frameworks
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Climate Change (UNFCCC) - Bangladesh, Mongolia, Nepal, Niue, Pakistan, Viet Nam
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LDC NAPAs (
Climate Change National Adaptation Programme of Action)
including Bangladesh and Nepal
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POPs
(Stockholm Convention) - Fiji, Sri Lanka
National Capacity Self-Assessments (NCSAs)
National Capacity Self-Assessment for the Global Environmental Management (NCSA
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Objective:
To assist countries in identifying their capacity development needs and priorities to manage the three Rio Conventions (UNFCCC, CBD & UNCCD) giving particular attention to synergies between the conventions
Expected Results of the NCSA Initiative:
An Action Plan of priorities following a detailed assessment A more integrated approach to dealing with the global environment issues (conventions) and enhanced awareness of their inter linkages An interim coordination mechanism that may lead to a more sustainable legal and institutional frameworks
UNEP/GEF Support to NCSAs
GEF funding up to $200,000 per eligible and requesting country
UNEP is supporting 33 countries in preparing their NCSAs:
Status
NCSAs being implemented NCSAs being developed
Number
16 17
Countries
The Gambia, Uganda, Kenya, Bahamas, Estonia, Colombia, Eritrea, Mauritius, Antigua, Algeria, Cameroon, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Bosnia, Argentina, Turkey, Russia , Sierra Leone, Dominica, Haiti, St Lucia, Panama, Mozambique, Trinidad and Tobago, Vanuatu , Cuba, Myanmar , Mongolia , Afghanistan , Liberia
UNEP Total 33
Projects under Development
Climate Change Developing a sustainable and environmentally sound transport system for three South Asian cities – Bangalore, Colombo, Dhaka Multi-focal Nature Conservation and Flood Control in the Yangzte River Basin National Performance Assessment and Subregional Strategic Environment Framework in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) (Cambodia, Lao, Myanmar, China, Thailand, and Vietnam Support to the Implementation of the Regional Environmental Action Plan for Central Asia
Contacts
The Director Division of GEF Co-ordination The United Nations Environment Programme P.O. Box 30552, Nairobi, Kenya