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Environment and Energy Practice Europe and CIS

Learn about the urgent need for a sustainable development strategy in Central Asia to combat climate change and preserve biodiversity while enhancing ecosystem services. Explore current projects, achievements in 2008, and priorities for 2009 to address these critical environmental challenges effectively.

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Environment and Energy Practice Europe and CIS

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  1. Environment and Energy Practice Europe and CIS

  2. Overview • Global and Regional Situation Analysis • Environment and Energy Practice - Strategy; - Practice Architecture - Current Programme of Work - Pipeline

  3. PUBLIC HEALTH The progress made in recent years in Human Development is being threatened by climate change (HDR, 2007/08) COASTAL SYSTEMS WATER RESOURCES ECOSYSTEM SERVICES FORESTRY AGRICULTURE

  4. Central Asia – a climate risk hotspot Source: World in transition – climate change as a security risk, German Advisory Council on Global Change, 2007

  5. 60% of Ecosystem functions are degraded faster that they can recover (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005) Pollination: 35% of global food production depends on pollination US$ 153 billion annually (2005) Fisheries: 27 million jobs and US$ 100 billion income from the sector;

  6. The global economy is losing more money from the disappearance of forests than through the financial crisis, TEEB 2008 (Gibbs et al. 2007; Ruesch & Gibbs in review; IGBP 2000)

  7. ODA is declining – new financial mechanisms are coming • Recycling EU Allowances: US$ 8 – 12 billion/year; • REDD: US$ 12 billion/year • Climate Risk Insurance: US$ 20 billion/year • Carbon Finance: US$ 15 – 100 billion/year • Adaptation Funds: US$ 2 billion/year • Tax on Air travel: US$ 12 billion/year • Tax on Oil: US$ 15 billion/year TOTAL: over 100 billion vs GEF – 1 billion. WE NEED A DIFFERENT BUSINESS MODEL

  8. Environment and Energy Strategy - Delivering on the UNDP Strategic Plan - Mainstreaming Environmentalfinance Adaptation Localservices National: GEF-funded projects SPA Climate Prot. Initiative Regional Capacity Development for Climate Risk Management Piloting global initiatives: Climate Proofing Integrate CC into UN/UNDP development assistance National: GEF-funded projects in BD, CC, LD Regional Human Rights Based Approach to water supply and sanitation National : GEF-funded projects in BD, CC, LD Regional Poverty and Environment Initiative Environment and Security Integrated Water Resource Management GEF – funded projects in IW Piloting global initiatives: Integrated CC mitigation and adaptation policies National: MDG Carbon; MPU, GEF Regional Leveraging Carbon Finance for Sustainable Development Piloting global initiatives: MDG Carbon

  9. CLIMATE CHANGE BIO- DIVERSITY WATER POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENT Regional Environment and Energy Practice Architecture 20 COUNTRY OFFICES + 5 UNDP OFFICES Over 450 staff MANAGING OVER US$ 600 MILLION http://europeandcis.undp.org/environment/ MDG CARBON OUTPOSTED GLOBAL METHODOLOGY UNIT CHEMICALS OUTPOSTED UNIT BRC EE TEAM RBEC BDP/EEG

  10. Current Portfolio of Projects under Implementation in the EE Practice – US$ 65 million budgeted in 2008 US$ 183 million

  11. Europe & CIS GEF 4 Resource Mobilization as at 30 November 2008 US$ 65 million approved by the GEF in PIFs in 2008

  12. Achievements in 2008 • Poverty and Environment Initiative (US$ 4 million); • ERPA signed under the MDG C for 3 million t of CO2; • First contract with EC signed for Euro 3.4 million on IWRM in Central Asia • Improving management of biodiversity on 54 million ha; • Emission reductions of 723,235 tonnes; • KP ratification facilitated in Serbia;

  13. Priorities/Pipeline for 2009 • Diversification of funding sources: GEF: Project Documents for US$ 64.8 million in BD, CC New PIF concepts for US$ 26 million; MDG C: 2 ERPAs + 1 CDM registration Territories: Pilot in Macedonia and Albania: EC: IWRM in Central Asia: Tajikistan & Kyrgyzstan: Central Asian Regional Programme on Adaptation: Bilaterals: Climate proofing – Moldova, Tajikistan Germany: Biodiversity and CC – Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan: US$ 10 million • Cross-practice work Poverty and Environment Initiative: launch two country programmes Human Rights based Approach to Water supply and sanitation 3. Partnerships WB/EBRD: Climate Investment Fund – Ukraine, Kazakhstan

  14. Challenges: New set of skills required: training High staff turn-over Business model based on cost-recovery

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