Programming directions for GEF-6

Climate Change Mitigation &

Chemicals and Waste&

“Signature Programs”

GEF and the ConventionsThe Global Environment Facility:

• Is the financial mechanism for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

• Is the financial mechanism of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the Convention of Mercury

• Supports the implementation of the Montreal Protocol in countries with economies in transition

• It is an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC

Strategies to Address the Dimensions of Sustainability and Effective Delivery

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GEF-6

SignaturePrograms

Amazon Commodities

Partnershipfor Africa

50 in 10 Cities

Climate Change MitigationGoal: To support developing countries and economies in transition in achieving transformational change towards development with low carbon emissions. It is also intended that recipient countries prepare for the new regime under the UNFCCC that will seek commitments to emission reduction at a universal level.

Objectives: • Promote innovation and technology transfer

• Demonstrate systemic impacts of mitigation options

• Promoting the enabling conditions to involve considerations of climate change mitigation in national plans and development agendas

Climate Change MitigationSummary of differences between GEF-5 and GEF-6

GEF-5

SO 1: Tech transfer

SO 2: Energy efficiency

SO 3: Renewable energy

SO 4: Transport and urban

SO 5: LULUCF

SO 6: Enabling activities

GEF-6

Objective 1, Program 1: Promote timely development, demonstration and financing of low carbon technologies and policies

Objective 1, Program 2: Develop and demonstrate innovative policy packages and market initiatives to foster a new range of mitigation actions   Objective 2, Program 1: Promote integrated low-carbon urban systems

Objective 2, Program 2: Promote Conservation and Enhancement of Carbon Stocks in Forest, and other Land-Use, and Support Climate Smart Agriculture 

Objective 3, Program 1: Integrate findings of Convention obligations enabling activities into national planning processes and mitigation targets

Diferencies

Focus on early stage innovation and tech transfer.Risk taking.Compliment other funds.

Support for voluntary innovative measures, such as performance-based incentives, etc.

Links to the special initiative for cities, urban management focus on systematic

Inclusion of agriculture , N2O and methane. link to signature initiative on food security

Connecting Convention obligations and enabling activities with national planning and articulating ways to achieve mitigation targets

Objective 1 - Promote Innovation and Technology Transfer

Program 1: Promote the timely development, demonstration, and financing of low-carbon technologies and policies

• Support the development, adoption and implementation of policies, action plans, strategies and regulations that enable increased investments in targeted sectors

• Emphasize innovation where risk mitigation is needed.

• Focus on technologies which are not yet commercially available but that are market ready.

Objective 1 - Promote Innovation and Technology Transfer

Program 2: Develop and demonstrate innovative policy packages and market initiatives to foster a new range of mitigation actions

• Support countries in National Communications, BURs, and other assessments with polices that efficiently reduce their emissions while maximizing economic benefits.

• Offer countries the possibility to test innovative incentivies for payment of emission reductions.

• Support financial risk assessment in carbon markets

• Promote private sector investment

Objective 2 – Demonstrate systemic impacts of mitigation options

Program 1: Promote integrated low-carbon urban systems

• Support the GEF-6 Sustainable Cities signature initiative.

• Focus on urban projects with significant climate change mitigation potential, to help cities shift towards low-carbon urban development

• Promote sustainable production and consumption practices to de-couple urban growth and resource use.

• reduce use of persistent organic chemicals (POPs), methane emissions, mercury, lead, and e-waste.

• Support sustainable transport infrastructure and systems

Objective 2 – Demonstrate systemic impacts of mitigation options

Program 2: Promote Conservation and Enhancement of Carbon Stocks in Forest, and other Land-Use, and Support Climate Smart Agriculture • Support land use, forestry and agriculture projects that significantly

mitigate climate change (including management practices by local communities)

• Continue to reduce CO2 emissions and CO2 sequestration from the agriculture and forestry sectors. Include activities targeting the CH4 and N2O emissions.

• Focus on forest-agriculture because agriculture is the greatest driver of deforestation globally

Objective 3 – Foster enabling conditions to mainstream mitigation concerns

Program 1: Integrate findings of Convention obligations and enabling activities into national planning processes and mitigation targets

• Help countries prepare National Communications, TNAs and BURs, as well as the implementation of NAMAs

Chemicals and wasteGoal: "A significant reduction in the exposure of humans and the environment to hazardous chemicals and waste of global importance."

Objectives:

• Create the conditions and environment for managing harmful chemicals and waste

• Reduce the prevalence of harmful chemicals and waste

• Support Least Develped Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDs) to take action on harmful chemicals and waste.

Objective 1: Create the conditions and environment for managing harmful chemicals and waste

Program 1: Support the preparation of reports to the conventions and promote their integration into planning processes and national action plans

Program 2: Support global monitoring, development of registries, inventories and data collection

• Expand coverage of global monitoring sites to cover new POPs and mercury

• Results will be used by Conventions for decision making

Goal 2: Reduce the prevalence of harmful chemicals and waste

Program 1: Demonstrate and deploy environmentally safe technologies, techniques, practices and approaches for the elimination and reduction of harmful chemicals and waste

• Supports national pilot initiativesProgram 2: Deploy alternative techniques and practices to reduce harmful chemicals

• Deployment of alternatives to DDT and other chemicals

• Design of products and processes that minimize the use and generation of toxic substances and waste

Goal 2: Reduce the prevalence of harmful chemicals and waste

Program 3: Promote innovative and sustainable financing, business models and economic approaches / solutions to the disposal of harmful chemicals and waste

• Support for the use of economic instruments

Program 4: Complete the phase-out of HCFCs in CEIT countries and support Article 5 countries under the Montreal Protocol to achieve climate mitigation benefits

• Only applicable to manufacturing of appliances and foams

Objective 3: Support LDCs and SIDS to take action on harmful chemicals and waste

Program 1: Support regional approaches to eliminate and reduce harmful chemicals and wastes

• Fast and flexible access to these countries

• Emphasizes regional and subregional cooperation (especially for the collection and disposal of POPs waste)

• Supports management practices and innovative financial models that are appropriate for these countries