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UNDP and Climate Change. 2nd South Asian Judicial Roundtable on Environmental Justice Thimphu, Bhutan 30-31 August 2013. Karma Lodey Rapten UNDP Bhutan. CC Poses Risks to all MDGs. UNDP’s CC Strategy: Aims. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
UNDP and Climate Change
Karma Lodey RaptenUNDP Bhutan
2nd South Asian Judicial Roundtable on Environmental Justice
Thimphu, Bhutan 30-31 August 2013
CC Poses Risks to all MDGs
Millennium Development Goals CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS
MDG 1Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Depleted livelihood assets, reduced economic growth, and undermined food security.
MDG 2Achieve universal primary education
Reduced ability of children to participate in full-time education by loss of infrastructure, livelihoods (forcing children to work), and displaced families.
MDG 3Promote gender equality and empower women
Additional burdens on women's health and time to participate in decision-making and income-generating activities.
MDGs 4, 5, 6 Reduce child mortality;
Improve maternal health; Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Greater prevalence of vector- and water-borne diseases, heat-related mortality. Declining food security, maternal health and availability of potable water.
MDG 7Ensure environmental sustainability
Negatively impacted natural resources and productive ecosystems.
UNDP’s CC Strategy: Aims
Diversify funding sources and help
countries to effectively combine and
sequence these different financing
sources
Diversify funding sources and help
countries to effectively combine and
sequence these different financing
sources
Mainstream CC into development
emphasizing that climate change is not only an environmental
issue but a core developmental concern
Mainstream CC into development
emphasizing that climate change is not only an environmental
issue but a core developmental concern
Complement policy change & capacity
development efforts at national level by
facilitating action at local/community levels
Complement policy change & capacity
development efforts at national level by
facilitating action at local/community levels
Promote public-private partnerships at all administrative
levels
Promote public-private partnerships at all administrative
levels
Address both mitigation and
adaptation towards achieving the MDGs
Address both mitigation and
adaptation towards achieving the MDGs
Build country level capacity to address climate change by providing a set of integrated support
services
Build country level capacity to address climate change by providing a set of integrated support
services
UNDP and CC: Strategic Priorities
Attract and drive direct private and public investment towards lower carbon technologies and land use practices that promote long term sustainability and
poverty reduction
Attract and drive direct private and public investment towards lower carbon technologies and land use practices that promote long term sustainability and
poverty reduction
Promote early adaptation actions and long-term adaptive capacity of developing countries in a sustainable manner
Promote early adaptation actions and long-term adaptive capacity of developing countries in a sustainable manner
Integrate climate change into UN development assistance at the national, regional and global levels to effectively and efficiently service country needs in
addressing the challenge of climate change
Integrate climate change into UN development assistance at the national, regional and global levels to effectively and efficiently service country needs in
addressing the challenge of climate change
Support the design of integrated adaptation and mitigation policies, strategies and quantified action plans that promote long-term sustainability and poverty
reduction at all levels
Support the design of integrated adaptation and mitigation policies, strategies and quantified action plans that promote long-term sustainability and poverty
reduction at all levels
UNDP and CC: Operationalizing the Strategy
UNDP and CC: Delivery Architecture
133 UNDP Country Offices
160+ Client Countries
Bangkok
Bratislava Pretoria
Dakar
Panama
Cairo
6 Regional Service Centres
5 Regional Bureaus
RBECRBLACRBAP RBASRBA
Bureau for Development Policy
EEG
UNDP and CC in Bhutan
National Priority UNDAF Outcome
1. To halve poverty by 2013 By 2012, opportunities for generation of income and employment increased in targeted poor areas. (MDG 1, 8)
2. To improve accessibility, quality and sustainability of health care delivery System
By 2012, increased access and utilization of quality health services with emphasis on reproductive health, maternal and child health and nutrition, HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and non-communicable diseases. (MDG 4,5,6)
3. To improve quality, relevance and coverage of education
By 2012, access to quality education for all with gender equality and special focush on the hard-to-reach population improved. (MDG 2,3)
4. To foster good governance as a core value for development
By 2012, institutional capacity and people’s participation strengthened to ensure good governance. (MD & MDG 1,3,8)
5. To enhance environmental sustainability and disaster management
By 2012, national capacity for environmental sustainability and disaster management strengthened (MDG 7)
Bhutan: CC Impacts
Bhutan: Greenhouse Gas Emission compared to World average
Source: IPCC AR4, Synthesis Report (shares are for 2004)
Total Emissions 1,559.56 Gg CO2 equivalent (excluding LUCF)Forest Sequestration 6,309.6 Gg CO2 equivalentNet GHG emission -4,750.04 Gg CO2 equivalent
Priorities for Bhutan
• Adaptation and mountain issues• LDC matters• Mitigation as a national action - non-issue • but committed to clean development and
maintaining carbon neutral status• Sincere efforts to serve as an example• Align with LDCs and G77& China
Priorities for Bhutan
• Mitigation• Limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C• Even 2° rise is too much and means disappearance of mountain glaciers
• Emission Reduction Targets• Annex I Parties reduce emissions by at least 45% below 1990 by 2020
and 85% below the 1990 by 2050. (LDC)• Non Annex I mitigation through NAMAs, but contingent on availability of
financing (LDC)• Bhutan can benefit from voluntary NAMA because of sustainable
development and local environmental benefits
• REDD Plus• REDD can contribute to reduction of global emissions• “Conservation” of Forests must be part of REDD mechanism • Prevent international leakage• Prevent perverse incentives
• CDM• Hydropower• Simplification of process for LDCs
Priorities for Bhutan
• Adaptation• Implementation of full LDC work programme• NAPA preparation and Implementation• Capacity building for LDCs (national focal points, meteorological
systems, early warning, negotiations)
• Scope: Medium to long term Adaptation• NAPA is only short term intervention
• Vulnerability conditions to be prioritized• “Fragile mountainous ecosystems”• “Rapidly melting glaciers”• GLOF & Long term impacts
• Implementation of Adaptation (LDC)• Implementation more important than preparation of plans• Too much “mainstreaming” is not desirable
Priorities for Bhutan
• Finance • Simple procedures and mechanisms• Adaptation Fund model
• Under COP• One Fund- multiple windows• National Climate Financing
• Finance for Adaptation• mandatory as per commitments• from public sources “additional to ODA”
• 1.5% of GDP of Annex I• 70% reserved for adaptation
• may need “innovative schemes” to enable “additional, reliable and predictable” financing
• Levies on all trading mechanisms
Priorities for Bhutan
• Technology & Capacity Building• May not benefit from Tech transfer as much as larger developing
countries (eg. CDM)• Technologies for Adaptation is priority• Private sector will not drive adaptation technology• Need research and diffusion of appropriate technology
• Capacity building • Institutional & continuous, • Meteorological, early warning, disaster management, V&A
assessments
Integrated Solid Waste
Management PPP
(UNDP)
Supporting market transformation towards a green, low emission economy
Promoting climate resilient livelihoods, economies and ecosystems
Forests &Biodiversity
CapacityBuilding in Environmental Management, Advocacy and Reporting
National Capacity Self-Assessment (UNDP)*
Poverty Environment Initiative Joint Support Programme (UNDP, UNEP, DANIDA)**
Sustainable Rural Biomass Energy Project (UNDP)*
Support to Environment Education (UNDP)
Reducing CC-induced Risks & vulnerabilities
from GLOF (UNDP)*
RenewableEnergy and Energy Efficiency
BrownSector - sustainable industry, transport and urban management
Climate Change-induced disasters
Agriculture& Food Security
WaterResources
Public Health
NAPA review and update(UNDP)
Supporting Low Emission Climate Resilient Development
Bhutan Climate Summit**
Bhutan Climate Summit(UNDP, FAO, ICIMOD, WWF, McArthur, DANIDA)**
2nd LDCF Climate Change Adaptation Programme (UNDP pipeline)*
Integrated Livestock and Crop Conversation Project (UNDP)*
Second National Communication (UNDP)*
Rural Renewable Energy Project
(ADB)
Capacity Building for Climate Change (ADB)
Piloting Rain-Water
Harvesting (UN Habitat)
Sustainable Financing for Biodiversity Conservation and
Natural Resources Management (WB)
Policy support to NEC (UNEP)
Piloting CC and Human Health
(WHO)*
Local Climate Adaptive Living facility (UNCDF)
National Human Settlements
Policy
National Energy Efficiency Policy
Disaster and Climate Resilient Construction
Engendering the Energy and Environment Portfolio (UNDP/GCCA)
Sengor Community Micro Hydro for Sustainable Livelihood
REDD+ Readiness Strategy
Building Capacity and Mainstreaming Sustainable Land Management in
Bhutan
Human Wildlife Management
Low Emission Capacity Building Programme
1st CC Adaptation Pjt in the World: Reducing CC-induced Risks and Vulnerabilities of GLOFs (US$ 3.5 m
from LDC Fund)
• OUTCOME 1: Improved national, regional, and local capacities to prevent climate change-induced GLOF disasters in the Punakha-Wangdi and Chamkhar Valleys
• OUTCOME 2: Reduced risks of GLOF from Thorthormi Lake through an artificial lake level management system
• OUTCOME 3: Reduced human and material losses in vulnerable communities in the Punakha-Wangdi Valley through GLOF early warnings
• OUTCOME 4: Enhanced learning, evaluation and adaptive management
1st CC Adaptation Pjt in the World: Reducing CC-induced Risks and Vulnerabilities of GLOFs (US$ 3.5 m from LDC Fund)
Sensors
PHPA-1: ~8hrs
Samdingkhag:6hrs 6mins
Punakha:7hrs
Wangdue: 7hrs 50mins
Largest CC Adaptation Project in the World (US$ 11.5 m from LDC Fund)
• Addressing the Risks of Climate-induced Disasters through Enhanced National and Local Capacity for Effective Actions
• Outcome 1: Risks from climate-induced floods and landslides reduced in Bhutan’s economic and industrial hub Pasakha Industrial Area.
• Outcome 2: Community resilience to climate-induced risks strengthened in at least four Dzongkhags
• Outcome 3: Relevant information about climate-related risks and threats shared across climate-sensitive sectors on a timely and reliable basis.
Thank You