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May 19, 2016/Helsinki
GEF Experience in Climate
Change and Health Saliha Dobardzic
Senior Climate Specialist
About the GEF
• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
• UN Convention on Biological Diversity
• UN Convention to Combat Desertification
• Montreal Protocol on ODS
• Stockholm Convention on POPs
• Minimata Convention on Mercury
$14.5 billion in
grants provided
to 4,000 projects
$75.4 billion in
additional
finance
mobilized
GEF CCM at a glance
• Funded 839 projects with direct impact on greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions
• $5.2 billion in GEF funding in 167 developing countries and countries with economies in transition (CEIT)
• Co-financing of more than $32.5 billion
Global Efficient Lighting Partnership Program – en.lighten
• Phasout of inefficient
lighting
• Implemented by
UNEP, in partnership
with with leading global
lighting manufacturers, Philips and OSRAM,
and the National Lighting Test Center (China)
Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot
• Enhance integrated sustainable urban planning and management • Catalyze investments in sustainable cities • Monitor and report on locally and globally relevant performance
frameworks for improved performance (with common tools and metrics) • Geographic scope: • 11 countries (Brazil, China, Cote d’ Ivoire, India, Malaysia, Mexico,
Paraguay, Peru, Senegal, South Africa, Vietnam) • 23 cities (Brasilia, Recife, Gran Asuncion, Lima, Dakar, La Paz, Campeche,
Xalapa, Vijayawada-Guntur, Mysore, Jaipur, Bhopal, Abidjan, Melaka, Johannesburg, Hue, Guiyang, Shenzhen, Ningbo, Nanchang, Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang)
Global component: $10 million Individual city components: $140 million Cofinancing: $1.5 billion
GEF CCA at a glance
LDCF SCCF SPA Total
Pledges ($m) 1,189 351 50 1,590 Received contributions ($m) 991 346 50 1,388 Funding approvals ($m) 974 348 50 1,371 Total co-financing ($m) 3,927 2,644 600 7,171
Number of projects 222 76 25 323 Number of countries 51 79 53 128
Distribution of SCCF funds by sector
Agriculture 26 %
Water resources management
23 % Coastal zone management
11 %
Cross-cutting 9 %
Disaster risk management
8 %
Other infrastructure 7 %
Natural resources management
7 %
Climate information services
6 %
Health 3 %
Distribution of Least Developed Countries Fund programming by sector
Agriculture 29 %
Natural resources management
17 % Water resources management
14 %
Coastal zone management
13 %
Climate information
services 12 %
Disaster risk management
9 %
Other infrastructure
5 %
Cross-cutting 1 %
[CATEGORY NAME]
1%
GEF Adaptation Strategy 2014-2018
CCA and Health
Country Title Status Total GEF Grant Co-financing Agency
Samoa
Integrating Climate Change Risks in the Agriculture and Health Sectors in Samoa (ICCRA&HSS)
Project Closure 2,255,000 2,150,000 UNDP
Regional Building Resilience of Health Systems in Asian LDCs to Climate Change
Council Approved 10,380,600 34,565,500 UNDP
Global Piloting climate change adaptation to protect human health
Project Closure 5,466,654 16,588,559 UNDP
Ghana Integrating climate change into the management of priority health risks in Ghana
Under Implementation 2,000,000 55,783,146 UNDP
Colombia
Integrated National Adaptation Plan: High Mountain Ecosystems, Colombia's Caribbean Insular Areas and Human Health (INAP)
Project Closure 6,171,300
9,500,000
World Bank
Bangladesh: Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change
through Coastal Afforestation in Bangladesh
• “Forest, Fish, and Fruit” (FFF)
• Protective, productive vegetation
• Interspersed with fish nursery ponds
• Project provides the beneficiaries with additional income
• Establishes a “green shield”
Mr. Abraham Simkonda, project beneficiary at his orchard
Credit: AfDB
Malawi: Climate Adaptation for Rural Livelihoods and Agriculture (CARLA)
• Alternative maize and sorghum culture techniques, use of early maturing and high-yield varieties
• Crop diversification: propagation of fruit trees
• Livestock and fish-farming
• Development of irrigation Mr. Abraham Simkonda, project beneficiary at his orchard
Credit: AfDB
Scaling up Adaptation Key Issues
• Capacity constraints
• Country does not perceive or prioritize health as a climate change issue
• Institutional arrangements
• Predictability of Funding
Road Ahead
• Build awareness, capacity, enabling environment
• Bundle investments
• Systemic integration of health
