World Bank Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples

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World BankClimate Change and Indigenous Peoples
UNPFII Panel on Impacts of Climate Change
Mitigation and Adaptation Measures on Indigenous
Peoples' Lands and Territories Bali, December 8,
2007

• Navin Rai
• Lead Social Development Specialist

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World Bank Policy on Indigenous Peoples

• 1982 OMS 2.34 A Do No Harm Policy on
  Indigenous Peoples
• 1992 Policy - OD 4.20 Required to tailor
  project benefits in a socially and culturally
  appropriate way
• 2005 Policy OP/BP 4.10 Requires Indigenous
  Peoples broad community support and recognition
  of customary land rights

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World Bank Investment Projects Involving
Indigenous Peoples Under Supervision By
Regions
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World Bank Investment Projects Involving
Indigenous Peoples Under Preparation By
Region
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World Bank Groups Work on Climate Change

• Mitigation
• Adaptation
• Climate Change Strategy under preparation
• Analysis of climate footprint of the investment
  portfolio

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World Bank Groups Hydropower Strategy

• Attention to environmental and social management
  and cross-cutting issues, such as revenue
  management and benefit sharing across all
  stakeholders, retaining water flows to sustain
  the environment, and climate change

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World Bank Group Annual Hydropower Financial
Commitments
Source World Bank Group data, Washington DC,
2007
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Regional Distribution of World Bank Group
Hydropower Projects
Source World Bank Group data, Washington DC,
2007
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Total cumulative volume of carbon funds managed
by the World Bank
Kyoto Protocol enters into effect
Kyoto Protocol entered into effect in 2005
Funds are entrusted to IBRD by parties with
commitments under the Kyoto Protocol.
Participants are governments and private sector
companies.
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Forest Carbon Partnership Facility

• 13 million ha of forests are lost every year
  degradation
• 20 of greenhouse gas emissions
• Carbon Finance can contribute a new source of
  recurrent revenues for forest protection and
  sustainable forest management
• UNFCCC Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and
  Degradation (REDD)

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Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF)
gt 1 b
Pilot carbon purchases 200 m
Readiness 100 m
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FCPF Two Mechanisms
Carbon Finance CARBON FUND Purchase of Emission
Reductions

• Readiness
• READINESS FUND
• Capacity
• building

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Indigenous Peoples in Forest Carbon Partnership
Facility

• 3 Regional Consultation Meetings in February 2008
• Observer in the Governance Structure
• Member in Ad Hoc Technical Advisory Panels

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Indigenous Peoples in Forest Carbon Partnership
Facility

• Consultations in the Readiness process and Carbon
  Finance process
• Special focus of capacity building effort in
  Readiness Mechanism
• Indigenous Peoples role in benefit sharing
  depending on country context