Environment and Sustainable Energy at UNDP 19912000

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Environment and Sustainable Energy at
UNDP1991-2000

• Building Capacity for Sustainable Development

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Sustainable Development
Economic
Social
Environmental
UNDPs role is to ensure sustainability and
growth by dealing with the intersection of key
dimensions of development
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Where do we focus?

• Environment
• Mainstreaming environment win-win
• Natural resources assets for the poor
• Sustainable energy
• Engine for growth to reduce poverty

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Core Services- Environment -

• Integrating Environment in National Development
  Frameworks
• Strengthening Environmental Governance at all
  levels
• Capacity building of civil society organizations
  to plan and manage community-based environmental
  initiatives
• Addressing Global and Regional Environmental
  Challenges

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Core Services- Sustainable Energy -

• Strengthening national policy frameworks to
  support energy services
• Promoting rural energy services to support growth
  and equity
• Clean energy technologies for sustainable
  development
• Capacity building on new energy financing
  mechanisms related to Kyoto Protocol

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Key Programmes

• Environment and Sustainable Energy Thematic Trust
  Funds created to more effectively catalyse
  resources for coordinated interventions at
  country level. Complement existing Trust Funds.
• Global Environment Facility achieving global
  benefits in biodiversity, climate change,
  international waters and the ozone layer (UNDP
  has managed 33 of GEF resources)
• GEF Small Grants Programme Providing direct
  support to NGOs and CBOs for activities that
  conserve and restore the natural world while
  enhancing peoples well-being and livelihoods
• Montreal Protocol assisting conversion to
  technologies and products that are ozone layer
  friendly (UNDP has managed 30 of Multilateral
  Fund resources)
• Capacity 21 helping countries meet the goals of
  Agenda 21
• Centre for Drylands Development - combating
  desertification and drought worldwide
• Poverty and Environment Initiative - identifying
  concrete policies and practical measures to
  address environmental concerns of the poor

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Funding Sources

• CORE UNDPs regular resources
• NON-CORE Funds earmarked by donors for special
  programmes, themes, countries
• COST-SHARING Money leveraged in co-financing
  (from host-country governments and/or other
  donors) that is administered by UNDP
• OTHER LEVERAGED FINANCING Money leveraged by
  UNDP but managed externally

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Funding The Big Picture
Core Non-Core ...
Cost-Share resources
SUST. ENERGY
TOTAL UNDP FUNDING 18.5 Billion, 14,000
projects
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Funding Environment and Sustainable Energy
Leveraged Cost Sharing
1650
Other Leveraged Financing
Iraq Energy Trust Fund
600
TOTAL 3.8 Billion ( 1650 Million in GEF
leveraged funds 600 Million for Iraq)
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Funding by Region Environment and Sustainable
Energy
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35
22
20 of TOTAL UNDP funds for A.S./P
33 share of TOTAL UNDP FUNDS for EU/CIS projects
29 share of TOTAL UNDP funds for
Global/Inter-Regional projects
TOTAL 3.8 Billion (Core Non-Core
Cost-Share Resources)
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Types of Intervention
TOTAL 3.8 Billion
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Thematic Highlights Environment
Biodiversity
Other Leveraged Financing
640
108 projects
Leveraged Cost Sharing
gt 150 projects
10 projects
gt 1300 projects
TOTAL 797 Million ( 640 Million in GEF
leveraged funds)
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Thematic Highlights Environment
Water Resources Management and Aquatic Ecosystems
Other Leveraged Financing
543
58 projects
Leveraged Cost Sharing
383 projects
30 of CORE and OTHER NON-CORE Funds have gone
towards Water Supply and Sanitation projects
62 projects
600 projects
TOTAL 977 Million ( 543 Million in GEF
leveraged funds).
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Thematic Highlights Environment
Ozone Layer Protection (Montreal Protocol)
SECTORS
REGIONS
June 2001
TOTAL 333 Million (42,000 tonnes of ODS)
Technology Transfer to the Private Sector (over
900 enterprises assisted)
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Thematic Highlights Sustainable Energy
70 of UNDP country offices reported energy
and/or climate change activities in 2000
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Thematic HighlightsSustainable Energy
Other Leveraged Financing
650
95 projects
Leveraged Cost Sharing
gt 140 projects
17 projects
gt 350 projects
Not shown 600 M Iraq Oil for Food Programme
TOTAL 676 Million ( 650 Million in GEF
leveraged funds)
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Programme Highlights
GEF Overview
June 2001
TOTAL 1224 Million
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Programme Highlights
Small Grants Programme

• Community Action/ Global Impact demonstrates
  that community action can maintain the fine
  balance between human needs and environmental
  imperatives
• Funded by the GEF and implemented by UNDP
• Projects in 60 countries, 50 country offices, HQ
  staff of 5
• Annual GEF Council replenishments conditional on
  meeting annually established benchmarks
• Funding to date 83.4 million through GEF and
  55.8 million in cash or in-kind co-funding by
  over 600 partners
• Over 2,600 projects supported to date, maximum
  50,000 per project

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Programme Highlights
CAPACITY 21

• Working with countries to build national
  capacities for the implementation of Agenda 21
• 85 Million dollars in assistance to over 75
  countries since 1993
• Engaging with governments, civil society and the
  private sector to support the development of
  integrated, participatory and decentralized
  strategies for sustainable development
• Extensive knowledge base of practices and lessons
  learned made available through the Approaches to
  Sustainability series
• Renewed mandate to further its mission and create
  new strategies for future capacity-building
  activities

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Programme Highlights
Centre for Drylands Development (CDD)

• Created in 1973 to respond to the drought in the
  Sahel region
• Since 1994, global mandate to support countries
  in implementing the UN Convention to Combat
  Desertification Drought (CCD)
• Over 50 countries assisted to prepare National
  Action Plans
• In 2002, CDD created in Nairobi - incorporates
  UNSO staff and knowledge within the decentralized
  SURF system
• Assistance with mainstreaming drylands issues
  into development frameworks and policy
  development
• Reducing vulnerability and assisting in
  adaptation to climate change
• Development of appropriate local governance,
  including local land tenure policies
• Information and knowledge management (e.g.
  Online Lessons Practices, Project Compendium,
  DrylandNET, Desertification News)

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In Conclusion ...

• UNDP (including its trust funds), has been the
  largest provider of grant funding for
  environmental projects over the last decade
• Core Resources have been highly successful at
  leveraging Cost Share funding for UNDP managed
  projects
• UNDP-GEF has leveraged an average of 1.5 in
  co-financing for every dollar expended on its
  projects
• Building Capacity of national and local
  institutions in sustainable environmental, water
  and energy management continues to be a
  significant focus of UNDPs activities
• There is a need for much greater integration of
  environmental objectives with anti-poverty
  policies and programmes, including Poverty
  Reduction Strategy Papers

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