Implementation and Financing Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Communities and Small Island Developing States

Denis Vasseur, Head of Climate change, FGEF - Cancun, Saturday December 4, 2010

It subsidizes, through developmentoperations, the preservation of themajor equilibriums of our planetconcerning:

- climate change,- biodiversity,- international waters,- land degradation and desertification,- persistent Organic Pollutants (POP),- stratospheric ozone layer.

Toward for the global environnement

GOALS :- promote the protection of the global

environment in developing countries,- encourage innovation,- mobilize multi-actor partnerships.

Funded by the State budget, as a part of Official Development Assistance

277.5 million euros for the 1994-2010 period

In addition to the French contribution to the Global Environnement Fund (GEF)

French Development Agency in charge of the management of the FGEF

Taking on adaptation

challenge 1. Many potential effects on a country's development

2. Uncertainty

3. Strong links between development & vulnerability to CC 1. a variation on development as usual2. Difficulties to separate the effects of CC and

anthropogenic impacts on environment

4. Cross-sectoral issue

5. Territory-specific issues and solutions

6. Involving a variety of stakeholders in the decisions-making process

AFD and FGEF goals

1.Integrating climate risk analysis1. Increasing the robustness of investments and allowing for

flexibility and re-examining previous decisions inside classic development projects

2. In some cases, breaking with traditional practices or current trends (ex: shifts in land-use planning)

2.Helping design strategic adaptive development policies

3.Improving diagnostic tools and local knowledge

Specific challenges on coastal communities and SIDS

1. Impacts Knowledge and local strategy

2. Urban areas and infrastructure

3. Marine and terrestrial biodiversity

4. Water

5. Insurance to cover extreme weather risks

Improving knowledge on CC impacts and designing

strategiesAdaptation in Maldives – 6,3 M€Coast deterioration : local resources (tourism and fishing) affected• implementation of the PANA in the Maldives• acquisition of environmental information, • development of tools and indicators in order to assess and

monitor the consequences of climate change in the Maldives

Adaptation in the Indian Ocean States – 4M€

• Reinforcement of capacities for climate observation • Survey on effects of climate change • Reinforcement on regional policy & measures for

adaptation • Implementation Pilot actions for adaptation Regional • Networking, training, communication

Adaptation in Maurice in the framework of « Maurice Ile Durable » - 125 M€

Financing urban areas and infrastructures adaptation

Vanuatu infrastructure project• Building river crossing sills (instead of bridges)

Maldives infrastructure project• Repair and reconstruction program for the damages ports

with more advanced, durable building techniques• Greater resilience to climate hazards

Improving Marine and terrestrial biodiversity resilience

Adaptation in Quirimbas National Park – 8,5 M€●Mozambique: High Inadequate infrastructure, flood, drought and cyclones 3rd country in Africa most exposed to the consequences of climate change

●Quirimbas National Park: representative of marine and terrestrial habitats of northern Mozambique - 135 000 hab.- 7500km2 - 80km coastal

●Significant ecological value + high density of population Preparing ecosystems to cc impacts: seeking coastal

ecosystems more resilient

●Objectives: studies to establish an appropriate adaptation strategy, coastal management, biodiversity conservation through specific corridors/local communities, economic evaluation provided by ecosystem services

CRISP and Small Grant Initiative (SGP) with Pacific Island States : support to Integrated Coastal Zone Management (with links with marine protected areas)

Financing water sector adaptation

Assisting the adaptation process to build capacity building and resilience

• Improving knowledge about climate change-s effects on hydrologic regimes and water ecologies

• Developing sectoral policies ans master plans• Optimizing supplies and demand

Investing in Infrastructure and adaptive measures

• Improving water demand management• Improving water supply management

Exemple : Cape-Verde Water Project

5. Insurance systems covering extreme weather risks

Example of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility

• A CCRIF is the first multi-national catastrophe risk pool, covering tropical cyclone and earthquake ‘liquidity’ risk for 16 nations

• CCRIF is public-private partnership – for-profit insurance company, 100% owned by a beneficial trust for the member Governments

• Partners with private sector also in bringing new risks to the international markets

Thank you for your attention

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