Strategic Outlook for OP6 and

Alignment with GEF and UNDP Strategies

GEF Vision 20/20

• Humans are now the overwhelming force• This is a make-or-break period.• The GEF’s core mission is to help ensure

the sustainable use of ecosystems and resources

• We continue to have impact, but it is clear that we can further improve on our delivery

• Achieving our mission requires us to leverage our central role as a partner of choice for environmental leadership.

GEF Vision 20/20

To be a champion … creating partnerships and strategically investing in solutions that:

(1) Address the underlying drivers of global environmental degradation (resulting from population growth, rising middle class, urbanization – demand for food, buildings, energy, transport. Need to analyze causal chains for balancing driver and pressure actions).

(2) Innovate and achieve global environmental benefits at scale. Support projects that are scalable across multiple countries and regions, rather than a one-off project in a country. These projects should also aim to stimulate policy,

market or behavioural transformations. (3) Deliver the highest impact, cost-effectively.

Vision 2020: GEF Influencing models

Transforming policy and regulatory frameworks Demonstrating innovative approaches (testing and

scale up, creating iconic models for replication)Strengthening institutional capacity and decision-

making processes (strengthening data and information to promote transparent, inclusive, and accountable decision-making)

Convening multi-stakeholder alliances, by forming alliances of business, governments, and/or civil society for the purpose of advancing environmental goals.

De-risking and incrementally financing investment“critical to ensure that our interventions are scalable …designed to

have an impact through broader adoption and replication by other governments, private sector actors, intermediaries, and through “ripple effects” that run beyond our project interventions themselves”.

Strategy for Biodiversity

Will tackle the three principal causes of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation––habitat loss, overexploitation, and invasive alien species; using threat reduction, such as promoting the sustainable use of ecosystems within and outside protected areas

• Program 6: Ridge to Reef+: “reduce direct local pressures on coral reefs”

• Program 7: Securing Agriculture’s Future: “conserve and sustainably use the genetic diversity of cultivated plants, domesticated animals and their wild relatives”

• Program 9: Managing the Human-Biodiversity Interface

Strategy for Climate Change

Will address the key drivers of climate change through the reduction of the main sources of GHG emissions, including a focus on land use change; emphasis on synergistic initiatives that cut across GEF focal areas, i.e. sustainable cities and food security/climate smart agriculture to address unsustainable consumption in an integrated manner

• GEF-6 Climate Mitigation Strategy: support for energy access at the local level, including demonstrations and piloting of renewable options

Strategy for Land Degradation

Will deal with unsustainable land use practices (especially by poor farmers and herders lacking alternative livelihoods), and inadequate or ineffective land use policies are the major drivers of land degradation; approach focuses on land management practices through advancing policies as a means of arresting or reversing land degradation;

• Enhance resilience in agro-ecosystems• Harness and maintain ecosystem services for

agro-ecological intensification• Promote integrated management of production

landscapes• Mainstream SLM in SD

Strategy for International Waters

Will strengthen delivery of environmental and socio-economic benefits by targeting drivers of increasing water demand and the degradation of water quality and ecosystems; convening of multi-stakeholder alliances to foster multi-state cooperation on transboundary water resources; enhancing institutional capacity and decision making at regional and national levels and supporting strategic investments for integrated transboundary water resources management approaches.

• Targeted interventions -- promoting conjunctive management of surface and groundwater, addressing land-based drivers of coastal and marine ecosystem degradation, scaling-up of sustainable fisheries management practices, and restoring degraded ecosystems, where it is cost effective

Strategy for Chemicals

Will include a mix of pressure-focused and driver-focused approaches; focusing on the direct drivers by reducing the use of POPs and mercury in production and supply chains

• i.e. the deployment of alternatives to harmful chemicals; given continuous increase in the global demand for new chemicals, strategy proposes to work more upstream in the causal chain by focusing on research and development of chemicals and manufacturing of chemicals and products.

Strategy for SFM

Drivers -- institutional and market problems that cannot be solved by taking a purely a forest perspective; expansion of agriculture is the main driver of forest loss worldwide; actors involved range from small scale farmers to large companies

Approach:(i) Maintaining forest resources by addressing the drivers of

deforestation to reduce the pressures on high conservation value forests

(ii) Enhancing forest management to maintain flows of forest ecosystem services and improve resilience to climate change through sustainable forest management;

(iii) Reversing the loss of ecosystem services within degraded forest landscapes;

(iv) Increasing regional and global cooperation to maintain forest resources, enhance forest management and restore forest ecosystems through the transfer of international experience and know-how.

Integrated Approaches

Sustainable Cities: The integrated program on Sustainable Cities is a $100 million program pilot that will provide policy and governance support to facilitate integrated urban design, planning, and management; for sustainable, resilient development and sound ecosystem management.  

Taking Deforestation out of Commodity Supply Chains: Taking Deforestation out of Commodity Supply Chains is an integrated program dedicating US$45 million to address one of the key global drivers of deforestation by harnessing the growing public and private sector interest in expanding the supply of sustainably managed commodities, in particular palm oil, soy and beef. 

Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa integrated program is a $110 million program that aims to promote the sustainable management and resilience of ecosystems and their different services (land, water, biodiversity, forests) as a means to address food insecurity. 

On Civil Society

We will work with CSOs in recipient countries and internationally to develop knowledge that will have impact on key drivers and jointly create a platform for actions. In order to enhance our ability to make science-based solutions, we must partner with research institutions and other academic thought leaders. We will strive to incorporate scientific findings into project design, ensuring that we have the highest impact possible.

Note: GEF-6 also to strengthen work with Private Sector

Strengthening results management and enhancing the

GEF knowledge system

• Measure what matters• Close the feedback loop. • Demonstrate our impact on the global

environment. (i.e. ex-post analyses)• Take results management system to the next

level. (i.e. driver-focused indicators)• Develop working knowledge networks (i.e.

IW:Learn)• Leverage portfolio-level learning. (i.e. for most

scalable and transformational)• Explore new frontiers for global environmental

action

UNDP Strategic Plan 2014 - 2017

World is changing • Inflection point – urbanization, new

tech/communications• Incredible potential and great dangers (profound

and subtle)

Forward looking plan: 1. Transform economies to be sustainable

2. Enable democracy to deliver development dividends

3. Manage risks to become resilient

Vision and directions

VisionTo help countries achieve the simultaneous

eradication of poverty and significant reduction of inequalities and exclusion

Inclusive growth + Democratic Governance – not just about elections but also sharing of resources

New Directions• Sustainable human development is central• Clear focus on inequality, poor and excluded• Emphasis on climate change and resilience• More urban outlook• South-South cooperation at the core

Strategic Plan Approach

• Break free of Silos – as development issues are complex and multidimensional

• Three interlocking parts: - Development work - South-South and triangular cooperation, coordination and partnerships - Institutional transformation

• Need to choose – do less but more effectively• Clear results and performance indicators

Merging SD and HD

Sustainable Human Development=

the process of enlarging people’s choices by expanding their capabilities and opportunities in ways that are sustainable from the economic, social and environmental standpoints, benefiting the present without compromising the future.

UNDP Proposed Outcomes

Inclusive, sustainable growth and development

Stronger systems of democratic governance

Strengthened institutions delivering universal access to basic services;

Faster progress through reduced gender inequality and women’s empowerment

Common Themes: GEF & UNDP

• Make or break period/World changing• Env/Resilience + Alt Livelihoods/Poverty

eradication + Institutional transformation/Influencing policy/Democratic governance + Inclusive Growth = SD

• Addition of Urban Focus• Partnerships/South-South/Triangular cooperation• Scaling up• Integrated approach/No silos• Focus on drivers/Do less but more effectively• Clear results and performance indicators• Partner of choice/Effective communications and

KM

SGP OP6 Goal

“Effectively support the

creation of global environmental benefits and the safeguarding of the global environment through community and local solutions that complement and add value to national and global level action.”

OP6 Approaches

SGP will employ three key approaches for OP6

Focus on globally recognized and critical eco-systems

Set up institutional and financial support mechanism to increase impact on the national and global level

Develop capacity of local and national civil society stakeholders

SGP as Grantmaker+

Context - decreased funding and reduced no. of projectsFully capture SGP’s services and impactKey elements: Value-added activities that build and sustain

capacity of communities and CSOs Foster dialogue between Government and CSOs Promote social inclusion (gender, youth,

indigenous peoples) SGP as a knowledge broker to facilitate

dissemination and uptake of new technologies & approaches

OP6 Strategic Initiatives

In OP6, SGP will have the following strategic initiatives: Landscape/Seascape Approaches Climate-Smart Agro-Ecology Practices Low Carbon Energy Access Co-Benefits Local to Global Chemical Mgt Coalitions

CSO-Govt Policy & Planning Dialogues Promoting Social Inclusion Global Knowledge Platforms

Grantmaker+

GEBs

SGP’s Relevance and Value

GEF Piloting, testing and demonstrating new approaches or

technologies that produce global environmental benefits Knowledge of local, grassroots conditions, needs and

contributions Experience building local capacities and building rapport w/

communities Local staff and networks on the ground SGP as efficient grantmakerUNDP Experience w/ integrated approach that recognizes

interlinkages within SD – poverty, environment, governance Sustainable livelihoods approach supports micro/small

enterprise development Focus on community empowerment and capacity building as a

means to address SD challenges, build a vibrant civil society Focus on marginalized groups to reduce inequality and poverty Ability to demonstrate co-benefits at local level