Download Combating Desertification

Global Environment Facility
Approach and Programs
Combating Desertification
Jean-Marc Sinnassamy, Senior Environmental Specialist
“African Initiative for Combating Desertification to Strengthen Resilience to Climate Change in the
Sahel and Horn of Africa”
March 1-3, 2017, Dakar, Senegal
Land Degradation Focal Area
Mandate – Finance efforts to arrest and reverse current global trends in land
degradation, specifically desertification and deforestation.
Focus – Sustainable Land Management (SLM) in production landscapes
Impacts:
• Flow of ecosystem services increased or maintained
• Sustained crop, livestock, and forest production (existing areas)
• Sustainable livelihoods (development benefit)
GEF is a Financial Mechanism of
the UNCCD
 Land Degradation Focal Area is main GEF financing window 
Sustainable Land Management
 GEF financing leverages resources in agriculture, livestock,
forestry for global environmental benefits
 Investing in Sustainable Land Management supports
implementation of the UNCCD by affected country Parties
Land Degradation Focal Area
Sustainable Land Management
“….a knowledge-based procedure that integrates land, water,
biodiversity, and environmental management to meet rising
food and fiber demands while sustaining livelihoods and the
environment ” (World Bank 2006).
Fisheries
Sub-Saharan
Africa FS
Sustainable
Cities
Chemicals
Climate Change
Cities
Sustainable Forest
Management
Land
Degradation
Commodities
Biodiversity
Integrated
Approaches
Forests
Food
Security
International
Waters
SD Themes
Focal
Area
Strategy
Delivery
GEF-6 LD Objectives and Programs
Goal: To arrest or reverse land degradation (desertification and deforestation)
LD 1: Agriculture
and Rangeland
Systems
1. Agro-ecological
Intensification – efficient
use of natural capital (land,
soil, water, and vegetation)
in crop and livestock
production systems
2. SLM in Climate-Smart
Agriculture – innovative
practices for increasing
vegetative cover and soil
organic carbon
LD 2: Forest
Landscapes
3. Landscape
Management and
Restoration –
community and
livelihood-based
options for increasing
forest and tree cover
LD 3: Integrated
Landscapes
4. Scaling-up SLM –
moving appropriate
interventions to scale
for crop and rangeland
productivity
LD 4: Institutional and
Policy Frameworks
5. Mainstreaming SLM in
Development – influencing
institutions, policies, and
governance frameworks for SLM
Sustainable Forest Management
GEF-6: Adaptation Programming Strategy
Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and
Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF)
Thematic Priorities for Adaptation
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Agriculture and food security
Water resources management
Coastal zone management
Infrastructure
Disaster risk management
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Natural resources management
Health
Climate information services
Climate-resilient urban systems
Small Island Developing States
Adaptation Programming Strategy
Aims to “increase
resilience to the adverse
impacts of climate
change in vulnerable
developing countries,
through both near- and
long-term adaptation
measures in affected
sectors, areas and
communities”
(GEF/LDCF.SCCF.16/03)
1) Reduce the vulnerability of people,
livelihoods, physical assets and natural
systems
2) Strengthen institutional and
technical capacities
3) Integrate climate change
adaptation into relevant policies,
plans and associated processes
Integrated Approach Pilot (IAP) Program
Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for
Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
Burkina Faso
GEF Agency: IFAD
GEF Financing: $7.26M
Co-Financing: $35.9M
Uganda
GEF Agencies: UNDP+FAO
GEF Financing: $7.13M
Co-Financing: $48.0M
Burundi
GEF Agencies: IFAD+FAO
GEF Financing: $7.39M
Co-Financing: $46.7M
Tanzania
Ethiopia
GEF Agency: IFAD
GEF Financing: $7.15M
Co-Financing: $42.9M
GEF Agency: UNDP
GEF Financing: $10.23M
Co-Financing: $144M
Swaziland
Ghana
Regional, Cross-cutting project
GEF Agency: IFAD
GEF Financing: $7.21M
Co-Financing: $48.0M
GEF Agency: World Bank
GEF Financing: $12.76M
Co-Financing: $22.0M
GEF Agency: IFAD (Lead)
GEF Financing: $10.3 M
Co-Financing: $80.0M
Senegal
Kenya
GEF Agencies: IFAD+UNIDO
GEF Financing: $7.21M
Co-Financing: $28.5M
GEF Agencies: IFAD
GEF Financing: $7.20M
Co-Financing: $61.05M
Nigeria
Malawi
GEF Agency: UNDP
GEF Financing: $7.13M
Co-Financing: $51.0M
GEF Agencies: IFAD
GEF Financing: $7.15M
Co-Financing: $87.3M
Niger
GEF Agency: IFAD
GEF financing: $7.63M
Co-Financing: $60.32M
TerrAfrica/SIP Program
Strategic Investment Program for Sub-Saharan Africa
(2007-2015)
 GEF 150M USD
leveraged >800M USD
co-financing
 36 projects in 26
countries
 4 transboundary river
basin / watershed
 5 multi-country thematic
 WB, UNDP, IFAD, FAO,
UNEP, AfDB
GEF-6 Country Allocations and LDCF/SCCF
Countries present at the Dakar meeting
STAR
LDCF ($40m)
Burkina Faso
$11.3 m
#$10m
Mauritanie
$7.55m
$10m
Cameroun
$16.64m
SCCF (AfDB)
Mali
$9.16m
$11m
Senegal
$10.51m
$10m
Nigeria
$23.35m
SCCF (WB)
Kenya
$18.95m
Pays
Total
$90.41m
#$41m
Opportunities Looking Forward
• Alignment with GEF investments and activities at
national (CSIF, LDN) and sub-regional level (IAP,
SAWAP)
• Harmonization across scales – knowledge sharing and
learning (TerrAfrica)
• Integrated approach – tackling drivers of
desertification at scale; managing natural capital
(land, soil, water, vegetation, and biodiversity)