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EU’s Global Climate Change Alliance
(GCCA) :
Approach and lessons learned
European Union Delegation in Mauritius
DEVCO C2 – Climate Change, Environment, Natural
Resources and Water
GCCA website : www.gcca.eu
What is the GCCA?
• The Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) is an
initiative of the European Commission launched in
2007
• Its objective is to strengthen the dialogue and
cooperation on climate change between the EU and
developing countries most vulnerable to climate
change, in particular LDCs and SIDS
• 2 pillars:
o Enhanced dialogue with developing countries on
climate change
o Increased technical and financial support for
climate change in targetted developing countries
• A GCCA Support Facility (GSF)
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Pillar 1 : Enhanced dialogue with
developing countries on climate change
• Promote convergence of visions on a post-2012 climate
change regime between the EU and partner countries
• Regional conferences, policy dialogues and joint
declarations
o Asia, May 2010
o Africa, Oct 2010
o Pacific, March 2011 (e.g. specific dialogue on
climate finance and aid effectiveness)
o Caribbean, March 2011
• 10 regional workshops on mainstreaming climate
change in national development planning & budgeting
• National policy dialogue (see pillar 2)
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Pillar 2 : Increased support for climate
change
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• € 200 million (2008-2011) financing 25 country projects
plus 7 regional programmes
• € 60+ million in pipeline (2012-2013) expected to cover
some 7 additional country projects
• Support to approaches to integrate climate change into
development planning and budgeting (40% of projects)
• Implementation of adaptation & mitigation interventions
with focus on CC integration in poverty reduction efforts,
adaptation, REDD, CDM, DRR, NAPAs or CC plans …
• Budget support as preferred modality at concept stage
and effectively used in 30 % of the projects
GCCA Support Facility (GSF)
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Support Facility operational since January 2010 :
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Facilitate the dialogue process
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Support national/regional capacity building and
technical assistance for developing countries to
improve knowledge base as to enhance CC resilience
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Support the identification of GCCA interventions in
targetted countries and particular sectors
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Assist in organising GCCA international dialogue
events and technical workshops involving target
country officials and stakeholders.
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Manage communications and assist in organising
GCCA side-events
Pillar 2 - Increased support for climate
change : Where do we work?
Belize, Guyana,
Jamaica,
CARIFORUM with
CCCCC
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Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Cambodia, Laos,
Maldives, Nepal,
Mekong River
Mainstreaming
workshops
Mozambique, Mali,
Tanzania, Senegal,
Rwanda, Ethiopie,
Gambia, Benin, Uganda,
Sierra Leone, DRC,
Seychelles, Mauritius,
COMESA,
ECOWAS/CILLS,
ClimDev Africa
Solomon Islands,
Vanuatu, Samoa,
University of South
Pacific, South Pacific
Community
In red: Budget
Support Programmes
Mainstreaming
workshops
Mainstreaming
programmes
New projects(2013)
In practice : Mainstreaming and joint
programming in Mozambique
• « Mainstreaming of climate change into policies and
strategies and to adapt to climate change impacts »
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Institutional capacity and technical expertise (e.g.
coordination, sector strategies, monitoring)
Awareness and training
Field operations and pilot work
• Joint financing with DK (€ 31.5 million in total) and EC
(€ 15 million) and IE (€ 5 million) under the GCCA
• Joint programming with DK
• Project approach
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In practice : Mainstreaming and budget
support in Bhutan
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• « Climate change adaptation in the renewable natural
resources (RNR) sector »
o Mainstreaming climate change adaptation in the
RNR sector, e.g. integration in the five-year plan
o Climate change adaptation considered/approached
as multi-sectoral theme, e.g. Institutional framework
• Budget support EUR 3.6 million under the GCCA
o General and specific conditions on mainstreaming
(e.g. action plan, framework, planning, monitoring)
o Specific conditions on outcomes (reduced
vulnerability and emissions)
In practice : Sector mainstreaming and
budget support in Samoa
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• « Supporting Climate Change Adaptation for the Samoan
Water Sector »
o Integration of adaptation in the Water for Life Sector
Plan and programme cycle
o Rehabilitation/reconstruct of drainage infrastructure
o Asset Management system and implementation of
maintenance plan for drainage infrastructure
• Budget support EUR 3 million under the GCCA
o General conditions on integration of climate change
in sector policies and implementation
o Specific conditions on drainage infrastructures and
maintenance
In practice : Mainstreaming and budget
support in Mauritius
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• « Global Climate Change for Mauritius »
o Support consistency between the economic reform
programme and sustainable development taking in
account the “Maurice Ile Durable” initiative
o Donors’ complementarity and coordination with AFD
Environment aid programme
• Budget support EUR 2.8 million under the GCCA
o General condition on implementation of the economic
reform programme
o Specific conditions related to the approval of legal
provisions (bills) related to energy efficiency
• Technical Assistance EUR 0.2 million T.A under the GCCA
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Energy efficiency, sustainable building & construction
Case study : Mainstreaming and budget
support in Seychelles (1)
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• « Seychelles Climate Change Support Programme »
o Implementation of the priority areas of the National
Climate Change Strategy
o Mainstreaming of Climate Change in national
development policies, strategies and action plans
o Creation of a new institutional and legal energy sector
framework promoting RE, EE and technology transfer
and enabling for CDM
• Budget support EUR 2 million under the GCCA
o General conditions on implementation of national
strategies in climate change, energy, environment
o Performance indicators on mainstreaming (approved
policies, strategies..), steering and monitoring
mechanisms, and legal provisions (bills and acts)
Seychelles (2) : Results achieved
• All conditions and performance indicators fulfilled in
2010 & 2011: EUR 1.3 million disbursed in 2 tranches
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• Adoption of the National Climate Change Strategy in
Dec. 2009 ; operational steering & monitoring mechanism
since Oct. 2010
• Priority CC actions budgeted and implemented, supporting
disaster management, meteo services and coastal erosion
protection projects, energy reforms, and sensitization
• Adoption of the National Energy Policy in Sept. 2010, and
approval of the Energy Bill in Nov.2011
• Adoption of the Sustainable Development Strategy (SSDS)
in Dec. 2011, with CC as a major chapter
• In 2012: Vetting of the Energy act; setting up operational
SSDS steering & monitoring; approval of revised acts
(town and country planning; environment protection)
Regional programmes supporting SIDS:
• «Increasing Climate Resilience in the Pacific Islands»
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Mainstreaming of climate change in nine country
policies, planning processes and budgets
Planning and implementation of CC tailor made
actions in nine countries (coastal, water, tourism ...
Strengthening regional capacity and coordination
• Project approach EUR 11.4 million under the GCCA
• «Preserving progress towards MDGs in the Carribbean»
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Enhance regional climate prediction models
Improve climate monitoring, data retrieval and
tools for disaster risk management
Adaptation pilots and assistance for vulnerability
assessment, and access to carbon financing
• Project approach EUR 8million under the GCCA
Lessons learned: aid effectiveness,
mainstreaming and budget support
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• Ownership : supporting developing countries’ agendas
• National development or sector strategies
• National adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs)
• Alignement : using country systems
• Promoting climate change integration into national
development planning and budgeting (country
programmes, training with ministries of finance)
• Budget support for climate change
• Harmonisation : coordination within EU and with partners
• Joint financing (e.g. GCCA with IE, CY, CZ, SE)
• Joint programming (e.g. GCCA with DK, GE, UN)
=> Paving the way for scaled up climate change response
through dialogue, capacity building and actions
Way forward : further integrate climate
change into EC development aid
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• Keep applying lessons learned on climate change and
aid effectiveness, mainstreaming and budget support,
and take in account capacity constraints in LCDs - SIDS
• Linking climate change and development in the next EC
programming cycle (2014 onwards)
o Climate change as focal area / cross-cutting issue
o Regional and National Indicative Programmes
=> Climate compatible development (i.e. energy and
energy efficiency, green and inclusive economic
development, increased resilience)
• How to make this happen?
o Country demand / plaidoyers
o Guidelines, training programmes for EC staff and
beneficiary countries
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Thank you for your attention
European Union Delegation in Mauritius
DEVCO C2 – Climate Change, Environment, Natural
Resources and Water
GCCA website : www.gcca.eu