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AGENCY’S PROJECT ID: 098248
GEFSEC PROJECT ID: PENDING
COUNTRY: Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru
PROJECT TITLE: Design and Implementation of
Pilot Climate Change Adaptation Measures in the
Andean Region aiming at climate resilient sustainable
development.
GEF AGENCY: World Bank
OTHER EXECUTING AGENCY(IES): Regional
Adaptation Project Secretariat (& RPIU). Bolivia:
Programa Nacional De Cambios Climáticos; Ecuador:
Ministerio Ambiente; Peru: CONAM; SG-CAN;
State/Local Gov; Climadapt Agencies, CCCCC,
UNFAO IDWGCC
DURATION: Project Start 2006 (5 years)
GEF FOCAL AREA: Climate Change
GEF OPERATIONAL PROGRAM: Special Climate
Change Fund
GEF STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Adaptation to Climate
Change
ESTIMATED STARTING DATE: August 2006
ESTIMATED WP ENTRY DATE: JULY 2006
PIPELINE ENTRY DATE: November 2005
FINANCING PLAN (US$)
GEF ALLOCATION
Project (estimated)
SCCF
Project Co-financing
(estimated)
6,700,000
20,100,000
PDF A*
PDF B** SCCF
590,000
PDF C
Sub-Total GEF PDF
590,000
PDF CO-FINANCING (details provided in
Part II, Section E – Budget)
GEF Agency
National Contribution
200,000
Others
110,000
Sub-Total PDF Co310,000
financing:
Total PDF Project
900,000
Financing:
* Indicate approval date of PDFA N/A
** If supplemental, indicate amount and
date of originally approved PDF N/A
RECORD OF ENDORSEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT:
Bolivia: Viceministerio Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente; Date: Letters of endorsement have been
Ecuador, Ministerio Relaciones. Exteriores; Peru,Sra. Mariano received from all participating countries
Castro Sánchez Moreno, Secretario Ejec, Consejo Nacional del (Bolivia Peru and Ecuador)
Ambiente (CONAM);
This proposal has been prepared in accordance with the guidance for the Special Climate Change Fund,
GEF policies and procedures, and meets the standards of the GEF Project Review Criteria for approval.
Steve Gorman
GEF Executive Coordinator, World Bank
Date: December 2, 2005
Jocelyne Albert
Sr. GEF Regional Coordinator
Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank
Tel. and email: (202) 473-3458
[email protected]
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PART I - PROJECT CONCEPT
A - SUMMARY
The proposed project supports regional efforts to define adaptation measures to meet the anticipated
impacts from Climate Change in the Andean highlands and in prioritized Andean-origin river basins
highly impacted by extreme weather events, identified in the national communications as highly
vulnerable areas and selected for immediate attention, and to implement high priority adaptation
activities. Priority will be given to adaptation activities of common interest to participating countries in
the highly vulnerable highland and in glacier dependent watersheds, an ecosystem that is shared by the
participating countries. The project intends to learn and disseminate lessons of worldwide application on
how to adapt to climate change with this ecosystem-wide approach.
Key Development Issue Climate is rapidly changing at a global scale. The key driving force is the
accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that result from anthropogenic activities. Since the
1800s, the mean surface temperature has increased at the rate of one degree Celsius per century, with
most of the change concentrated in the last few decades. Seen over the scale of the last millennium, the
rapid warming represents a strong deviation from the norm. With the continuing emission of greenhouse
gases, it is now projected that the mean surface temperature may increase up to close to 6 degrees Celsius
during the next 100 years (IPCC, TAR, 2001). A change of this magnitude is unprecedented and will
result in significant impacts at a global scale, potentially irreversible disrupting the overall biosphere.
Climate change is in sum a very serious environmental challenge that can affect the prospects for
sustainable development.
Recent research shows that climate change will be even more pronounced in high elevation mountain
ranges (Bradley et al. 2004). While much attention has been paid to climate change in polar regions,
mountains that extend in the troposphere have been warming faster than adjacent lowlands (Diaz et al.
2003). Thus heavily populated, high elevation areas in the tropics, such as the tropical Andes, are now
and will likely continue to experience particularly dramatic changes in climate. In particular, global
warming has been linked to the accelerated retreat of tropical glaciers in the Andes with major
implications for water supply for agriculture and human consumption and for power generation and to an
increase in the weather variability and weather extremes affecting the Andean ecosystems and Andean
origin river basins and downstream, with, immense repercussions on ecosystem integrity and welfare of
local populations.
Glacial melt and impacts to the water cycle in mountainous areas.
Highland Andean ecosystems are very
vulnerable to climate change impacts. For
example, glacial retreat in the Andes is
happening at an alarming rate (Corripio,
2004;
Francou,
2004).
Recent
measurements show catastrophic declines
in glacier volumes which are likely to
result in substantial impacts on water
flows to Andean valleys. At lower
mountain altitutes, observed climatic
changes
include
deterioration
of
watersheds and depletion of water
recharge capacities, increased likelihood
of flash fires, and biotic changes in
ecosystem thresholds and composition.
Glacier in the Peruvian Andes in 1980 and from the same position in
2002. Cordillera Blanca, Peru. (Bryan and Mark Lynas)
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Moreover, there is substantive risk of glacial lakes outburst floods (GLOFs) and highland flash floods,
placing large downstream populations and infrastructure at risk.
These dramatic hydrological and ecological changes will likely result in a loss of global biodiversity, in
addition to losses in eco-system dependent goods and services, especially potable and agricultural water
supply, and associated hydropower potential, including the loss of traditional water management and
agricultural practices and techniques.
Catastrophic regression of GLACIER YANAMAREY
( Cordillera Blanca, Peru-altitude 4786 msnm.)
1987
1982
1997
2005
In a study made by Tyndall Centre1, a recognized UK research institution, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru
were considered among the riskiest countries worldwide to climate change impacts (Peru is the third one
after Honduras and Bangladesh).
Peru contains roughly 71% of the globe's tropical glaciers. Since the early 1980s (PCC, 2004) Peruvian
glaciers have lost about 22% of glacier surface, (500 Km2) equivalent to 7,000 million cubic meters of
water (about ten years of water supply for Lima)2. Peru also has over 12,000 lakes and ponds that could
be destabilized from glacier melt. Similar reductions have been documented in Ecuador and Bolivia. A
1
Country level risk indicators from outcome data on climate-related disasters: an exploration of the Emergency Events Database
Nick Brooks and W. Neil Adger, 2003
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In 1970, an earthquake fractured a glacier mass causing LLanganuco Lake to overflow, killing 20, 000 people in the small cities
of Yungay and Ranrahirca.
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recent analysis has shown that 90% of the volume of the Chacaltaya Glacier in Bolivia has been lost since
1940 and predictions call for its ultimate demise in less than 20 years.
Furthermore, the combined impacts of global warming, ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation), and
extreme weather events on mountain hydrology are diminishing the water flow used by populations
downstream (IRD 2004). and are likely to have devastating impacts on highland and associated
downstream ecosystems, altering the ecology and livelihoods of millions of people, whose GHG
emissions are negligible.
Potential impact on water supply. Changes are expected in regional water supplies, including areas
impacted by accelerated glacier melting, placing millions of already economically and environmentally
stressed ecosystems and inhabitants at further risk of inadequate potable water. Glaciers disappearance is
associated with excess runoff. Once they melt water availability will be severely curtailed. Furthermore,
climate-induced glacial melt will likely precipitate the migration of human populations and mega faunal
animals affected by extreme events. Thus, an average change in the distribution of water, hydro, and
agricultural resources will precipitate hydrological stressors that will likely cause a sharp rise in intraregional and country-scale inequities, and possibly risk of political instability and conflicts.
Potential impact on agriculture. Semiarid mountainous ecosystems
in the region are highly vulnerable to disruption of local
hydrological patterns, placing subsistence agriculture and
consequently rural livelihoods at risk. Anticipated dramatic
fluctuations in the hydrological cycle will exacerbate already
stressed ecosystems, and reduce biodiversity and productivity of
highland agricultural lands because of unreliable water supply.
Furthermore, poor land use practices exacerbate already
compromised and destabilized watersheds, root retention
structures, and ecosystems. Much of the current research suggests
yield decreases in the Andean highlands, as a consequence of
affectation to the water cycle and higher soil surface temperatures
if no adaptation options are considered. The adaptive limitations of
less-developed sub-regions will likely increase the disparity in
food production and food security in rural highlands. It is also important to consider that much of the
lowlands basins strongly depend on the tributary streams coming from the mountain regions, therefore
impacts will be felt also downstream of the rivers.
Potential impact on energy generation. The region relies on hydropower to cover a majority of its power
requirements, and many rivers that are used to generate hydroelectricity are glacier- or mountain lakefed. Indeed a majority of power generation ine Peru (80%) and Ecuador (50%) is met through
hydropower. Reduction in water flows will reduce the potential for power generation and directly induce
a carbonization of the power sector (countries going back to thermal power planst to make up for reduced
hydropower potential) therefore increasing the greenhouse gas emissions of these systems. Recent studies
in Ecuador suggest that during the low-water period, the Paute Project (Paute river basin) would only be
providing between 43% and 45% of average power capacity, that represents a deficit of about 27%
compared to energy production under normal conditions.
Urgent measures are thus required to document, with a higher level of certainty, anticipated climate
impacts in the Andean region, and to formulate adaptation policy actions and measures that will illustrate
how to meliorate these catastrophic changes. Consequently, Andean Governments in the region are
beginning to emphasize the need to design and implement Development Plans that take into account the
impacts of climate change in high mountain ecosystems.
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The Bank/GEF: The World Bank is playing a key role in contributing to the adaptation sector. Two of the
three projects already in the GEF’s Strategic Program on Adaptation portfolio are in Latin America and
the Caribbean. It is envisioned that this Project would benefit from existing adaptation project synergies
supported by World Bank-assisted preparation activities in the Caribbean and Colombia. This Project
would operate within the context of decisions taken at COP7 and COP 8, which emphasize the need to
focus GEF resources towards adaptation initiatives. Also Decision 5CP/7 requests the GEF to make
operational a Special Climate Change Fund to support the implementation of specific adaptation
measures. This fund has become operational in the fall of 2005 and the proposed projects would be one
of the first interventions under the fund.
The development objective of the proposed project is to support regional efforts to implement
adaptation measures to meet the anticipated impacts from climate change in the Andean highlands
and in related river basins This will be achieved through: a) identifying ongoing or planned
government interventions with outcomes highly vulnerable to extreme weather events and climate change
and assessing measures and policy options to adapt to the effects of climate change as well as
development projects within which adaptation can be mainstreamed; and b) implementing regional and
strategic adaptation pilots to address key climate impacts on their economies. Priority will be given to
pilots from vulnerable highland and coastal glacial-dependent watersheds, other associated ecosystems,
and regions of mutual interest to participating member countries, where the impacts on global commons
and associated local impacts are the highest.
4. Project Description. Components and Activities
a) Identification, selection & formulation of adaptation measures:
Activities under this component will build on the results of the national communications.
Specifically, the findings of the communications will be used to support the identification and
formulation of adaptation measures. The project would support consultancies and services required
for: i) assessment of future climate scenario impacts on key ecosystems, runoff availability, and on
the incidence of extreme events (both floods and droughts); and, ii) selection of ongoing or planned
governments programs highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, affecting key economic
activities or sensitive ecosystems and preliminary assessment of possible adaptation options (soft
ones as management, policy, and hard ones as infrastructure.). While the assessment of future climate
scenario impacts on key ecosystems has been conducted under the UNDP National Communications
for Peru, the project will focus on the assessments for Ecuador and Bolivia thus achieving the same
analytical basis for the three countries. The project will build analytical capacity for policy and
project evaluation that can be expanded subsequently to include other sectors. Likely areas for
immediate intervention include watersheds, and consequent impacts on hazards to life and property,
watershed ecology and desertification, water availability for hydropower, human consumption and
productive use as for example irrigation, agricultural productivity/fishery & food security.
b) Implementation of pilot adaptation measures. The project would support consultancies, goods
and services required for (i) designing the selected high priority adaptation measures, including
institutional coordination, legal and regulatory assessments, stakeholder analysis and consultation
process, and public awareness for the implementation of adaptation measures; and (ii)
implementation of pilot adaptation projects in selected communities and where vulnerability is
greatest and region's interest highest, with the existing initiatives for development.
B - COUNTRY OWNERSHIP
1.
COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY
Participating countries are parties to the UNFCCC, and have signed the Kyoto Protocol. National
Communications coincide in their priorities to identify global climate change impacts that will affect
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sustainable economic development. Moreover, NC1s encourage the development of adaptation plans,
policies, and actions to respond to anticipated climate variability and extremes. 3
2.
COUNTRY DRIVENESS
This Regional Project: Design and Implementation of Pilot Climate Change Adaptation Measures in the
Andean Region is consistent with the stated priorities of participating country National Communications.
During COP 10 in Buenos Aires, the Focal Points for the Andean countries came together, to discuss and
agree in principle to collaborate on the development of a proposal for funding from the GEF, and other
possible funding agencies.
The project will be focused on an ecosystem that is common and unique to the central and northern
Andes of the continent, where snow caps and glaciers are rapidly disappearing. The regional approach
will allow the development of adaptation activities under different conditions (variations) in the cultural
and socio-economic milieu of the different countries, increasing its global knowledge value; yet, taking
advantage of economies of scale.
The countries have obtained technical assistance and inter-agency coordination support from participating
member agencies of the ClimAdapt network to facilitate development of this regional adaptation project
proposal, and identification of prospective co-financiers. The proposed Project has the support of the
respective Ministries of the Environment, along with the GEF and UNFCCC Focal Points. This proposal
is consistent with the respective National Development Plans and Strategies of the respective
participating countries.
Country and Regional Driveness is also illustrated through the region's desire to establish a Regional
Andean Secretariat, to equitably represent the unique climate change challenges, concerns and adaptive
requirements of each member country, and to effectively provide collaborative coordination to this
pioneering effort.
In addition to its formal endorsement of this regional Project, Bolivia’s ground-breaking climate change
adaptation Project – Formulation of the National Adaptation Plan of Action (Comunidad de Aprendizaje y
Acción sobre el Cambio Climático para la Adaptación Social y Resiliencia), and other specific studies
and projects regarding adaptation initiatives – provides an enabling environment within which it is
possible to synergistically develop further this Regional Project. These adaptation-related actions flow
from the National Climate Change Program, and are being implemented in concert with different national
and local actors.
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Bolivia signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) during the Earth Summit (UN
Conference on Environment and Development) held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, and ratified the agreement in November 2004. It
also produced its First National Communication (NC1) in 2000. Bolivia also structured its National Inter-institutional Committee
of Climate Change in 1999.
Ecuador signed the Convention in 1992 and ratified on 23 February 1993. It has developed and adopted Guidelines for Climate
Change Policy (1999). The establishment of the National Climate Committee (CNC), by executive decree in June 1999, was a
clear signal of the importance of climate change for the country. Ecuador's First National Communication (NC1, 2000) was
developed, under the responsibility of the GEF-UNDP ECU/99/G31 Climate Change Project, and with the supervision and
support of the Ministry of the Environment, on behalf of the CNC.
Peru ratified the agreement May 24, 1993. Peru produced its First National Communication on March 2, 2001, and established its
National Commission on Climate Change-NCCC (involving 13 public and non public institutions) to fulfill the commitments of
the Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC). This NCCC (lead by the National Environmental Council-CONAM) proposed the
National Strategy on Climate Change which was approved by Supreme Decree on 2003. CONAM directs the PROCLIM project
(Peruvian Climate Change and Air Quality Program) which is responsible for implementing part of the NECC.
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Ecuador and Bolivia fully endorse the Climate Change Convention, and recognize the fundamentality of
establishing a regional climate adaptation (risk management) Secretariat. Peru is working on several
climate change issues within the framework of the National Agreement, (policies 10 and 19; poverty
reduction and sustainable development). Moreover, Peru held an inter-agency Project meeting on March
20/21 to discuss activities over their upcoming 2005 implementation period. During this meeting, there
was discussion and agreement that Project activities relating to this proposed Andean Regional
Adaptation Project, with participating Andean host countries would be fully incorporated into Peru’s
(PROCLIM’s) upcoming Project Plan.
C – PROGRAM AND POLICY CONFORMITY
1.
PROGRAM DESIGNATION AND CONFORMITY
Strategic Priorities: At the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2003, Parties agreed upon guidance for the
operation of the Special Climate Change Fund (Decision 5/CP.9). This fund was agreed in Marrakesh in
2001 (COP7).
The proposed Project follows the guidance defined by the UNFCCC for the SCCF. It will, where
sufficient information is available, look for implementation of adaptation activities to address the adverse
impacts of climate change; it will complement government traditional interventions in the area of water
resources management with emphasis in water supply and irrigation in highland areas including mountain
ecosystems. Moreover the proposed Project will serve as a catalyst to leverage additional resources from
bilateral and other multilateral sources. The Activities to be funded under the proposed Project are
country-driven, cost-effective and integrated into national priorities as expressed in the 1st National
Communications and NAPA.
In addition to the above, the proposed Project will help to address some of the Poverty Reduction
Strategic Plan (PRSP) and Millennium Development Goals (MDG) targets (especially targets 9 and 10)4,
by developing intra-regional and host national adaptation approaches that will be implemented in
vulnerable Pacific, Amazon, and Caribbean-based highland and lowland dependent watersheds,
mountainous ecosystems, cross-border watersheds, agriculturally productive regions, human settlements,
as well as downstream coastal-dependent settlements.
In accordance with host-country National Communications, the project will follow operational adaptation
guidelines. Adaptive policies and practices in priority regions and sectors will be integrated into National
Sustainable Development and Poverty-Reduction Strategies/Processes.
2.
PROJECT DESIGN
With glaciers and paramos continuing to shrink at an alarming rate, the hydrological cycles across the
Andean region will be permanently compromised without some sort of adaptive coping and risk
management mechanisms for biodiversity, land degradation and economic activities. These climateinduced changes would mean a dramatic reduction in biodiversity and increased ecosystem deterioration,
significant degradation in agriculture productivity and food security, risk to human health, and potential
damage to public and community utility infrastructure.
Andean governments, civil society, and the private sector have not yet taken the necessary steps to
incorporate climate change impacts into their respective environmental and developmental policies and
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Target 9: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and program and reverse the loss of
environmental resources; Target 10: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water
and basic sanitation
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programs. Yet, these impacts are increasingly visible and important. Thus, the region requires the
formulation and implementation of adaptive measures to meet these challenges.
Without SCCF Involvement:
Without SCCF resources, the adoption of specific measures to address climate impacts will not take place
as these critical but progressive needs compete with immediate economic development requirements GEF
funding is required as it is unlikely that similar adaptation project design and development funding would
be made available under a business as usual scenario, where other multiple local and regional challenges
demand all available technical and financial available resources. Without SCCF involvement, a regional
approach that supports climate change adaptation activities that generate benefits by alleviating barriers to
development caused by the effects of climate change and which may be primarily local benefits seems
very unlikely. . Also, without SCCF resources, efforts to identify and commit co-financing for the project
would be difficult.
With SCCF Financial Support: The anticipated climate changes show impacts on water supply,
agriculture, energy generation, placing whole populations at risk of migrating. The SCCF involvement
will help addressing these primarily local impacts but of common interest and importance to the
sustainable development of the three countries. Adaptation measures suggested within this Project would
be significantly bolstered with SCCF support. This Project would support a regional adaptation Project,
encompassing three large continental countries. The funds given by SCCF will help finance the additional
costs of achieving climate resilient sustainable development imposed on the aforementioned vulnerable
countries by the impacts of climate change. At COP7, the SCCF was established with Adaptation as its
top priority. SCCF support will provide an enabling environment for regional efforts to address the
ravages attributed to climate variability and extremes in Pacific-based highland and coastal-dependent
watersheds, and human settlements.
The proposal seeks funding from the SCCF on a 1 to 3 ratio with local and other donors cofinancing, as
indicated in section D Financing Plan. The Project is requesting $6.7 million from SCCF to finance one
quarter of the $26.8m project cost, which is justified under a sliding scale range for project over $5
million defined by the SCCF Programming paper.
If successful, the Project will achieve the necessary incorporation of climate change impact and
adaptation capacity and mainstreaming initiatives within Poverty Reduction Strategic Plans (PRSPs) and
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
3.
SUSTAINABILITY (INCLUDING FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY)
Critical Mass for Adaptive Development Planning
Selected adaptation initiatives will complement ongoing or planned government programs addressing the
key sectors vulnerable to climate change. The project will add on to these government activities by
incorporating long term climate change considerations in planning, designing and implementing the
specific actions. Such a design guarantees mainstreaming climate change consideration in the selected
areas and sectors toward integrate climate change adaptation in the sustainable development efforts in
those selected areas.
Participating host governments will ensure the sustainability of Project outcomes through integration and
mainstreaming of climate change adaptation measures and appropriate adaptation mechanisms in national
initiatives related to their Poverty Reduction Strategic Plans (PRSPs) and MDG Goals. Adaptation
measures implemented under this Project will provide useful practical examples on how climate change
impacts can be incorporated and mainstreamed into regional and municipal government Development
Plans and programming frameworks, and into poverty alleviation strategies.
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Decentralized Civil Society Buy-In
Participating countries seek to develop and implement decentralized bottom-up adaptation initiatives to
avoid the inherent delays and resource drain attributed to top-down Project management. Furthermore, it
is expected that local municipal and community-based replicable models will be effectively developed to
ensure the practical low-technology transfer of adaptive knowledge and lessons learned to other equally
vulnerable communities and sectors in the region, and beyond (see FCCC/SBSTA/2004/INF.13).
Civil Society will be engaged at the target community level through an outreach adaptation campaign,
and through pilot municipal efforts. This will be done in partnership with community-based organizations
(CBOs), and municipal and provincial leaders involved in grassroots programming. Participatory
mainstreaming pilots, hosted by national government and by municipal authorities in vulnerable areas,
will engender buy-in at the local level.
4.
REPLICABILITY
The implementation of adaptation pilots will be used to disseminate expertise and know-how. Project
outcomes will provide substantive lessons observed and learned re climate impact and adaptive practices.
Dissemination of lessons learned, public education and outreach initiatives, and transborder linkages will
ensure ongoing and effective knowledge exchange of accrued adaptive expertise. Projects will be used to
disseminate adaptation knowledge.
5.
STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT/INTENDED BENEFICIARIES
Stakeholder involvement: In the case of all four countries, host national environmental authorities
(Ministries of the Environment/Natural Resources/Environmental Councils) have endorsed this Project
through GEF Focal Points5.
Intended Beneficiaries: Participating countries have identified, in their National Communications to the
UNFCCC, numerous regions, sectors, and populations that are at increased risk from the impacts of
climate change, including glacier melt and other changes in the water cycle in mountain areas and
downstream watersheds. Project beneficiaries include marginal indigenous campesinos and peri-urban
populations in areas adjacent to, or dependent on glacial melt flows, and heavily reliant on surface and
downstream water for their agricultural subsistence, and potable water supplies. Pacific highland,
Amazon, and coastal populations along riverbeds are particularly at risk from glacial lake outburst floods
(GLOFs) and downstream flash floods. Isolated communities without adequate access to public health
facilities will likely suffer increased morbidity from climate-induced water (dysentery, giardia) and
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For Bolivia, the implementing agency is the Vice Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment through the National
Program of Climate Change and its adaptation projects and programs. For Ecuador, the Climate Change Unit (Unidad de Cambio
Climàtico) of the Ministry of the Environment will be the principal agency responsible.
For Peru, the Consejo Nacional de Ambiente (CONAM) as Peru´s national environmental authority, will likely be the principal
implementing agency under this Project. Under CONAM's auspices, there have been important achievements made by the
Programa de Cambio Climático y Calidad de Aire (PROCLIM), mandated to promote training and adaptive practices, promote
CDM, and conduct climate change and air quality public awareness campaigns and initiatives.
PROCLIM's primary objective is to strengthen the country's overall national capacity via 13 public and private sector institutions,
along with over 70 partnering institutions throughout Peru's cities and regions. This newly proposed program, under the auspices
of CONAM, will enhance existing national climate change capacity. Furthermore, regional environmental commissions will be
engaged, along with numerous public and private sector institutions (i.e., river basin authorities, regional governments, public
institutions, universities, NGO´s) already involved in multi-sectoral risk management reduction in development.
.
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vector-borne pathogens (malaria, dengue, lyme disease). Populations and industry that are heavily reliant
on glacier-fed outflows for hydro generation and therefore vulnerable to extreme hydrological discharge
or drought-induced water loss are also a focus.
D. Financing
1) Financing Plan
Components
1. Identification, selection and
formulation of adaptive
measures
700
Andean
Region
(US$K)
1,800
1.1 Assessment of current and
projected impacts on downstream
water availability for potable water
supplies, agriculture and power
generation;
1.2 Identification and selection of
highly vulnerable economic activities
and ecosystems and identification
and preliminary assessment of
possible adaptation options.
1.3 Formulation of regional
adaptation strategy.
300
600
200
1,100
200
600
800
1,600
200
600
300
1,100
4,500
9,500
5,600
19,600
500
1000
500
2,000
4,000
8,500
3,100
17,600
800
600
1400
700
1,300
2,000
700
1,300
2,000
6,700
13,200
2. Implementation of Pilot
adaptation measures
2.1 Institutional analysis, legal and
regulatory assessments, a stakeholder
analysis and consultation process,
and public awareness for the
implementation of pilot adaptation
projects in selected communities and
key economic sectors.
2.2 Design and implementation of
pilot adaptation projects in selected
communities and where vulnerability
is greatest and region’s interest
highest.
3. Monitoring and documentation
of global learning lessons public
outreach, and facilitating links to
exchange of experiences with other
countries
4. Project management
TOTAL
SCCF
(US$K)
10
Other
Donors
(US$K)
1,300
Total
Cost
(US$K)
3,800
6,900
26,800
2) Co-Financing
Co-financing resources will be identified through sources such as CIDA, NOAA, UNDP, EU (ECHO),
COSUDE. Anticipated co-financing is of the order of US$6,900,000
E - INSTITUTIONAL COORDINATION AND SUPPORT
1)
CORE COMMITMENTS AND LINKAGES (Also see E2)
Core Executing Agency: Because of the multilateral and multi-disciplinary nature of this Project, a
central coordinating body, representing participating countries (UNFCCC/GEF Focal Points &
implementing agencies) and international partnerships, is required to ensure effective Project delivery and
inter-agency and trans-border coordination. The implementation arrangements will be determined during
project formulation6.
Other GEF Project Links: A concerted effort will be made by participating Andean member countries to
collaborate with other concurrent GEF sponsored project implementing agencies to exchange mutually
beneficial knowledge. Opportunities for inter-agency and cross-border cooperation and collaboration will
be explored through the development of knowledge sharing and operational protocols to enhance Project
synergies.
Linkage with Colombia’s INAP and Caribbean SPA: This project is intended for support under the
SCCF. Thus, emphasis is being given to the implementation of adaptation measures that will bring value
added in terms of global learning and not duplicate activities under implementation or preparation. In this
context the Project would coordinate its work with activities being developed under the Colombia
Integrated National Adaptation Project (INAP), and the Dominica, St. Lucia and St. Vincent Adaptation
in Coastal Zones Project (SPA) with CARICOM’s Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), both
being implemented through the World Bank GEF.
Linkages will be considered with the Organization of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty - OTCA project
“Integrated and Sustainable Management of Transboundary Water Resources in the Amazon River
Basin” which aims to strengthen the institutional framework for planning and executing activities for the
protection and sustainable management of the land and water resources of the Amazon River Basin in the
face of ongoing climatic changes being experienced in the Basin. This Project has the support of the
Organization of American States-OAS.
The project would also coordinate activities with the TF funded project “Adaptation Strategies to the
Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts of El Nino for Rural Communities in Ecuador and Peru”,
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Some alternatives being discussed include:
A. Peru: It is proposed that project implementation unit be temporarily housed in Peru, for purposes of the formulation stage.
This is because of Peru's regional centrality in the Andes, its sharing of borders with participating host countries, and its installed
institutional capacity for adaptation programming.
B. OAS: The implementation unit may operate out of the Organization of American States (OAS), who have tentatively agreed to
play a transitional coordinating role. The OAS is a well-established and reputable international agency in the region, and would
offer considerable resources to this Project. The OAS is currently managing a GEF-funded Andean project: Integrated &
Sustainable Management of Trans-Boundary Water Resources in the Amazon Basin. For these reasons, the OAS is well
positioned to effectively coordinate this Project, and to provide capacity building to the prospective Andean Regional Adaptation
Secretariat as Executing Agency.
C. SG-CAN: The unit could also be housed within the General Secretariat Community of Andean Nations (SG-CAN). Disaster
management and civil defense are institutional priorities for the SG-CAN, which hosts some of the region's risk management
technical experts. The SG-CAN is comprised of host-national Civil Defense (Ministry) and Foreign Affairs authorities.
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which is currently aimed at identifying key vulnerabilities and specific capacity building measures. El
Nino events have become more frequent since 1976 with some devastating effects in particular on the
economies of Ecuador and Peru.
2)
CONSULTATION, COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN AND
AMONG IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES, EXECUTING AGENCIES, AND THE GEF
SECRETARIAT, IF APPROPRIATE (Also see E3)
This proposed Project is complementary and will not overlap with the work supported by the Second
National Communication in Peru, which is being funded as an enabling activity. The enabling activity
project will allow Peru to obtain important information regarding climate change and its impacts in two
main river basins and in four prioritized sectors (agriculture, energy, transportation and water), and
includes an assessment of water availability. This will help to identify adaptation measures to be included
in the Adaptation Strategy under the National Communication. The strategy will be the basis for the
selection of specific pilot activities under the proposed Project. Close coordination and frequent reporting
on both activities is envisaged as part of the formulation and implementation of the adaptation project.
Specifically, the river basins prioritized in the Second National Communication are the Santa River
Basin, (glacier feeded) and Alto mayo River Basin (tropical rain forest), a basin that feeds into the
Amazonian River Basin. The integrated local assessments under the Second National Communication
will be complementary to previous works done within the framework of the Peruvian Program on Climate
Change – PROCLIM. This local initiative has worked in Piura (Andean and northern desertic coast) and
in Mantaro River Basins (Andean Central Highlands, near to Lima, Peru´s capital city). Information
developed under PROCLIM and the Second National Communication will provide the basis for the
formulation of specific adaptation measures and options and further develop detailed implementation
plans. The design and implementation of selected measures will be supported by this Regional Project,
which will help also to share experiences and methodologies with other Andean countries such as Bolivia
and Ecuador.
The French Institute for Research and Development (IRD), along with research institutions in Bolivia,
Peru, and Ecuador, are conducting an Andean Glacier Monitoring Program: A Tool to Analyze Global
Climate Change in South America. The glaciers of the tropical Andes from Bolivia to Ecuador account
for about 10% of all Andean glaciers, but their high vulnerability to climate change makes them a
fundamental tool to study variability and climate change. This emerging research should be utilized in
Project analysis of climate and hydrological impacts. The Tropical Glaciology Group in Austria has been
conducting reviews of glacier morphology and dynamic balances and would also cooperate in the project.
In addition to its formal endorsement of this proposed regional Project, Bolivia’s ground-breaking climate
change projects provide an enabling environment within which to synergistically develop this Regional
Project further. Support for Bolivia's projects is being provided by different international agencies already
working with the National Program of Climate Change. This national adaptation programme: encourages
civil society engagement in climate adaptation; foments high-level dialogue in support of long-term
public policies on climate change; and conducts case studies related to social adaptation and resilience of
productive and subsistence regimes. These popular climate change programme models will serve as
useful examples of how to proceed at the grassroots level.
In the case of Peru, the PROCLIM Project follows an integrated approach (mitigation & adaptation) to
climate change, and is responsible for implementing the National Strategy on Climate Change, and the
National Program: Let’s Clean the Air. During an inter-agency meeting with 13 national institutions
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supporting Peru’s the Programa de Cambio Climático y Calidad del Aire (PROCLIM,
www.conam.gob.pe/proclim), of which 6 institutions are dedicated to the theme of local integrated
assessments of vulnerability and adaptation in two Peruvian watersheds, and at least 25 additional
agencies are involved.
Collaboration with other SPA-funded projects in the region will be sought through a memorandum of
understanding between executing agencies (IDEAM for the INAP project in Colombia and the CCCC for
the SPACC project in the Caribbean. The agreement seeks to further the exchange of information,
prevent duplication of activities and contribute to the value added of specific activities in terms of their
global learning potential.
Complementarity with the Ecuador Water management and development and integration of climate
adaptation governance instruments in host government and practitioner protocols project. In particular
efforts will be undertaken to ensure full coordination with a proposed national project in Ecuador for the
SSCF, dealing with water impacts. The aforementioned national project in Ecuador has as primary
objective to assess future climate risks and to work with stakeholders on national policies that increase
the flexibility and resilience of managed water resources. Special attention will be given to innovative
approaches to adaptation through revised water rights allocations, strengthened water authorities, and
accessible adaptive water-saving technologies. The three major outcomes envisioned for this national
project are: Improved public policy and governance structures for effective water management, increased
water management adaptive practices via capacity development and flexible financing mechanisms and
strengthened information and knowledge management on Climate risks. Both projects, the Ecuador
national project and the Andean regional project have been designed in constant collaboration to ensure
that there will be no overlap but rather substantial complementarity. Both projects are expected to be
submitted for consideration to the same Council meeting.
Further, as indicated above, the national proposal for Ecuador focuses on water management and climate
adaptation governance instruments. Project inputs and outputs link the water sector and risk management
(adaptive) policy & management framework priorities. This distinguishes but complements the Andean
Regional Adaptation Proposal. The Ecuador project focuses strongly on water management adaptive
governance instruments, and steer away from operational community pilots related to hydrology, thus
providing a strong complementarity with the regional project activities in the country. The project aims
at strong coordination with this activity, involving implementing agencies through an informal
coordination committee to ensure that the overall adaptive capacity of the region is strengthened through
complementary measures.
The project executing agency will be expected to participate in the regular coordination discussions with
the counterparts for INAP and SPACC.
Project
Colombia (INAP)
Issue Addressed
Impact on health sector
(tropical disease vectors).
Impact on high altitude
moorlands (biodiversity,
mitigation potential from
hydro
potential,
ecosystem integrity, water
supply)
Impact on insular areas
(biodiversity and water
supply)
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Status
Coordination
PDF-B approved
Coordinated
with
Submitted
to SPACC on coastal
Council.
areas
and
on
downscaling
of
impacts.
Dominica, St. Lucia and Impact on biodiversity and PDF-B approved
St. Vincent & the land degradation in coastal
Grenadines (SPACC)
zones of island nations
Central Andes
3)
Implications of glacier PDF-B in draft
melt
on
ecosystem
integrity, water supply,
agriculture and energy.
Linkage with El Nino
Coordinated with INAP
on coastal areas and on
downscaling
of
impacts.
To be coordinated with
INAP and SPACC and
the Ecuador water
management
and
governance instruments
project
IMPLEMENTATION/EXECUTION ARRANGEMENTS (Also see E1)
A Regional Project Implementation Unit (RPIU) will undertake project implementation. This RPIU will
be identified during project formulation. The PDF-B will be executed by the office the Peru on behalf of
the participating countries.
The RPIU would be comprised of the Programa Nacional de Cambio Climático (Bolivia), the Ministry of
External Affairs (Ecuador), Consejo Nacional del Ambiente CONAM (Peru),). This operational body will
ensure smooth coordination of programming inter-agency affairs. As stated before, the Participating
Countries have shown interest in appointing a Regional Executing Agency that will be in charge of
managing the available funds, in agreement with the guidelines set by a Central Coordinating Board,
where each participating country has seat. Each member country will have an Implementing Agency for
this Project, identified from existing institutions whose primary mandate is climate change and the
environment. Each country will coordinate the use of the resources to support project preparation. Please
refer to figure in the next page for institutional arrangements.
Utilizing host-national and international technical consulting expertise will ensure timely and professional
completion of preparatory activities (proposal design and submission in full consultation with Secretariat
Executive Director), while avoiding the lengthy procedures that would be required if government officials
directly designed the proposal, or implemented the PDF-B. This is particularly important to ensure that
the PDF-B funded Project design timeline remains efficiently short. This will allow the Project to be
submitted to the GEF, and other designated donor agencies in a timely manner.
The following Institutional Arrangement for the PDF-B is being proposed,
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GEF
WB
Implementing Agency
Regional PDF-B Executing Agency CONAM
Central Coordinating Board
CC Focal Points from participating countries
RPIU (CONAM)
Project coordinators from
Perú, Ecuador, Bolivia
CONAM, Peru
Implementing Agency
Ministry of External
Affairs, Ecuador
Implementing Agency
Programa Nacional
Cambio Climático,
Bolivia
Implementing Agency
PERU
ECUADOR
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BOLIVIA
PART II - PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PREPARATION
A - DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PDF ACTIVITIES (see D1 Financing Plan)
PDF-B grant funds are requested for project preparation, including a detailed assessment of the
investment and technical assistance needed under each component of the project. The PDF grant will
finance the costs for national, regional, and international consultants, and provide logistic support for the
following priorities and activities.
All PDF-B funded components will be coordinated under the auspices of the Regional Implementation
Unit and its leads, while counting on the assistance of the Technical Consulting Team.
PDF-B Project Components
Activity I: Institutional arrangements and assessment of management needs
Assessment of the institutional arrangements and management framework required for implementation of
the proposed project. This assessment would identify the roles of the project participants, evaluate the
needs for achieving project success and recommend the management structure for project
implementation. This activity will include consultations and negotiations with participating host-country
climate change focal points and international adaptation stakeholders in order to determine, negotiate, and
establish a Regional Adaptation Institution with adequate capacity to implement adaptation measures
where vulnerability is greatest and the region’s interest highest.
Activity II: Technical Studies
The technical studies will provide technical guidance to obtain the information requirements needed in
order to identify specific adaptation measures for immediate implementation. Gaps in existing
information will be identified through literature review and documentation analysis. This will be done in
coordination with international groups and NGO’s already working on the field, such as the Tropical
Glaciology Institute Group in Austria, the Mountain research Institute in Switzerland, IRD in France,
ClimAdapt in Canada, the University of Massachusetts, UNDP and UNEP. Special attention will be
devoted to the analysis and design of GCC impacts on glaciers and snow melt.
This activity will support hiring international experts to provide knowledge and information to the project
preparation team, and participating institutions. Workshops and learning trips will be carried out in the
following areas: (i) identification and assessment of existing studies on this field; (ii) modeling of GCC
(or GCM) impacts on the warming at high altitudes and the impact on water flows both in the mountains
and beyond; (iii) Coordination of efforts with other adaptation projects such as INAP and SPA; (iv)
Studying of influence of increasing occurrence of ENSO events on snow and glacial melt; and, (v)
identifying ongoing and planned government interventions in sectors highly vulnerable to climate change.
Activity III: Stakeholder analysis and identification of sources of co-financing.
The project team, in concert with host-national focal points, will identify partners and interested agencies
and institutions for the co-financing of the specific adaptation activities. The analysis will also collect and
evaluate information and technical resources available form partners, stakeholders, and other sources at
international, national, and local levels and therefore provide the basis for possible resources of cofinancing.
Activity IV: Consultations
The project team will carry out various consultative meetings and Multilateral Andean Adaptation
Workshop(s) with core adaptation stakeholders thereby incorporating stakeholders’ input in the project
design and implementation process. Workshop discussions will focus on: Project components, core inputs
& outputs, institutional and financial resource requirements, governance, sectoral and vulnerability
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scoping, clarification of prime beneficiaries (indigenous inhabitants, vulnerable municipalities) and target
sectors as per NC1s, and Project timelines. Multilateral host-government and stakeholder consultations
will take place within the workshop framework, and off-line through National Communications desk-top
research and remote stakeholder enquiries.
Activities V: Preparation of Cost Estimates and Financing plan
Prepare detailed cost estimates for project implementation involving preparation of detailed cost estimates
and procurement specifications for all project activities, together with a financing and investment plan
needed to implement the project. The plan will include an incremental cost analysis.
Activities VI : Formulation of Project Proposal
The technical team will write the final project brief and all supporting annexes and documents, obtaining
needed approvals and request endorsements by respective governments.
B - PDF BLOCK B OUTPUTS
Summary:
The main output is a project document that complies with all the requirements of the Bank and GEF. The
following specific outputs are expected:
 Identification of necessary technical studies for the selection of Pilot adaptation activities of
immediate implementation in priority areas of highest interest to the region and of greatest
vulnerability.
 Preparation of cost estimates, management and financing plan for adaptation activities.
 Identification of (co-)financing sources for project activities.
 Preparation of operational manual.
 Establishment of a strong institution for project implementation that coordinates among participating
countries and that has sustainable capacity to implement pilot adaptation measures.
 Establishment of mechanisms to incorporate stakeholders input, as well as identification of local
capabilities to develop project activities.
C - JUSTIFICATION
PDF-B grant funds will be requested for Project preparation, including a detailed assessment of the
investment and technical assistance needed under each component of the project. The PDF-B is required
as it is unlikely that similar funding would be made available elsewhere. Also, PDF-B resources are key
to efforts to identify and commit co-financing for the project. Thus, incremental funding will be secured
to obtain the critical mass and capital formation necessary to have broad-based impact on the region. A
Pan-Regional initiative offers much greater attraction to funding entities who normally invest bilateral
development funds in the region. The PDF-B grant would finance the costs for national and international
consultants for referenced activities.
The effects of climate change on the Andean Region are increasingly being recognized as a decisive
factor in achieving Millennium Development Goals. By considering adaptation in development
approaches at the Regional, host national, and community level, human settlements will be safer,
infrastructure and eco-systems better managed, and livelihoods more sustainable.
D - TIMETABLE
PDF-B: Fall 2005 over 8 months, following grant signature.
Project: Start July 2006 over 4 Years.
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E – BUDGET
Name of Co-financier
(source)
GEF PDF-B
Combined GOCs
Co-financing Sources
Classification
Type
IFI
State
Government
CIDA/UNDP/EU
Bilateral
(ECHO)/COSUDE/Mountain Development
Research Institute
Cooperation
Other TBD
Sub-Total Co-financing
Amount (US$)
Grant
In-Kind
590,000
200,000
Grant
110,000
Status
Final Version
Focal Point
Endorsement
Letters attached
Potential
Sources
900,000
PDF-B Financing Plan
Components
1. Institutional arrangements and
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
assessment of management
needs
Technical Studies
Stakeholder
analysis
and
identification of sources of cofinancing.
Consultations
Preparation of Cost Estimates
and Financing plan
Formulation of Project
Proposal
TOTAL
PDF B
(US$K)
Andean
Region
(US$K)
Other
Donors
(US$K)
150
40
100
100
60
20
100
90
40
50
590
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Total
Cost
(US$K)
190
60
220
120
40
140
130
40
10
100
200
110
900
Part III – Response to Reviews
GEFSEC Comments
Country Drivenness:
The concept does not refer to each country's National Communication to the UNFCCC, which should
guide and inform this project. Please refer to the National Communications, and demonstrate that this
project is: 1. consistent with findings and priorities identified by the National Communications; 2. not
duplicating the work already supported by the GEF in the context of the National Communications. Peru
has recently submitted a request and obtained an additional contribution of $1.8 million from the GEF EA
window for its Second National
Communications, with significant emphasis on vulnerability and adaptation assessments ($1.190
Million). Please demonstrate that there is no overlap between the National Communication work of each
country and the first component of this project (Identification, selection and formulation of adaptive
measures).
Team response:
While the assessment of future climate scenario impacts on key ecosystems has been conducted under the
UNDP National Communications for Peru, the project will focus to fill the gap on the assessments for
three countries thus achieving the same analytical basis for all countries.
Endorsement :
Letters of endorsement were provided for all countries except for Venezuela. Please provide the missing
endorsement letter.
Team response:
Venezuela will not be part of this proposal.
Program Designation and Conformity
This project includes both local benefits in the development sectors of agricultural and water, and global
benefits in the climate change focal area (GHG emissions reduction by addressing the impact on climate
change in the energy sector). The adaptation program of the GEF includes projects that have both global
and local benefits. However, by Council decision, projects submitted under the SPA (and therefore
supported by the GEF Trust Fund) must generate a majority of global benefits, while projects that
generate a majority of local, development benefits will be supported by the new funds (LDCF, SCCF and
AF). The majority of benefits generated by this project, as it is currently presented, are local and
developmental. The claim for global benefits is relatively weak. It is therefore recommended to re-submit
a revised version of this project under the SCCF, following its eligibility criteria.
Team response:
It is revised as a SCCF project with new focus on the implementation of the adaptation
measures.
Project Design
The project design section includes a simplistic description of baseline and GEF alternatives, which does
not justify the GEF contribution as incremental cost linked to the generation of global benefits. Please
consider two alternative options: 1. Resubmit a revised version of this concept under the SPA. In this case
a much stronger case for global benefits must be made. (Not recommended). 2. Should a revised concept
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be resubmitted under the SCCF, global benefits and incremental cost reasoning will no longer be
necessary. However, it will be necessary to include the additional cost reasoning in the project design
section. The additional cost reasoning justifies the request for funding under the SCCF, demonstrating
that the activities under consideration will address climate change impacts over and above a sustainable
development baseline. (Recommended option).
Team response:
The proposal is revised for funding under the SCCF and the additional cost reasoning is added under
Project Design. The Project is requesting $6.7 million from SCCF to finance one quarter of the $26.8m
project cost, which is justified under a sliding scale range for project over $5 million defined by the SCCF
Programming paper.
Updated review (December 2005):
1. Formulation of assessments and identification of measures: As noted above in the “country
drivenness” section, please continue to document that there is no duplication with the work supported
by the second national communications in Peru.
2. Implementation of adaptation measures: no overlap with the SCCF/UNDP project “Adaptation to
climate change through effective water governance in Ecuador” must be demonstrated at all stages.
The IA may decide: (a) to collaborate with UNDP for the implementation of adaptation measures in
the water sector in Ecuador and take Ecuador out from this project; or (b) maintain its regional
approach including Ecuador. In this case, no activities in the water sector that overlap with the UNDP
project will be supported by the SCCF under this project.
Team response:
1. This proposed Project will continue to document the complementarity and no overlap with the work
supported by the Second National Communication in Peru, which is being supported through. a full-size
project, as an enabling activity. The enabling activity project will allow Peru to obtain important
information regarding climate change and its impacts in two main river basins and in four prioritized
sectors (agriculture, energy, transportation and water), and includes an assessment of water availability.
This will help to identify adaptation measures to be included in the Adaptation Strategy under the
National Communication. The strategy will be the basis for the selection of specific pilot activities under
the proposed Project. Close coordination and frequent reporting on both activities is envisages as part of
the formulation and implementation of the adaptation project.
Specifically, the river basins prioritized in the Second National Communication are the Santa River
Basin, (glacier feeded) and Alto mayo River Basin (tropical rain forest), a basin that feeds into the
Amazonian River Basin. The integrated local assessments under the Second National Communication
will be complementary to previous works done within the framework of the Peruvian Program on Climate
Change – PROCLIM. This local initiative has worked in Piura (Andean and northern desertic coast) and
in Mantaro River Basins (Andean Central Highlands, near to Lima, Peru´s capital city). Information
developed under PROCLIM and the Second National Communication will provide the basis for the
formulation of specific adaptation measures and options and further develop detailed implementation
plans. The design and implementation of selected measures will be supported by this Regional Project,
which will help also to share experiences and methodologies with other Andean countries such as Bolivia
and Ecuador.
2. The relation between projects is described in page 12. Close coordination has already taken
place to avoid overlaps between the two initiatives. Yet, this is an important point to be clarified
during Project preparation.
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Sustainability (including financial sustainability)
The project concept does not provide enough information to substantiate sustainability.
Team response:
The project will add on to these government activities by incorporating long term climate change
considerations in planning, designing and implementing the specific actions. Such a design guarantees
mainstreaming climate change consideration in the selected areas and sectors toward integrate climate
change adaptation in the sustainable development efforts in those selected areas.
Updated review (December 2005):
The revised concept provides some information about sustainability that is sufficient by pipeline entry but
will have to be significantly strengthened by WP inclusion.
Team response:
This issue will be strengthened by WP as has been recommended.
Replicability
Updated review (December 2005):
The revised concept provides limited information about the replication potential of the project. This is
sufficient by pipeline entry but will have to be significantly strengthened by WP inclusion.
Team response:
This issue will be strengthened by Work Program as has been recommended.
Financing Plan
The financing plan, including each project component and its cost, includes a significant portion ($2
million) for vulnerability and adaptation assessments, which are already supported by GEF enabling
activities in all countries involved in this project. In particular, Peru received $1.8 million contribution for
its Second National Communications (of which $1.190 for vulnerability and adaptation assessments).
This is apparent duplication and should not be included in any future resubmissions.
Team response:
The budget for component 1 has been revised to $700,000 to reflect the comments. See also our response
above under Country Drivenness.
Component 3, project management, does not justify the proposed (high) cost of $1.5 million.
Team response:
The budget has been adjusted to $700,000.
The most relevant component to be taken under consideration is component 2 (Implementation of pilot
adaptation measures). However, as mentioned above, the measures to be implemented will likely address
adaptation in development sectors, and therefore the project is more likely to be eligible under the SCCF.
Team response:
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Agree. The proposal is revised for funding under the SCCF.
Updated review (December 2005):
The revised concept addresses some of the issues raised by the previous review. However, the revised
concept needs to explain the rationale of its financing plan (see also the comments under the project
design session).
Team response:
Please see Project Design Section. Comments have been addressed accordingly. A sliding scale was used
as recommended.
Consultation, Coordination, Collaboration between IAs, and IAs and EAs, if appropriate
The concept does not mention coordination and collaboration with the SCCF project submitted under this
pipeline by UNDP in Ecuador. Please provide this missing information and demonstrate that there is no
duplication.
Team Response:
Complementarity with the Ecuador Water management and development and integration of climate
adaptation governance instruments in host government and practitioner protocols project is added to the
document.
Budget line items related to the TOR
Please address the following issues:
1. Eligibility under the SPA or SCCF;
Team Response:
We opted the SCCF funding and have added the eligibility under the SCCF.
2. Duplication with GEF-supported enabling activities;
Team Response:
Please see our responses above under Country Drivenness and Consultation, Coordination, Collaboration
between IAs, and IAs and EAs.
3. Project components to be revised (see financing section);
Team Response:
Please see our response under Financing Plan.
4. One endorsement letter is missing;
Team Response:
Please see our response under Endorsement.
5. Missing information on date of UNFCCC ratification by Ecuador;
Team Response:
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Ecuador signed the Convention in 1992 and ratified on 23 February 1993. It is added under Country
Eligibility.
6. Missing information about coordination and non duplication with the UNDP project submitted under
the SCCF on water governance in Ecuador.
Team Response:
Please see our responses above under Country Drivenness and Consultation, Coordination, Collaboration
between IAs, and IAs and EAs.
As described, the project is not eligible under the SPA and is not recommended for pipeline entry. Two
options may be considered:
1. Justify the eligibility under the SPA by demonstrating a majority of global
benefits (not recommended);
2. Address the issues summarized above and re-submit the concept for SCCF pipeline entry
(recommended option).
Team Response:
We agree on the option 2 and have revised the proposal accordingly.
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