Status of GCF support, review criteria and observations from progress to date
- 1. Status of GCF support, review criteria and observations from progress to date Jason Spensley Green Climate Fund Senior Specialist, Project Preparation and Adaptation Planning
- 3. The big picture: GCF perspectives on the impact of adaptation planning Understanding climate impacts and vulnerabilities Designing strategies and actions to address these impacts Achieving ownership and investment by key actors (private/public, sub-national, etc.) Creating adaptation financing strategy (including GCF project pipeline)
- 5. GCF ‘Readiness’ support 1. NDA strengthening 2. Strategic frameworks 3. Support for direct access entities 4. Adaptation planning processes Up to $3M per country (not per year) Up to $1M per country per year
- 6. COP21 Dec. 2015 • Expedite support to formulate & implement national adaptation plans GCF B13 Jun. 2016 • Countries are invited to submit requests for NAPs and/or other adaptation planning processes Now Sep. 2017 • 35 countries have formally submitted proposals, 7 have been approved / endorsed, improved proposal guidance provided Adaptation Planning Support COP21 to Present I understand Diane will also be there.
- 7. Financial Opportunities for Adaptation Planning Support Guidance & Knowledge Sharing and many more…
- 8. Antigua & Barbuda DRC Madagascar Liberia Pakistan Nepal Mongolia • 38 proposals submitted • 14 LDCs, 3 SIDS • 10 approved/endorsed (4+6) • 18 with NDAs pending resubmission Tanzania Colombia Uruguay Argentina Ecuador Armenia Niger Dominican Republic Bosnia & Herzegovina Kenya Mauritania Malawi Zimbabwe Bangladesh BeninCosta Rica Gabon Honduras Serbia South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Mali Uzbekistan Montenegro Egypt Myanmar Cote d’Ivoire Adaptation Planning Support Progress in 2017 (as of 30 October 2017)
- 9. 10 Good Practices for Adaptation Planning Based on proposals to date 1. Clarity of focus (within in a national vision) • Go local:Only do broad-scale planning if it hasn’t already been done • Greater sectoral or geographic focus produces more precise and implementation-ready planning 2. Design based on specific impacts and vulnerabilities: • Focus most crucial climate impacts and vulnerabilities • Avoid temptation to do the process in different countries 3. Build private sector ownership for investing in their resiliency • Make the case for understanding and investing in resilient profit • Create strategies to cultivate investment in resilient businesses
- 10. 4. Design adaptation investment vision: • Prioritise and design adaptation project ideas and concept notes • Identify ways to continually fund sectoral and local adaptation planning 5. Articulate ‘Theory of Change’: • Clear vision of how each output and their activities will achieve the desired result (outcomes) • Link GCF country briefs, to national development plan, to project proposals 6. Build on what's there, regardless who did it: • Use existing information (especially vulnerability assessments) 10 Good Practices for Adaptation Planning Based on proposals to date
- 11. 7. Gender: • How social dimensions, including differences based on gender, will be integrated into the proposed activities. Defining priorities to ensure differences based on gender will be captured and that inequalities will be addressed 8. Stakeholder engagement: • Civil society; sub-national governments 9. Coherence and complementarity with other funds • Especially with GEF and Adaptation Fund 10. Maximise use of GCF Adaptation Planning funds, over time • Consider phased approach • Option to have multiple proposals over time with different partners 10 Good Practices for Adaptation Planning Based on proposals to date
- 12. 1. Adaptation governance and coordination established 2. Impact and investment information, and capacity to analyse it 3. Knowledge, information & communication 4. Policy & strategy development/integration 5. Financing action plan 6. Monitoring & learning Indicative adaptation planning outcome areas
- 13. Adaptation Planning Support Projection 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2017 2018 Adaptation Planning Support Projection (cumulative, # of proposals) Being processed Approved or Endorsed Disbursed *Based on GCF Country Programming Division projection as of 31 August.
- 14. Thank you
Editor's Notes
- #2: Republic of Korea’s contribution to GCF: USD 100 million + HQ building
- #3: Step back and consider the role that adaptation planning plays in the broader climate financing continuum. A fundamental starting point are Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). In GCF context, funding is available to help countries get ready for a pipeline of transformative set of projects and programmes. An key building block is a visionary Country Programme, which is complimented by Accredited Entity Programmes. GCF Readiness funds should be used to help countries design their Country Programme for accessing GCF support, as well as for NDA strengthening, direct access support, and importantly the development of NAPs and other adaptation planning processes. Use of these Readiness funds (including for adaptation planning) should directly help countries design and implement high quality transformative projects and programmes. This planning and readiness approach is the basis of GCF programming, but its relevant for how countries prepare for and catalyse climate finance from domestic and international, public and private sources beyond the GCF.
- #4: Big picture on the impact of adaptation planning. Adaptation planning should start with understanding climate impacts and vulnerabilities. Any strategies and action plans need to be designed specifically to address such impacts and vulnerabilities. Various actors, including national governments, public and private sectors, and sub-national governments, should own the adaptation planning and invest in the adaptation actions deriving from these planning processes. For that purpose, it is important that financing strategies, including but not limited to, GCF project pipeline, are also developed during the adaptation planning process.
- #5: Step back and consider the role that adaptation planning plays in the broader climate financing continuum. A fundamental starting point are Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). In GCF context, funding is available to help countries get ready for a pipeline of transformative set of projects and programmes. An key building block is a visionary Country Programme, which is complimented by Accredited Entity Programmes. GCF Readiness funds should be used to help countries design their Country Programme for accessing GCF support, as well as for NDA strengthening, direct access support, and importantly the development of NAPs and other adaptation planning processes. Use of these Readiness funds (including for adaptation planning) should directly help countries design and implement high quality transformative projects and programmes. This planning and readiness approach is the basis of GCF programming, but its relevant for how countries prepare for and catalyse climate finance from domestic and international, public and private sources beyond the GCF.
- #6: The GCF Readiness programme is a funding programme to enhance country ownership and access to the Fund. It provides resources for strengthening the institutional capacities of National Designated Authorities (NDAs) or focal points and direct access entities to effectively engage with the Fund. It also assists countries in undertaking adaptation planning and developing strategic frameworks to build their programming with the GCF Resources may be provided in the form of grants or technical assistance. All developing countries can access the Readiness programme, and the Fund aims to ensure that at least 50 per cent of the readiness support available goes to particularly vulnerable countries, including least developed countries (LDCs), small island developing States (SIDS), and African States. Four main areas of support under the GCF Readiness Programme: 1. NDA strengthening: Supports ability of the NDA to perform its function. Consultations, establish No-Objection procedure, outreach and awareness raising, etc. 2. Strategic Frameworks: Supports consultative mechanism to underpin solid Country Programme and pipeline development, relevant policy review to support strategic engagement and harmonization with National development plans and resources. 3. Support for direct access: Accreditation, gap assessments, building capacity of direct access entities to support Country Programmes. 4. Adaptation Processes: NAP development, adaption planning processes – template for application still be refined but you can access already under current generic Readiness template.
- #7: The UNFCCC COP as well as the GCF’s Board have given us a clear and explicit mandate to finance the development of National Adaptation Plans and/or other Adaptation Planning Processes. This support is capped at US$ 3 million per country. Its important to note that this support is a one time window. This means that when the cap is used by a country, even though adaptation planning is iterative by definition, there is no more funds the GCF can provide to a country for further adaptation planning. The message is that even though US$ 3 million for adaptation planning may seem like a lot, use it wisely. For example, some countries are only using a million or so of their cap in a first proposal, so they can use more funds with a differently specialised Delivery Partner later.
- #8: In addition to the GCF, there are many opportunities for countries to gain support for development of their NAPs and other adaptation planning processes. For funding, such mechanisms include Adaptation Fund and GEF LDC Fund, and for guidance and knowledge-sharing, NAP Global Network, UNFCCC, and NAP Global Support Programme are active in supporting adaptation planning.
- #9: As of 7 September 2017, the GCF have received 35 proposals, of which, 14 are from LDC, and 3 are from SIDS. There are 8 proposals that have been approved / endorsed, including Liberia and Nepal that are under implementation. The rest are in various stages of reviewing and processing.
- #14: The GCF Secretariat is increasing its efforts on reviewing the adaptation planning proposals, and the pace is accelerating. The project number of proposals can be seen in this graph. As we strengthen the secretariat capacity, we expect to pick up the pace and review these proposals more efficiently.