gbf 2015, april 16th, presentation of ms. sylvie motard
TRANSCRIPT
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The United Nations Environment Programme
in Central Asia
Cooperation on enabling conditions for Green
Economy
Jurmala
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Outline
1. Main challenges
2. UNEP in Central Asia
3. Ongoing initiatives at regional and country
levels
4. Scaling up What’s next?
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Use and
distribution of
Water and
Energy
resources
Resource
Efficiency
Land
Degradation,
ecosystem
management &
climate change
adaptation
Chemicals and
Waste Management,
(incl. links with
health issues)
Environmental
GovernancePoverty &
Environment
1. Main challenges
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2. UNEP in Central Asia
Active in the region since the early 2000s
Focal areas
Continuous work with IFAS/ICSD and Central Asian countries
• Resource efficiency: Green Economy & Sustainable Consumption and
Production
• Environmental Governance, support to regional cooperation and
institutional strengthening
• Chemicals and Waste
• Ecosystems & climate change adaptation
• Poverty and environment
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SIC
RMCCA
3. UNEP and IFAS/ICSD
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UNEP is a trusted partner since 1994, with focus on environmental governance
•Regional Environmental Action Plan, 2000-2001 (with ADB and UNDP)
•National Sustainable Development Strategies (2005-2009)
•Regional Sustainable Development Strategy (2008-2009)
•Framework Convention on Environmental Protection for Sustainable Development in Central Asia, Ashgabat, 2006
•Support to ICSD institutional and programmatic role (with UNECE), incl. the Regional Mountain Centre for Central Asia (RMCCA) in Bishek, 2007;
•Support to the implementation of Rio+20 outcomes
•Trust reaffirmed by ICSD in April 2014 and November 2017, with specific mandate and request to UNEP on green economy, waste and REAP
Long-standing partnership with ICSD
3. UNEP and IFAS/ICSD
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ICSD requests to UNEP
• Strengthening of ICSD roles and structures
• Up-date of the Regional Environment Action Plan
• Review/assessment of the process of ratification of the Central Asia Framework Convention on “Environment for Sustainable Development”
• Support to a regional green economy approach
• Support to a regional waste management approach
3. UNEP and IFAS/ICSD
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Key priorities
• Environmental governance
• Ecosystem management and climate change
• Waste management
• Green Economy/Resource efficiency
4. Way forward and ongoing initiatives
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• Institutional support to ICSD & Capacity-
building (with UNECE, OSCE, EU)
• Support to the revision of REAP and
development of implementation mechanisms
(with WWF)
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Regional
Environmental
Action Plan in
Central Asia
• Vulnerable mountain ecosystems & climate change
adaptation: “Plans in the area of climate change in
developing countries with vulnerable mountain
ecosystems at sub-regional level” - with the RMCCA
• Biodiversity
• Revision of the National Biodiversity Strategies and
Actions Plans
• Ecosystem services valuation
• Strengthening MEA synergies and indicators in
NBSAPs
Ecosystem Management & Climate Change
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Regional
Environmental
Action Plan in
Central Asia
• Regional Waste Management Outlook
• Capacity building (incl. at ICSD meeting of Nov. 2014)
• Development of a Regional Waste management strategy
(Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan)
• Ratification and implementation of MEA:
• Basel-Rotterdam-Stockholm Convention
• Minamata Convention (mercury
Waste management
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• Capacity-building (incl. at ICSD meeting of Nov. 2014)
• Enhancing Knowledge and Capacity for Inclusive Green
Economies
• Greening Economies and implementing Sustainable Consumption
and Production in Eastern Europe Caucasus and Central Asia
• Development of a green economy approach for Central Asia
800,000 USD
• On-going work (e.g. Research capacity-development in
Central Asia and Mongolia)
• Central Asia Scoping Study (a study on intra-regional trade,
infrastructure and resource management)
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List of other ongoing activities:
• Capacity Building in Development of Policy Framework for
Promotion of Low Carbon Emission Societies in Central Asia
• Green Climate Fund Readiness Programme (Uzbekistan)
• Technology needs assessment (Uzbekistan)
• Preparation of intended nationally determined contribution (iNDC)
to the 2015 agreement under the UNFCCC (Kyrgyzstan)
• Strengthening ecosystems and development linkages through
innovative economic approaches for green growth (Kazakhstan)
• Global Project on the Implementation of PRTRs as a tool for POPs
reporting, dissemination and awareness raising for (Kazakhstan)
Environmental information and monitoring, with UNECE and EEA
• Integrating environmental sustainability in the UN Development
Assistance Frameworks (UNDAFs) and UN common country
programming processes
• Poverty and environment initiative
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5. Events and deliverables in 2015
Key milestones
2014-2015: Development of regional GE and Waste approaches, with all interested partners
ICSD Meeting June 2015
SCP roundtable (10 YFP) in Almaty, Sept 2015
2016: Contribution of CA on green economy to Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference in Batumi
Central Asia waste management outlook 2016
Climate change adaptation in mountain regions (Paris COP side event 2015)
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6. Scale up and opportunities for
partnerships
Key milestones
Based on the Central Asian regional scoping study, develop and implement GE initiatives on intra-regional trade, infrastructure and resource management
Further support regional cooperation and look into potential of working at sub national level (cities)
Assessment of investment needs (financial and technologies)
Sustainable public procurement (responding to countries request)
Eco Portal, Green Growth Knowledge Platform
2016: Contribution of CA on green economy to Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference in Batumi
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Thank you