International Cooperation & Sustainable Development Division

Shri R R Rashmi, Additional Secretary (9910195285)

Shri Arun Kumar Mehta, Joint Secretary (9868668419) Shri Arvind Nautiyal, Director (9717433944) Shri Rakesh Kumar, Director (9910487385)

Shri M K Rai, Under Secretary (9968241330)

Projects handled by IC Division

Multilateral cooperation: Rs 24,177.6 crores

(GEF, UNEP and WB)

Bilateral cooperation: Rs 11,543.2 crores

(GiZ, JICA, Norway)

Total: Rs 35720.8 crores

Multilateral Cooperation

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

The World Bank (WB)

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

GEF is a funding mechanism of UNFCCC, CBD, UNCCD, Stockholm Convention

on PoPs and Minamata Convention on Mercury.

Focal areas: climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity conservation,

land degradation, chemical & waste and international waters.

India is one of the founder members.

MoEFCC is the Operational Focal Point.

DEA is the Political Focal Point

Status of GEF Grant (1991 – June 2016)

USD 235.43 million received as country allocation (2006-18)

USD 577.937 million of GEF grant accessed

USD 244.4 million of accessed grant utilized

USD 2.9 billion of project co-funding leveraged

USD 63 million contributed by India to GEF Trust Fund

A Glimpse of Ongoing GEF projects

Mainstreaming biodiversity into production landscapes/ seascapes

Strengthening capacity to implement BD Act with ABS provisions

Wetland conservation, Sustainable Forestry Management

Promoting energy efficient and renewable energy technologies in

thermal power plants, SMEs, railways, buildings, rural productive and

domestic use, brick kilns etc

Promoting urban transport and systems

Facilitating implementation of State Action Plans on CC

Improving adaptive infrastructure and capacities of rural & coastal

communities

Eco-friendly techniques for PCB, Bio-medical waste, DDT

National reporting to UNFCCC, CBD, UNCCD, Stockholm & Minamata

A Glimpse of GEF-6 projects

Conservation & management of Snow Leopard and strengthening of

Wildlife Crime Control Bureau

Smart Cities – Mysore, Jaipur, Bhopal, Vijayawada and Guntur

Creating and sustaining energy efficient markets

Enabling 800 MW of solar rooftop power without subsidy

Piloting a self-sustaining business model in > 1 m ha of land for

transforming agriculture into an economically viable occupation for small

and marginal farmers

Krill fishing in Antarctica

Pilot demonstration on Construction and Demolition Waste

Addressing adverse impacts of CC and air pollution on human health

Major Achievements of Completed Projects

CO2 emission reduction: Over 40 mt over the lifetime.

Sustainable conservation practices introduced: Over 1,031,378 ha

Covered 21 states of India

Enhanced capacity and facilitated institutional building

National reporting to Conventions

327 SGP projects working directly with communities developed and USD 8.2

million disbursed.

United Nations Environment Programme

India is a member of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Active participation required in United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA)

and other decision-making bodies of UNEP . Next meeting scheduled in

December 2017.

Sustainable Public Procurement and Eco-labeling project

Resource Consumption 1980-2008: from 2.6 up to 4.5 bn tons

By 2050: expected to be 4-5 fold

Specific scarce resources Import dependency on specific resources

RE Relevance Now on G7 Agenda and foreseen for G20

Resource Consumption

of India

International Resource Panel set up by UNEP in recognition that one

planet is not enough. India is the first country to set up Resource

Efficiency Panel to work on C&D Waste and End of Life Cycle Vehicles

Sustainable Development

2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted in Sept 2015 at UN General

Assembly

17 Goals and 169 Targets adopted, progress to be measured through

indicators

Coordination: NITI Aayog

Negotiation relating to indicators: Ministry of Statistics and Programme

Implementation (MoSPI)

Total estimated cost of implementing SDGs: Rs 35 lakh crores per yr/ 15 yrs

Sustainable Development

Current status of implementation:

NITI Aayog carried out responsibility mapping with respect to 17 Goals and

169 Targets

MoEFCC responsible for:

- SDGs 12, 13 and 15 (fully)

- SDGs 3,6,8,9,11,14 and 17 (partially).

Thus, covering 41 SDG Targets to be monitored by 48 indicators.

Bilateral Cooperation

Bilateral Agreements/ MoUs/ Treaties: Bangladesh, Brazil, China,

Egypt, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Morocco, Norway, Qatar,

Sweden and USA

Bilateral projects: GiZ (Waste to Energy, Resource Efficiency and

Mgmt of Secondary Raw Material and Sustainable and Environment

Friendly Industrial Production), Norway (Centre for Biodiversity Policy

and Law) and JICA (forestry, biodiversity and river conservation).

Upcoming Bilateral Meetings in 2016

SNo Meeting Date Venue

1. India-Bangladesh JWG 21 July Delhi

2. BRICS Environment Ministers &

Working Group

19-20/28-29

August

Goa

3. India-Sweden JWG Sept Sweden

4. India-EU Environment Forum &

Working Group

3-4 Oct Delhi

5. India-France JWG First week Oct Delhi

6. Signing of India-Australia MoU Sept/Oct Australia

7 Indo-German WG Nov/Dec Germany

IC & SD Budget

Total budget is Rs 11.80 crores

Rs 8.735 crores is for making contributions to international

bodies

Rs 2.55 crores is for international travel. IC division

supplements the international travel budget of thematic

divisions as well

Future Action

Strengthening engagement with GEF

- India’s contribution towards GEF-7 replenishment cycle

- Accreditation of national implementing agency

- Formulation of paper on GEF business model

- Strengthening of project monitoring mechanism

Active participation in United Nations Environment Assembly

(UNEA) of UNEP

MoU with Australia

Meeting of BRICS Environment Ministers

SDGs: Setting up systems for

- Implementation

- Monitoring and Evaluation

- Resource Mobilization

IC & SD Organogram Secretary (EF&CC)

HMEFCC

AS (RRR)

JS (AKM)

DIR (Bilateral)

DIR (Multilateral & SD)

US (IC & SD)

SO (IC & SD)

ASO ASO ASO JSA

Thank you

Projects handled by IC division (Ongoing & in Pipeline)

Focal Area Multilateral Bilateral Total

No Amount (In USDM)

No Amount (In €M)

No Amount (In INR cr)

Natural Resource Management

13 357.556 (Rs 2401.35 cr)

4 28.1 (Rs 208.56 cr)

17 2609.9

Climate Change 24 245.462 (Rs 1648. 52 cr)

4 11.5 (Rs 85.35 cr)

28 1733.9

Chemical & Waste

5 91.07 (Rs 611.63 cr)

1 3 (Rs 22.27 cr)

6 633.9

Others 1 5.4 (Rs 36.27 cr)

X X 1 36.27

Total 43 699.493 (Rs. 4697.80 Cr)

@Rs.67.16/$

9 42.6 (Rs.316.26 Cr)

@Rs.74.22/Euro

52 5014.06

Note: Multilateral includes GEF grant and WB loan; Bilateral includes GiZ grant. The role of IC division is

primarily of monitoring as these projects are implemented by other divisions and other Ministries of

Government of India.

Highlights of Ongoing Projects

Biodiversity Conservation and Rural Livelihood Improvement (Total project cost:

USD 31.02 m of which USD 8.14 m is GEF grant) aims to undertake economically viable conservation

activities outside PAs to reduce pressure on PA (Askote, Little Runn of Kutch, Satpura and

Agasthyamalai)

Coal Fired Generation Rehabilitation project (Total project cost: USD 181.56 m of which

USD 45. 4 m is GEF grant) aims to undertake EE R&M work in Unit-5 of Bandel TPS, Unit-6 of Koradi

TPS and capacity building of Central Electricity Authority.

EE Improvements in Brick Industry (Total project cost: USD 2.69 m of which USD 0.696 m is

GEF grant) promotion of resource-efficient bricks by including REB specifications in BIS standards and

procurement guidelines of CPWD/PWD, establishing 3 REB units, investment plans for 25 units and

knowledge management material.

Sustainable Urban Transport (Total project cost: USD 299.51 m of which USD 24.38 m is GEF

grant) aims to promote environment-friendly urban transport systems in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Naya

Raipur, Indore, Mysore and Hubli-Dharwad.

Improving EE in Indian Railways system (Total project cost: USD 26.2 m of which USD 5.2

m is GEF grant) aims to improve EE in Indian Railways in both traction and non-traction systems by

piloting technologies like optimal light control, smart sense, smart grid, provision of automated light and

fan control, retrofitting of LED lights, automation of pumping, provision of super EE fans, setting up of

EE benchmarks etc.

Highlights of Ongoing Projects

EE Improvements in Commercial Bldgs (Total project cost: USD 21.07 m of which USD 5.2

m is GEF grant) aims to reduce energy consumed by new commercial bldgs by integrating appropriate

design interventions. The project is supporting GoI’s initiative in making ECBC a mandatory regime by

end of 12th FYP.

Financing EE at SME (Total project cost: USD 63. 6 m of which USD 12. 43 m is GEF grant) aims

to facilitate EE related investments in MSME clusters by providing TA for preparation and

implementation of investment grade EE improvement measures, capacity building, technology support

and knowledge sharing in Foundry & Forging (Kolhapur), Forging (Pune), Limekilns (Tirunelveli),

Chemicals (Ankleshwar), Mixed industries (Faridabad).

Promoting EE and RE in MSMEs (Total project cost: USD 33.37 m of which USD 8 m is GEF

grant) aims to set up 29 demo units in 12 clusters – ceramic (Khurja, Thangarh, Morbi), brass

(Jamnagar), Diary (Gujarat), Hand-tools (Nagur and Jalandhar), Foundry (Indore, Coimbatore,

Belgaum). Energy Management Centers are set up in all 12 clusters

Mkt Development of Solar Industrial Process Heat Technologies (Total project cost:

USD 23.75 m of which USD 4.4 m is GEF grant) aims to accelerate installation of solar concentrator

technologies. About 45,000 sq m of CST based system installed in 90 establishments resulting in 3.15

m litres of fuel oil saved annually.

Highlights of Ongoing Projects

Mainstreaming Coastal and Marine BD into Production Sectors in EGREE (Total

project cost: USD 24.02 m of which USD 6.023 m is GEF grant)

Mainstreaming Coastal and Marine BD into Production Sectors in Sindhudurg

coast, Maharashtra (Total project cost: USD 15.43 m of which USD 3.438 m is GEF grant)

Capacity Bldg for Strengthening the Implementation of BD Act with focus on

ABS (Total project cost: USD 9. 839 m of which USD 3. 561 m is GEF grant)

Capacity Building on Biosafety for Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol (Total project cost: USD 8.727 m of which USD 2.727 m is GEF grant)

Environmentally Sound Mgmt and Final Disposal of PCBs in India (Total project

cost: USD 66.4 m of which USD 14.1 m is GEF grant) aims to reduce / eliminate use and release of

polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) to environment and disposal of at least 7,700 tons of PCB-

contaminated equipment, oil and other waste. The treatment facility is set up at Bhilai Steel Plant.

Environmentally Sound Mgmt of Bio-medical waste in India (Total project cost: USD

44.44 m of which USD 10 m is GEF grant) in Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha and Punjab.

Climate Resilient Coastal Protection and Mgmt in India (Total project cost: USD 56.15

m of which USD 1.818 m is GEF grant) in Karnataka, Maharashtra aims to strengthen resilience of

coast, coastal infrastructure and communities to the adverse climate impacts by preparing adaptation

guidelines and effective mainstreaming of CC into coastal protection and mgmt.

Highlights of Ongoing Projects

India: Sustainable Livelihoods and Adaptation to CC (Total project cost: USD 60. 2 m

of which USD 8 m is GEF grant) aims to improve adaptive capacity of rural poor engaged in farm based

livelihoods in Bihar and MP.

Efficient and Sustainable City Bus Service (Total project cost: USD 123.24 m of which

USD 9.2 m is GEF grant) in Mira Bhayandar, Chandigarh, Jaipur and Bhopal

Scale up to Access Clean Energy for Rural Productive and Domestic Use (Total

project cost: USD 23.04 m of which USD 4 m is GEF grant)

Partial Risk Sharing Facility for EE (Total project cost: USD 141 m of which USD 18 m is

GEF grant)

Development and Promotion of non POPs Alternatives to DDT (Total project cost:

USD 53.14 m of which USD 10 m is GEF grant)

Mkt Transformation and Removal of Barriers for Implementation of SAPCC (Total project cost: USD 28.744 m of which USD 3.744 m is GEF grant) in Manipur and Jharkhand

Integrated Mgmt of Wetland BD (Total project cost: USD 24.413 m of which USD 4.196 m is

GEF grant) in Sasthamcotta lake (Kerala), Harike lake (Punjab) and Kanwar Jheel (Bihar).

Ecosystem Services Improvement Project (Total project cost: USD 132 m of which USD

24.4 m is GEF grant) in Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh.

Projects in Pipeline Program to Establish Pilots for Access through RE (Total project cost: USD 42.1 m of which USD

12 m is GEF grant) in Uttar Pradesh and other states.

Mercury Inventorization in India (Total project cost: USD 1 m of GEF grant)

Sustainable Cities (Total project cost: USD 112.4 m of which USD 13.5 m is GEF grant) focusing on

integrated urban planning, global best practices and pilot demonstrations on waste to energy plants in

Mysore, Jaipur, Bhopal, Vijayawada and Guntur.

Creating and Sustaining EE markets (Total project cost: USD 434.2 m of which USD 20.8 m is GEF

grant) focusing on installing 400 m of LEDs in domestic lighting, 8 million in street lighting, promoting

super efficient fans [70 to 35 W], developing market protocols for market scale up of tri-generation of

electricity, hear and cooling.

Secure Himalayas (Total project cost: USD 55.3 m of which USD 12.7 m is GEF grant) focusing on

illegal wildlife trade and snow leopard conservation with community initiatives.

Grid Connected Rooftop Solar PV (Total project cost: USD 625 m of which USD 25 m is GEF grant)

focusing on enabling 800 MW of rooftop solar power to come up through aggregators without subsidy

and establishing a system of net metering in 3 pilot DISCOMs as pilots.

Climate Smart Agriculture (Total project cost: USD 494 m of which USD 36.887 m is GEF grant)

focuses to treat 800,000 hectares of biodiversity rich land to address the environmental challenges

posed by agriculture as the driver, adoption of climate-friendly agricultural practices and systems,

promote evidence-based agrarian policy/ legislations, organic certification, skill building and

institutionalization.

Projects in Pipeline Solar Photovoltaic based Electricity Generation in Indian Railways (focusing on 75 MW of solar PV

installations in Indian Railways and standardization of procedures/ documents to facilitate the

achievement of 1 GW of solar power by mobilizing private sector/ market investments).. GEF grant:

USD 12 m; Co-funding: USD 114 m.

Krill fishing in Antarctica (focusing on providing scientific evidence and estimates to enable India to

become a fishing member of CCALMR and do sustainable krill fishing). GEF grant: USD 7 m; Co-

funding: USD 45 m.

Small Grants India Program GEF: USD 6 m.

Project on Construction and Demolition Waste GEF: USD 40 m.

Addressing Adverse Impacts of CC and Air Quality on Human Health GEF: USD 5 m.

Mainstreaming BD & ecosystem services into development and finance planning GEF: USD 4 m.

Eastern Himalayan Glacial Watersheds and River Basin Mgmt Program for Bhutan, India and

Nepal GEF: USD 10 m.

Resource efficiency in Cement sector GEF: USD 10 m.

Other Externally Aided Projects

(ASEAN) Capacity Bldg towards implementing Nagoya Protocol on ABS Total

grant: USD 9.93 million

(Norway) Centre for Biodiversity Policy and Law Total grant: 5,409,438 NoK

(SDC) State Action Plan Implementation Total grant: 9 million Swiss Franc

(WB) Integrated Coastal Zone Management Total loan: USD 221.96 million

(WB) Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution Management Total loan: USD

54.18 million

(WB) BD Conservation and Rural Livelihood Improvement Total loan: USD 21.78

million

(UNDP) Strengthening Climate Sensitive Planning and Implementation Total

grant: USD 2.5 million

(UNDP) Strengthening Natural Resource Mgmt Total grant: USD 1.5 million

GIZ funded projects (42.6 m €) Sustainable and Environmental friendly Industrial Production Total cost: 5 million €. Aims at

addressing joint technical solutions for waste management.

Waste to Energy Nasik Project Total cost: 2.5 million €. Aims at reducing emission and generate

energy through co-fermentation of organic solid waste and septage.

Resource Efficiency and Management of Secondary Raw Materials Total cost: 3 million €. An

advisory project on options for conserving resources and secondary raw materials.

Incentives for Sustainable Management of BD and Ecosystem Services Total cost: 4.5 m €. Aim to

use economic valuation of BD and ecosystem services for improved mgmt practices in Forests, Inland

Wetlands and Coastal & Marine ecosystems

Conservation and Sustainable Mgmt of Existing and Potential Coastal and Marine Protected

Areas Total cost: 9.6 million €. Aim to conserve coastal and marine BD

Himachal Pradesh Forest Ecosystem Services Project Total cost: 5 million €. Aims to integrate

findings of TEEB project into development of policies related to forest ecosystem

Development and Mgmt of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions Total cost: 3 million €.

Provides support for implementation of NAMA on forestry and waste and development of respective

monitoring, reporting and verification

Indo-German Environment Programme in Rural Areas Total cost: 9 million €. Aims at reducing over-

exploitation of natural resources due to climate adaptation in north east.

Global Carbon Markets Total cost: 1 million € provides capacity bldg support, technical advisory for

facilitating CDM and new market mechanisms as per Paris Agreement.