Plenary 4_David McCauley

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CountryCount ry Safeguard Systems Regional Workshop:Safeguard Systems Regional Workshop:Tow ards Common Approaches and Bet t er Result sTow ards Common Approaches and Bet t er Result s

19 April 201219 April 2012

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I ndigenous Peoples andI ndigenous Peoples andLocal Communit iesLocal Communit ies

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c au eyHead,ClimateChangeProgramCoordinationUnit

AsianDevelopmentBankThe views in this presentation are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect theviews or policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), or its Board of Governors, or the

government they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in thispresentation and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. Terminology usedmay not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms.


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PresentationOutline an

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ga on

EmergingREDD+SupportMechanismsandInstitutions

REDD+Sa eguar sint eUNFCCCCancunAgreements

SafeguardsinMultilateralREDD+FinancingMechanisms

SafeguardsObservationsoftheREDD+Partnership

Safeguardsin

the

Voluntary

Carbon

Market

FCPFSafeguardsADBWBSubstantialEquivalenceExercise

KeyFCPFREDD+SafeguardElements

FIPDedicated

Grant

Mechanism

for

Indigenous

Peoples

&

LocalCommunities

SummaryandConclusions


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EvolvingAttentiontoLandUseand

Forestsin

Mitigating

Climate

Change

LandUseandForestsasCO2Source Recognizedas

majorcontributor,1520%ofglobalGHGemissions

orestat on e orestat on n ean eve opmentMechanism Alreadysomeforestactionsundercarbon

,

ExpandingREDD+SupportMechanisms Aimingfor,

withreadinessactivities(includingsafeguards)

Voluntar Carbon Market Be innin sha e of rivate

carbonmarkets,someofwhichincludesafeguards


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InternationalREDD+SupportInstitutions

GCF?

OperationsFCPF Carbon FundBilaterals: Norway, Australia Performance-based

Capacity,Reforms

Institution strengthening Forest governance

and information Sustainable forest

nvestmentsFIP, UN-REDD, FCPF, GEFBilaterals: Norway, UK, US

management Investments outsideforest sector

Diagnostic Reference ScenarioReadiness

Monitoring SystemFCPF Readiness Fund,

UN-REDD, GEF


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REDD+SafeguardsintheCancunAgreements

...thefollowingsafeguardsshouldbepromotedandsupported:

..nationalforestprogrammesandrelevantinternationalconventionsand

agreements;

...national

legislation

and

sovereignty;Respectfortheknowledgeandrightsofindigenouspeoplesandmembersof

local communities b takin into account relevant international obli ations

nationalcircumstancesandlaws,andnotingthattheUnitedNationsGeneral

AssemblyhasadoptedtheUnitedNationsDeclarationontheRightsof

Indi enousPeo les

Fullandeffectiveparticipationofrelevantstakeholders,inparticular,

indigenouspeoplesandlocalcommunities...;

...

,

...

arenotusedfortheconversionofnaturalforests,butare insteadusedto

incentivizetheprotectionandconservationofnaturalforestsandtheir

,

...

address

the

risks

of

reversals;

...reducedisplacementofemissions.(Annex1)


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WhatDoREDD+SafeguardsInclude?

ra t ona

e n t on nv ronmenta

mpacts,

involuntaryresettlement,indigenouspeoplesrights,

,

Communications Transparencyandtimelinessofn orma on ssem na on

Consultations Stakeholder

and

civil

society

engagemen mec an sms, nc u ng ree r oran

InformedConsent(FPIC)

en er nsur ng

ueattent on

to

gen er

ssues

EnvironmentalIntegrity Leakageandadditionalconcerns,riskofdisplacement

GrievanceRedress Accountability

mechanism.


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Example:SafeguardConsiderationsof

FCPFEnvironmentalandSocialA roach

StrategicEnvironmental

and

Social

StakeholderEngagement

in

REDD+

Readiness

DisclosureofInformation

,

Moreinfo:

http://www.forestcarbonpartnership.org/fcp/node/310


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REDD+PartnershipSafeguardObservations

Cost/capacityconstraints Implementingsafeguardsystemsiscostlywithcapacitiesnotalwaysinplace(so

existingsafeguard

systems

are

not

always

implemented)

Diverselandscape Recognizediversityofnationalandinternationalsafeguardsystems

Buildon

existing

systems

Rather

than

develop

new

systemsandindicators,recommendtouseandcombine

existingsystems

earn ng

ress ngsa eguar s

an

prov ng

informationonthemisacontinuouslearningprocess

ngagemen ar ys a e o erpar c pa on ea s o

increasedconfidence

and

creates

long

term

benefits


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MultilateralREDD+SupportMechanisms:

FIP (1)MDBSafeguardPolicies;(2)DedicatedGrant

FCPF (1)

Social

and

Environmental

Approach

Paper

2011;

2 SubstantialE uivalenceforDeliver Partners

UNREDD (1)DraftFrameworkforSharingApproacheson

BetterMulti

Stakeholder

Participation

Practices;

(2)

UN

REDD

ProgrammeGuidelinesonFree,PriorandInformedConsent

(FPIC);(3)REDD+BenefitSharing:ComparativeAssessmentof

GEF/SFM (1)GEFAgencySafeguardPolicies;(2)2011GEFPolic onEnvironmentalandSocialSafe uards 3 2011Polic

onGenderMainstreaming

GCF (2013) DirectAccessREDD+(usingcountrysystems?)


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FCPFSafeguards:

Material Elements ADB WB

Environmental AssessmentSafeguardPolicy

Statement,July

2009(SPS)

OP4.01

Environmental

Assessment++Natural HabitatsOperationa

Manualand

BankProcedure,

March2010

OP/BP4.04

NaturalHabitats+Forests

(OMF1)

TheBanks

OP/BP4.36

Forests,Indigenous Peoples

Forestry,ADB,

1995

.

Involuntary

ResettlementPhysical & Cultural Resources

OP/BP4.11

Physical

Cultural

Resources

Resolution, & Redress Mechanisms


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Voluntary Poverty

Biodiversity

Sustainable

GHG

Monitoring

Certification

SafeguardsintheVoluntaryCarbonMarket

Standard Alleviation Protection Mgtof

Forests

Assessment &Reporting Procedures

CCBA + +

CCBAREDD+

S&E + +

GCS + +VCS + + +

PEFC +CarbonFix +

PlanVivo

SocialCarbon

Only 3 of 9 voluntary standards have social and environmental criteria.

Comprehensive coverage needs to be improved.19 projects from Asia and Pacific gaining experience.

, . . , . . -


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FIPDedicatedGrantMechanismfor

indigenouspeoples

and

local

communities

leadMDBforeachcountryandglobalprogram

Transparencyan accounta i ityin ecision

makingprocesses

Flexibility,efficiency

and

administrative

clarity

Global=$50M

Indonesia=$6.5M

;Lao

PDR

=$4.5M


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Summar

and

Conclusions

mustcontend

with

safeguards

adequacy

+mec an smsgoo n cator wea

attentionto

country

systems

Pattern:establishingglobalnorms/standards

GreenClimateFundwilllargelysetthefuturesa eguar s tone inc u ing or irectaccess

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