NDF/WB/WHO: Early Experiences in Multi-Sectoral Climate Change and Health Work for International Development: Opportunities and Finance

Mariana Simões

Helsinki, 19-20 May 2016

UNDP, Climate Change & Health

Best Practices, Lessons Learned & Opportunities

Empowered Lives. Resilient Nations.

Introduction Introduction

UNDP works in nearly 170 countries and

territories, helping to achieve the eradication

of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities

and exclusion. We help countries to develop

policies, leadership skills, partnering

abilities, institutional capabilities and build

resilience in order to sustain development

results

Support to Countries to Achieve SDGs

Through 3 Areas of Work:

• Sustainable development

• Democratic governance and

peacebuilding

• Climate and disaster resilience

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2015 2016

Growing Programme (USD millions)

UNDP Climate Change Adaptation Portfolio

Supporting developing countries to adapt to a changing climate

Climate Change & Health Portfolio

Opportunity to Replicate & Upscale

UNDP Climate Change Adaptation Global Health Evaluation Results

Supporting developing countries to adapt to a changing climate

Global: Piloting Climate Change Adaptation to Protect Human Health Impacts

• Implementation of community-based public health education campaigns on safe use of waste water and on

vector control (Barbados)

• Prediction mechanism for climate sensitive infectious diseases (Bhutan)

• Implementation of heat-health warning system in 3 pilot cities (China)

• Implementation of EW & response system w M&E of effectiveness (Fiji)

• Development of operational procedures for rapid response when elevated health risk from wastewater

detected (Jordan)

• Training and support for district health officers in use of decision support system, incl met data (Kenya)

• Development of protocols, M&E of intervention in reducing summer peaks of summer peaks of diarrhea

(Uzbekistan)

Best Practices

• Excellent example of including multi-UN agency cooperation and collaboration, capacity building and

mainstreaming. Combined strength (UNDP and WHO) resulted in supportive and mutually reinforcing roles

in implementation.

• Capacity building approach can be used by other countries as they begin vulnerability and adaptation

assessments and conducting health component of NAPs

Lessons Learned

• Four years is a short time to demonstrate success of an adaptation project

UNDP Climate Change Adaptation Projects in Development

Supporting developing countries to adapt to a changing climate

Regional: Building Resilience of Health Systems in Asian LDCs to Climate Change

Project details: $9M

Implementing Partner: WHO

Project Objective: Increase the adaptive capacity of national health systems and institutions, and sub-national

level actors, to respond to and manage long-term climate-sensitive health risks in six Asian LDCs (Bangladesh,

Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, Timor-Leste).

Project Outcomes:

1.1: Institutional capacities are strengthened to effectively integrate climate risks and adaptation options in

health sector planning and implementation

2.1 Effective decision-making for health interventions is enabled through generation of information and

improved surveillance and/or early warning systems

3.1 Climate resilience is enhanced in health service delivery

4.1 Enhanced regional cooperation and knowledge exchange for promoting scale-up and replication of

interventions

4.2 HNAP are effectively integrated into ongoing NAP processes

Project Preparation Inception Workshop: 31 May-2 June 2016

Maximizing Impact of Combined Resources

Add-On Health-Specific Activities or M&E to the

CCA Portfolio

NAP-GSP support for LDCs NAP-GSP support for Non-LDCs NAP-GSP support on Agriculture NAP-GSP support on Health

UNDP Climate Change Adaptation Support to the NAPs Process

Supporting developing countries to adapt to a changing climate Supporting developing countries to adapt to a changing climate

Supporting

Integrated

Climate Change

Strategies

Advancing

Cross-

Sectoral Climate

Resilient

Livelihoods

Ecosystem-

Based Adaptation

Fostering

Resilience

for Food Security

Climate Resilient

Integrated Water

Resource and

Coastal

Management

Community

Resilience

through

Integrated

Landscape

Management

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UNDP Climate Change Adaptation Active Portfolio

Supporting developing countries to adapt to a changing climate

UNDP Climate Change Adaptation Project Example

Supporting developing countries to adapt to a changing climate

Coastal Resilience project in Timor-Leste (UNDP/LDCF) • Cross sectoral policy support

to protect coastal ecosystems

• Rehabilitation of 1000ha of mangrove forest

• Sustainable livelihoods support to 26,000 people

• Integrated ecosystems approach to support CCA and DRR

Making Critical Links

Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk

Reduction, Health

UNDP Health & HIV

Supporting developing countries to adapt to a changing climate

2.3 million

people on HIV

treatment

823,000 TB

cases

detected &

treated

75 million

malaria cases

treated

Significant results are being achieved in improving institutional governance in the health

sector, strengthening national systems and capacities, transforming policies and

regulatory frameworks, and promoting human rights of people affected by the three

diseases, thus ensuring sustainability and resilience of the health services.

24 countries + 3 regional grants, 48 grants

$424 million expenditure – 2015, 100.3 million procurement support beyond GF

$430.5 million new agreements 2015

$1.77 billion total size of global health portfolio (active signed grants)

UNDP Joint Programming

Supporting developing countries to adapt to a changing climate

Joint Health and Chemicals Programming

Community-based prevention and control of Zika transmission by source

reduction with reduced reliance on chemical pesticides

Joint Health and Climate Change Mitigation Programming

Solar 4 Health: Sustainable Energy Solutions for Equitable Access to Health

Services

Joint Task Team on Sustainable Procurement in the Health Sector

UNDP Disaster Risk Reduction

Supporting developing countries to adapt to a changing climate

Sri Lanka: People Affected and

Lives Lost from Epidemics

(1975-2015)

Main Causes: Chicken Pox, Cholera,

Dengue, Encephalitis, Viral Hepatitis

Opportunities

• Opportunities to Upscale and Replicate Climate Change & Health

Interventions

• Maximizing the Impact of Combined Resources

• Integrate Health into CCA and NAPs support

• Making Critical Links

• DRR (e.g. data, EWS), Health Programme, Other

Opportunities

• Opportunities to Upscale and Replicate Climate Change & Health

Interventions

• Maximizing the Impact of Combined Resources

• Integrate Health into CCA and NAPs support

• Making Critical Links

• DRR (e.g. data, EWS), Health Programme, Other

UNDP Climate Change Adaptation Climate Health Opportunities

Supporting developing countries to survive in a changing climate

UNDP Climate Change Adaptation

Supporting developing countries to adapt to a changing climate

Thank You!

Contact Information: Mariana Simões

mariana.simoes@undp.org