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Mainstreaming Biodiversity through Development Cooperation

Mainstreaming Biodiversity through Development Cooperation. Arnold Jacques de Dixmude, European Commission Development Cooperation Office - EuropeAid. Side-Event at CBD COP-12 Pyeongchang, 13 October 2014. EuropeAid's approach to biodiversity mainstreaming.

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Mainstreaming Biodiversity through Development Cooperation

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  1. Mainstreaming Biodiversity through Development Cooperation Arnold Jacques de Dixmude, European Commission Development Cooperation Office - EuropeAid Side-Event at CBD COP-12 Pyeongchang, 13 October 2014

  2. EuropeAid's approach to biodiversity mainstreaming • 1) Biodiversity as principal objective • 2) Biodiversity as significant objective • 3) "Biodiversity-proof" development cooperation • 4) How to upscale dev.coop. contribution to biodiversity? • 5) Facts & Figures

  3. 1. Biodiversity as principal objective • Biodiversity specific actions  Saving habitats, protected areas and productive landscapes, including through capacity building.: • Project-based support to public protected areas, country approach • Project-based support to public PA, regional integration approach • Grant-awarding facility for civil society empowerment for biodiversity • Payment for Ecosystem Services • Budget Support Approach

  4. 1. Biodiversity as principal objective b) Biodiversitymainstreamedin economic and developmentpolicy : • TEEB • BIOFIN • WAVES • Support to NBSAPs 2.0 process.

  5. 2. Biodiversity as significant objective • Biodiversity mainstreamed in affine sectors, where synergies are likely and money flows bigger : • Climate change ("ecosystem-based adaptation or mitigation")  GCCA+ Flagship – commitment for 20% of EU budget climate-relevant. • Agriculture/Rural Development/Food Security: priority sector for the "Agenda for Change" • in nearly half of the MIPs of bilateral cooperation (EDF/DCI-geogr.) • enhanced provision for Food Security GPGC (thematic instrument) • Support to NBSAPs 2.0 process.

  6. 2. Biodiversity as significant objective • Biodiversity mainstreamed in affine sectors, where synergies are likely and money flows bigger : • Forestry: • Action against illegal timber (FLEGT) • REDD+ • Coastal/marine management: • Ecosystem-based resilience (DRR) • Sustainable coastal management • Policy commitment and measures against IUU fishery.

  7. 3. 'Biodiversity-proof' development cooperation • Biodiversity taken into considerationin all sectors: • Compulsory procedures (screening, EIA, SEA) (Guidelines) • Environment-wide approach (in which biodiversity is one aspect among others). • Relevant where biodiversity wouldn't usually be considered: infrastructure, extractive and transformative industry, b-a-u economy, health, education. • Undesired side-effects on environment (incl. biodiv.) are identified. • Where necessary mitigation or compensation measures are provided by the project design.

  8. 4. How to upscale biodiversity mainstreaming • New Multi-annual Financial Framework 2014-2020: •  New Thematic Instrument: Global Public Good and Challenges – GPGC • € 5.1 Bn over 7 years of which € 1.377 Bn for climate change and environment (incl. biodiv. ~30% i.e. € 400 M). • Means 0.8% of total Dvpt Coop instruments (EDF + DCI) • A Flagship Initiative to scale up biodiversity: • The EU Biodiversity for Life Flagship – B4Life •  More holistic and coherent approach of the EU development cooperation in biodiversity •  Alignment on the Agenda for Change, the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 and the Post-2015 Framework.

  9. 4. How to upscale biodiversity mainstreaming • Through… • Internal lobbying, training, awareness raising, guidance for staff • Political dialogue with partner countries, Green Diplomacy Network • Increase resources for biodiversity specific actions, through thematic, bilateral, regional and global cooperation channels • Increase mainstreaming of biodiversity in sectors: outreach to geographic division to influence multi-year programming. • Insist on positive socio-economic opportunities.

  10. EuropeAid 5. Facts & Figures • EuropeAid = third world biggest donor for biodiversity: € 1,600 million from 2007 to 2013. • Biodiversity principal (2007-2013): € 530 million • Biodiversity significant (2007-2013): € 1,070 million • Share of activities with biodiversity as significant (not principal) objective increased from 46% in 2007 to 82 % in 2013

  11. EuropeAid 5. Facts & Figures • Compared to total of EuropeAid's main developing cooperation instruments for 2007-2013 (EDF + DCI): € 37,619 million  4.25% for biodiversity. • Average 2006-2010 : € 194 million • 2011: € 174 M = -10.22% • 2012: € 289 M = +49.12% • 2013: € 305 M = +57.38% • ( on track toward the RM international target ??)

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