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Using existing processes to address the Changing Climate

Using existing processes to address the Changing Climate. International Waters Focal Area. International Waters (IW) includes transboundary river lake, and groundwater basins; also oceans, coasts, Large Marine Ecosystems and connected river basins. GEF International Waters Portfolio.

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Using existing processes to address the Changing Climate

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  1. Using existing processes to address the Changing Climate

  2. International Waters Focal Area International Waters (IW) includes transboundary river lake, and groundwater basins; also oceans, coasts, Large Marine Ecosystems and connected river basins

  3. GEF International Waters Portfolio GEF is largest investor in multi-country collective management of transboundary water systems: $1.1 billion GEF/$4.7 billion co-financing - Inter-ministry Committees, Transboundary Diagnostic Analyses, Strategic Action Program - integrated analyses, shared visioning for political commitments to ecosystem-based action to change human behavior • 149 GEF recipient states are cooperating with 23 non-recipient states on their particular shared water systems. • In working to reverse fisheries depletion, reduce water pollution, and balance conflicting water uses through IWRM, GEF contributes to water, environment, and community security as well as regional stability.

  4. Fostering Sustainable Development of Coastal Areas Xiamen Marine Zoning Scheme

  5. GEF International Waters Ecosystem-Based Approach to Management at Multiple Scales Large Marine Ecosystem Scale (South China Sea LME-UNEP) Coastal Municipality/Provincial ICM scale (Da Nang, Vietnam - UNDP PEMSEA) River Basin Linkage Scale (GPA Mekong River Basin/delta - World Bank) Local Community-based Demo Sites (Phu Quoc Fish Refugia Vietnam- UNEP)

  6. GEF IW Funded Institutions to deal with Climatic Variability and Change • 124 different countries are now working together on 19 shared LMEs • $1/2 Billion invested in creating Transboundary Water Institutions. • Focal Points for dealing with the Transboundary Management of the Changing Climate

  7. Using existing processes to address the Changing Climate Reducing Carbon emissions is high on the list of measures to protect our Coastal Zones, but Adaptive Management Tools such as ICM and EBM and their Wide Spread application is essential to be able to minimize the hardship that affects millions of people in the Coastal Regions both Today and Tomorrow

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