This presentation gives an overview of how the EU has been mainstreaming biodiversity into development strategies, policies, plans and budgets, from both a qualitative and a quantitative perspective.
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EU perspectives on lessons from implementation of biodiversity and development strategies, policies, plans and budgets
1. EU perspectives on
lessons from
implementation โ
Mainstreaming Biodiversity in
Development Strategies, Policies,
Plans and Budgets
Arnold Jacques de Dixmude, European Commission
Development Cooperation Office โ EuropeAid
Laure Ledoux, European Commission, D-G Environment
Joint Workshop DAC/ENVIRONET โ EPOC/WPBWE on Biodiversity and Development
Paris, 18 February 2015
2. EU biodiversity Strategy to 2020:
contribution to global diversity
โข Reduce indirect drivers of biodiversity loss
โข Measures to reduce impacts of EU consumption patterns
โข Enhance contribution of trade policy to conserving
biodiversity
โข Provide right market signals for conserving biodiversity
โข Mobilise additional resources for global
biodiversity conservation
โข Contribute fair share to international efforts
โข Improve effectiveness of funding, incl through NCA,
NBSAPs, coordination on assistance projects
โข Biodiversity proof EU development cooperation
โข Regulate Access and Benefit Sharing
3. Outline
1. Qualitative mainstreaming - Effectiveness of funding
โข Cooperation programmes to mainstream biodiversity
โข Biodiversity in policy dialogue with partner countries
โข Green Diplomacy Network
2. Quantitative mainstreaming - Contributing fair
share to global commitments
โข Evolution of ODA financing for biodiversity
โข Ratio biodiversity vs non-biodiversity to instruments
โข Country-driven choice of concentration sectors
โข Synergy with sectors
3. Biodiversity proofing development cooperation
4. Upscaling biodiversity mainstreaming
4. Cooperation programmes to
mainstream biodiversity - Aichi
Target 2
โข Implementing Aichi Target 2 within the EU (MAES)
and supporting efforts outside the EU
โข Valuing biodiversity - TEEB
โข Integrating biodiversity values in accounting
systems โ Natural Capital Accounting:
โข WAVES
โข Partnership Instrument โ NCA in Emerging
economies
โข Link with Resource Mobilisation Strategies โ Biofin
โข Poverty-Environment Initiative
5. Policy Dialogues with Partner
Countries
- Inclusion of biodiversity-related topics
(ecosystems; ecosystem services; sustainable
management of natural resources; nature-based
green economy):
- A selected number of strategic partner countries
have dialogues by sectors
- Often environment as a whole, not only
biodiversity
- Biodiversity in agenda rather in "COP years"
- When environment is covered, it often focuses
primarily on climate change
6. Green Diplomacy Network
โข Mainstreaming environment/climate change
issues into the foreign affair agenda
โข Mostly climate change; water; energy
โข BD agenda item in 8 out of 9 last meetings since
Feb 2012 (COP and IWT)
โข Recent strong entry point for biodiversity in
diplomacy and security: wildlife crisis (poaching,
trafficking)
โข Regular updates on CBD outcomes, resource
mobilisation issues, link to post-2015
7. Quantitative mainstreaming
โข New Multi-annual Financial Framework 2014-2020:
๏ New Thematic Instrument: Global Public Good and
Challenges โ GPGC
โข โฌ 5.1 Bn over 7 years of which โฌ 1.377 Bn for climate
change and environment (incl. biodiv. ~30% i.e. โฌ 400
M).
๏ increase 71% wrt ENRTP
โข Means 0.8% of total Dvpt Coop instruments (EDF + DCI)
โข Ratio of Biodiversity funding with regard to
- "environment-minded" funding instrument (enrtp, gpgc) ๏
20-30%
- "non-environment" funding instrument (EDF, geograph
DCI, other thematic DCI, other instrument) ๏ 3-7%
9. Quantitative mainstreaming
โข Bilateral cooperation: country-driven choice of
concentration sectors. e.g. EDF for ACP countries
โข Three periods compared: 2002-2007; 2008-
2013; 2014-2020
โข How many on environment: 5/76; 14/77; 7/67 :
โข Among which: Climate > Forests > Biodiversity >
Pollution
โข How many on "affine" sectors (agriculture:
17/76; 24/77; 38/67)
โข (2014-2020: water 8/67; energy 15/67))
10. 'Biodiversity-proof' development cooperation
๏ Biodiversity taken into consideration in all sectors:
โข Compulsory procedures (screening, EIA, SEA)
(Guidelines)
โข Environment-wide approach (in which biodiversity is one
aspect among others).
โข 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.
11. How to upscale biodiversity mainstreaming
โข Increase resources for biodiversity specific actions, through
thematic, bilateral, regional and global cooperation channels
โข Increase mainstreaming of biodiversity in sectors: outreach to
geographic directorates to influence multi-year programming.
โข Insist on positive socio-economic opportunities, value of
services, green economy, link with post-2015 & CC.
โข A Flagship Initiative to scale up biodiversity:
The EU Biodiversity for Life Flagship โ 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.
12. Throughโฆ
โข Internal lobbying, training, awareness raising, guidance for
staff, technical assistance, quality support
โข Helpdesk on Env/CC integration 2004-2009
โข Internal staff resources 2010-2012
โข TA on ENV/CC mainstreaming 2013-2015
โข TA on tracking biodiversity-expenditure (ex ante & ex
post)
โข B4Life Facility 2015-2018
How to upscale biodiversity mainstreaming