Session 2: The Climate Change and Energy Challenge
Session Moderator Leslie Walling, Executive Director, Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA) (left)
Richard Worthington, Earthlife Africa, Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Project Coordinator (center), discussed South Africa 's future energy options. He demonstrated that investing in clean energy reduces the country's contribution to climate change, is cost effective, creates jobs and reduces poverty. Questioning whether GEF grants will provide social and economic justice
, Annie Sugrue, Southern Africa Coordinator, Citizens United for Renewable Energy and Sustainability (CURES) (right), highlighted the disconnect between political and financial will in South Africa for developing renewable energy programmes.
Djimingue Nanasta, ENDA Tiers Monde (left), stressed the link between energy and climate security and called for a new development paradigm to promote energy efficiency and facilitate adaptation. Emad Adly, Arab Network for Environment and Development (RAED) (center), described lessons learned from Egypt 's experience of the GEF Small Grants Programme. He noted the importance of, inter alia : dialogue between policy-makers and grassroots organizations; localized “win-win” approaches to global issues; capacity building; and private sector engagement.
Session 3: Biodiversity-Moving from Debate to Action?
Willem Van Riet, Peace Parks Foundation, South Africa (right), illustrated how transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs) seek to manage environmental and cultural resources across borders while fostering sustainable economic development, regional peace and stability. Participants discussed the need to address: equity between States and communities; benefits to indigenous peoples; and an integrated ecosystem approach in developing TFCAs. Van Riet outlined three phases in negotiating TFCAs: political acceptance in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding; project planning leading to a treaty; and donor funding for implementation.
Session Moderator Felipe Villagran, MERO LEC A.C.
Lucy Mulenkei, Indigenous Information Network (right), called on the GEF to review its protected areas policy vis-à-vis indigenous peoples, following the CBD COP-8 recommendations
Dorothy Manuel, Central Focal Point for the GEF NGO Network (left)
Marianna Sell, Deputy Director, Ipanema Institute (center), illustrated policies and actions for mainstreaming women into Brazil 's water management and policy.
Johannes Chigwada, ZERO (right), discussed capacity strengthening for civil society in the least developed countries on adaptation to climate change in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Africa.
Maria Leichener, Executive Director ECOS Corrientes Foundation (left) and Miguel Reynal, WWF (right), presented on civil society involvement in planning and establishing the GEF-funded Reserva Provincial del Iberia, the largest protected wetland in Argentina . Simone Lovera, Campaign Coordinator, Global Forest Coaltion (center), discussed social impacts of markets in environmental services.
In closing the event, UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner (far right) urged civil society to: remain engaged in the international environmental discourse; reassess its future role in the GEF and other international processes; and develop new ways of thinking about existing dilemmas.
Forum on Sustainable Land and Water Management: A GEF Agenda for Combating Environmental Degradation and Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods
David Dent, Director, World Soil Information Center (left), highlighted: engagement of local communities in decision-making; technology required to effectively address land degradation; and existing information gaps. Zarar Adeel, Director, United Nations University (center), illustrated a conceptual framework for knowledge management in SLM, recommending inclusion of human well-being and poverty reduction. Forum Co-Chairs Ratan Lal, Professor of Soil Science and Director, Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, Ohio, US, and Gunilla Bjorklund, Director, GEWA Consulting, Sweden (right)
Co-Chair Gunilla Bjorklund (left); Gregoire de Kalbermatten, Deputy Executive Secretary, UN Convention to Combat Desertification, stressed that land and water issues present an opportunity for the GEF, noted regional implementation as a key element of the CCD, and supported the land degradation strategy developed for GEF-4.
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Addressing the NGO Forum, Monique Barbut, GEF CEO/Chair, called on participants to: work for innovative solutions; engage with the private sector; and view the RAF as empowering for countries
