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• CARICOM Regional Framework

Implementation Plan

Global Climate Change Alliance Caribbean Regional Conference

Radisson Hotel, Belize 28-29 March 2011

John Firth CEO and co-founder, Acclimatise Implementation Plan Project Lead

• Introduction
• The CARICOM document ‘A Regional Framework for Achieving Development

Resilient to Climate Change 2009-2015’

• The Implementation Plan:

– Programme and processes

• Highlight some of the key themes
• Hand over to Joe McGann who will discuss some of the actions in the

Implementation Plan.

• CARICOM Regional Framework
• CCCCC prepared a climate change strategy at the

request of CARICOM and undertook an extensive consultation process.

• The final document ‘A Regional Framework for

Achieving Development Resilient to Climate Change 2009-2015’ was approved by the CARICOM Heads of Government in 2009

• The Regional Framework sets out five strategic

elements and a number of supporting goals that must be delivered if the Caribbean is to secure the transformational change required to build resilience.

“It is absolutely necessary that all our countries identify and implement, in the shortest possible timeframe, a series of measures designed to minimise and mitigate the effects of global warming on our countries and populations...”

Chairman of CARICOM, Hon. Dean Oliver Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize

• Implementation Plan:

introduction

• The Regional Framework set the CCCCC, in collaboration with regional stakeholders,

the task of developing an Implementation Plan.

• With the priorities established in the Framework, the Implementation Plan and an

accompanying monitoring and evaluation plan is now being developed in consultation with regional, national and international stakeholders.

• CCCCC is responsible for developing the IP and all related project deliverables.

However, a significant proportion of the work involved will be outsourced by CCCCC to consultants. The consulting team comprises the UK based climate risk management firm, Acclimatise, led by John Firth and a project coordinator, Joseph McGann who is based at the CCCCC in Belmopan.

• The consultants are working in close collaboration with the Executive Director of the

CCCCC and technical staff. CCCCC provides administrative support for the work and coordinates the regional consultations.

• Implementation Plan:

project funding and support

• CARICOM, through the CCCCC, requested financial and technical support from

the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to develop the Implementation Plan.

• DFID has worked with the Climate & Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)

to provide this support.

• CDKN was set up and funded by DFID. CDKN is independent from DFID,

although it works closely with DFID and other donor programmes wherever possible.

• CDKN is an alliance of six private and not-for-profit organisations, launched in

March 2010. Led by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the alliance also includes the Overseas Development Institute, LEAD International, INTRAC, SouthSouthNorth in Africa and Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano in Latin America and the Caribbean, bringing together a wide range of experience.

• CDKN provides support to decision makers in developing countries to design and

deliver climate compatible development, by combining research, advisory services, knowledge management and capacity building processes in support of locally owned and managed policy processes.

• Project components and timeline

Current actions database Web based tool: Implementation Plan actions Research component

Additional components

PLAN

• Project planning
• Early September 2010

TALK

• Dialogue with national governments, regional organisations and international stakeholders
• September – end February 2011

PREPARE

• Prepare draft Implementation Plan
• January – end March 2011

CONSULT

• Formal consultation process and prepare final Implementation Plan for submission
• March – May 2011

ADOPT

• Seek CARICOM Heads of Government approval, disseminate and engage.
• May - July 2011

ACT

• Deliver actions in Implementation Plan, monitoring and evaluation, periodic reviews.
• 2011 - 2021

• Implementation Plan:

‘Talk’

• A dialogue and consultation component commenced in September with

a pilot exercise in Belize.

– This showed that the original 2 month period allocated for this component was insufficient and that an additional formal consultation component was needed. – The timetable for the project was extended to cover these issues.

• This component finished at the end of February 2011.
• A one-to-one dialogue is underway with key stakeholders. This

involves a series of in-county visits.

• The dialogue process has shaped the content of the Implementation

Plan.

• A number of themes have emerged.

PLAN TALK PREPARE CONSULT ADOPT ACT

Current actions database

• Current actions database
• A comprehensive desk review stock-take, based on existing information and

data on the various climate change related adaptation and mitigation strategies, policies, programmes and actions being carried out within the CARICOM member countries and regionally.

• Each ‘action’ has been coded against the Regional Framework strategic

elements and goals. This provides a review of the actions already underway and will enable gaps to be identified.

• Includes initiatives undertaken by:
• CARICOM member governments.
• Regional organisations.
• International organisations (governments, development banks, multilateral

climate funds, etc.)

• The private sector.
• NGOs

Current actions database

• Web-based tool
• The database is now being developed as web-based tool, hosted and

maintained by CCCCC.

• The web-based tool will have query functionality and will be searchable by:
• Regional Framework strategic elements and goals.
• Lead organisation or funding body.
• Date.
• Sector.
• Operating level (e.g. regional, national or international)
• Type of climate change action (e.g. adaptation, mitigation or both).
• It will also be used to monitor the success of the Implementation Plan in building

resilience to climate change.

• Actions identified in the Implementation Plan will be added to the database.

Web based tool: Implementation Plan actions

• Implementation Plan:

‘Prepare’

• January until the end of March
• There is an intended overlap with the ‘Talk’ component to enable

emerging themes to be tested with stakeholders.

• The project team has prepared a working draft Implementation Plan.
• Further changes will be made.
• Approach for Haiti is different from the other CARICOM countries.

– Further consideration is required as to the most effective way in which to build resilience within the context of the major challenges faced in Haiti. – Decision to be made during March.

PLAN TALK PREPARE CONSULT ADOPT ACT

• Implementation Plan:

‘Consult’

• Key stakeholders will be formally invited to comment on the draft

Implementation Plan during April 2011. Those invited to comment include:

– National governments and organisations. – Regional organisations. – International donors. – International Finance Institutions. – International research organisations – Private sector. – NGOs

• Full review at end of April.
• Final drafting workshop St Lucia 2nd - 3rd May

PLAN TALK PREPARE CONSULT ADOPT ACT

Research component

• Implementation Plan:

‘Adopt’

• The final Implementation Plan will be presented to the CARICOM Heads
• f Government in July 2011.
• The final Implementation Plan will also include a monitoring and

evaluation component to track progress. This will in part be based on the web based tool developed during the project.

• Once approved there will be a programme of dissemination and

engagement led by CCCCC.

PLAN TALK PREPARE CONSULT ADOPT ACT

• Implementation Plan:

‘Act’

• The final component of the Implementation Plan is the most important.
• The role to be played by international donor agencies and international

finance institutions in securing financial support will be critical.

• However it is clear that funding alone will not build resilience. Regional
• rganisations, governments, national organisations, NGOs, the private

sector and civil society will have to act without delay to create the required transformations.

PLAN TALK PREPARE CONSULT ADOPT ACT

• Wider sustainable development

agenda

• The Implementation Plan identifies actions that can help build resilience.
• However these have to be accompanied by progress on the wider

sustainable development and growth challenges faced by Caribbean states.

• Building low carbon climate resilience is an integral element of a wider

sustainable agenda.

• All sustainable development and growth initiatives should also ensure that

they deliver resilience.

• Within the context of climate change financing mechanisms, how

can/should we include actions that, for example:

– build resilience to existing climate variability and/or – require funding to improve/provide new coastal infrastructure?

• Transformational change
• Building resilience requires transformational change, leadership,

empowered champions and an engaged Caribbean.

– It has to become a cross-party, mainstream political issue. – Recognised and accepted as the defining challenge for the C21st. – Reflected in approaches to long-term national government planning. – Move from one-off project focused initiatives which at best lead to marginal improvements and focus on system changes. – Requires leadership at all levels.

• Proposed Action:

– All organisations (including donors and development banks) operating at regional and national levels should ‘stress-test’ their strategies, policies and programmes against the potential impacts of a changing climate, and their contribution to building a low carbon resilient economy.

• Act regionally to deliver nationally
• Fundamental role for the CARICOM Secretariat and the regionally

mandated organisations (including the Universities).

• They provide a regional support structure on policy, guidance, advice,

training, research, developing feasible solutions and implementing action on the ground.

• The scale of the challenge limits the ability of a country acting on its own to

build resilience.

• Working collectively through the regional support structure allows countries

to maximise resources and technical expertise to the benefit of all.

• The regional support structure has to have financial sustainability.
• Proposed action:

– Develop and institutionalise the Caribbean climate modelling programme to provide data and support for decision makers.

• Effective partnerships with the

international community are critical

• The Caribbean can’t deliver resilience without assistance and nor should it. This can

be best achieved through partnerships.

• The Plan will define the actions that the region believes are required to build

resilience and the priorities for funding.

• It also provides a basis for partnerships (regionally and nationally) on climate

financing and technical assistance.

• Harmonisation and simplification of funding processes and monitoring and reporting

are required. The timescales for securing funds need to be reduced and the effort involved in securing funding should have some relationship to the amount of funding sought.

• Proposed action:

– A set of principles to accompany the Implementation Plan acknowledging the priorities contained within the Plan. International donors and banks will be invited to formally sign the principles endorsing the Regional Framework and the Implementation Plan as a basis for constructive partnerships.

• Financing resilience
• The scale of the impacts and the investment required will be beyond the current

economic capacity of the Caribbean region.

• International financial support is required.
• It is also essential that countries begin to understand the impact that a changing

climate will have on their financial planning and budgets.

• An integrated approach is required across all Government departments to plan and

deliver capital investment and operational management programmes to improve resilience and manage impact costs.

• Caribbean countries will need to ensure that they are in a position to take advantage
• f international multi-lateral and bi-lateral funding opportunities as they arise.
• The scale of the investment required (and potentially the funding that may be

available) may be greater than the current capacity of some countries to absorb, manage and then deliver the required actions.

• Financing resilience: private

sector investment

• It is not clear how the proposed $100 billion per annum by 2020 will be

secured.

• The role of the private sector and how it will contribute and under what

circumstances is uncertain.

• The Advisory Group on Climate Finance concluded that securing the

finance would be “challenging but feasible”.

• Finding the money may be challenging but it is also necessary to create the

right investment environment in the Caribbean to attract private finance.

– Is the risk-reward balance in the Caribbean sufficiently favourable to attract investment? – Under what circumstances if any, would the private sector invest in climate resilience?

• Proposed action:

– In partnership with the private sector Government finance and economic development ministries to assess and review the risk profiles for each country. Identify and implement a 5 year programme to improve the risk balance.

• "Uncertainty is not a reason for

inaction"

• There is a wealth of data, information and knowledge already available regarding the

science and the impacts of a changing climate in the Caribbean.

– c.300 current or recently completed projects on the database – with many more completed in previous years.

• Yes, we know there are issues with baseline data and knowledge gaps and these

need to be addressed

– Actions are included in the Implementation Plan including an additional research component..

• We have sufficient information in many areas to provide a basis for making decisions.

– Decisions can be made using a risk management approach and the guidance and tools that are available from both regional and international sources. Examples are provided in a technical annex to the Implementation Plan.

• Proposed action:

– Risk assessment of essential coastal infrastructure located in coastal areas and develop national sector based resilience building programmes.

• Conclusion
• The Implementation Plan is intended to be a core planning document and used

as an aid to decision-making.

• It will continue to evolve in response to:

– Improvements in our understanding of the science of climate change and the direct and indirect impacts on social, environmental and economic systems. – Progress on securing international agreements. – The results from actions identified and those arising from other programmes.

• New actions can and must be included in the Implementation Plan.
• Formal reviews are proposed of both the Regional Framework and the

Implementation Plan every two years.

• Implementation Plan:

Project team contacts

• Project Lead Consultant:

– John Firth – CEO Acclimatise – j.firth@acclimatise.uk.com – +44 (0) 7769 706184

• Project Coordinator:

– Joseph McGann – jomac31@yahoo.com – +5018 221104