Joint GWP CEE/DMCSEE training: UNCCD global framework on Drought Management and the regional response by Jamal Annagylyjova

UNCCD global

framework on

Drought

Management and

the regional

response United Nations Convention

to Combat Desertification

Joint DMCSEE / GWP CEE capacity

building training

From monitoring to end users

3 October 2014

Jamal Annagylyjova

Programme Officer

Central and Eastern Europe

UNCCD global

framework

2013-2015

Subject Outline

Subject UNCCD Priorities 2013-2015

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Post- 2015 Land

degradation neutrality

Land –based

adaptation

Productive land for secure future

Subject

Post 2015: Sustainable Development Goals

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• 2.4 by 2030 ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters, and that progressively improve land and soil quality

Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture

• 6.4 by 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity, and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity

Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

• 15.3 by 2020, combat desertification, and restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land-degradation neutral world

Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Subject

Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN)

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2012-- Rio+20 declaration says “…strive to achieve a land

degradation neutral world in the context of sustainable development”

2013 – COP11 sets up Intergovernmental Working Group (IWG) to

develop science based definition of LDN

2014 – to support the IWG with practical evidence 14 pilot projects

are being launched to test LDN approach

October 2015 – COP 12 decides on the LDN

Subject

Land-based adaptation

Land-based adaptation is a pathway to resilience and security – food

security, water security, energy security, economic security and even

human security

UNCCD activities on land-based adaptation:

Explore mechanisms which drive land-based adaptation measures

Cooperation with other UN and multilateral bodies

Demonstrate the multiple benefits of land restoration, including

climate change adaptation and poverty alleviation (2014 Climate

Change Summit and 2015 UNFCCC COP 21)

6/19

Subject

GM Programme on Liaison -

Land, Security and Resilience

(LLSR)

Mission:

The main aim is to increase investments in sustainable land-based

practices to improve people’s livelihoods, while maintaining healthy

ecosystems.

LLSR also works to improve the resilience of local communities to

food and water insecurity , droughts and climate change:

Build national capacities and enhance resilience to drought

and climate change, sustainable land management finance,

Support the implementation of national drought policies,

land-based adaptation to climate change

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Regional

respond

Subject Outline

Subject 9/19

Capacity Development to Support National Drought

Management Policies

Eastern Europe, March 2013

Latin America and the Caribbean, December 2013

Africa, 2014

Asia-Pacific, 2014

November 2014 – North Africa

International wrap-up conference at the end of

2014/beginning 2015

High-level Meeting on National Drought Policy

(HMNDP), 12 March 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

Subject Regional Workshops

“Capacity Development to Support National

Drought Management Policies for Eastern

European Countries”, 9 - 11 July 2013 Romania

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Subject Regional Workshops

“Capacity Development to Support National

Drought Management Policies for Eastern

European Countries”, 9 - 11 July 2013 Romania

12/19

Main observations for the region:

Awareness of drought impacts is limited among wider public

The losses caused by drought have not been well communicated

to the higher decision-making level

While there is high research capacity in the field of drought

monitoring, vulnerability and impact assessment, there is a need

for enhanced cooperation and networking between various

stakeholders

Several countries mentioned the need to improve national

drought monitoring and development of drought risk

management systems

Subject 13/19

Main observations for the region (cont.):

Major challenges for NDMP?

Contradictory policies and conflicting responsibilities

Lack of awareness about drought , not a top policy priority

Lack of financial resources

Existing experience?

• Romania - National committee for drought is recently reactivated

• Turkey -Agricultural drought plan updated annually

• Macedonia, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Boasnia&Herzegovina –

UNCCD National Action Programmes are under elaboration

Regional Workshops

“Capacity Development to Support National

Drought Management Policies for Eastern

European Countries”, 9 - 11 July 2013 Romania

Subject Central and Eastern Europe

(Annex V) of UNCCD

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Consultations to develop of the Regional Action Programme

(RAP) for CEE:

Task force (National Focal Points , Science and

Technology Correspondents, civil society

organizations)

Paper for discussion is in progress.

Preliminary proposals for the regional cooperation platform:

Drought mitigation and disaster preparedness - one of

the suggested areas for regional cooperation in CEE

Subject

Building awareness on cost of drought

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Communication from the

Commission to the European

Parliament and the Council in

2007, the costs evolving from

drought and water scarcity [in EU]

amounted to €100 billion over the

past 30 years.

Drought in 2003 in Bosnia and

Herzegovina caused 200 mln Euro

in agricultural damage (National

reports)

Subject 15/19

22nd OSCE Economic and Environmental Summit, Prague, September

2014 – UNCCD:

• Drought is a slow-onset disaster which affects more people and larger

areas

• Southern and Eastern Europe as the region likely to be seriously

affected by drought

• Prevention cost for slow-on set disaster are less than mitigation cost

• OSCE member states can already start to take bold action on

preventing and restoring degraded land; by understanding the

economic costs and opportunities; by enhancing collaboration on

cross-border water resources and by developing national drought

management policies.

Subject 19/19

Conclusions and recommendations

Drought management is a priority for the SDGs and the UNCCD

As such COP12 is sought to address, at the highest level the progress

made on drought management.

Secretariat and partners to support further in the development of

national drought policies; partners should include GEF, for example,

with dedicated funds for drought issues

How do parties from the region see that UNCCD and FCCC – for

example- engage in synergies using drought / water scarcity as issue

for CC adaptation?

Thanks