Access of GCF Funds

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Strengthening Indigenous Peoples’ Adaptationand Mitigation strategy and food securitythrough direct Access of GCF Funds

COP21, Paris, France, 1st Dec. 2015

Kimaren Ole Riamit, Director, ILEPA, Kenya


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The Now: Development of a Few at the

Expense of Most• The historical and contemporary unsafeguarded development pathways in

by immense power differentiation dynamics e.g. political and economic, knowledge positions (markets, technology, global and national systems), advantage have given rise to a rather unequal world,

• This development practice is often focused on extractive and exploitative

(if not plundering of nature) at the expense of not only the immediate loplunderers, humanity and nature in the long run• Indigenous Peoples are where they are today as a consequence of the

development pathways; they are the classical face of the dispossmarginalized


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Indigenous Peoples will remain at the censtage of Climate change impacts and

interventions• Climate change impacts and the numerous response measures adopted and

proposed (especially land use related) happen and are undertaken at the comand/or local level,

• In the case of REDD+ for example, Forests are where IPs and local commuare – Forest dependent, forest adjacent communities …. Communities which a

often the poorest members of society, the poorest societies and hence most vulnerable• Forests are concentrated within these localities due to the livelihoods and li

choices adopted by these communities - which are climate friendly, resiliencarbon foot print - informed by IPs values systems and cosmovisions


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Impacts of Climate Change and Respon

Measures on IPsDroughts Impacts Forced Evictions in the nacons.

FLOODS


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Space for Indigenous Peoples Tradition

Knowledge

Peoples’ Identity, valuesand nature

Indigenous Medicine

ADAPTATIO


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The Future: A ‘Paradigm Shift’ in Dev. - T

GCF• In 2011, the GCF was launched as the operating entity of the

mechanism of the UNFCCC• The Fund , “in the context of sustainable development” is “to pro

paradigm shift towards low emission and climate-resilient develop pathways by providing support to developing countries to limit otheir greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the impacts of climchange


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Overall Governance and Institutional Arra

GCF Board - 24 members

UNFCCC - COP

GCF – SecretariatSongido, Korea – 4 Units

Observers - 2PS and

National Designated Authorities - NDAs

PS Advisory Group

IndependentEvaluation

Unit

IndependentIntegrity Unit

Independen

Technical Advisory Pa

(ITAP)

Implementing Agencies, Intermediaries


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Paradigm Shift On Paper: ‘Do No Ha• On Safeguards: In the interim the GCF board adopted, the Perf

Standards (PS) of the International Finance Corporation (IFC),- Perfstandard no. 7 is on indigenous peoples

• The GCF is presently developing its own Monitoring and AccoFramework for Accredited Entities, Environmental & Social Safeguards (an Information Disclosure policy

• The Independent Redress Mechanism


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Paradigm Shift….

• On Participation - multi-stakeholder engagement (from readiness toimplementation, monitoring) is contemplated

• On access to funds - devolution of funds (including directly to nonactors) under Enhanced Direct Access , and flexibility in proposing fentities is provided for.


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GCF Key Result areas for funding of interest to Tending towards a ‘Do Good Approach’

One of the ToR of NDAs is to “support small scale activities with local acthat directly address needs and benefits of vulnerable people andcommunities”, targeted at:• Adaptation activities to reduce climate‐related vulnerabilities;• Readiness and capacity building for adaptation and mitigation activit• Scaling up of effective community ‐based adaptation (CBA) actions; • Sustainable land use management to support mitigation and adaptatio


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Negative Paradigm Shift: The GCF on th

Wrong footing with respect to IPs’ rights• Under the GCF Indigenous Peoples have lost their independent constituenc

Observer status to the GCF board activities, Contrary to emerging and coninternational practice including within UN development agencies and humsystem

• There is no direct reference to IPs under the multi-stakeholder conmechanism of GCF readiness process

• The first round of projects supported by the GCF demonstrated weakinterpretation, application and enforcement of interim performance srelated safeguards in context of IPs e.g. PROFONANPE with respect to FP


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• The IFC Performance Standards do not represent international best practproved insufficient for preventing damages on the ground, and should not fbasis for GCF safeguards

• There is no clear mechanism through which IPs can access the GCF climacontrary to emerging international good practice within several multila

bilateral development actors• The multi-stakeholder consultation mechanisms component of The R

Phase did not receive sufficient funds for comprehensive stakeholder engacomprising the integrity of the process of the establishment and operationof National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and country focal points


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Key IPs’ Asks to the GCF

• Develop and adopt an Indigenous Peoples’ policy, that would contain provisions athat promote, respects and protects rights guaranteed under international humstandard and obligations such as the ILO 169 and UNDRIP;

• Develop and adopt stringent criteria to ensure the effective engagement, consulparticipation of indigenous peoples both in the GCF activities and at country an

level e.g. Nationally Designated Authority and the Implementing Entities;• Provide for Direct Active Observer status of Indigenous Peoples to the GC

meetings and consider establishment of an Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group toboard on matters/projects touching on IPs


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IPs Key Asks to the GCF

• Indigenous peoples should have direct access to financial resourcethe Green Climate Fund - through their representative organbuilding on the experience and precedents of other climate funds

• Green Climate Fund will need to develop its own capacity to fully aensure compliance with international human rights standards and obrelevant to indigenous peoples – A Joint workshop with IPs, GCF BoSecretariat is proposed


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Key Asks• The GCF must adopt the highest international safeguards standards possible, w

participatory design, implementation, monitoring and reviewed throughout projecthat must be mandatory in nature

• Produce a report on the extent to which NDAs have this far engaged with InPeoples and other stakeholders in developing their country priorities and provobjection for accreditation of accredited entities;

• Ensure disclosure of information that has implication to indigenous peoples astakeholders.

• National Designated Authorities (NDA) Implementing Entities and Intermediariespractice, not just in paper) meet the Fund’s fiduciary standards and environmsocial, including monitoring and reporting on progress.

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