1. Focal Area and Cross Cutting Strategies – Climate Change
GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop
Focal Area and Cross Cutting Strategies – Climate Change
GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop
15 to 17 February 2012
Dead Sea, Jordan

2. Guiding Principles for GEF-5 Strategy
Responsiveness to Convention guidance
Consideration of national circumstances of recipient countries
Cost-effectiveness in achieving global environmental benefits

3. SO1: Demonstration, deployment, and transfer of innovative low-carbon technologies
Innovative technologies are targeted, but also priority technologies that are commercially available but have not been adopted in their markets.
Technical assistance for:
creating enabling policy environment for tech transfer
capacity building
establishment of tech transfer mechanisms
N-S and S-S cooperation
purchase of licenses
pilot investments
development of local capacity to adapt exogenous technologies to local conditions and technology integration

4. SO2: Market transformation for energy efficiency in industry and the building sector
Industrial sector: energy efficient technologies and practices
Buildings: residential, commercial, and public buildings, both new and retrofitting; building envelope and energy-using systems are covered
Solar energy and shallow ground thermal capacity for heating and cooling
May support phase-out of HCFCs used in industry and buildings
Combination of TA on policy, regulation, and capacity building; financing mechanisms; and pilots

5. SO3: Investment in renewable energy technologies
On-grid renewable energy programs
Decentralized production of electric power and the use of indigenous renewable sources
Enhancement of technical capacities of SMEs to provide installation, operation, and maintenance services for RETs.
Methane recovery from biomass wastes for power generation or heat production.
Sustainable production of biomass for biofuels
Combination of TA for policy and regulatory support, capacity building, and establishing financing mechanisms for investments.

6. SO4: Energy efficient, low-carbon transport and urban systems
Comprehensive interventions through integration of transport, energy, water, and housing sector activities will be encouraged
Address not only climate change mitigation but also local air pollution, traffic congestion, etc.
TA in transport and urban planning, development of innovative financing mechanisms, awareness campaigns, and investments in high-performance technologies
Greater attention to measuring and quantifying GEB (GEF-STAP manual for calculating GHG benefits)

7. GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop
SO5: Conservation and enhancement of carbon stocks through sustainable management of land use and forestry
Enhance, restore and manage carbon stocks and storage on forest and non-forest land (including peatland)
Reduce emissions of carbon stocks
Activities include: good practice demonstrations, establishment of national C monitoring systems, strengthen policies and institutions, etc.
Linked to Sustainable Forest Management/ REDD+ incentive mechanism

8. SO6: Enabling activities and capacity building
GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop
Preparation of National Communications by non-Annex I Parties
Preparation and updating of TNAs especially for countries that did not receive support for TNAs during GEF-4
Subject to future COP guidance, the GEF may finance activities to support capacity development and implementation of Article 6 of the Convention on education, training, and public awareness
The GEF can play a role in the emerging carbon markets

9. COP Mandate to GEF on Technology Transfer
GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop
COP Mandate to GEF on Technology Transfer
Poznan Strategic Program on Technology Transfer (COP decision 2/CP.14)
Support for Technology Needs Assessments
Support for Technology Transfer Pilot Projects
Dissemination of successfully demonstrated technologies and know-how
GEF-5 replenishment
$4.3 billion total (six focal areas)
$1.4 billion for climate change mitigation