Conflict and fragility significantly impact environmental and climate change programming, including Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded initiatives. In response, the GEF Secretariat developed a Guidance Note on Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations in November 2024. The Guidance Note aims to support GEF agencies and partners in efficiently planning and executing projects in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS), offering actionable recommendations to enhance global environmental benefits and climate change adaptation through established practices and tools.
This webinar featured best practices, challenges, practical experiences, and methodologies for designing, implementing, and monitoring projects aimed at achieving global environmental benefits and climate change adaptation in FCS.
Highlights included:
- Practical experiences of conflict-sensitive design, implementation, and monitoring for projects with nature-based solutions (NbS) in FCS settings
- Concrete examples from IFAD, World Bank, and UNDP:
- NbS experience in the Livestock and Rangeland Resilience Program in Sudan (GEF ID 5651, LDCF)
- NbS experience in Chad Local Development and Adaptation Project (GEF ID 10315, Global Wildlife Program)
- NbS approaches in Connectivity and Biodiversity Conservation in the Colombian Amazon (GEF ID 9663, Amazon Sustainable Landscape program) and Haiti
Opening Remarks
- Jonathan Caldicott, Manager, Operations and Policy Division, GEF Secretariat
Moderator
- Marie-Aude Even, Senior Regional Technical Specialist, IFAD
Speakers
- Alessia Marazzi, Technical Officer for Environment and Climate Finance, IFAD
- Alex Fischer, Senior Technical Advisor, Ecosystems and Biodiversity, UNDP
- Montserrat Xilotl, Regional Technical Advisor, Climate Change Adaptation, UNDP
- Erik Reed, Senior Environmental Specialist, World Bank
- Ana Karla Perea Blazquez, Consultant, World Bank
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