Environmental, Social and Economic Review Note (ESERN)
I. Project Overview
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Project Title | Increasing Ecosystem and Agricultural Resilience to Climate Change through Ecosystem-based Adaptation & Agroforestry |
Managing Division | Ecosystems Division |
Type/Location | Regional |
Region | Africa |
List Countries | Burundi, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Project Description | Healthy ecosystems are the foundation for food security, economic growth and development, but ecosystem function is increasingly under threat from climate change. In Southern and East Africa, terrestrial ecosystem services and land productivity are increasingly under threat of the impacts of climate change as well as unsustainable agricultural methods, pastoral practices, and deforestation, which in turn further exacerbate climate change vulnerabilities.
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Estimated duration of project: | 60 months |
Estimated cost of the project : | 50,000,000 USD |
Funding Source: | GCF |
II. Environmental Social and Economic Screening Determination
Summary of the Safeguard Risks Triggered
Safeguard Standard Triggered by the Project | Impact of Risk (1-5) | Probability of Risk (1-5) | Significance of Risk (L, M, H)* |
SS 1: Biodiversity, natural habitat and Sustainable Management of Living Resources | 3 | 2 | M |
SS 2: Resource Efficiency, Pollution Prevention and Management of Chemicals and Wastes | 1 | 1 | L |
SS 3: Safety of Dams | NA | NA | NA |
SS 4: Involuntary resettlement | 3 | 1 | L |
SS 5: Indigenous peoples | 1 | 1 | L |
SS 6: Labor and working conditions | 1 | 1 | L |
SS 7: Cultural Heritage | 2 | 1 | L |
SS 8: Gender equity | 2 | 1 | L |
SS 9: Economic Sustainability | 2 | 3 | M |
Additional Safeguard questions for projects seeking GCF-funding (Section IV) | 2 | 2 | L |
*Refer to the UNEP ESES Framework (Chapter 2) and the UNEP’s ESES Guidelines
ESE Screening Decision
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Development of ESE Review Note and Screening Decision
ESERN Prepared by: | Name: Jesica Andrews | Date: 02 February 2017 |
Conforms to ESES Framework | Name: Yunae Yi | Date: 27 February 2017 |
Accepted by Project Manager: | Name: Jesica Andrews | Date: 07 July 2017 |
Recommended further action from the Safeguard Advisor
During implementation project should consider hiring a Safeguards consultant. The activities are low risk but due to the large area covered, and multiple entities involved, it would be important to ensure that all entities have a sound understanding of the safeguards which could potentially be triggered and suitable mitigation measures. Notably the project should take care to ensure that the intended participatory action planning includes vulnerable and marginalized groups as well as women and youth, and that the creation of any community bylaws does not adversely affect particular sub-sets of resource users, additionally given the diverse biodiversity and resources involved the project should pay particular attention to the species selected for regeneration, although native, for their climate adaptation properties.
These comments have been discussed with the project proponent and full commitment to undertake the above recommendations has been communicated. Project proponents have also considered including an ESS validation and training session the project inception workshop for each country.