FP068: Scaling-up Multi-Hazard Early Warning System and the Use of Climate Information in Georgia | | ecision Georgia United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) D B.19/12 16 March 2018 Scaling-up Multi-Hazard Early Warning System and the Use of Project/Programme Title: Climate Information in Georgia Country/Region: Georgia Accredited Entity: United Nations Development Programme Date of Submission: 5 February 2018 Contents Section A PROJECT / PROGRAMME SUMMARY Section B FINANCING / COST INFORMATION Section C DETAILED PROJECT / PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION Section D RATIONALE FOR GCF INVOLVEMENT Section E EXPECTED PERFORMANCE AGAINST INVESTMENT CRITERIA Section F APPRAISAL SUMMARY Section G RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT Section H RESULTS MONITORING AND REPORTING Section I ANNEXES Note to accredited entities on the use of the funding proposal template • Sections A, B, D, E and H of the funding proposal require detailed inputs from the accredited entity. For all other sections, including the Appraisal Summary in section F, accredited entities have discretion in how they wish to present the information. Accredited entities can either directly incorporate information into this proposal, or provide summary information in the proposal with cross-reference to other project documents such as project appraisal document. • The total number of pages for the funding proposal (excluding annexes) is expected not to exceed 50. Please submit the completed form to: [email protected] Please use the following name convention for the file name: “[FP]-[Agency Short Name]-[Date]-[Serial Number]” PROJECT / PROGRAMME SUMMARY GREEN CLIMATE FUND FUNDING PROPOSAL | PAGE 4 OF 73 A A.1. Brief Project / Programme Information Scaling-up Multi-Hazard Early Warning System and the A.1.1. Project / programme title Use of Climate Information in Georgia A.1.2. Project or programme Project A.1.3. Country (ies) / region Georgia Ms. Ekaterine Grigalava, Deputy Minister of Environment A.1.4. National designated authority (ies) and Natural Resources Protection; E-mail: [email protected] A.1.5. Accredited entity United Nations Development Programme A.1.5.a. Access modality ☐ Direct ☒ International Executing Entity: Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia (MoEPA) A.1.6. Executing entity / beneficiary Beneficiary: up to 1.7 Million people at risk of climate-induced extreme events and hazards ☐ Micro (≤10) ☐ Small (10<x≤50) A.1.7. Project size category (Total investment, million USD) ☒ Medium (50<x≤250) ☐ Large (>250) A.1.8. Mitigation / adaptation focus ☐ Mitigation ☒ Adaptation ☐ Cross-cutting 5 June 2017; 5 October 2017; 22 November 2017; 12 A.1.9. Date of submission December 2017; 15 January 2018; 5 Feb 2018 Contact person, position Natalia Olofinskaya, Regional Technical Specialist Organization UNDP A.1.10. Email address [email protected] Project Telephone number +90(543)532-3046 contact details UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub for Europe and CIS Mailing address Key Plaza, Abide-i Hürriyet Cd., İstiklal Sk. No:11, room 1107 Şişli, 34381, Istanbul, Turkey A.1.11. Results areas (mark all that apply) Reduced emissions from: Energy access and power generation ☐ (E.g. on-grid, micro-grid or off-grid solar, wind, geothermal, etc.) Low emission transport ☐ (E.g. high-speed rail, rapid bus system, etc.) Buildings, cities and industries and appliances ☐ (E.g. new and retrofitted energy-efficient buildings, energy-efficient equipment for companies and supply chain management, etc.) Forestry and land use ☐ (E.g. forest conservation and management, agroforestry, agricultural irrigation, water treatment and management, etc.) PROJECT / PROGRAMME SUMMARY GREEN CLIMATE FUND FUNDING PROPOSAL | PAGE 5 OF 73 A Increased resilience of: Most vulnerable people and communities ☒ (E.g. mitigation of operational risk associated with climate change – diversification of supply sources and supply chain management, relocation of manufacturing facilities and warehouses, etc.) ☐ Health and well-being, and food and water security (E.g. climate-resilient crops, efficient irrigation systems, etc.) ☒ Infrastructure and built environment (E.g. sea walls, resilient road networks, etc.) ☐ Ecosystem and ecosystem services (E.g. ecosystem conservation and management, ecotourism, etc.) A.2. Project / Programme Executive Summary (max 300 words) 1. Due to the complex mountainous terrain and climate, Georgia is subject to both geological and hydro-meteorological hazards. According to Georgia’s 2nd and 3rd National Communications and other studies1, under climate change the frequency, intensity and geographical spread of extreme hydrometeorological hazards will increase. Georgia’s INDC estimates economic losses from climate-induced hazards without adaptation measures for the period 2021-2030 to be $US 10-12 billion, while the cost of adaptation measures is estimated to be 1.5-2 billion USD2. 2. To date, hydrometeorological hazard risk management has relied on the limited and expensive hard structural protection measures; emergency response with limited reliance on forecasts and early warning of the population; post event compensation and relocation of victims, resulting in eco-migrants; and post event recovery and risk reduction. In order to adapt to climate change, Georgia needs to adopt a proactive integrated climate risk management (CRM) approach centred around risk reduction, prevention, and preparedness through the establishment of a multi-hazard early warning system and an enhanced use of climate information in planning and decision-making across all sectors. This GCF project will address the main barriers to the establishment of a multi-hazard early warning system (MHEWS) and all other aspects of a priori climate risk management required to support an effective MHEWS. 3. The project will achieve transformative change in climate risk reduction and management in Georgia by development of a fully-integrated impact-based MHEWS system. In doing so it will introduce a standardised hazard, risk and vulnerability assessment and mapping methods and technologies and provide critical climate risk information to enable the implementation of nation-wide risk reduction policies. Importantly, it will develop long-term institutional and community capacities in climate risk reduction (CRR), climate change adaptation (CCA) and MHEWS. The project will thus catalyse a paradigm shift towards climate risk-informed and resilient development and will directly benefit up to 1.7 Million people (40% of the population) currently at risk from hydrometeorological hazards. A.3. Project/Programme Milestone Expected approval from accredited entity’s N/A Board (if applicable) Expected financial close (if applicable) TBD (date of agreement on the FAA between UNDP and GCF) Start: 01/08/2018 Estimated implementation start and end date End: 31/07/2025 Project/programme lifespan 7 years 0 months 1 World Bank project: Reducing the Vulnerability of Georgia’s Agricultural Systems to Climate Change; USAID/GLOWS project: Integrated Natural Resources Management in Watersheds of Georgia; Regional Climate Change Impacts for the South Caucasus Region’ funded through ENVSEC (Environmental Security) initiative and commissioned by UNDP 2 Georgia’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution submission to the UNFCCC FINANCING / COST INFORMATION GREEN CLIMATE FUND FUNDING PROPOSAL | PAGE 6 OF 73 B B.1. Description of Financial Elements of the Project / Programme 4. The Government of Georgia requests funds in the form of grant, given the public good nature of the proposed climate risk reduction investments targeting enhanced resilience of around 1.7 million people, including the most vulnerable and poor rural communities living in remote mountainous areas. It is unlikely that revenue streams will occur from these investments and hence loans or non-grant instruments will not be feasible. The project will develop climate risk information products which will mainly benefit the population at risk in line with the statutory obligations of the GoG to provide the necessary information to enable them to safeguard their lives, livelihoods and assets from climate induced extreme hydrometeorological risks. The majority of recipients of climate risk information (i.e. the public at large) is unable to pay for such services.This is the responsibility of government and therefore this activity does not lend itself to cost- recovery for these essential statutory services to be provided to the public. 5. The project is fully aligned with the national government plans for strengthening the hydro-meteorological monitoring network and will leverage new and additional co-financing from a wide range of national partners. The Government of Georgia identified several sources of co-financing and partner initiatives to align with GCF financing. Major co-financiers are: i) The MoEPA and its subordinate agencies – National Environmental Agency (NEA) and Environmental Information and Education Center (EIEC) – $ US 12.78 Million co-financing to the Outputs 1 and 2 of the project3: this co-financing is new and additional and cover specifically: (i) O&M costs for new hydrometeorological observation equipment to be procured by the project incurred over the project lifetime; (ii) purchase of additional monitoring equipment for the enhanced and expanded hydrometeorolgical monitoring network, including three meteorological radars, a drone, hydrological station on Aragvi river; (iii) costs of new NHEWS data management, periodic update of hazard and risk