Greening Development Co-Operation: Lessons from the OECD Development Assistance Committee

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• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 59
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

How can members of the DAC effectively tackle critical environmental challenges and threats - such as climate change, pollution, and loss of soil fertility and biodiversity - in activities supporting the 2030 Agenda in developing countries? Most already have environmental safeguards in place to screen out negative environmental practice, but they need far more robust policies, capacities and approaches for mainstreaming environment across all their development co-operation activities. This report examines five critical areas for mainstreaming: strong policy commitment and leadership; robust systems, processes and tools; capacity and continuous skill development; shared knowledge, learning and engagement; well-supported country systems. On that basis, the report suggests priority actions for the OECD-DAC, its Network on Environment and Development (ENVIRONET) and the wider development community.

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and acronyms
Executive summary
Lessons
The five building blocks of environment mainstreaming
Moving forward
1 The purpose and scope of this report
References
Notes
2 The peer-learning process
Methodology
Outputs
Reflections on the process
Notes
3 Lessons from the peer-learning exercise
Strong policy commitment and leadership
Providing a legal mandate
Driving mainstreaming and leadership
Broadening the themes
Robust systems, processes and tools
Embedding environmental appraisal
Integrating multiple goals
Starting mainstreaming early
Capacity and continuous skill development
Prioritising interdisciplinary skills
Installing networks of practice
Maintaining expert capacity
Shared knowledge, learning and engagement
Building an evidence base
Promoting organisational learning
Engaging civil society
Well-supported country systems
Building commitment and capacity
Making the economic case and engaging the private sector
Disseminating effective and relevant tools
References
Notes
4 Moving forward: suggestions for the OECD DAC
Note
Annex A. Visit to the European Union Institutions: 24-28 September 2018
Background
Lessons on mandate and intentions
Lessons on leadership, people and capacities
Lessons on project cycle and tools
Lessons on knowledge, learning and innovation
Where next?
Annex B. Visit to Sweden: 21-25 January 2019
Background
Effectiveness in environment and climate mainstreaming
Challenges in environment and climate mainstreaming
Lessons from Sweden’s experience of environment and climate mainstreaming
Peer suggestions for consideration by Sweden and DAC members
Annex C. Visit to Canada: 1-5 April 2019
Background
Environment and climate mainstreaming effectiveness
Challenges in environment and climate mainstreaming
Lessons from Canada’s experience of environment and climate mainstreaming
Peer suggestions for consideration by GAC and DAC members
References
Note