Presentation on the proposed activities under the new project on Energy, Water and Land-use nexus in Central Asia.

1. Energy, Water and Land-use Nexus
in Central Asia:
Proposed activities
30 June – 1 July, 2022
Tbilisi, Georgia
For discussion at the 2022 GREEN Action
Task Force Annual Meeting
Tbilisi, Georgia

2. Overview
• Other development co-
operation partners
• Private sector
• Academia
• Civil society organisations

3. 1. Mainstream the nexus principles into development planning
2. Expand evidence base on benefits of cross-sectoral cooperation
between energy, water and land use (or “Nexus”)
3. Design a financing mechanism to promote Nexus investments
4. Develop practical tools and instruments to support decision makers for
enhanced cross-sectoral and transboundary cooperation
5. Organise regional political and technical dialogue and facilitate
capacity development
Overall objectives

4. Activities proposed mainly for the
period 2023-2024

5. ENHANCED EVIDENCE BASE
• “Nexus Hotspot Analysis” that:
• maps where current and future climate and natural resource
security risks exist;
• identifies opportunities and key areas of action to address the risks;
• shows how cross-sectoral cooperation could promote such action
•Regional database on climate, water and energy related information
•Assessment of Inter-sectoral governance on nexus planning

6. PRACTICAL TOOLS AND GUIDES
•Modelling framework for quantifying benefits of co-operation on
energy, water & land-use nexus
•Scoping
• Handbook on financing for Nature based Solutions through a
nexus lens
•“Nexus Mainstreaming Toolkit” to integrate nexus into ministries’
day-to-day work and mandates
•Recommendations on a regional water-energy exchange mechanism

7. Financing for the Nexus
•Regional Nexus Financing Mechanism
•Pilot investments in businesses/projects with a nexus focus (IKI grant + EBRD
lending)
•With scale-up and regional replication potential
•Learning lessons and insights from pilot projects to inform policy discussion on
energy, water and land-use nexus financing
•To be led by EBRD/FAO

8. POLITICAL AND TECHNICAL DIALOGUES
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
• Regional policy dialogues:
Regional political process driven through UN Special Programme for the
Economies of Central Asia (SPECA)
• National and/or bilateral multi-stakeholder policy dialogues:
through the National Policy Dialogues (NDPs), strengthening the link to energy.
• Regional thematic conferences
(e.g. on Nature-based Solutions, renewable energy development, finance and
investment for nexus approach, etc.)
• Targeted capacity development
Trainings, events, educational material

9. STRATEGIC POLICY DOCUMENTS on the
nexus
• Regional strategy and National policy packages: Proposals for policy
actions
• Developed through the national and regional policy dialogues
• Will reflect the challenges and opportunities emerging from different
analytical activities under the Project
• To be led by UNECE

10. PRACTICAL TOOLS
AND GUIDES
ROBUST
EVIDENCE
BASE
REGIONAL
FINANCING
MECHANISM
Pilot investments
STRATEGIC POLICY
DOCUMENTS ON NEXUS
POLITICAL AND TECHNICAL DIALOGUES
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT Inform
Provide
insights,
lessons &
expertise
Inform
Provide tools and
knowledge
products
Align with priorities & needs
and support implementation
Inform
Inform implementation
Provide lessons, expertise
and insights
Provide feedback & communicate
needs/priorities
Inform
NATIONAL POLICY PROCESSES REGIONAL INITIATIVES