The document discusses the European Union's strategies for mainstreaming biodiversity in development policies and practices, focusing on funding effectiveness and cooperation with partner countries. It highlights specific targets, funding allocations, and the integration of biodiversity considerations across various sectors. The EU aims to enhance biodiversity conservation through coordinated efforts, increased resource mobilization, and alignment with global commitments.

1. EU perspectives on
lessons from
implementation –
Mainstreaming Biodiversity in
Development Strategies, Policies,
Plans and Budgets
Arnold Jacques de Dixmude, European Commission
Development Cooperation Office – EuropeAid
Laure Ledoux, European Commission, D-G Environment
Joint Workshop DAC/ENVIRONET – EPOC/WPBWE on Biodiversity and Development
Paris, 18 February 2015

2. EU biodiversity Strategy to 2020:
contribution to global diversity
• Reduce indirect drivers of biodiversity loss
• Measures to reduce impacts of EU consumption patterns
• Enhance contribution of trade policy to conserving
biodiversity
• Provide right market signals for conserving biodiversity
• Mobilise additional resources for global
biodiversity conservation
• Contribute fair share to international efforts
• Improve effectiveness of funding, incl through NCA,
NBSAPs, coordination on assistance projects
• Biodiversity proof EU development cooperation
• Regulate Access and Benefit Sharing

3. Outline
1. Qualitative mainstreaming - Effectiveness of funding
• Cooperation programmes to mainstream biodiversity
• Biodiversity in policy dialogue with partner countries
• Green Diplomacy Network
2. Quantitative mainstreaming - Contributing fair
share to global commitments
• Evolution of ODA financing for biodiversity
• Ratio biodiversity vs non-biodiversity to instruments
• Country-driven choice of concentration sectors
• Synergy with sectors
3. Biodiversity proofing development cooperation
4. Upscaling biodiversity mainstreaming

4. Cooperation programmes to
mainstream biodiversity - Aichi
Target 2
• Implementing Aichi Target 2 within the EU (MAES)
and supporting efforts outside the EU
• Valuing biodiversity - TEEB
• Integrating biodiversity values in accounting
systems – Natural Capital Accounting:
• WAVES
• Partnership Instrument – NCA in Emerging
economies
• Link with Resource Mobilisation Strategies – Biofin
• Poverty-Environment Initiative

5. Policy Dialogues with Partner
Countries
- Inclusion of biodiversity-related topics
(ecosystems; ecosystem services; sustainable
management of natural resources; nature-based
green economy):
- A selected number of strategic partner countries
have dialogues by sectors
- Often environment as a whole, not only
biodiversity
- Biodiversity in agenda rather in "COP years"
- When environment is covered, it often focuses
primarily on climate change

6. Green Diplomacy Network
• Mainstreaming environment/climate change
issues into the foreign affair agenda
• Mostly climate change; water; energy
• BD agenda item in 8 out of 9 last meetings since
Feb 2012 (COP and IWT)
• Recent strong entry point for biodiversity in
diplomacy and security: wildlife crisis (poaching,
trafficking)
• Regular updates on CBD outcomes, resource
mobilisation issues, link to post-2015

7. Quantitative mainstreaming
• New Multi-annual Financial Framework 2014-2020:
 New Thematic Instrument: Global Public Good and
Challenges – GPGC
• € 5.1 Bn over 7 years of which € 1.377 Bn for climate
change and environment (incl. biodiv. ~30% i.e. € 400
M).
 increase 71% wrt ENRTP
• Means 0.8% of total Dvpt Coop instruments (EDF + DCI)
• Ratio of Biodiversity funding with regard to
- "environment-minded" funding instrument (enrtp, gpgc) 
20-30%
- "non-environment" funding instrument (EDF, geograph
DCI, other thematic DCI, other instrument)  3-7%

8. Quantitative mainstreaming
• Comparison EDF 9-10-11
MFF
BD relevant
(RM1+RM2)
EDF (bilat only)
2002-2007 350,717,345 9,569,800,000 3.66%
2008-2013 514,461,436 11,580,200,000 4.44%
2014-2020 957,450,000 13,856,800,000 6.91%

9. Quantitative mainstreaming
• Bilateral cooperation: country-driven choice of
concentration sectors. e.g. EDF for ACP countries
• Three periods compared: 2002-2007; 2008-
2013; 2014-2020
• How many on environment: 5/76; 14/77; 7/67 :
• Among which: Climate > Forests > Biodiversity >
Pollution
• How many on "affine" sectors (agriculture:
17/76; 24/77; 38/67)
• (2014-2020: water 8/67; energy 15/67))

10. 'Biodiversity-proof' development cooperation
 Biodiversity taken into consideration in all sectors:
• Compulsory procedures (screening, EIA, SEA)
(Guidelines)
• Environment-wide approach (in which biodiversity is one
aspect among others).
• Relevant where biodiversity wouldn't usually be
considered: infrastructure, extractive and transformative
industry, b-a-u economy, health, education.
 Undesired side-effects on environment (incl. biodiv.) are
identified.
 Where necessary mitigation or compensation measures are
provided by the project design.

11. How to upscale biodiversity mainstreaming
• Increase resources for biodiversity specific actions, through
thematic, bilateral, regional and global cooperation channels
• Increase mainstreaming of biodiversity in sectors: outreach to
geographic directorates to influence multi-year programming.
• Insist on positive socio-economic opportunities, value of
services, green economy, link with post-2015 & CC.
• A Flagship Initiative to scale up biodiversity:
The EU Biodiversity for Life Flagship – B4Life
 More holistic and coherent approach of the EU development
cooperation in biodiversity
 Alignment on the Agenda for Change, the EU Biodiversity
Strategy to 2020 and the Post-2015 Framework.

12. Through…
• Internal lobbying, training, awareness raising, guidance for
staff, technical assistance, quality support
• Helpdesk on Env/CC integration 2004-2009
• Internal staff resources 2010-2012
• TA on ENV/CC mainstreaming 2013-2015
• TA on tracking biodiversity-expenditure (ex ante & ex
post)
• B4Life Facility 2015-2018
How to upscale biodiversity mainstreaming