Contribution Earth Security Initiative (ESI)

Projekt abgeschlossen

The ESI is an independent think tank which aims at catalyzing the global financial and industry sectors to define and leverage global finance innovations that contribute directly to cooperation between different sectors and countries for sustainable water management and poverty alleviation. This SDC contribution will promote the development of new financial mechanisms aligned with sustainable development policy objectives and priorities of developing countries to the benefit of society and natural resources.

Land/Region Thema Periode Budget
Weltweit
Wasser
Einsparung von Wasserressourcen
Wasserdiplomatie und Sicherheit
01.10.2018 - 30.09.2021
CHF  1’565’000
Hintergrund By 2030, over 40% of the world’s population will be living in severely water-stressed river-basins. Transboundary tensions over water are expected to rise sharply in the coming decades. This will be aggravated by climate change, by the growing demands for energy, agriculture and other industries, and the degradation of natural ecosystems. Therefore, ensuring water security through cooperation depends on transboundary and trans-sectoral dynamics. This includes public sector action, but also the private - and particularly the mainstream private financial sector - to take into account sustainable water and ecosystem management and cooperation.
Ziele To catalyze innovations in business and finance mechanisms that incentivise cooperation between different sectors and countries on water and inter-related themes of climate adaptation, ecosystem resilience and pro-poor development.
Zielgruppen governments, basin organisations, private financial sector.
Mittelfristige Wirkungen
  • Global analysis that applies a private sector oriented quantitative SDG-based index has facilitated the practical integration of the value of cooperation on water and related thematic areas between different sectors and countries into financial, business and policy decision-making
  • A range of innovative new mechanisms to integrate cooperation between sectors and countries on water and related thematic areas into financial, business and policy decision-making in collaboration with these actors are identified, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles and relevant SDGs are applied by investors
  • Governments, multilateral institutions and related actors are sensitized to integrate cooperation between sectors and countries on water and related thematic areas, into financial and business sector decision-making
Resultate

Erwartete Resultate:  

  • Global Analytical Knowledge Products and policy dialogues at global and regional levels
  • Innovative new initiatives integrating (transboundary) cooperation on water and related themes into decision-making and mobilizing new financial resources created


Resultate von früheren Phasen:  

  1. An easy-to understand analytical tool for decision-making, providing the evidence that the private sector needs to engage more on development policy priorities (the Earth Security Index). The framework uses official country data to represent priorities on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  2. An action-research method to effectively engage the global financial sector and key industries to understand the links of development problems to core business issues and validates with banks practical proposals for cross-sector cooperation, while building the relationships and aligning interests to drive outcomes in those proposals.


Verantwortliche Direktion/Bundesamt DEZA
Kreditbereich Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Projektpartner Vertragspartner
Internationale oder ausländische NGO
Privatsektor
  • Andere internationale oder ausländische NGO Norden
  • Ausländischer Privatsektor Norden


Andere Partner
Germany (BMU)
Koordination mit anderen Projekten und Akteuren Geneva Water Hub, Strategic Foresight Group, IUCN, UNESCO, UNECE Transboundary Water Convention; Multilateral Development Banks (e.g. World Bank, ADB, AfDB, AIIB)
Budget Laufende Phase Schweizer Beitrag CHF    1’565’000 Bereits ausgegebenes Schweizer Budget CHF    1’358’434
Projektphasen Phase 3 01.10.2021 - 31.03.2025   (Laufende Phase)

Phase 2 01.10.2018 - 30.09.2021   (Completed)

Phase 1 01.05.2014 - 30.09.2018   (Completed)