Uganda to initiate behaviour change in local communities on the waste they
produced and to take responsibility for this waste, rather than to expect the
government to remove it. This behaviour change was then promoted throughout
Uganda, supported amongst others by the World Bank (Examples from GEF/IEO
2015, p. 18). However, broader adoption at the national and regional levels tends to
run into obstacles – success is most prevalent at local levels (GEF/IEO 2015, p. 19).
The micro-macro paradox is therefore also visible in civil society involvement and
action. Successes at the local level do not necessarily translate to national and
regional levels, even though these successes evidently “extend beyond the project
level” (GEF/IEO 2015, p. 19).
One can also see the SGP success with a bottom up approach as it contributes to
numerous institutional and policy changes at the local, provincial, and national
levels, and to building capacities within civil society and academic organizations to
address global environmental concerns. Its success has resulted in a high demand
for support (GEF/EO 2010, p. 18).
This is further demonstrated in a regional GEF project in the Pacific on Biodiversity Conservation
7 which aimed to introduce community based conservation
approaches throughout the Pacific Islands. This approach, focusing on solving landuse problems between villages, while integrating livelihood issues in local conservation planning, is now in use throughout the Pacific and has been successfully
adapted to local circumstances. However, evaluative evidence in Vanuatu shows
that success in communities does not (yet) equal success at the national level, as the
government has not been able to dedicate resources to institutionalize the new
approach (and with the devastation caused by Cyclone Pam in 2015, it may take
extra time before the approach can be integrated in its national policies).
Evaluative evidence thus shows that the bottom-up activism of civil society
organisations and local communities, when supported with focused funding as
provided by the Small Grants Programme of the GEF, can be successful and
provide solutions that can be incorporated at national and even regional scale.
However, the micro-macro paradox is also evident at this level and additional
action is required to achieve broader adoption and systems change.
2.7 Introducing New Technologies Through the Private
Sector
There is wide-spread agreement that climate action involves a substantial and
transformative technological overhaul of production processes in the private sector.
Innovation, together with the promotion, development and transfer of environmentally sound technologies, and uptake of these in the private sector is critical in
enabling countries to combat climate change and to pursue their sustainable
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produced and to take responsibility for this waste, rather than to expect the
government to remove it. This behaviour change was then promoted throughout
Uganda, supported amongst others by the World Bank (Examples from GEF/IEO
2015, p. 18). However, broader adoption at the national and regional levels tends to
run into obstacles – success is most prevalent at local levels (GEF/IEO 2015, p. 19).
The micro-macro paradox is therefore also visible in civil society involvement and
action. Successes at the local level do not necessarily translate to national and
regional levels, even though these successes evidently “extend beyond the project
level” (GEF/IEO 2015, p. 19).
One can also see the SGP success with a bottom up approach as it contributes to
numerous institutional and policy changes at the local, provincial, and national
levels, and to building capacities within civil society and academic organizations to
address global environmental concerns. Its success has resulted in a high demand
for support (GEF/EO 2010, p. 18).
This is further demonstrated in a regional GEF project in the Pacific on Biodiversity Conservation
7 which aimed to introduce community based conservation
approaches throughout the Pacific Islands. This approach, focusing on solving landuse problems between villages, while integrating livelihood issues in local conservation planning, is now in use throughout the Pacific and has been successfully
adapted to local circumstances. However, evaluative evidence in Vanuatu shows
that success in communities does not (yet) equal success at the national level, as the
government has not been able to dedicate resources to institutionalize the new
approach (and with the devastation caused by Cyclone Pam in 2015, it may take
extra time before the approach can be integrated in its national policies).
Evaluative evidence thus shows that the bottom-up activism of civil society
organisations and local communities, when supported with focused funding as
provided by the Small Grants Programme of the GEF, can be successful and
provide solutions that can be incorporated at national and even regional scale.
However, the micro-macro paradox is also evident at this level and additional
action is required to achieve broader adoption and systems change.
2.7 Introducing New Technologies Through the Private
Sector
There is wide-spread agreement that climate action involves a substantial and
transformative technological overhaul of production processes in the private sector.
Innovation, together with the promotion, development and transfer of environmentally sound technologies, and uptake of these in the private sector is critical in
enabling countries to combat climate change and to pursue their sustainable
7 GEF ID 403.
26
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