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Presentation at GCI Council Meeting, 24.5.2018 by Paul F. Walker, Ph.D. Director, Environmental Security and Sustainability

Terminologies used • Environmental Security and Sustainability (ESS) • The programme is divided in two major components: - Security (Legacy of the Cold War): includes weapons demilitarization, non-proliferation, arms control, disarmament - Sustainability (water / pollution): addresses in both preventive and responsive manner pollution threats to water 2 2 2

ESS mission • The ESS Programme contributes to both prevention and response to environmental damages from man-made environmental disasters • The ESS Programme facilitates processes, builds capacity and helps resolving contentious issues by helping stakeholders to develop mutually acceptable solutions • The ESS Programme works in a spirit of cooperation and not of confrontation • To reach these aims, the ESS Programme is divided into two components: - Security: Advocates and facilitates the security, non-proliferation, and safe elimination of weapons of mass destruction, and related materials and systems - Sustainability: Addresses in both preventive and responsive manner pollution of water, land, and air by man-made industrial disasters 3 3 3

ESS Long Term Targets (1) Security: • Successful abolition of all chemical weapons stockpiles, facilitation of solutions for buried and sea-dumped chemical weapons • Promotion of nuclear and biological weapons arms control and disarmament • Close coordination of work with international arms control regimes and strengthening of these legal and verification organizations • Promotion of understanding of impacts of wars and conflicts as well as of associated remediation challenges and options, thus leading to improved policies 4 4 4

ESS Long Term Targets (2) Sustainability: • ESS has a global profile for successful, hands-on resolution and facilitation of pollution issues and is a partner of interest for governments and UN-agencies (UNEP, FAO, WHO, WB, etc.) • GCCH is the Centre of Competence within ESS on pollution threats to water resources General: • ESS is active in the area of the Former Soviet Union, West-Africa, the United States, and South-East Asia • Broader support from a larger number of donors • Expanded GCNO and GCI programme participation • Annual income of 10.5 MUSD by 2022 5 5 5

ESS Strategy (1) Security: • Promote chemical weapons elimination by continued public outreach, dialogues, hearings, CACs, international CWC Coalition • Work towards accelerated nuclear abolition in US and RF to promote similar efforts in countries of concern including Iran, India, Israel, Pakistan, North Korea • Continue to expand CWC Coalition work into nuclear and/or biological disarmament • Strengthen work on practical solutions in areas such as sea-dumped chemical weapons, Agent Orange • Promote safe disposal of nuclear wastes to prevent proliferation • Prevent proliferation of biological expertise and materials 6 6 6

ESS Strategy (2) Sustainability: • Study emerging issues (e.g. Mercury Convention, lead) and see where NGOs can provide a relevant contribution → define future business areas • Create alliances with partners with complementary skills → Increase chances when tendering, learn from each other, make better projects General: • Examine and promote cross-programme synergies with Energy, Socmed, etc. • Work closely with governments and UN-agencies (UNEP, FAO, WHO, WB, OPCW, BWC ISU, IAEA, CTBTO) → stay in line with international trends and practices, increase fundraising chances • Work on projects in line with international Conventions (Stockholm, Basel, Rotterdam, Minamata, CWC, NPT, BWC) and engage GCNOs wherever possible as project partners → create a clear profile of GC in the 7 7 7 ESS area

ESS KPIs Milestones 2011-2019 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Financial Turnover () 3880 4150* 7461* 7742* 8250* 8500* 8500* 9000* 9500* Number of project implementing countries 16 18 19 19 19 18 18 18 18 Number of v 7 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 Chemical weapons destruction facilitated (tons) 5619 4920 2989 4089 3671 2000 1500 1000 1000 Chemical weapons destruction facilitated (tons cumulative) 50619 55539 58528 62617 66288 68288 69788 70788 71788 * From 2012, finances include also contributions by the new „Emergency Preparedness“ component. 8 8 8

ESS Status and Forecast • Support: Mainly from governments, intergovernmental organizations, limited foundation support • Forecast: Governmental and intergovernmental organizations will remain key donors. GCCH cash contributions can be used for seeding strategic development. “Pollution” is an emerging global issue now included in new SDGs. • Beneficiaries: Global community, countries, local communities, involved GCNOs and NGOs • Activities: - Security: Focus on chemical weapons destruction, sea-dumped chemical weapons, Agent Orange, nuclear demilitarization, medical wastes as a source of proliferation - Sustainability: work on main pollution issues as revealed by WWPP 2010 (pesticides, lead, mercury, uranium, toxic wastes), pollution 9 9 9 advocacy (WWPP 2012 ff., etc.) [For more details, see next slides.]

ESS plans 2018 / Security (1) Chemical Weapons destruction • Eleventh meeting of the CWC Coalition planned for December 2018 in The Hague during the annual Conference of the State Parties. • Work on sea-dumped chemical weapons in the Baltic area and Vieques (Puerto Rico). 10 10 10

ESS plans 2018 / Security (2) Bio-security • Search funding for regional biomedical waste project in Eastern Europe/ Caucasus • Develop projects on safeguarding biomedical wastes in Central Asia, Caucasus and Africa • Promote personnel reliability and responsible research Nuclear safety • Continue seminars on the life-cycle issues of nuclear power including uranium mining, uranium enrichment, spent fuel reprocessing, mixed oxide (MOX) production, economics of nuclear power, and security and safety of reactors and spent fuel • International Task Force on Security & Sustainability to address deeper cuts in nuclear weapons beyond New START and other related disarmament issues 11 11 11

ESS plans 2018 / Sustainability (3) Obsolete pesticides (OP) • EC-project (2012-2017): Follow-on project to EECCA-project, emphasis on elimination of OP stocks and better agricultural practices in FSU area, project in closing phase. • DDT2-Project (2011-2016): Terminal evaluation to be finished April 2018. • DDT3-Project (2017-2022): Develop national hazardous waste disposal strategies for Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, dispose of 5’000 t of DDT and related wastes. Project started. • ECOWAS-Project (2011-2018): Capacity strengthening and technical assistance for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention in West- Africa. Terminal evaluation ongoing. • Support inventory of large stocks of DDT in Tomsk area (Russia). • Stockholm NIP update in Ukraine. • Development of EA/EMPs in West Africa region. 12 12 12

ESS plans 2018 / Sustainability (4) Lead contamination • Burkina Faso (2018): Develop project for improved practices on lead battery recycling • Replicate Vietnam lead project in the country Mercury contamination • Burkina Faso + Ghana (2017 - ...): Develop pilot project on better practices in artisanal gold mining (ASGM) • Develop projects on ASGM, mercury inventory, mercury substitution/ medical wastes (Central Asia, SE Asia) Uranium contamination • Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan (2013 - ...): Stabilising of legacy uranium mining tailings to reduce large-scale environmental, health and economic threats 13 13 13

ESS plans 2018 / Sustainability (5) International advocacy, information and publication – World's Worst Pollution Problems Report 2018: to be published in 2Q/ 2018 14 14 14

ESS strategic actions 2018 Security: • Regional replication of successful projects in the field of medical wastes • Continuation of expansion of CWC Coalition work into nuclear and biological disarmament area Sustainability: • Start of 1-2 projects in the field of mercury (ASGM) in Burkina Faso and Vietnam • Acquire 1-2 obsolete pesticide disposal projects in Eastern Europe/ Caucasus • Replication of successful projects on lead battery recycling (ULAB) in Vietnam and West Africa • Continue strategically important pesticide disposal projects in Russia • Acquire additional uranium mining tailings projects 15 15 15

ESS partners • Green Cross Russia • Global Green USA • Green Cross Switzerland • Green Cross Belarus • Green Cross Ukraine • Green Cross Burkina Faso 16 16 16

ESS Critical Issues Security: • Limited possibilities to contribute cash as co-funding to accelerate project acquisition Sustainability: • Overly bureaucratic projects with large management overhead • Large number of government partners with very different institutional maturity • Project sustainability 17 17 17