Simplified Approval Process DIRECTIVES TECHNIQUES RELATIVES AU PROCESSUS D’APPROBATION SIMPLIFIÉ (SAP)

The document outlines the technical requirements and strategic approach for projects seeking funding through the Green Climate Fund's Simplified Approval Process (SAP) in the field of ecosystems and ecosystem services. It defines ecosystem services, explains the role of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in climate resilience, and identifies 'natural capital accounting' as a primary driver for a paradigm shift in investment. The guide provides a framework for measuring impact, lists examples of eligible and ineligible activities, and emphasizes the need for integrated, multisectoral approaches to overcome institutional coordination failures.

• The document defines 'ecosystem services' as the benefits humans derive from ecosystem interactions, categorized into provisioning (e.g., food), regulating (e.g., flood control), cultural (e.g., leisure), and supporting (e.g., nutrient cycling) services.
• Climate change acts as a driver of ecosystem degradation, increasing the frequency and intensity of natural weather events, causing droughts in arid regions, and threatening coastal mangroves and wetlands through sea-level rise.
• Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is presented as a cost-effective nature-based solution that uses ecosystems to reduce vulnerability and improve human resilience to climate change, potentially offering co-benefits in mitigation and poverty reduction.
• A fundamental paradigm shift in this sector is linked to the adoption of natural capital accounting, as traditional GDP measures ignore the value of ecosystem services, leading to underinvestment by public and private actors.
• The guide specifies that for a project to demonstrate a paradigm shift, it must explicitly quantify, evaluate, and attribute ecosystem services and build capacity to integrate natural capital accounting into national planning.
• Eligible SAP activities include the restoration of degraded coastal mangroves, the development of spatial information systems for ecosystem measurement, and water resource conservation in drylands using local materials.
• Certain activities are explicitly ineligible for the SAP, including the planting of invasive mangrove species, large-scale hydraulic changes such as river diversion, and the restoration of existing wetlands due to associated environmental and social risks.

APA

Sagar, A., & Kim, J. (n.d.). Simplified Approval Process DIRECTIVES TECHNIQUES RELATIVES AU PROCESSUS D’APPROBATION SIMPLIFIÉ (SAP). Green Climate Fund. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/directives-techniques-sur-le-sap-e-cosyste-mes-et-services-e-cosyste-miques.pdf

Chicago

Sagar, Aarsi, and Juhern Kim. Simplified Approval Process DIRECTIVES TECHNIQUES RELATIVES AU PROCESSUS D’APPROBATION SIMPLIFIÉ (SAP). Green Climate Fund, n.d. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/directives-techniques-sur-le-sap-e-cosyste-mes-et-services-e-cosyste-miques.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{sagarndsimplified, author = {Sagar, Aarsi and Kim, Juhern}, title = {{Simplified Approval Process DIRECTIVES TECHNIQUES RELATIVES AU PROCESSUS D’APPROBATION SIMPLIFIÉ (SAP)}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/directives-techniques-sur-le-sap-e-cosyste-mes-et-services-e-cosyste-miques.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }