GEF
08 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 June 2012: The Project Board of the Global Pilot Project on Climate Change Adaptation to Protect Human Health carried out by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) held its first meeting of national project managers.
The meeting took place from 18-19 May 2012, in Bonn, Germany, was hosted by WHO-EURO, and coincided with the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference held at the same venue. It brought together representatives...
08 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 June 2012: The World Future Council, an international policy research organization, has announced its list of nominees for the Future Policy Award, including 31 policies from 22 countries and regions aiming to protect oceans and coasts.
For this year’s edition of the award, the World Future Council partnered with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). The nominated...
08 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 June 2012: In a unanimous decision, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council appointed Naoko Ishii (Japan) as its new CEO and Chairperson. She succeeds Monique Barbut (France), who departs at the conclusion of her second term as Head of the GEF.
Naoko Ishii is currently the Deputy Vice Minister of Finance and the Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan for Global Affairs. Her term as fourth CEO of the GEF will start on 1 August 2012. Prior to her appointment as Deputy Vice...
30 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
25 May 2012: Trinidad and Tobago held a three-day workshop of scientists, economists and policy makers as part of the Project for Ecosystem Services (ProEcoServ), which is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
The workshop, which took place from 23-24 May 2012, in Port of Spain, focused on how to value the goods and services that ecosystems provide to people, so that development policy and decision making can reflect the true...
18 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 May 2012: The Pacific Invasives Initiative (PII) has developed an intensive training course to support Pacific countries in managing the threat of invasive species. Countries with invasive species projects under the Global Environment Facility's Pacific Alliance for Sustainability Program (GEF-PAS) are eligible for the training.
The course is taking place from 15-25 May 2012, in Apia, Samoa. It aims to help participants select invasive plants for urgent action, develop and implement...
