GEF
25 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 April 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a note containing information on financial support provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for the preparation of national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (CCC/SBI/2012/INF.7).
The note details of the financial support provided by the GEF for the preparation of initial and subsequent national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (non-Annex I Parties). Annexed to...
19 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 April 2012: The Global Environment Facility (GEF), which performs the tasks of the Interim Secretariat to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), has reported that it received bids to host the Fund from the following six parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): Germany, Mexico, Namibia, Poland, Republic of Korea, and Switzerland.
The GCF was launched in December 2011 at the Durban Climate Change Conference in order to coordinate international cooperation in climate change and...
19 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 April 2011: At its 17th meeting, the Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) accredited new National Implementing Entities (NIE) from Kenya, Mexico and Argentina, and approved a collection of project concepts and a proposal.
The AFB also approved new instructions for preparing a request for a project or programme. On new projects, the AFB approved the project concept from an NIE in Benin on adaptation of Cotonou lagoon ecosystems and human communities to sea level rise and extreme weather events...
17 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
April 2012: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has released the eighth issue of its Climate Change Adaptation Bulletin, a quarterly publication that provides an overview of UNDP-the Global Environment Facility (GEF) support to countries to affect policy and institutional change for climate change adaptation at the national, sub-national and community-levels. This issue focuses on adaptation projects in Africa, as well as an announcement of Germany’s support to adaptation initiatives in Grenada...
05 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 March 2012: The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) has approved a US$1.7 million grant to promote renewable energy systems in Cape Verde over the next 3 years.
This project will help Cape Verde reduce its dependence on imported fossil fuels, as it relies on sea water desalination, which requires electricity, as a source potable water for most of the islands. The project will support the Government of Cape Verde’s efforts to increase energy production from renewable resources and its...
