GEF
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...
04 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
30 March 2012: In a push to meet its fundraising goal of $100 million from now through 2013, the Adaptation Fund Board is inviting public inputs on innovative ways to mobilize public and private sources of finance for adaptation.
The inputs will help to guide the Adaptation Fund Board’s fundraising strategy and campaign. Some of the options the Secretariat is seeking to expand on include: adaptation for debt swaps; risk guarantees; and extreme weather and disaster risk management. The...
27 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
March 2012: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have published their annual report on joint projects financed during 2011 on ecosystems and biodiversity preservation, green development strategies, and sustainable use of water and ocean resources, among other topics.
The GEF financed and supported 323 UNDP projects in 2011. These projects focused on preserving natural ecosystems and biodiversity, sustainable infrastructure development, low-emission...
