GEF
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
3 August 2011: The UN CC:Learn Steering Group has announced the selection of Benin, Uganda and the Dominican Republic to participate in the 2011-2013 pilot implementation phase of the UN CC:Learn’s “Pilot Projects to Strengthen Human Resources, Learning and Skills Development,” aimed at supporting countries to develop a strategic approach to climate change learning.
The announcement is the outcome of the Steering Group’s second meeting, which was held from 7-8 July 2011 in Geneva,...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
27 July 2011: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP) is funding a project to rehabilitate the original fauna and flora of Rodrigues Island in Mauritius.
The project is rehabilitating degraded biodiversity and protecting rare endemic plants within the Anse Quitor Nature Reserve, an area that holds the unique endemic tree of Zanthoxylum paniculatum and the rare Foetidia rodriguesiana, Terminalia benzoe, Antirhea bifurcata, and Gastonia rodriguesiana, which grow along...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 August 2011: A meeting to review the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project, organized by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), discussed policy, technical, and operational issues and issued recommendations to enhance the impact of PACC and include lessons learned into other regional legal frameworks.
The meeting took place in Port Vila, Vanuatu, from 8-12 August 2011, and brought together over 50 participants, including national coordinators, representatives from the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 August 2011: The Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) has released the report from its 14th meeting, during which the Board invited civil society to engage in a dialogue with the AFB in Durban, South Africa, at the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 17) to the UNFCCC, as well as discussions with institutions supporting the accreditation process of National Implementing Entities (NIE).
Also during the 20-22 June 2011 meeting in Bonn, Germany, the AFB invited Annex I Parties to make...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 August 2011: The World Bank approved a US$8.75 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to establish trust funds for the long-term conservation and management of over 100,000 hectares of marine habitat in the Eastern Caribbean. The Eastern Caribbean is among the top five global biodiversity hot spots in the world, due to its marine and coastal ecosystems.
The Sustainable Financing and Management of Eastern Caribbean Marine Ecosystem Project will benefit Antigua and Barbuda,...
