GEF
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 August 2010: The World Bank and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) are supporting the Government of Kiribati in adapting to climate change through planning efforts to reduce the country’s vulnerability to climate change, climate variability and sea level rise.
Within the Kiribati Adaptation Program, Kiribati’s main road is being protected. Shoreline Protection Guidelines were developed for use in Kiribati to design and implement improved coastal protection measures, including...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
28 September 2010: The UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) have launched a project to further identify gaps, obstacles and opportunities in forest financing in small island developing States (SIDS) and low forest cover countries (LFCCs).
The project is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). It follows up on the SIDS/LFCC project launched in 2009 as part of the facilitative process to assist countries to mobilize funding from all sources. Drafts of studies...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 October 2010: The Global Environment Facility’s Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) has launched a catalogue of biodiversity-based products from SGP’s Latin American & Caribbean portfolio. The catalogue demonstrates the linkage between the sustainable use of biodiversity, community empowerment and poverty reduction.
The catalogue was launched on the occasion of the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which is taking...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 November 2010: The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has launched a new online helpdesk as part of its support to the regional project “Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change” (PACC).
The Online Helpdesk for PACC seeks to provide immediate communication access to key project staff for the 13 PACC participating countries, with a view to responding to immediate requests for information and assistance. Information available upon request ranges from technical aspects of the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
27 October 2010: The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) organized a Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change Regional Meeting on Operational and Financial Requirements from 4-8 October 2010 in Apia, Samoa. The meeting addressed operational and financial planning and reporting requirements in the framework of the regional project “Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change” (PACC).
Each country participating in PACC was invited to nominate one...
