GEF
05 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
3 September 2012: The Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) has decided to recommend that the Global Environment Facility (GEF) should remain as the interim secretariat for the Adaptation Fund Board. The intersessional decisions of the Adaptation Fund Board are based on a Performance Review of the Secretariat and Trustee of the AFB.
The Board decided against the recommendation of shifting the oversight of the Trustee’s activities to the Secretariat. Instead, these will remain the responsibility of the...
28 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
25 August 2012: The first Board meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) considered the work plan of the Board, and initiated the work towards the operationalization of the Fund. Key outcomes of the meeting include the election of the Board’s Co-Chairs and adoption of a decision on how to conduct the process to select the host country of the Fund.
The meeting, which took place from 23-25 August 2012, in Geneva, Switzerland, elected the following Board Co-Chairs, who will serve for a...
21 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
August 2012: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) Project has released a guidebook, titled “Accessing International Financing for Climate Change Mitigation.” The guidebook aims to assist developing countries in speeding up the transfer, deployment and diffusion of mitigation technologies, thereby enabling countries to contribute to climate change mitigation and reduce climate change impacts while pursuing national development goals.
The 142-page guidebook...
21 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
August 2012: The latest issue of The Greenline newsletter of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) introduces the new GEF CEO and Chairperson, Naoko Ishii, as well as reports on recent climate change initiatives.
The July 2012 edition of The Greenline opens with remarks from the new GEF CEO and Chairperson, Naoko Ishii, who describes ongoing GEF involvement in supporting and implementing the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, as well as the success of the GEF Small...
21 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 August 2012: At its 18th Meeting, the Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) accredited the National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development of India as the National Implementing Entity (NIE) for India, and as its 12th NIE. The Board also approved grants for $50.7 million in seven countries, including one direct access project in Jamaica.
Additional projects were approved in Colombia, Djibouti, Cambodia, Egypt, Lebanon and Mauritania. The Board continued discussions on how to increase adaptation...
