Recent Publications-
Investing In Renewable Energy The GEF Experience
The world is at critical crossroads for the future of energy. Climate change, increasing dependence on oil and other fossil fuels, growing imports, and rising energy costs are making the developing world more vulnerable than ever before. These challenges call for a comprehensive and ambitious response.
2009 | Pg.36 | 6.95MB
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Implementation Of The Poznan Strategic Program On Technology Transfer:
An Interim Report Of The Gef To The Subsidiary Body For Implementation At Its Thirty-First Session
The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at its fourteenth session (COP 14) welcomed the Global Environment Facility’s (renaming it the Poznan) Strategic Program on Technology Transfer as a step toward scaling up the level of investment in the transfer of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries while recognizing the contribution that this program could make to enhancing technology transfer activities under the Convention.
- Full Report - English | Spanish | French |
GEF Least Development Countries Fund (LDCF) Fact Sheets 2009
The Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) was established under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at its seventh session in Marrakech in 2001. The Fund, which is managed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), addresses the special needs of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), which are especially vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. This includes preparing and implementing National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs), which aim to identify “urgent and immediate needs” of each LDC according to specific guidelines provided by the Least Developed Countries Expert Group.
The GEF has, as of August 2009, mobilized voluntary contributions of $180 million for the LDCF.
2008 | Pg.68 | 1.8MB
- Programmatic Approach
A growing number of multilateral development organizations and international agencies are now using programmatic approaches to more effectively support developing countries and countries with economies in transition. Yet the programmatic approach is not a new modality for the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). At its meeting in December 1999, the GEF Council supported the evolution of GEF support to emphasize synergistic programs that transcend national borders. Since then, we have been dedicated to the principle that our focus should be on programs rather than just simply individual projects.
2009 | Pg.64 | 2.5MB
- Financing Adaptation Actions
Climate change is here, and its impacts on our planet are becoming more serious at an ever increasing pace.As a financial mechanism of the UNFCCC, the GEF has a unique mandate to deliver on-the-ground benefits to countries needing to adapt to climate change. In recent years, consistent with the increasing recognition of the impact climate change has on development, the GEF established a Strategic Pilot on Adaptation, a pioneering step in climate change financing. The GEF was also entrusted with managing the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund, both established by the Climate Convention.
2009 | Pg.36 | 0.86MB
- Investing in Energy Efficiency
The GEF Experience
Between now and 2030, world energy demand is projected to grow by 1.6 percent annually, adding up to a dramatic 45 percent increase. Such rapidly growing energy demand is particularly challenging given that most of the world’s population still relies on energy from limited fossil fuel sources and traditional biomass. Dependable and affordable energy supplies are crucial to economic growth in both developed and developing countries. Today the GEF is one of the public sector’s largest funders for energy efficiency in the world, with direct investments of US$850 million in more than 90 developing and transition countries and an additional US$5.9 billion in cofinancing. These investments are expected to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 1.3 billion tonnes by 2020.
2009 | Pg.28 | 0.91MB
- GEF Report of the GEF to the Fifteenth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP15 - 2009
- Full Report - English | Spanish | French | Pg.40
- Annexes (English only) | Pg.90
- Climate Change & Technology Transfer Fact Sheet
2009 | Pg. 4 Investing in Sustainable Urban Transport
The GEF Experience
Investing in sustainable transport reduces carbon dioxide emissions and helps mitigate the potential impacts of climate change. But making these investments also pays off at the local level: we work with stakeholders to expand clean public transportation choices that also have the added benefits of lowering air pollution and reducing traffic congestion. This publication details our efforts in the field toward realizing sustainable urban transport all over the world.
2009 | Pg. 28 | 2.03MB - Spanish GEF Least Development Countries Fund (LDCF) Fact Sheets 2008
The LDCF was established under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at it seventh session in Marrakech and is managed by GEF. The fund addresses the special needs of the 48 Least Developed Countries which are especially vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. This includes preparing and implementing National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA) to identify urgent and immediate needs to adapt to climate change.This publications contains a collection of fact sheets on the LDCF and on each completed NAPA.
2008 | Pg.39 | 0.7MB Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies: The GEF Experience
The GEF, over its 17-year history, has extensive experience in the transfer of climate change mitigation and adaptation technologies. A total of around $2.5 billion has been allocated to support climate change projects in over 100 countries. Transfer of environmentally sound technologies is playing a crucial role in the global response to climate change. Lessons learned at the GEF will help improve the efficiency and efficacy of future efforts to transfer ESTs to developing countries.
2008 | Pg.40 | English | French | Spanish | Chinese | Arabic Implementation of the Poznan Strategic Program on Technology Transfer: An interim report of the GEF to the Subsidiary Body for Implementation at its Thirtieth Session
2009 | English | French | Spanish GEF Report to the Fourteenth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP14 - 2008
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