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		<title>IDB Funds Biomass Project for Low Income Families in Brazil</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will finance a project in northern Brazil to produce energy from the biomass derived from the kernels of palm tree fruits used for beverage production. The project will reduce wastes, produce energy, reduce methane emissions and provide additional income for low income families.]]></description>
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		<title>EBRD Increases Investment in Sustainable Energy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced that, in 2011, it invested €2.6 billion in sustainable energy projects, including large-scale industrial energy efficiency, sustainable energy financing facilities through financial intermediaries, power sector energy efficiency, renewable energy, municipal infrastructure energy efficiency and carbon market support.]]></description>
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		<title>Adaptation Fund Board Publishes Report of 16th Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At its 16th meeting, the Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) approved six projects, accredited two National Implementing Entities (NIEs) and one Multilateral Implementing Entity (MIE). The Board also requested the consideration of developing of a more standardized template for project and programme concepts, and after discussion on the issue, decided to maintain the cap of 50% of project implemented by MIEs.]]></description>
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		<title>World Bank Supports Climate Change Policy Making in Viet Nam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A US$70 million project approved through the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) will support Viet Nam in implementing a comprehensive adaptation and low carbon growth strategy for the country, given its high vulnerability to the effects of climate change.]]></description>
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		<title>SPREP Completes Second PACC Training on Cost-Benefit Analysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has completed the second series of Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) training under the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project. Aaron Buncle, SPREP Resource Economist, said the primary purpose of conducting a CBA is to determine which project options will confer the greatest benefits for Pacific island communities.]]></description>
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		<title>ILC Discussion Forum Focuses on Geo-engineering Impacts on Biodiversity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The forum will be held through the Climate Frontlines Online Forum, an electronic participation tool developed by UNESCO, in partnership with the CBD Secretariat, the Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, to draw attention to community-level observation of climate change, and strengthen the voices of vulnerable communities in global climate change debates.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The boat was developed with funding from several organizations, including the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. It will be refueled at the Hydrogenics Refueling Station at Golden Horn Estuary in Istanbul, which was created by the UNIDO International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technology (ICHET).]]></description>
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		<title>REEEP to Co-Finance Rollout of Tonga Energy Roadmap </title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[REEEP funding will assist in the rollout of the TERM, enabling the drafting of the legislative framework and making specific recommendations on how institutions should be structured or adapted to realise the plan.]]></description>
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		<title>ITU and Telefónica Launch Sustainable Energy for All Mobile App Competitions</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/itu-and-telefonica-launch-sustainable-energy-for-all-mobile-app-competitions/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The “Green ICT Hackathon,” which will take place from 28-29 February 2012, aims to provide an opportunity for developers from all over the world to compete in proposing and developing an ICT app that has sustainable energy as its core. The second challenge is the “2nd Green ICT Application Challenge,” which invites innovative concept papers that include the design of ICT applications that support sustainable energy for all.]]></description>
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		<title>UN Greening the Blue Announces CO2 Balloon Launch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Greening the Blue, the balloon represents a single tonne of carbon dioxide, and is part of a project co-sponsored by the Government of Chile and the UN. The balloon bears the Greening the Blue logo and website details, in order to raise awareness of the UN’s efforts to manage its sustainability performance.]]></description>
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