25 September 2009: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have launched the “Global Market Transformation for Efficient Lighting Platform,” a public-private partnership directed at reducing global energy demand for lighting.
16 September 2009: At its seventh meeting, held from 14-16 September 2009 in Bonn, Germany, the Adaptation Fund (AF) Board took several landmark decisions concerning the operationalization of, and direct access to, the Fund by eligible parties.
10 September 2009: The e8 group of electric utility companies, in partnership with the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) recently convened a conference on “Financing Sustainable Electrification: South and South-East Asia Dialogues,” in Bangkok, Thailand.
14 September 2009: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has presented the results of a study on “Shaping Climate-Resilient Development,” which provides a set of tools for decision makers to adopt a tailored approach for estimating adaptation costs based on local climate conditions, and for building more resilient economies.
September 2009: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has published a booklet portraying its activities to combat land degradation and desertification.
10 September 2009: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has published a report entitled “Investing in Energy Efficiency: The GEF Experience.”
September 2009: The Adaptation Fund Secretariat has posted the documents for the Seventh Meeting of the Adaptation Fund Board, to be held in Bonn, Germany, from 14-16 September 2009.
7 September 2009: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has announced the re-launch of the Adaptation Learning Mechanism (ALM) website.
4 August 2009: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has launched “The Green Line” newsletter as the new communication channel for the GEF.
5 August 2009: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) organized a meeting of the network on Sustainable Energy, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management to discuss national and sectoral climate change strategies.
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