26 June 2009: The World Bank approved a programme that will help reduce greenhouse gases and promote clean energy use in Benin.
26 June 2009: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council met from 22-24 June 2009, in Washington DC, US, and concluded with the adoption of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Conference of the Parties acting as the Meeting of the Parties (COP/MOP) to the Kyoto Protocol to provide secretariat services to the Adaptation Fund Board.
26 June 2009: The Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), which met from 22-24 June 2009, in Washington DC, US, evaluated a reform to the GEF's Resource Allocation Framework (RAF) to enhance transparency and outcome-oriented lending.
22 June 2009: The Global Environment Facility's (GEF) Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) has submitted to the GEF Council, which is meeting from 22-24 June 2009, in Washington DC, US, a series of “Recommendations for Improved Science and Technology Guidance in the GEF.”
18 June 2009: The World Bank approved a US$180 million loan to the Government of India, to renovate and modernize old, inefficient and polluting coal-fired power plants. The project, which is expected to lower carbon emissions and boost power production at these plants, is co-financed with a US$45.4 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
17 June 2009: The Secretariat of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) selected the theme “Conserving land and water = Securing our common future” for the 17 June celebration of World Day to Combat Desertification.
June 2009: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has posted a number of documents on its website, including: a proposed GEF adaptation strategy for 2010-1014 featuring innovative features for the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF); the interim report of the Fourth GEF Overall Performance Study (OPS4); and a report on the implementation of the Resource Allocation Framework (RAF).
June 2009: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has posted the documents for the 35th Meeting of the GEF Council, which will convene from 22-24 June 2009, in Washington DC, US.
May 2009: The Secretariat of the Adaptation Fund (AF) has prepared documents for the sixth meeting of the AF Board, which will take place from 15-17 June 2009, in Bonn, Germany.
27 May 2009: The UNFCCC released a document containing the “Interim report of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) on the progress made in carrying out the Poznan strategic programme on technology transfer” (FCCC/SBI/2009/3).
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