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This activity report looks at the GEF’s projects that reduce countries’ vulnerability to climate change impacts and helps them build adaptive capacity. Based on guidance from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the GEF has adopted a three-stage approach to adaptation: stage I: planning through studies to identify vulnerabilities, policy options, and capacity building; stage II: identifying measures to prepare for adaptation and further capacity building; stage III: promoting measures to facilitate adaptation, including insurance and other interventions.

This activity report presents how GEF helps developing countries undertake “win-win” projects to mitigate the effects of climate change by reducing concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere.

This activity report covers GEF’s work in helping developing countries expand their use of clean energy and reduce their consumption of fossil fuel. The GEF has invested substantial “capital” in transforming markets toward cleaner, low–GHG emitting technologies and promoting a path toward sustainable development. This market focus has made the GEF increasingly effective in catalyzing private investment, government commitments to programs and policies, rural energy services, and the expansion of technology markets. Also available in Japanese.

This leaflet answers Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF). The Fund finances the additional costs imposed on Least Developed Countries to address their special needs under the Climate Convention.

This document answers frequent asked questions about GEF’s activities to promote climate change adaptation. In particular, it reports information on funds availability, allocation and related conditionalities. Furthermore, it explains who is eligible for GEF adaptation funds and how to access them.

This analytical report looks at GEF’s work on the ground to help developing countries reduce their vulnerability and increase their capacity to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change.

This activity report consists of two parts and three annexes. Part I reports project activities approved by the GEF during the reporting period from September 1, 2007 to August 31, 2008. They include both climate change mitigation and adaptation activities funded from the GEF Trust Fund, the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF). Part II of the report provides GEF’s response to the Convention guidance.

This activity report covers the progress made by GEF in the implementation of the Poznan Strategic Program on Technology Transfer. The strategic program on technology transfer consists of three funding windows: (1) technology needs assessments (TNAs); (2) technology transfer pilot projects; and (3) dissemination of technologies and practices. This report focuses on the first two substantive activities of the strategic program. In addition, the report discusses how GEF is considering the long-term implementation of the strategic program.

This activity report presents GEF’s experience over the years in supporting the deployment and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) that address climate change mitigation and adaptation.

This fact sheet looks at the Least Developed County Fund that was established under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The fund addresses the special needs of the 48 Least Developed Countries which are especially vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. More than 30 of these countries are covered in the fact sheet.

This fact sheet looks at the Least Developed Country Fund that was established under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The fund addresses the special needs of the 48 Least Developed Countries which are especially vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. More than 15 of these countries are covered in the fact sheet.

This fact sheet details GEF’s efforts toward realizing sustainable urban transport all over the world. The document provides readers with a deeper understanding of what GEF does now and what it expects to accomplish with their partners in the developing world.

This activity report outlines how the GEF supports the transfer of technologies to help countries mitigate and adapt to climate change. It further explains the GEF’s work with countries in helping establish “enabling policy environments,” or legal and regulatory landscapes, that encourage the adoption of climate-friendly technologies and practices.