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RECENT KEY MEETINGS AND MEDIA REPORTS |
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GEF ASSEMBLY AND COUNCIL
CONVENE: US$3.13 BILLION REPLENISHMENT APPROVED
28-30 August 2006 | Cape Town, South Africa
A Special Meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Council has approved a Fourth GEF replenishment, with 32
governments agreeing to contribute US$3.13 billion to finance
environmental projects over the next four years. The Council
meeting was followed by the Third GEF Assembly, which took up
issues such as partnerships, the new Resource Allocation
Framework, market-based mechanisms, and climate change
mitigation and adaptation.
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GEF
CEO/Chair
Monique
Barbut
and
South
Africa’s
Finance
Minister
Trevor
Manuel,
who
chaired
the
third
GEF
Assembly |
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UNFF-7 BUREAU MEETS,
CONSIDERS NEXT
SESSION’S AGENDA
24-25 August 2006 |
UNHQ, New York
The Bureau for the
UN Forum on Forests
has met at UN
Headquarters, with
members considering
preparations for the
ad hoc expert
group meeting on the
non-legally binding
instrument (11-15
December 2006, New
York) and the
substantive topics
of the Forum’s
seventh session
(16-27 April 2007,
New York).
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CLIMATE WORKSHOP
CONSIDERS
DEFORESTATION
30 August - 1
September 2006 |
Rome, Italy
Reducing emissions
from deforestation
in developing
countries was the
focus of a recent UN
climate change
workshop in Rome.
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WORLD WATER WEEK
LOOKS “BEYOND THE
RIVER”
20-26 August 2006 |
Stockholm, Sweden
World Water Week
2006 has focused on
a range of issues,
included river-basin
management and the
sharing of benefits
and
responsibilities.
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