Environmentally Sustainable Transport and Climat Change
Environmentally Sustainable Transport and Climate Change Experiences and lessons from community initiatives The Global Environment Facility The maximum size of an SGP grant is $50,000. Projects are The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is an independent therefore usually small in size and are meant to demonstrate entity that unites 176 member governments—in partnership innovative approaches to addressing global environmental with international institutions, non-governmental organizations problems at the community level. To achieve this, the process (NGOs), and the private sector—to address global environmental of project design includes all key stakeholders and partners, issues while supporting national sustainable development especially those providing co-financing, and focuses on the initiatives. capacity development of stakeholders through demonstration and training, awareness creation, and dialogue. Complementary The GEF serves as the designated financial mechanism for partnerships increase the reach, impact, and sustainability of the international conventions on biological diversity, climate SGP’s demonstration projects. Occasionally, projects supported change, persistent organic pollutants, and desertification. It by SGP at the community level are scaled up to become GEF also supports global agreements to protect the ozone layer medium-sized projects and can be implemented by any of and clean up international waters. GEF projects are implemented the three implementing agencies. In some instances, scaling by UNDP, the United Nations
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