Report on the workshops on the process and requirements for the accreditation of national implementing entities for direct access under the Adaptation Fund to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - UNFCCC, 2012

Four workshops on the process and requirements for national implementing entities for direct access under the Adaptation Fund were held in 2011 and 2012 for the African, Latin American and Caribbean, Asian and Eastern European regions and the Pacific subregion. The workshops also included an in-depth explanation of the fiduciary standards of the accreditation process under the Adaptation Fund. This report provides information on the three regional workshops and the one subregional workshop organized by the secretariat. It includes an overview of the proceedings, a summary of the outcomes ...

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 Report on the workshops on the process and requirements for the accreditation of national implementing entities for direct access under the Adaptation Fund to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol

  Available online: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2012/cmp8/eng/10.pdf

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Published by: UNFCCC ; 2012

Four workshops on the process and requirements for national implementing entities for direct access under the Adaptation Fund were held in 2011 and 2012 for the African, Latin American and Caribbean, Asian and Eastern European regions and the Pacific subregion. The workshops also included an in-depth explanation of the fiduciary standards of the accreditation process under the Adaptation Fund. This report provides information on the three regional workshops and the one subregional workshop organized by the secretariat. It includes an overview of the proceedings, a summary of the outcomes and a section on issues raised by the participants for further consideration.

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free)

Tags: Capacity development ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Kyoto Protocol Add tag

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The Amazon Rain Forest and Climate Change

The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, 2009

This module discusses global climate change that is occurring largely because of greenhouse gases emitted by human activities, and in particular the impact that tropical deforestation plays in the climate system. It also covers signs of climate change, the current thinking on future changes, and international agreements that are attempting to minimize the effects of climate change. The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD Programme) is also discussed.

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 The Amazon Rain Forest and Climate Change

 Available online: https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=556

Published by: The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research ; 2009

This module discusses global climate change that is occurring largely because of greenhouse gases emitted by human activities, and in particular the impact that tropical deforestation plays in the climate system. It also covers signs of climate change, the current thinking on future changes, and international agreements that are attempting to minimize the effects of climate change. The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD Programme) is also discussed.

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Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Standard Copyright)

Tags: Climate change ; Drought ; Meteorology ; Precipitation ; Global warming ; Kyoto Protocol ; Climate services ; Climate model ; Afforestation ; Deforestation ; Lesson/ Tutorial ; Amazon ; Brazil ; Competencies for Provision of Climate Services Add tag

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Kyoto Protocol - reference manual on accounting of emissions and assigned amount

UNFCCC, 2008

This manual is provided as a reference tool to assist Parties included in Annex I to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (hereafter referred to as the Convention) (Annex I Parties) in the implementation of their commitments related to the accounting of emissions and assigned amount under the Kyoto Protocol.

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 Kyoto Protocol - reference manual on accounting of emissions and assigned amount

  Available online: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/publications/08_unfccc_kp_ref_manual.pdf

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Published by: UNFCCC ; 2008

This manual is provided as a reference tool to assist Parties included in Annex I to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (hereafter referred to as the Convention) (Annex I Parties) in the implementation of their commitments related to the accounting of emissions and assigned amount under the Kyoto Protocol.

Language(s): English; Other Languages: Spanish

Format: Digital (Free) (ill., charts, maps)

Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Kyoto Protocol ; Non-specialist public Add tag

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