Cooperation & Support

Cooperation & Support

International cooperation, and the provision of support to developing countries and to countries with economies in transition, are crucial to ensure the implementation of the Convention by all Parties. These would be impossible without support from the Convention's financial mechanism - the Global Environment Facility (GEF), its implementing agencies, and a host of other international organizations. Both the SBI and the SBSTA have a number of standing agenda items that fit under this overall heading, and this section of the website gives access to the key areas of that work.

	Financial Mechanism The Financial Mechanism pages contain information on the financial mechanism of the Convention - the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), as well as details about three special funds: Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF), Adaptation Fund (AF), and the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF). There is also information on guidance provided by the Parties to the financial mechanism as well as on the review process of operations of the financial mechanism. The pages also provide a list of all relevant decisions related to the financial mechanism and links to relevant external sites.
	Technology The Technology section has links to the Convention's technology clearing house information system (TT:CLEAR), and to work done by the SBSTA in implementing the Technology Transfer Framework (Decision 4/CP.7), including through the Expert Group on Technology Transfer (EGTT).
	Least Developed Countries The Least Developed Country (LDC) page provides links to information that is of specific interest for LDCs, such as work on National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA), and the work of the LDC Expert Group (LEG), which are contained in other parts of the UNFCCC website, as well as to relevant information on selected external websites.
	Education and Outreach The section on Education and Outreach includes information on the implementation of the New Delhi Work Programme on Article 6 of the Convention: "Education, Training, Public Awareness, Public Participation, Public Access to Information and International Cooperation." It also hosts the information network clearing house on Article 6 of the Convention ( CC:iNet).
	Response Measures The impact of the implementation of response measures generally refers to the negative side effects resulting from the implementation of climate change mitigation activites. The Convention and its Kyoto Protocol commit Parties to minimize adverse economic, social and environmental impacts on developing countries when responding to climate change.
	Capacity-building The section on Capacity Building looks at the implementation of the capacity building frameworks by developing countries and countries with economies in transition, and contains information on the activities and information products of supporting organizations.
	Cooperation with International Organizations Cooperation with International Organizations, such as with scientific bodies, UN agencies and other conventions, is an important and essential dimension of the implementation of the Convention.
	Activities Implemented Jointly A pilot phase of activities implemented jointly (AIJ) was launched in 1995 under which Annex I Parties may implement projects in other countries that reduce emissions of greenhouse gases or enhance their removal through sinks. AIJ under the pilot phase are undertaken on a voluntary basis.