Cooperation & Support

Cooperation & Support

Many countries are vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change in large part because they lack the domestic resources to support projects and innovations that would, for example, help stave off agricultural disasters or ease the transition to a clean energy economy. Financial, technical, and other support to countries whose economies are developing or in transition is crucial to helping them address the adaptation and mitigation issues acknowledged in the Convention. The magnitude of need requires close cooperation between developing and developed countries, as stated in the Commitments section of the Convention (Article 4).

Information can be found below about various forms of support, including the Global Environment Facility, which serves as the Convention's financial mechanism, or primary funding source.

	Finance This section covers issues relating to the intergovernmental process on climate finance, including guidance to the operating entities of the financial mechanism under the Convention. Information regarding long-term finance work programme can be found here. The Finance Portal is the newest addition to the section and contains data on financing provided and received under the Convention.
	Technology The Technology section has links to the Convention's technology clearing house information system (TT:CLEAR), and to work done by the SBI and the SBSTA on technology development and transfer and implementation of the Technology Mechanism (Decision 1/CP.16), including through the Technology Executive Committee (TEC).
	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 This section provides information relating to the impact of the implementation of response measures undertaken in the context of 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.

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