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Cooperation & Support
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Announcement
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Consultative Group of Experts training materials
The complete set of training materials, used during the CGE regional hands-on training workshops, are available
online or in a CD ROM. This package
contains numerous resources for GHG inventories, vulnerability, adaptation and mitigation assessments.
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Information Note, Fellowship Programme
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The United Nations Climate Change secretariat announces the launch of its fellowship programme, the objective
of which is to contribute to building capacity for addressing climate change in Parties not included to Annex I
to the Convention, in particular Parties that are small island developing States or least developed
countries.
 Information note
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