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  1. Black Carbon Mitigation and the Role of the Global Environment Facility

    Black Carbon Mitigation and the Role of the Global Environment … There is increasing recognition of the importance of reducing emissions of black carbon and other short-lived climate pollutants, but this needs to be undertaken while …

  2. Managing Soil Organic Carbon for Global Benefits

    Managing Soil Organic Carbon for Global Benefits The natural … of this system – particularly through its interactions in climate change processes, water management and terrestrial …

  3. Sustainable Low-Carbon Transport

    Sustainable Low-Carbon Transport This report defines … safe and secure access for both persons and goods whilst reducing short and long term negative impact on the local … and improving travelling facilities. Such a policy can have important synergies with reducing GHG emissions. …

  4. Why behavioral change matters to the GEF and what to do about it

    … of global environmental change, and responding to these can help to transform systems. To strengthen the GEF’s project … to target behavior change. The case studies focus on: reducing wild meat consumption through economic incentives …

  5. Leveraging Innovation for Transformational Change

    Leveraging Innovation for Transformational Change Innovation is critical to … about the types of innovation needed to ensure that the GEF can achieve its strategic objectives: it is not enough to be … with five practices that, when applied sequentially, can help strengthen innovation across GEF programmes and …

  6. Environmental security: dimensions and priorities

    … ecosystems generating water, food, and clean air. Reducing environmental security risks also depends … the GEF and recommends near-term and long-term actions that can be taken to enhance positive benefits that link the …

  7. Revised Methodology for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Benefits of GEF Energy Efficiency Projects (Version 1.0)

    … (EE) is the single most important abatement opportunity reducing global warming. For the next couple of decades, … tCO2e in indirect emission reductions. GEF requires every climate change project to provide an estimate of the avoided or …

  8. Simple Future Narratives Brief and Primer

    … all drivers of change, such as population, conflict, climate change, and migration, when designing projects. The … how drivers of change could play out in the future can make project outcomes short-lived, less resilient, or … into a small number of simple narratives. Doing this can help develop projects and interventions that are robust to …

  9. Use of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to Assess Land Degradation at Multiple Scales: Current Status, Future Trends, and Practical Considerations

    … of the revised World Population Prospects 2012 predicting significantly higher population increase than earlier … in sub-Saharan Africa (UN 2013). Further, accelerating climate change is projected to have severe impacts on crop … pollution of soils, rivers, lakes, and oceans; and reducing biodiversity (Foley et al. 2011). The threat to …

  10. Using simple narratives to ensure durability of GEF investments

    … all drivers of change, such as population, conflict, climate change, and migration, when designing projects. The … how drivers of change could play out in the future can make project outcomes short-lived, less resilient, or … into a small number of simple narratives. Doing this can help develop projects and interventions that are robust to …