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Building effective international environmental regimes: The case of the Global Environmental Facility

Autor
Sharma S.
Título de serie
The Journal of Environment & Development | Vol. 5(1); 73 - 86; 14 p.
Fecha
1996
Fuente
IUCN (ID: ANA-057736)
Editor | Lugar de publicación
University of California | San Diego, CA, USA
Idioma
Inglés
Campo de aplicación
Internacional
Materia
Medio ambiente gen., Especies silvestres y ecosistemas, Aire y atmósfera
Palabra clave
Agencias de ayuda y cooperación Política/planificación Creación de instituciones
Resumen

In 1990, the World Bank and the United Nations created an international financing mechanism known as the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Funded by a small number of countries from the industrialised North, the GEF is designed to provide concessional financial assistance to lower and middle income developing countries for the incremental cost of projects with global environmental benefits. Following the 1992 Rio Conference, the GEF was appointed as the financing mechanism for both the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Climate Change Convention. Despite its short existence, the GEF has attracted a great deal of criticism.