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.