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

Auteur
Sharma S.
Périodique/Collection
The Journal of Environment & Development | Vol. 5(1); 73 - 86; 14 p.
Date
1996
Source
IUCN (ID: ANA-057736)
Éditeur | Lieu de publication
University of California | San Diego, CA, USA
Langue
Anglais
Champ d'application
International
Sujet
Air et atmosphère, Environnement gén., Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes
Mot clé
Agences de développement et de l'aide Politique/planification Développement des institutions
Résumé

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.