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Republic of Rwanda and the GM sign cooperation agreement

12 August, 2008

On 27 July 2008, the Minister of Natural Resources of the Republic of Rwanda and the Global Mechanism (GM) signed a cooperation agreement detailing the GM’s support to the Republic of Rwanda for the elaboration of the National Action Programme...

GM responds to call for cooperation with COMESA

21 July, 2008

The Global Mechanism (GM) participated in the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) Carbon Finance Workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa from 23 to 24 June, 2008. The Workshop was organized by the Secretariat of the COMESA in...

The GM and IFAD support Eritrea’s Partnership Platform

21 July, 2008

The Government of Eritrea in conjunction with the Global Mechanism (GM), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Unit of IFAD, and other development partners co-organized a workshop to...

GM and Zambia set new agenda for cooperation

18 July, 2008

A GM mission to Lusaka, from 25 June to 7 July 2008 followed up on recent discussions between the GM and Government on how to increase cooperation in support of the implementation of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in...

Outcomes of Mozambique country programme consultations

16 July, 2008

The GM’s proposed country programme to support the efforts of the Government of Mozambique to address land degradation and poverty over the next 2-3 years was the subject of discussions of the GM mission to Mozambique from 17 to 23 May...

Milestone in Jordan’s Integrated Financing Strategy Development

15 July, 2008

The second multi-stakeholder workshop on advancing the Integrated Financing Strategy (IFS) for combating desertification in Jordan, held in Amman on 8 and 9 July 2008, ended with a clear set of steps for finalizing the IFS by September this year....

Promoting investments in the agricultural, forestry and land use sectors through climate change finance mechanisms

2 July, 2008

The ‘Rome 2007 Initiative’, launched in November 2007 by the GM in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Investment Centre and Ecosecurites, aims to promote public-private investments in...

Climate resilience and food security: UNCCD at the interface

17 June, 2008

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) currently has an enormous opportunity to foster the integration of the cross-cutting issues surrounding sustainable land management (SLM) into the broad context of international policy...

GM signs cooperation agreement with the Republic of Mali

11 June, 2008

On the occasion of the High-Level Policy Dialogue held in Bonn on 27 May 2008, the Minister of the Environment and Sanitation of Mali and the Managing Director of the Global Mechanism (GM) signed a cooperation agreement between the Government of the...

Private Sector Consultation on World Food Security and the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy

20 May, 2008

Recognizing the potential impact of climate change on the agricultural, rural and land-use sectors - in particular the severe consequences for developing countries and food security - the Rome-based United Nations agencies and institutions (the Food...