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Recent events: STAP-ADB Workshop GHG Mitigation Land Transportation, October 19-20; Hypoxia Workshop, Shanghai October 22-23

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STAP Workshop, Shanghai, October 22-23, Reducing Eutrophication-caused Hypoxic Zones in Coastal Waters

 

Sustainable Transport

STAP-ADB Workshop, Manila, October 19-20, 
Measuring GHG Mitigation Potential of Land Transportation Projects

STRATEGIC ADVICE TO THE GEF 

 Also see Advisory Home Page
"Getting the balance right" Also see: powerpoint file 

Chairperson's speech to the GEF Council, June 22, 2009 by Thomas E. Lovejoy to the GEF Council in support of "Recommendations for Improved Science and Technology Guidance to the GEF" (GEF/C.35/13 ).

(See also GEF/C.35/Inf.9, GEF/C.35/Inf.10, GEF/C.35/Inf.11)

 State of the Global Environment

This paper was produced for the Heads of GEF Agencies meeting in October 2008 on behalf of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel. 

 

GEF-5 REPLENISHMENT

 
Science Vision for GEF-5
Science Vision - The Panel's stock take of science to inform GEF replenishment
 

GEF/C.34/Inf.14 October 16, 2008

Panel papers to the GEF on the Resource Allocation Framework and proposed System for Transparent Allocation of Resources (RAF and STAR)(Home page for STAP's advice on RAF/STAR)

Panel response to the ‘Strategic Positioning of the Global Environmental Facility for Its Fifth Phase’

February 23, 2009
Panel review of Draft Policy Recommendations for the Fifth Replenishment of the GEF Trust Fund 

August 31, 2009

OPERATIONAL WORK

 
Work Program of the Science Panel, FY10v1, 4 June 2009 
Screening of PIFs - what the Science Panel does and why 

SCIENCE PANEL MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS

 

WORKSHOPS

Terrestrial C Scoping Workshop

PANEL MEETINGS 
 
 
 

Highlights in this focal areaBIODIVERSITY

 

Payments for Environmental Services December 2008

This STAP guidance paper provides guidance to the GEF Council, Secretariat, Evaluation Office, and implementing agencies on the development and evaluation of GEF investments in Payments for Environmental Services (PES) programs.

 Kenya Acacias at Naivasha

Highlights in this focal areaSUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT

Vertical and Horizontal Knowledge Management:  Implications at the local, national, regional, and global levels, by Mary Seely

Presentation - pdf. Mary Seely delivered this presentation on "Vertical and Horizontal Knowledge Management" at the 1st Scientific Conference of the UNCCD, September 2009.

Further information on UNCCD's First Scientific Conference held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 2009, can be accessed at http://www.unccd.int/

Developing a Global Strategy to Combat Land Degradation and Promote Sustainable Land Management, by Michael Stocking. 
Conference Paper - pdf  This paper sets out the leading considerations in the strategic review that led to the GEF-4 Land Degradation Focal Area Strategy, as well as the topics that should be taken forward to GEF-5. 

Paper to: Asian Development Bank International Conference on Integrated Ecosystem Management (IEM) Approaches and Application, Beijing, People's Republic of China; 6-7 November 2008 (for more click here)

Highlights in this focal areaPERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS & CLIMATE CHANGE

 

Benefits and Trade-Offs Between Energy Conservation and Releases of Unintentionally Produced Persistent Organic Pollutants

This Technical Report, commissioned by the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP), is the Technical Annex to STAP’s Conclusions and Recommendations to the Global Environment Facility regarding the relationship between management of uPOPs and climate change mitigation strategies in GEF operations. This Report also addresses recipient country needs in capturing multiple benefits of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM). Specifically, the report  addresses the question as to whether implementation of best available techniques and best environmental practices (BAT/BEP) in the context of the Stockholm Convention has synergistic effects on GHG emissions or whether there are trade-offs.

 

 

 

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