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Deckblatt: A Need for Submission of Good Project Proposals

Climate finance Report 1. September 2011

A Need for Submission of Good Project Proposals

The Adaptation Fund (AF) was established under the Kyoto Protocol of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in order to finance concrete adaptation projects and programmes in developing countries affected by the global climate change. This report summarises the key decisions taken during the 15th meeting (September 2011) of the Adaptation Fund Board.

Deckblatt: Further Important Steps Underlying the “Direct Access Approach”

Climate finance Report 1. August 2011

Further Important Steps Underlying the “Direct Access Approach”

The Adaptation Fund (AF) was established under the Kyoto Protocol of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in order to finance concrete adaptation projects and programmes in developing countries affected by the global climate change. This report summarises the key decisions taken during the 14th meeting (June 2011) of the Adaptation Fund Board.

Deckblatt: Institutions for Adaptation

Climate finance Briefing Paper 1. June 2011

Institutions for Adaptation

Different institutions play a crucial role in order to promote adaptation to climate change in developing countries. As a contribution to the current political debate, in particular in the UNFCCC negotiations, this paper analyses key institutional approaches on the different levels and makes a number of concrete suggestions with a view to optimising the interplay between institutions on the different level.

Cover Take Action

Education for Sustainable Development Education / Methode Collection 1. August 2011

Take Action! Get Creative

Flashmob, hidden theatre, public installation – creative actions get more attention, are more interactive and offer a fresh way of communicating sometimes rather tedious political issues.

Deckblatt: The Race to Low-Carbon Economies has started

International climate co-operation Briefing Paper 1. March 2011

The Race To Low-Carbon Economies Has Started

Although international climate negotiations have made little progress since the largely failed talks of Copenhagen in 2009, especially developing countries have started the race towards low-carbon development. Low-Carbon Development Plans (LCDPs) have been developed that describe goals and measures of the respective nation's climate change efforts and lay a foundation for overall development planning.