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On November 13, the Republic of Moldova officially launched the 2021 forestry campaign for planting your future.
The start of the Greening Campaign was assumed by the Presidency, the Parliament, the Government, the Central Branch Authority – the Ministry of Environment with subordinate institutions, other public authorities. Thus, the collaborators of the Ministry of Environment and subordinate institutions, together with representatives of the presidential apparatus, went to the “Codru” Nature Reserve in Lozova, where they participated in the afforestation works of a massif rich in secular forests.
It is a welcome campaign, especially considering the low rate of afforestation in Moldova, but also the disastrous state of existing forests. However, in order to have a big impact, the greening campaign of the representatives of the Central Public Administration had to start on degraded lands and not on the territory of the Scientific Reserve, where according to the legislation in force it should be a model worth following.
I do not know to what extent they are specialists in the field of soil Ministry of the Environment, but if they want to start such a company throughout the country, then they had to say if it is the right time to make this greening company. From the data we have, the water content in the soil is at the level of wilting. Pedologists and agronomists know that in these conditions it is not recommended to plant trees and shrubs, nor annual plants. We would like to get out of the campaigns (electoral, greening, etc.) and to carry out sustainable activities so that people’s lives and the state of the environment improve.
Valentin Ciubotaru,
Executive director, NGO BIOS
The Global Environment Facility has announced 10 new winners of its Challenge Program for Adaptation Innovation, a competition that provides seed funding for innovative initiatives designed to help vulnerable countries cope with the worsening climate crisis.
The project concepts selected in the Challenge Program’s second round were submitted by BFA Global, BNP Paribas, CropIn, Earth Security, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Microfinance Foundation, Heifer International, the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Winrock International, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and the World Resources Institute.
A total of 418 submissions were received in the GEF’s latest call for proposals, spanning a wide range of fields and sectors. Each winning concept will be eligible to receive grants from the GEF-hosted Special Climate Change Fund and Least Developed Countries Fund, which have over the past 20 years provided targeted financing for climate resilience projects in developing and low-income countries.
GEF CEO and Chairperson Carlos Manuel Rodriguez said the strong interest in the competition reflected the potential for the private sector to invest and engage much more in climate resilience solutions, particularly in developing countries where adaptation needs are enormous.
“The toughest environmental challenges in front of us – including how to cope with climate change – require the brightest minds at the table. It is truly encouraging to see this competition draw in so many world-class companies, financial institutions, and technology developers with excellent ideas about how to build more climate-resilient societies, supply chains, food systems, and economies,” Rodriguez said. “When the GEF launched the Challenge Program for Adaptation Innovation two years ago, it opened the door to new partnerships that are making a real difference in the developing countries and Least Developed Countries whose environmental ambitions need urgent support.”
The Challenge Program for Adaptation Innovation’s first cohort of nine winning project concepts were announced at the 25th UN climate change summit, held in Madrid in 2019. Those climate adaptation initiatives are being led by partners including Clarmondial, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nespresso, South Pole, and Willis Towers Watson, alongside GEF implementing agencies.
The latest ten winners, announced during the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, will be eligible for grants of between $440,000 and $1.3 million each, once fully approved. The total GEF support from this round of the competition will be $10 million.
The new proposed projects aim to improve access to capital, fintech, and financial services, including for smallholder farmers transitioning to climate adaptation practices; create a nature-based private financing facility for coastal cities in Least Developed Countries; develop more resilient supply chains through the systematic use of climate data, standards, and certification; support climate-resilient rice landscapes; and expand investment flows into climate adaptation measures, including through new insurance instruments.
As in the first round, each initiative will be developed and implemented in partnership with one of the GEF’s 18 official implementing agencies, including Conservation International, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
The GEF supports climate adaptation efforts mainly through the LDCF and SCCF. Since their inception in 2001, they have provided $2 billion in grant financing and mobilized another $13 billion from other sources to reduce the vulnerability of approximately 60 million people in 118 countries. The LDCF provides targeted support to Least Developed Countries, and the SCCF is focused on innovation that can increase developing countries’ climate resilience at scale, in partnership with the private sector.
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The Global Environment Facility’s governing body will meet June 14-18 to consider $340 million in new funding to enable developing countries to increase their climate resilience and keep advancing environmental protection and renewal, through and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
It will be the 60th meeting of the GEF Council, which has met twice a year since the multilateral fund was created three decades ago in 1991, and the 30th of the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF). Like the past two Council meetings, this gathering will occur virtually because of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 3.7 million people worldwide.
GEF CEO and Chairperson Carlos Manuel Rodriguez noted before the meetings that many developing countries had shown impressive resolve in continuing to prioritize environmental action over the past year, even in extremely difficult conditions.
“I am humbled by the commitment and perseverance we have seen by our partner governments to keep prioritizing environmental issues through the pandemic, and to raise collective ambitions to put our planet on a healthier path,” Rodriguez said. “I truly believe we are defeating the odds to build momentum for a green, blue, clean, and resilient recovery, and I look forward to continuing to work together toward the change the world needs.”
In their gathering, representatives of the GEF’s 184 member governments will consider $281 million for developing countries’ environmental initiatives plus an additional $60 million for climate change adaptation in the world’s most vulnerable countries through the LDCF.
They will be joined by the heads of the five international environmental conventions that the GEF financially supports – on biological diversity, climate change, desertification, chemicals, and mercury – as well as representatives of the 18 official partner agencies who implement GEF-supported projects in collaboration with local authorities.
Given that the developing countries eligible for GEF grant financing are especially vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change, the Council meetings are expected to focus significantly on ways to bridge the funding gap for climate resilience, including through the commitment of $60 million new financial support specifically for Least Developed Countries.
Delegates will also review the GEF’s operational record and results, discuss an innovative new approach to collaboration with the Green Climate Fund, and hear from the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel and Independent Evaluation Office, all the while looking ahead to the GEF-8 funding cycle which runs from July 2022 to June 2026.
The GEF and LDCF/SCCF Council meetings will be preceded by Civil Society Consultations focused on the opportunities for civil society, indigenous peoples, and local communities to further enhance climate change adaptation in places where such investment is most urgently needed, including and especially in Least Developed Countries.
The $281 million trust fund work program is the second-to-last under the GEF-7 replenishment cycle and spans 92 countries, including 30 Least Developed Countries and 35 Small Island Developing States. It includes 36 projects related to international waters, chemicals and waste, biodiversity, climate change, and land degradation.
The new projects are expected to benefit more than 18 million local people in project areas, including women, and to generate global environmental benefits beyond national borders. Three GEF-supported programs – on e-mobility, chemicals, and artisanal mining – are also poised for expansion to new countries under the work program.
Another set of projects, valued at $60 million and focusing specifically on LDCs, will also be considered by the LDCF/SCCF Council.
These include four climate adaptation projects to be financed by both the GEF trust fund and the GEF-managed LDCF, which is the only multilateral fund solely focused on helping Least Developed Countries cope with climate change. They are an adaptive agriculture and rangeland rehabilitation project in Somalia; a sustainable land management and climate adaptation project in Timor-Leste; a water sector climate resilience project in Bhutan; and an integrated landscape management and restoration project in Central African Republic.
The LDCF is also proposing projects to support increased climate resilience in Eritrea, Kiribati, and Lesotho. With this set of projects, the dedicated fund supported by donors including Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States will have provided financial support to all Least Developed Countries in the GEF-7 cycle.
One of the two non-grant instrument projects in the GEF work program relates to climate adaptation – providing blended finance for climate resilience technology through CRAFT, a new fund managed by Conservation International and Lightsmith Group LLC. The other includes the provision of guarantees for the green retrofits of small and medium-sized hotels, in partnership with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group.
For more information on the 60th GEF Council meetings, please click here.
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Earth Day is celebrated every year on April 22 and on this occasion an alarm is sounded regarding the protection of the environment. This day was founded in order to arouse the interest of the political class towards the environment.
Earth Day was founded by US Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970, with the aim of drawing the attention of the political class to the disinterest he showed in the environment. For the first time, this moment was marked by anti-pollution demonstrations throughout the United States, attended by about 20 million Americans. As a result of these demonstrations, US Senator Gaylord Nelson has managed to convince politicians of the need to adopt appropriate legislation for the protection of the environment: the law of fresh air, the control of toxic substances, water quality, etc.
From 1970 until today, every year, April 22 has been celebrated as Earth Day and events are organized to bring to people’s attention the need to protect the environment.
Earth day 2020 is not just the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Also on this day in 2016, the Paris Agreement was signed to take measures to reduce and adapt to climate change. The theme for Earth Day 2020 is climate action. The enormous challenge – but also the vast opportunities — of action on climate change have distinguished the issue as the most pressing topic for the 50th anniversary.
It is necessary both on this day and every day to change the actions we take to change our lives and protect the environment.
Even during this time during the exceptional situation due to coronavirus, we must meditate and plan our actions so that it does not have a negative impact on the Earth.
On behalf of the Platform of the National Engagement Strategy in solving the land related problems, we urge all stakeholders, including central, district, local public administration, economic agents, scientific research institutions, universities, colleges, lyceums, gymnasiums, non-governmental organizations to plan and after this period (in which we are obliged to stay at home), carry out environmentally friendly sustainable actions, so that we not only exploit the Earth, but also take care of it.
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