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Q6 (IAS/2014) Environment & Ecology › Climate Change & Global Initiatives › Global climate finance Official Key

With reference to 'Global Environment Facility', which of the following statements is/are correct?

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Your answer: —  ·  Correct: A
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The Global Environment Facility (GEF) serves as the financial mechanism for the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations[1] Framework Convention on Climate Change, making statement A correct. The GEF, as an operating entity of the financial mechanism, has been entrusted to operate the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF)[2], further confirming its role in climate finance.

Statement B is incorrect because the GEF primarily provides financial resources for environmental projects rather than undertaking scientific research itself. Statement C is also incorrect on two counts: first, the documents mention the GEF alongside OECD but do not establish it as an agency under OECD; second, the GEF's governance and operational procedures are set out in the Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility, adopted in 1994[3], establishing it as an independent financial mechanism. Since only statement A is correct, option D (both A and B) is also incorrect.

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  1. [1] 'global-environment-facility'-which-of-the-following-b3eb1628e411
  2. [2] Environment, Shankar IAS Acedemy .(ed 10th) > Chapter 29: Environment Issues and Health Effects > Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) > p. 427
  3. [3] Environment, Shankar IAS Acedemy .(ed 10th) > Chapter 24: Climate Change Organizations > 24.18. THE GEF > p. 339
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Statement 1
Is the Global Environment Facility the financial mechanism for the Convention on Biological Diversity and for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change?
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Web source
Presence: 5/5
"It serves as financial mechanism for Convention on Biological Diversity' and 'United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change."
Why this source?
  • Directly states the GEF 'serves as financial mechanism' for both the Convention on Biological Diversity and the UNFCCC.
  • Explicitly ties the GEF's role to the two conventions mentioned in the statement.
Web source
Presence: 5/5
"It serves as financial mechanism for 'Convention on Biological Diversity' and 'United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change' It ..."
Why this source?
  • Affirms the same assertion that the GEF serves as financial mechanism for the CBD and the UNFCCC.
  • Provides independent corroboration of the claim from a second source.
Web source
Presence: 4/5
"“Report by the GEF to the First Conference of the Parties of the Framework Convention on Climate Change.” “Report of GEF to Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.”"
Why this source?
  • Shows GEF reporting to the Conferences of the Parties of both the UNFCCC and the Convention on Biological Diversity.
  • Implicates an official relationship consistent with the GEF acting as a financial mechanism to these conventions.

Environment, Shankar IAS Acedemy .(ed 10th) > Chapter 24: Climate Change Organizations > 24.18. THE GEF > p. 338
Strength: 5/5
“• Article 6 of the UNFCCC creates a 'financial mechanism' for convention implementation, which is to function under the guidance of the U}'IFCCC COP and be accountable to the'COP. • Article 21 names the GEF to serve as the financial mechanism on an interim basis.”
Why relevant

States Article 21 names the GEF to serve as the financial mechanism (on an interim basis) for the UNFCCC.

How to extend

A student could check the UNFCCC text or COP decisions to confirm whether the interim naming became permanent or was superseded.

Environment, Shankar IAS Acedemy .(ed 10th) > Chapter 24: Climate Change Organizations > GEF Trust Fund, Climate Change focal area > p. 345
Strength: 5/5
“GEF Trust Fund , Climate Change focal area • Administered by The Global Environment Facilify (GEF)\n• Area of focus Adaptation, mitigation general\n• Date operational 1990 (tracked since zero) The Global Environment Facility Trust Fund supports the implementation of multilateral environmental agreements, and serves as a financial mechanism of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. It is the longest standing dedicated public climate change fund. Climate Change is one of the GEF focal areas supported by the Trust Fund. The GEF also administers several funds established under the UNFCCC including the Least Developed Countries Trust Fund (LDCF), the Special Climate Change Trust Fund (SCCF) and is interim secretariat for the Adaptation Fund.”
Why relevant

Says the GEF Trust Fund supports implementation of multilateral environmental agreements and explicitly 'serves as a financial mechanism of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.'

How to extend

Use this to infer strong linkage to the UNFCCC and then verify in primary UNFCCC/GEF documents for formal status.

Environment, Shankar IAS Acedemy .(ed 10th) > Chapter 24: Climate Change Organizations > 24.18. THE GEF > p. 339
Strength: 4/5
“Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), to provide funding to protect the globai environment. • The GEF's governance, operational, financial and administrative oversight procedures are set out in the Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility, which was adopted in 1994 and subsequently amended in 2000 (GEF Instrument). • The GEF now has six focal areas: • t. biological diversity;• z. climate change;• 3. international waters;• 4. land degradation, primarily desertification and deforestation;• 5. ozone layer depletion; and• 6.”
Why relevant

Lists 'biological diversity' (i.e., biodiversity) as one of the GEF's six focal areas, showing GEF funds biodiversity-related work.

How to extend

A student could use this to suspect a formal financial relationship with the CBD and then check the CBD text or GEF/CBD agreements for designation as financial mechanism.

Environment, Shankar IAS Acedemy .(ed 10th) > Chapter 24: Climate Change Organizations > r, Special Climate Change Fund (SccO > p. 336
Strength: 4/5
“• r The Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) was established under the Convention to finance projects relating to: adaptation; technology transfer and capacity building; energy, transport, industry, agriculture, forestry and waste management; and economic diversification. • r The Global Environment Facility (GEF), as an operating entity of the financial mechanism, has been entrusted to operate the SCCP.”
Why relevant

Explains that the GEF, 'as an operating entity of the financial mechanism,' has been entrusted to operate a Special Climate Change Fund established under the Convention.

How to extend

This pattern (GEF operating funds under a convention) suggests GEF can be the operating financial entity for conventions; student could check whether similar entrustment exists under the CBD.

Environment, Shankar IAS Acedemy .(ed 10th) > Chapter 28: International Organisation and Conventions > Moreover, two important legally binding agreements > p. 389
Strength: 3/5
“• Convention on Biological Diversity • Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, often shortened to Rio Declaration, was a short document produced at the 1992 United Nations "Conference on Environment and Development" (UNCED), informally known as the Earth Summit. The Rio Declaration consisted of seven principles intended to guide future sustainable development around the world.”
Why relevant

Groups the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Framework Convention on Climate Change as sister conventions originating from the 1992 Earth Summit.

How to extend

Knowing both conventions share origin, a student might reasonably check whether the same facility (GEF) was designated to support both, by consulting CBD/COP decisions or GEF instruments.

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