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

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

A student could check the UNFCCC text or COP decisions to confirm whether the interim naming became permanent or was superseded.

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.'

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

States GEF was set up at the 1992 Earth Summit and 'works to tackle the planet's most pressing environmental problems' and runs a Small Grants Programme for civil society.

A student could infer GEF's primary role is strategic investment and grant-making (finance/support), so check whether organisations that 'tackle' problems typically do research themselves or fund others to do it.

Describes the GEF Trust Fund as supporting implementation of multilateral environmental agreements and serving as a financial mechanism for UNFCCC.

Use the pattern that entities described as 'trust funds' and 'financial mechanisms' are usually funders/implementers rather than primary scientific research bodies; compare with known research agencies to judge plausibility.

Places GEF within the 'global climate finance architecture' alongside other multilateral funds.

From this, a student could reasonably treat GEF as part of financial architecture (funder/implementer) and therefore seek evidence if such funds directly conduct global scientific research or mainly finance projects that may include research components.

Notes GEF is 'entrusted to operate the SCCF' and acts as an operating entity of the financial mechanism under climate conventions.

Reinforces the pattern of GEF as an operating financial entity; a student could extend this to ask whether operating entities typically commission research or allocate funds to others for research.

Gives an example of an 'Intergovernmental Scientific programme' (MAB) that explicitly sets a scientific basis for global environmental research.

Use this as a contrast: identify organisations explicitly labeled 'scientific programmes' (like MAB) versus funds/financial mechanisms (like GEF) to judge which bodies are likely to do primary scientific research.

States the GEF is 'an operating entity of the financial mechanism' (for UNFCCC instruments such as SCCF), linking GEF to UN climate convention structures rather than to OECD structures.

A student could take this UN/UNFCCC linkage and check whether OECD agencies typically serve as operating entities for UN financial mechanisms (if not, that argues against GEF being an OECD agency).

Says the GEF 'operates' the Least Developed Countries Fund as 'the entity that operates the financial mechanism', again tying GEF roles to UN funding mechanisms.

Use this pattern (GEF as operator of UN funds) to compare governance/origin of OECD agencies—if OECD agencies are not described this way, it suggests GEF is not an OECD agency.

Describes the GEF Trust Fund supporting multilateral environmental agreements and serving as a financial mechanism of the UNFCCC, emphasizing GEF's UN system role.

A student can combine this with knowledge of OECD's institutional remit (economic cooperation) to assess whether an organization primarily serving as a UN financial mechanism is likely to be an OECD agency.

Notes the GEF's governance is set out in its own 'Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility', implying a separate founding instrument and governance distinct from OECD structures.

Check whether OECD agencies are founded by similar 'Instruments' under OECD auspices; difference in founding instruments would indicate institutional separation.

Summarizes OECD's purpose, headquarters, and status as a UN observer—useful to contrast OECD's economic focus and institutional identity with GEF's UN-environmental finance role.

A student could contrast OECD's mandate and membership-based structure (from this snippet) with GEF's described UN-linked functions to judge whether GEF fits typical OECD agency characteristics.

States Article 21 names the GEF to serve as the UNFCCC's financial mechanism on an interim basis, giving a direct rule-pattern linking GEF to being a financial mechanism for a convention.

A student could infer that if UNFCCC explicitly names GEF, they should check analogous articles/decisions in the CBD text to see if CBD likewise designates GEF as its financial mechanism.

Says the GEF Trust Fund supports implementation of multilateral environmental agreements and explicitly serves as a financial mechanism of the UNFCCC; shows GEF's role as an implementing/financial body for conventions.

From this pattern (GEF supports MEAs and is UNFCCC's mechanism), a student could reasonably test whether the CBD—being an MEA—has entrusted its financial mechanism role to GEF in CBD documents or COP decisions.

Lists GEF's focal areas and includes 'biological diversity' as a core focal area, indicating institutional linkage to biodiversity issues (the domain of the CBD).

A student could use this to hypothesize that GEF likely finances biodiversity-related activities and therefore might be the CBD's financial mechanism; they could verify by checking CBD financing arrangements.

Notes the GEF, as an operating entity of the financial mechanism, has been entrusted to operate the Special Climate Change Fund established under the Convention, exemplifying GEF's operational role in UNFCCC finance.

Using this concrete example of GEF operating UNFCCC-established funds, a student could investigate whether similar funds/mechanisms were established under the CBD and whether GEF operates them.