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68th GEF Council | 16-20 December 2024
Scaling up Urban Climate Finance through Multi-level Governance
4 December
09:00 - 10:30 CST / 10:00 - 11:30 EST / 16:00 - 17:30 CET / 18:00 - 19:30 EAT / 20:30 - 22:00 IST English with interpretation in French, Spanish & Portuguese
The sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 2 to 13 December 2024.
The twenty-nineth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 11 - 22 November.
UrbanShift at World Urban Forum: Scaling-up Financing for an Urban Shift towards Nature-Positive and Climate-Resilient Cities
6 November
Cairo, Egypt
The Global Framework on Chemicals Fund launched its first call for applications on 1 October 2024. The Fund aims to support countries in implementing this international agreement that guides countries and stakeholders in jointly addressing the lifecycle of chemicals, including products and waste.
Building Equitable Futures: Implementing a Just Transition in Urban Environments
The Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 16) will be held in Cali, Colombia from 21 October - 1 November 2024.
10th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference (IWC10)
When: 23-26 September 2024
Where: Punta del Este, Uruguay
(Pre-conference workshops will take place on 21-22 September 2024 in Montevideo)
The 2024 IWC resumes after 6 years, in its 10th edition, hosted by the Government of Uruguay, in Punta del Este, under the theme: "Transformative actions and impacts for the water and ocean SDGs: The GEF IW response to the global challenge", to reunite the IW portfolio and celebrate 30 years of the GEF IW focal area.
Where:Stockhom Sweden
When: 19-25 August 2024
Theme: Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future
Visit the event website to get tickets, explore the programme and get more details.
Tuesday August 13, 2024 8:00 – 9:00 CST; 11:00 -12:00 BRT & ART; 19:30 - 20:30 IST English with interpretation in Spanish & Portuguese
The Council, the Global Environment Facility's main governing body, comprises 32 members appointed by constituencies of GEF member countries (14 from developed countries, 16 from developing countries, and two from economies in transition). Council members rotate at different intervals determined by each constituency. The Council customarily meets twice annually but has decided to meet three times in 2024.
Date: 23 February 2024
Time: 10:00 to 13:00 and 15:00 to 18:00 EAT
Location: In-person (Conference Room 14, UNEP HQ, Nairobi, Kenya) // Virtual participation possible (Zoom link will be provided to registered participants)
UNEA-6 Cities & Regions Summit
February 23, 2024 | Nairobi, Kenya & Virtual
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. EAT
Location: In-person (Conference Room 3, UNEP HQ, Nairobi, Kenya) // Online participation possible (Zoom link will be provided to registered participants)
Register by 5th February to attend in person or virtually
Tuesday December 12, 2023 9:00-10:00 CRT/12:00-13:00 BRT & ART Spanish with interpretation in English & Portuguese
Your UrbanShift Guide to COP28
Dear friends and colleagues,
We are thrilled to share with you information about UrbanShift’s engagement in the 28th Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), taking place in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, from November 30 to December 12, 2023.
Local Climate Action Summit
The COP28 Local Climate Action Summit is a first-of-its-kind Summit hosted by a COP Presidency in recognition of the critical role local leaders play in reducing emissions, addressing climate risk, and supercharging national efforts to move further and faster on climate progress.
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 13:30-14:30 GMT+2 / 11:30–12:30 GMTEnglish & French
Online City Academy Launch at the UrbanShift Asia Forum
Roundtable: Building Cities for People and Planet – Promoting decisive actions on integrating nature in future urban growth
Date: Thursday 24 August Time: 14:00-15:30 PDT
Location: Vancouver Convention Center, Room 206
UNEP SIDE EVENT: Innovative solutions for nature in cities
Date: Tuesday 22 August Time: 15:00-16:30 PDT Location: Vancouver Convention Center, Room 6
The Seventh GEF Assembly and Associated Meetings
22 - 26 August, Vancouver, Canada
UrbanShift and Energy Exchanges Webinar on Urban Cooling
Tuesday, August 22, 2023 10-11 CEST / 13:30 - 14:30 IST / 15:00-16:00 WIB / 16:00-17:00 CST English, Mandarin Chinese & Bahasa Indonesia
Commercial refrigeration equipment, such as refrigerated display cabinets, beverage coolers, ice cream freezers and vending machines, is essential for the storage or display of foodstuffs in the retail and food service sectors. Over 120 million units were estimated to be in operation worldwide in 2010.
It is projected that by 2040, the electricity consumption for an ever-growing stock of commercial refrigeration will increase by nearly 40%. Fortunately, technologies are widely available to improve energy efficiency and use refrigerants with a lower global warming potential.
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The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral fund dedicated to confronting biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, and strains on land and ocean health. Over the past three decades, the GEF has provided more than $22 billion in financing and mobilized another $120 billion for more than 5,000 national and regional projects.