Source: http://formin.finland.fi/
Finland has announced that it will support and fund a South Centre climate change project with Euro 200,000.
The project named “Enhancing the Capacity of Developing Countries to Undertake Climate Related National Actions and to Engage in Global Change and Sustainable Development Processes and Discussions” will be completed in about three years. The project is aimed towards enhancing the ability of developing countries to prepare for and to prevent climate change.
South Centre provides intellectual and policy support to a large number of developing countries. It can also be said to be the intergovernmental policy think tank of 51 developing countries.
On national level, there are three primary areas on which the project will focus. The first aim is to collect information on developing countries’ climate related actions’ institutional structures. The second aim is to document developing countries’ plans on mitigating and adapting to climate change. The third and final aim of the project will be to concentrate on documenting developing countries’ technological needs, and list proposed actions.
Along with planning climate related national actions, the project will also focus on developing or supporting South-South and North-South discussions on global climate policy.
On a global level, the emphasis will be on following up on goals set up in Cancun, such as setting up a new climate fund, and measuring, reporting and verifying emission reductions.
