Seychelles on executive bodies of two international organisations
Seychelles now sits on the executive bodies of two international organisations related to climate change following the adoption of the Paris Agreement last Saturday.
Ambassador for Climate Change and Small Island Developing State Issues Ronny Jumeau has been appointed to the board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), which finances mitigation and adaptation projects in developing countries, and elected to the first-ever executive council of SIDS DOCK, the global renewable and energy efficiency initiative of small island developing states (Sids).
The Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis) confirmed to Ambassador Jumeau on Saturday, the day the Paris Agreement was accepted by the 194-member countries of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), that the GCF board had accepted his nomination as the alternate member representing the Sids.
The Sids' full member of the 24-strong GCF board is a long-standing colleague of Ambassador Jumeau, Ambassador Feturi Elisaia, Samoa's permanent representative to the United Nations.
Ambassador Jumeau's term is until August 2018, when he will have the opportunity to rotate to being the full member of the GCF Board for Sids. Meanwhile, as the alternate he works in support of Ambassador Elisaia and attends GCF board meetings with him.
The Green Climate Fund was set up in 2011 to provide funding to countries to help finance their efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change. It approved its first eight investments worth US $168 million to projects totalling $624 million in November.
Founded in 2009, SIDS DOCK is an initiative by Aosis members to help Sids switch to renewable energy as a catalyst for sustainable development and to help generate funding to adapt to climate change.
Earlier this year SIDS DOCK, whose secretariat is in Belize, became the only Sids body to be recognised as a United Nations treaty organisation. It held its first assembly on December 10 on the sidelines of the COP21 climate change conference in Paris.
The ambassador was elected to the eight-strong executive council for a two-year term.
SIDS DOCK also works with the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) to speed up innovative renewable energy projects and solutions to transform the energy sectors of small island developing states, including Seychelles.
Ambassador for Climate Change and Small Island Developing State Issues Ronny Jumeau has been appointed to the board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), which finances mitigation and adaptation projects in developing countries, and elected to the first-ever executive council of SIDS DOCK, the global renewable and energy efficiency initiative of small island developing states (Sids).
The Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis) confirmed to Ambassador Jumeau on Saturday, the day the Paris Agreement was accepted by the 194-member countries of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), that the GCF board had accepted his nomination as the alternate member representing the Sids.
The Sids' full member of the 24-strong GCF board is a long-standing colleague of Ambassador Jumeau, Ambassador Feturi Elisaia, Samoa's permanent representative to the United Nations.
Ambassador Jumeau's term is until August 2018, when he will have the opportunity to rotate to being the full member of the GCF Board for Sids. Meanwhile, as the alternate he works in support of Ambassador Elisaia and attends GCF board meetings with him.
The Green Climate Fund was set up in 2011 to provide funding to countries to help finance their efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change. It approved its first eight investments worth US $168 million to projects totalling $624 million in November.
Founded in 2009, SIDS DOCK is an initiative by Aosis members to help Sids switch to renewable energy as a catalyst for sustainable development and to help generate funding to adapt to climate change.
Earlier this year SIDS DOCK, whose secretariat is in Belize, became the only Sids body to be recognised as a United Nations treaty organisation. It held its first assembly on December 10 on the sidelines of the COP21 climate change conference in Paris.
The ambassador was elected to the eight-strong executive council for a two-year term.
SIDS DOCK also works with the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) to speed up innovative renewable energy projects and solutions to transform the energy sectors of small island developing states, including Seychelles.
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