Q. Which of the conventions given below is/are financed by Global Environment Facility (GEF)?
1. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
2. Ramsar Convention
3. Minamata Convention on Mercury
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Answer: C
Notes:
The GEF provides funding to assist developing countries in meeting the objectives of international environmental conventions. The GEF serves as a “financial mechanism” to five conventions: Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and Minamata Convention on Mercury.
The conventions, for which the GEF serves as financial mechanism, provide broad strategic guidance to the two governing bodies of the GEF: the GEF Council and the GEF Assembly. The GEF Council converts this broad guidance into operational criteria (guidelines) for GEF projects.
Source: https://www.thegef.org/
