This proposed GEF Project (Project) would be fully integrated with the proposed Peru Rural Electrification operation to be co-financed by the Government of Peru (GoP) and the World Bank. Objectives The objectives of the GEF Project are to promote the financing and productive use of renewable energy options within the proposed GoP/Bank Rural Electrification Project.

The development objective of this project is to strengthen the technical, institutional and individual capacities to assist India mainstream climate change concerns into sectoral and national development priorities.

A Strategic Partnership Program is proposed between China, the GEF and the World Bank to achieve a paradigm shift in the development of China’s currently unsustainable urban transport systems.

Strategic Objective The proposed GEF project aims to facilitate the release of decentralized public funds and attract private financing to support demonstration and development of renewable energy based projects for rural electrification that include productive uses and social services. Specific Project Objectives The key objectives of the project are the following: ·Increase access to public resources and attract private investment.

In direct response to the recent CBD COP7 decision, the project is designed to establish a fast disbursing mechanism to assist eligible countries to undertake country driven early actions in line with the Programme of Work on Protected Areas. The recent Conference of the Parties (COP) of the CBD, at its 7th meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in February 2004, adopted an ambitious Programme of Work on Protected Areas (decision VII/28).

The overall objective of the Full Project is to mainstream adapatation to climate change into Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) planning in the participating countries through the development and implementation of pilot adaptation activities in response to shoreline change. This will involve the development of strategies, policies and measures, based on technical/scientific information and appropriate policy instruments. A major preliminary objective will therefore be to pilot adaptation activities in a local to sub-regional context.

The South Africa Grasslands biome is a repository of globally significant biodiversity. Much of the grasslands ecosystem presently lies in production landscapes allocated to livestock production, agriculture (mainly cereals), afforestacion with exotic tree species, and coal mining. In addition, South Africa's largest urban and industrial centre is located within the grasslands. Production activities constitute the main threat to grasslands biodiversity.

The transboundary water resources of this important sub-basin of the Danube are being seriously threatened by pollution from domestic, agricultural and industrial discharges, and by unsustainable land-water management practices aggravating the frequency and impacts of extreme climatic events (floods).

The ultimate objective of the Program is to preserve global genetic, species and ecosystem diversity within agricultural production landscapes. More specifically, the BACP aims to address market failures which prevent private producers, or reduce their incentives, to transition to production methods that are at the same time commercially viable and beneficial to biodiversity.

This project is designed to establish a dedicated financial facility for energy efficiency and renewable energy in Eastern Europe and CIS that can serve as a vehicle for the large-scale participation of private sector investors in partnership with public entities.