This project aims to build capacity in Lao P.D.R. to advance national interests related to climate change. This includes capacity to respond to the UNFCCC, to more actively and effectively pursue energy and natural resource management activities related directly or indirectly to climate change abatement and adaptation, and to take advantage of new opportunities related to the procurement of funding or projects related to climate change. The direct objective of this project is to reduce the rate of growth of greenhouse gas emissions in Lao P.D.R.

In view of the current UNDP/GEF Capacity Building project, it has been agreed by UNDP and UNEP that all technical data and analysis in GHG inventories, vulnerability assessment, mitigation and adaptation options will be undertaken by the UNDP/GEF Capacity Building Project RAF/93/631, while this project will only carry out the two other activities.

The project will enable Mozambique to meet its reporting obligations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The project will enable Senegal to meet its reporting obligations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The project will (a) hire local Project Coordinator and establish PSC; (b) organise project initiation workshop; (c) identify and create links to national/international sources of information and establish information network/centre; (d) organise/undertake national inventory of GHG; (e) study potential impacts of climate change on water management, agriculture, etc; (f) using results of vulnerability assessment, undertake analysis of potential options to adapt to climate change; (g) undertake analysis of potential GHG abatement options; (h) organise workshop to present results of the project;

The project will enable Guatemala to meet its reporting obligations under the UN Framework convention on Climate Change , leading to their National Communication as required under Article 12.

The objectives of this project are to control greenhouse gas emissions and demonstrate the economic viability of harnessing coalbed methane, an important greenhouse gas, in the Indian coal mining sector. The full project is intended to build national capacity in the field of coalbed methane recovery and utilisation

The project will enable Antigua & Barbuda to meet its reporting obligations under the Framework Convention on Climate Change, leading to their National Communication as required under Article 12.

The project enables Slovenia to prepare its first national communication to the Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC. The components of the project are (a) an inventory of GHG following guidelines adopted by CoP; (b) an assessment of potential impacts of climate change in Slovenia; (c) an analysis of potential measures to abate the increase in ghg emissions in Slovenia and to adapt to climate change; (d) preparation of a national action plan to address climate change and its adverse impacts; and (e) preparation of the first national communication of Slovenia to the CoP.

The immediate objective of this project is to facilitate the preparation of the first national communication of the Philippines to the Conference of the Parties (COP), in accordance with Article 12.1of the UNFCCC, and the guidelines adopted by COP-2 for the preparation of national communications of non-Annex I Parties.