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23 January 2012: Zimbabwe: UNDP, with funding from the GEF, assists government to help local farmers with strategies to adapt to climate change and drought. As climate change and climate variability impacts worsen, droughts have caused much anguish on communities destroying crops, animals and livelihoods, especially in the southern half of Zimbabwe.17 January 2012: UNDP-GEF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec on Country Access to Climate Funding
Determining national priorities is vital to accessing climate financing; countries with strong national climate policies are in the best position to access climate funds from sources such as the GEF Trust Fund.
- 16 January 2012 – Brazil: Integrated Ecosystems and Watershed Management in the Caatinga implemented by UNDP with GEF financing
The Caatinga is one of the most threatened biomes in Brazil, with more than 50 percent of its original cover transformed by human action. To address those threats, UNDP and GEF partnered with the Government of Brazil to implement the project Demonstrations of Integrated Ecosystem and Watershed Management in the Caatinga.