Implementing the Framework Convention on Climate Change: Incremental Costs and the Role of the GEF

摘要

The paper is the first among a series of GEF Working Papers to deal with the Program for Measuring Incremental Costs for the Environment (PRINCE). The GEF is a financial mechanism that provides grants to developing countries for projects aimed at protecting the global environment. The paper provides the scientific background to the issues of global warming, proposes a calculus for estimating incremental costs, and highlights some of the key operational issues which the GEF must address in order to achieve the overall objectives of the Framework Convention on Climate Change. (Copyright (c) 1993 The Global Environmental Facility.)