Deadline Information
Applications are due July 19, 2011.
Summary
he Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs? (OES) Office of Global Change and Office of Environmental Policy at the Department of State announce the Request for Applications (RFA) for a project to advance international communication and coordination on short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs). The purpose is to initiate a process to: (1) increase information on existing SLCF inventories, efforts and mitigation opportunities; 2) build the capacity of developing countries to take domestic action on SLCFs; (3) disseminate best practices; and 4) develop a framework for future international cooperation on SLCFs. The agreement awarded will use FY 2010 Economic Support Funds. SLCFs represent a major opportunity to reduce emissions that contribute to near-term global and regional climate impacts affecting developing countries, with mitigation options available at lower cost in many instances than opportunities to mitigate carbon dioxide. No concerted global effort addresses SLCFs in the aggregate. To address this gap, the State Department plans to build the capacity of developing countries to take domestic action on SLCFs and launch a broad coordinating effort that supports and builds upon current SLCF mitigation efforts already underway. The main activities to achieve these goals may include a seminar for developing country policymakers, two workshops on SLCF inventories and best approaches and practices for mitigation, research into existing SLCF efforts and mitigation opportunities, and dissemination of these best practices and related information. The successful applicant will be able to explain how their proposal is particularly appropriate for achieving the expected outputs of the SLCF Initiative, which include (1) better-informed developing country governments and non-government entities interested in serving as partners and champions of SLCF work; (2) identification of priority areas for SLCF emissions research and mitigation in developing countries; (3) a report compiling a global inventory of SLCF mitigation actions, focusing on developing countries; and (4) a website and other outreach materials to disseminate the inventory to developing country policy makers and stakeholders, and to support a framework for future cooperation.
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