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UNEP's International Resource Panel (IRP) are currently from India. The Ministry
is a member of the IRP Steering Committee. IRP supports UNEP's Resource
Efficiency/Sustainable consumption and Production (SCP) sub-programme and
is carrying out assessments of the world's most critical resource issues with a
view to developing practical solutions for government policymakers, industry
and society.
The Global Environment Facility
India is a founder member of Global Environment Facility (GEF). Set up in
1991, GEF is the designated multilateral funding mechanism of 183 countries to
provide incremental finance for addressing global environmental benefits which
are also identified national priorities. The GEF mandate is decided as per the
guidance provided by the Conference of the parties of the multilateral
environmental conventions namely Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD),
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), United
Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Stockholm
Convention on PoPs and Minamata Convention on Mercury. The GEF grants
are available under five focal areas namely, biodiversity, climate change, land
degradation, international waters and chemicals and waste.