Second National Communication of Brazil to the UNFCCC

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Brazil's Second National Communication to UNFCCC Project (2005-2008)

This project aims to support Brazil, as a Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in fulfilling its obligations under Article 12.1 of the Convention. The immediate objective is to prepare Brazil's Second National Communication to the UNFCCC. The scope of the project includes carrying out studies on vulnerability and adaptation measures to climate change, developing regional climate modeling and climate change scenarios, and building institutional capacity within Brazil for implementing the Convention. A key obligation addressed is the requirement for developing country Parties to provide information, including a national inventory of net anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, and a general description of steps taken or envisaged to implement the Convention. While specific sectors are not explicitly listed as affected, the GHG inventory and vulnerability/adaptation studies inherently cover various sectors contributing to emissions or impacted by climate change. The project does not specify a deadline for the submission of the Second National Communication itself, but the project duration is set for 3 years, with an estimated start date of August 2005. Compliance is framed as meeting the obligations under UNFCCC Article 12.1. The relevant international agreements mentioned are the UNFCCC and the Montreal Protocol. The project is financed through the Global Environment Facility (GEF) with a contribution of US$ 3,400,000 and co-financing totaling US$ 7,575,600, comprising US$ 4,175,600 from the Brazilian Government and US$ 3,400,000 from UNDP. The project was endorsed by the Brazilian Government on September 5th, 2003, through the GEF Operational Focal Point at the Ministry of Planning, Budgeting and Management's Secretariat of International Affairs (SEAIN).

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Project Executive Summary 
GEF Council FORMDROPDOWN Submission 
Full sized project
Contribution to Key Indicators of the Business Plan: 
Sequencing of response to Convention priorities and capacity building through Enabling Activities.
Record of endorsement on behalf of the Government(s): 
Date of endorsement letter: September 5th, 2003
Endorsement letter signed by Carlos Eduardo Lampert Costa, GEF Operational Focal Point, Brazilian Secretariat of International Affairs - SEAIN, Ministry of Planning, Budgeting and Management 
Financing Plan (US$)
GEF Project/Component
Project	3,400,000
PDF A FORMTEXT 
PDF B FORMTEXT 
PDF C FORMTEXT 
Sub-Total GEF
	Co-financing*
UNDP
	Government	4,175,600
Bilateral Donors
	Other
	Sub-Total Co-financing:	7,575,600
Total Project Financing:	7,575,600
Financing for Associated Activities If Any: N/A 
Leveraged Resources If Any: N/A

Approved on behalf of the United Nations Development Programme. This proposal has been prepared in accordance with GEF policies and procedures and meets the standards of the GEF Project Review Criteria for work program inclusion.

Yannick Glemarec
Deputy Executive Coordinator	Ms. Catherine Valle
Project Contact Person
Date: Tel. and email: HYPERLINK "mailto:catherine.vallee@undp.org" catherine.vallee@undp.org

Agencys Project ID: PIMS no. 2613
GEFSEC Project ID: Leave BLANK 
Country: BRAZIL
Project Title: Second National Communication of Brazil to the UNFCCC
GEF Agency: FORMTEXT UNDP 
 
Duration: 3 years
GEF Focal Area: Climate Change FORMDROPDOWN 
GEF Operational Program: EA Enabling Activity
GEF Strategic Priority: CB1 Capacity Building
Pipeline Entry Date: 21 April 2005
Estimated Starting Date: August 2005
IA Fee: USD$ 306,000
Project Summary
Project rationale, objective, outcomes, and outputs/activities. 
Rationale
1. Brazil is Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC. Developing country Parties have committed themselves to providing the UNFCCC with adequate information on the status of implementation of such obligations, as called for under Article 12.1. National communications are required to include the above mentioned inventory of net anthropogenic emissions of GHGs not included in the Montreal Protocol, and a general description of the steps taken or envisaged to implement the Convention.
2. According to Article 4.3 of the UNFCCC, the developed country Parties and other developed Parties included in Annex II shall provide new and additional financial resources to meet the agreed full costs incurred by developing country Parties in complying with their obligations under Article 12, paragraph 1. The financial mechanism of the UNFCCC (Article 11) is the Global Environment Facility - GEF.

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