1999, the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
(REC), in cooperation with the World Resource Institute (WRI),
launched its Climate Change Programme to help Central and Eastern European
(CEE) countries identify policies and measures to comply with the commitments
and respond to the opportunities created by the
UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol.
Our activities are supported by funding from the US EPA,
the European Commission DG ENV, the Government of Japan, the Ministry
for Environment in Italy, the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and
the Environment, The Netherlands and the Mac Arthur Foundation.
The overall strategy of the project is to work:
- at the international level with an advisory committee
consisting of representatives from EITs and Western countries. The committee
guides the project activities according to international priorities
and makes suggestions for future activities.
- at the regional level by networking with a larger
group of CEE countries, facilitating internet discussions and organising
- at the national level with NGO partners.
What We Do
The programme covers a wide range of activities including
NGO grants, outreach and organisational work in the target countries,
regional workshops, publication production and dissemination, facilitation
of information exchange and the promotion of constructive dialogue between
stakeholders in order to build up constituency for action on climate issues
in the CEE region.
How We Do It
NGO grants are awarded for the preparation of case studies
on the following topics:
- experiences of Activities Implemented Jointly (AIJ)/Joint
Implementation (JI) in selected CEE countries;
- assessment of the national climate policy with a special
regard to energy issues;
- capacity needs of CEE countries for the reporting and
monitoring of GHG emissions;
- best practices in policies and measures aiming at the
mitigation of climate change.
The case studies can be used as a tool for capacity building
within the country to support the national governments in the climate
negotiations and to provide input to the international climate community.
Workshops, consultations, meetings and seminars facilitate
- the experiences of CEE countries with AIJ;
- the role of energy and transport sectors in the national
- the components of the national JI systems;
- national system capacity
for GHG emissions monitoring and reporting;
- financing opportunities for climate protection; and
- capacity-building needs in the EITs.
Extensive information is available on the the
REC's Climate Change Web site.
Networking action to involve Local Governments in the EU and international energy and climate debate” (LG Action)
Workshop on Development of Green Investment Scheme in Romania: national set-up in the international context
Climate change impacts will badly affect biodiversity in South-East Europe (Press release)
Workshop on post 2012 climate regime
regional SEE cooperation in the field of climate policy
on facilitation of climate policy in CEE and Turkey for the post-2012
to the Consequences of Climate Change Process:
Progress Achieved and Capacity Building Needed
on Fulfilling Monitoring and Reporting Requirements under the UNFCCC and
the Kyoto Protocol.
Country assessment reports on climate change
Workshop on the capacity building neeeds in the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol
Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)
Building for Improving the Quality of GHG Inventories (Europe/CIS Region)
of the Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol
for Climate Protection in Central and Eastern Europe
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change