The UNDP Global Environmental Finance (GEF) Unit supports UNDP Country Offices in the implementation of the UNDP Strategic Plan by partnering with global environmental vertical funds and other donors to catalyze environmental finance for sustainable development. The principal environmental vertical funds that UNDP partners with are those managed by the GEF. These are the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund (GEF TF); the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund (NPIF); the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF); and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF). In addition to these funds, UNDP also partners with the Adaptation Fund (AF) and it has applied for accreditation as an implementing entity to the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
The Environmental Policy and Legal Specialist provides support to senior management in UNDP and represents it on key policy, governance and legal issues relevant to the work of UNDP-GEF. This includes work on environmental governance issues at the national, regional and international levels, as well as targeted support on environmental law to projects and programs funded by the global environmental funds that UNDP partners with. There is an opportunity for an intern to support the work of the Environmental Policy and Legal Specialist and gain experience working in UNDP.
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