Lebanon has ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 1994 through Law No. 359 dated 1/8/94. Under phase I of the Climate Change Project, and pursuant to Article 4.1 of the Convention, Lebanon has prepared and submitted to the secretariat of the convention Lebanon’s First National Communication (LFNC) report in 1999, through funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), management of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and execution by the Ministry Of Environment (MOE).
United Nations Development Program and the Ministry of Environment has mobilized a top –up funding from the Global Environment Facility, to carry out Phase II of the climate change enabling activity project. The project, started in November 2001 and with duration of one year, has set several objectives mainly related to capacity building, training, raising awareness, and fund mobilization