A veteran Filipino climate negotiator was elected co-chairman of the Standing Committee on Finance of the United Nations framework on climate change. The 10 other seats are held by developed countries that provide climate finance to developing countries. Muller will help the committee provide relevant advice to UNFCCC State Parties in relation to the Financial Mechanism of the treaty. These recommendations, when adopted, will guide the Global Environment Facility and the Green Climate Fund, the operating entities of the mechanism that provide climate finance in the adaptation and mitigation needs of developing countries. She has been deeply involved in negotiating UNFCCC decisions that established the Least Developed Country Fund, the Special Climate Change Fund, the Adaptation Fund of the Kyoto Protocol and the Green Climate Fund.

Source: Manila Times March 14, 2017 09:45 UTC