PR/E11/99
The United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP) will give $650,000 for a project focused on improving early warning mechanisms and general preparedness for El Niño and La Niña climatic impacts. The grant, which uses a part of businessman Ted Turner's billion-dollar gift to the UN, will fund a 19-month project to be implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration with the United Nations University (UNU), National Center for Atmospheric Research of the United States, World