Having considered the comments and recommendations of the Ethics and Finance Committee, the Adaptation Fund Board decided to:

(a) Reconfirm that the issue of lobbying is addressed under the current code of conduct;

(b) Request Board members to submit  their views on how to address cases of lobbying through the implementation of the code of conduct, including an internal procedure to deal with such cases, by 31 August, 2012; and

(c) Request the secretariat to submit to the 10th meeting of the EFC a proposal on how to strengthen the implementation of the code of conduct with respect to lobbying, taking into account the comments made by EFC and Board members during the discussion of this agenda item and their views submitted intersessionally.