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Action by cities is central to global environmental goals

GEF Internships

In Liberia, renewable energy is empowering people with disabilities

Fonseca Leadership Program in Africa

GEF-8 Corporate Scorecard - December 2024

GEF Council provides funding boost for pollution and other priorities, kicks off ninth replenishment

GEF adaptation funds accelerate action across 20 countries

68th GEF Council and 37th LDCF/SCCF Councils Work Program

Spotlight: GEF Small Grants Program’s new phase

Opening Remarks by GEF CEO and Chairperson Carlos Manuel Rodríguez at the 68th GEF Council Meeting

Highlights and images for 16 December 2024

Ahead of ninth replenishment, GEF Council to consider ambitious projects and advance reforms

GEF announces winners of first Innovation Window funds

The GEF at UNCCD COP16

Two Decades of GEF Investments in Land

Madagascar Launches Country Platform for Climate Finance Through International Partnership

International Financial Institutions and development partners support the Republic of Benin in establishing a country climate finance platform

Government of Côte d'Ivoire Collaborates with International Financial Institutions, Development Partners, and the Private Sector to Catalyze Climate Finance

Why including youth in climate talks is 'non-negotiable'

GEF announces $20 million investment in climate adaption innovators

The GEF at UNFCCC COP29

Carlos Manuel Rodríguez on 'Resilience: The Global Adaptation Podcast'

A lab in Cali offers lessons in chemistry for biodiversity

Target 18: Creating the Right Incentives for a Nature-Positive Future

In a boost for nature, governments announce $163 million in new pledges to Global Biodiversity Framework Fund

Nature insurance: a new safety net for coral and coasts

Target 18: Creating the Right Incentives for a Nature-Positive Future

The GEF at CBD COP16

GBFF in Focus: Stories

Discover GEF International Waters' interactive globe

10th GEF International Waters Conference in Uruguay to strengthen global sustainability networks

Small islands are innovators for the ocean

Carter Roberts talks with Carlos Manuel Rodriguez about sustainable financing for conservation

A Focus on Inclusive Finance: Phase Two Report

GEF support for tigers is helping entire ecosystems

GEF Careers | Internship Program

The GEF approves first funding related to BBNJ Agreement

Transforming our cities: a collective path to sustainability

Annex: Approved Projects and Programs for June 2024 Councils

GEF Council approves $700M+ for vast environmental needs

Carlos Manuel Rodríguez reappointed as CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility

Highlights and images for 17 June 2024

Land Degradation Neutrality Knowledge Management and Learning Initiative: Learning from the GEF Portfolio of Projects

Bio-prosperidad: GEF CEO at TEDxPuraVida

67th GEF Council Meeting

GEF Council to consider large and diverse work programs

New $135 million initiative will support Small Island Developing States to tackle drivers of environmental degradation

Leaving home for the first time to advocate for island resilience

Biodiversity fund approves 18 new project preparation grants

Empowering the next generation to succeed in high stakes negotiations

Leading fashion brands rethinking relationship with nature, moving toward key sustainability benchmarks

A Sea Change - UNDP Nature

First-of-its-kind study definitively shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss

The sweet rewards of protecting a threatened songbird

Sustainable Finance for Tiger Landscape Conference

Bhutan hosts summit targeting $1 billion USD for the conservation of tiger landscapes | Press Releases | WWF

Building small island resilience through shared learning: insights from the Caribbean

Supporting nature-based tourism in Viet Nam for wide benefit

Deep-sea expedition may have discovered over 100 new species in the Pacific

In Manila, the safe disposal of electronics helps women and their communities

The GEF | Gender

Making water a source of peace with transboundary cooperation

⚡️ New biodiversity fund approves project preparation grants

New initiative aims to curb the toxic impacts of agriculture

Advancing the Integrated Approach to Tackle Commodity-driven Deforestation

Meet the GEF Gender Partnership

Global Wildlife Program

The GEF in Africa

UNEA-6: Side event: Scaling up investment in Afr...

On the path to a "green" future: visit to Kazakhstan of CEO and Chairperson, the Global Environment Facility

Landmark UN Report Reveals Shocking State of Wildlife: the World’s Migratory Species of Animals are in Decline, and the Global Extinction Risk Is Increasing | CMS

GEF deploys additional high-impact climate adaptation funding

GEF-8 Corporate Scorecard - February 2024

GEF Council approves $916 million for urgent environmental action

GEF family of funds set for ambitious investments in nature

Costa Rica's tapir resurgence sparks hope for 'gardeners of the forest'

The end is nigh for dangerous DDT | UNIDO

Investing in trees for the future of musical instruments

2023 in review

A natural alliance: In Costa Rica they’re working to keep the alliances flowing - and with them the healthy soils and corridors of life

Local focus on giant panda habitat results in community gains

Job Opening — Senior External Affairs Officer

Job Opening — Senior Climate Change Specialist

Reciprocal rescue: Promoting gender equality to protect black-necked cranes in China

GEF CEO statement on Japan's pledge to the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund

In good news for adaptation, donors boost support to LDCF and SCCF

Youth Profiles

The Climate Funds Joint Declaration – Enhancing access and increasing impact: the role of the multilateral climate funds

The GEF at UNFCCC COP28

Enhancing ecological connectivity in the projects of the Amazon Sustainable Landscapes and Global Wildlife Programs

Nurturing landscapes, communities, and climate resilience in Kazakhstan

Creating space for young people to affect climate policy

GEF CEO Carlos Manuel Rodríguez named to inaugural TIME100 Climate list

Inclusive GEF Assembly award winner shows value of long-term support for nature

Least Developed Countries Fund - LDCF

Mercury in cosmetics – more than what meets the eye | Minamata Convention on Mercury

An unconventional career path: Carlos Manuel Rodríguez

Pacific Least Developed Countries need to address climate and development challenges together

This community is reviving 10,000-year-old ancestral farming practices to address food insecurity: 'The only legacy we have'

#RedLAC2023

New geospatial platform maps real-time results of GEF investments

GEF workshop advances climate resilience steps for Asia

⚡️ Highlights from #GEFcouncil65

Se Yämípä: Sowers of life

In the Philippines, Indigenous-led conservation opens doors

Climate Adaptation Regional Programming and Strategy Workshop for Asian Least Developed Countries

GEF CEO statement on Germany's contribution to biodiversity fund

Ozone Layer Depletion

7th GEF Assembly

New global biodiversity fund launched in Vancouver

⚡️ #GEFassembly2023 Highlights: GBFF Ratification

⚡️ #GEFassembly2023 Highlights: Partnership Forum and Opening

⚡️ #GEFassembly2023 Highlights: Science Day

We need to achieve economic and development goals sustainably - Joshua Prentice

Amid worry for the planet, GEF Assembly to propel bold collaboration for nature

Why gender justice matters for sustainable development

'Rural solutions can help solve global problems' - Amy Sidibé

Seventh GEF Assembly #GEFassembly2023

Elevating the perspectives and concerns of young people - Kwame Ofori

Inclusive Conservation Initiative Phase One Report

'Think about the actual costs' - Ahmad Bassam

Spreading the word about steps to stop contamination - Solongo Otgonbayar

Storytelling through conservation photography – Sidney Opiyo

The Coastal Fisheries Initiative: Teaching communities to fish sustainably

Lewis Pugh Hudson Swim 2023

#GEFcouncil64 IISD Summary Report 26–29 June 2023

GEF Council approves plans for 'game-changing' global biodiversity fund

LDCF and SCCF provide new targeted support for vulnerable states

GEF Council provides $1.4 billion boost for environmental action

Brazil and the GEF - A Transformative Partnership

Harnessing Biodiversity Credits for People and Planet  - NatureFinance

WCS Honors Head of GEF, Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, for His Lifelong Achievements for Biodiversity

On the heels of biodiversity deal, GEF presents record work program and prepares to host new fund

Countries build climate resilience by learning from one another

Canada to host Seventh Assembly of the Global Environment Facility

Sign-up to GEF Newsletter

New app helps turn the tide on plastic waste

Massive Open Online Course on Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience - PEDRR

Poisonous beauty: behind the fight to curb skin lightening creams

In Living Colour

From dump site to a community's heart

Green Accountability - gpsa

Climate-resilient coffee farming is changing lives in DRC

New logo reflects the Global Environment Facility’s wider remit

Young leaders share hopes and lessons at GEF Southern Africa workshop

In Palau, working for 'the next generation, and the next, and the next'

Biodiversity Finance: Protect the Planet, Strengthen Livelihoods

How the GEF is driving up global investment in forests

In Manila, the safe disposal of electronics helps women and their communities

An exploration of endangered wildlife and their ecosystems

Leaders gather at London event in support of UN Nature COP15 agreement

How to protect ocean life in 2,885 days (or less)

Get to know the world's marine protected areas

The Amazon, Congo, and Critical Forest Biomes Integrated Program

Picking berries, protecting mountains

Working together to conserve the irreplaceable peat forests of Borneo

2022 in review

WRI and the GEF to host new Secretariat for the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People

Statement from the GEF CEO and Chairperson on the creation of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund

Get to know the world's marine protected areas

A ray of hope for ocean health

How the GEF is targeting biodiversity and habitat loss

'Youth, women, and elders are the ones who don’t give up'