News Stories

Somali man atop platform and ladder

November 12, 2019

Somalia and UNDP launch new $10 million project for climate adaptation and water access in rural communities
Sunrise over the Guatemalan jungle

November 12, 2019

Helping countries better monitor and report on forest and land-use under the Paris Climate Agreement
Pollinator on a flower

November 8, 2019

Helping countries with biodiversity conservation targets
Plate-billed mountain toucan perched on mossy branch among bromeliad flowers in typical environment of cloud forest

October 29, 2019

Uncovering the hidden value of biodiversity
Handful of nitrogen fertilizer and manure

October 24, 2019

Colombo Declaration calls for tackling global nitrogen challenge
A purple gorgonian exists on a shallow coral reef on Turneffe Atoll in Belize.

October 23, 2019

GEF announces new investment in Central America's blue economy

Boats on the seashore in Accra, Ghana

October 1, 2019

Ghana becomes first African nation to join ambitious partnership to end plastic pollution
Men working on Village of Bonbon Haiti homes after hurricane Matthew destroyed it in October 2016

September 20, 2019

Ministers to announce new financing injection for climate adaptation fund
Sao Paolo skyline. Photo: Thiago Leite/Shutterstock

September 20, 2019

Sao Paulo statement on urban sustainability
Women picking tea leaves in a tea plantation around Munnar, Kerala, India

September 11, 2019

In Delhi, laying the groundwork for more sustainable land investment

Amazon river in Brazil

September 11, 2019

GEF CEO welcomes cooperation pact to protect the Amazon basin

Farmer plowing land in India

September 3, 2019

UN desertification conference opens in New Delhi with an ambitious call to action
Plastic bottle washed up on a beach

August 27, 2019

Caribbean nations rally around pollution-free future
IPCC report finds that land is under growing human pressure, and that climate change is adding to challenges such as degradation, desertification, deforestation, and food insecurity. Photo: Richard Whitcombe/Shutterstock

August 8, 2019

IPCC Special Report reflects urgency of better land management to combat climate change
Bringing together key stakeholders from public and private institutions to discuss scaling investment in climate adaptation, FASTR provided a platform for leaders to showcase existing initiatives and best practices for climate adaptation investment and to announce new commitments to climate adaptation over the coming years. Photo: Volodymyr Goinyk/Shutterstock.

July 10, 2019

New commitments to scaling up climate adaptation investment