News Stories

December 23, 2019

GEF in 2019: Year in review
GEF CEO and Chairperson Naoko Ishii addresses the 57th Council

December 20, 2019

GEF Council approves ambitious work program for green cities, nature, and climate change
Discussions on combating illegal wildlife trade at the GEF's CSO Consultations

December 17, 2019

Weighing the benefits of building a wildlife economy

December 13, 2019

57th GEF Council meeting to target impact, from cities to the sea
Unidentified man cultivating rice on August 15, 2014 in Bali, Indonesia.

December 3, 2019

Benefits of investments in climate services for agriculture and food security outweigh costs

November 27, 2019

GEF to showcase power of partnerships at Madrid climate summit

Melted mercury in a hand

November 26, 2019

Minamata Convention meeting focuses on ways to #MakeMercuryHistory

Eiffel Tower

November 22, 2019

World Bank and city of Paris partner to support sustainable cities
Sunrise over the Guatemalan jungle

November 12, 2019

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