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The reduction of agricultural biodiversity in global food systems is of growing concern. Photo: Edmund Lowe Photography / Shutterstock.

February 19, 2019

Towards a “Great Food Transformation”
The agenda to transform Freetown has created an opportunity for the country to tackle the many challenges of urbanization. National Dialogue in Sierra Leone explored the possibility of the country’s participation in the Sustainable Cities Impact Program in GEF-7. Photo: Mohamed Bakarr/GEF.

February 14, 2019

Financing environmental priorities: how recipient countries are taking centerstage in delivering GEF-7 strategy

The government of Lao PDR is committed to a climate resilient and sustainable development, and important progress has been achieved in the areas of floods protection and water management, resilient agriculture, and forest conservation. Photo: Suchada Rujayakornkun/Shutterstock.

February 13, 2019

GCF and GEF join forces with Lao PDR to advance climate action
Installing the new automatic weather station in Preah Sihanouk, under the UNDP-supported project ‘Strengthening Climate Information and Early Warning Systems in Cambodia’ 2018. © MOWRAM Cambodia.

February 4, 2019

New partnership on drought mitigation supports Cambodia's climate change preparedness efforts

January 31, 2019

Scorecard measures nutrient pollution in Kenya’s Lake Naivasha

January 24, 2019

Driving change toward a world without waste

January 23, 2019

India will host UNCCD COP14
Polesie toy company has become the first Belarusian business to join the EBRD’s Finance and Technology Transfer Centre for Climate Change (FINTECC) programme, supported by the GEF. Finance available through FINTECC has helped Polesie install energy efficient technology that is new to the Belarusian manufacturing sector. Photo: EBRD

January 15, 2019

EBRD and GEF make “greener” toys in Belarus
Forest conservation and sustainable timber production is one of the new blueprints released by CPIC. Photo: Peter Gueth/Shutterstock.

January 10, 2019

CPIC releases new blueprints to boost investment in nature conservation

January 8, 2019

US$ 20 million financing to private Lebanese electricity provider BUTEC: EBRD loan and GEF facility to support investment programme
Family photo of GEF Council Members and Alternate Council Members with GEF CEO and Chairperson Naoko Ishii and members of the GEF Secretariat (courtesy of IISD ENB)

December 20, 2018

GEF Council approves first work program of new funding cycle and measures to improve efficiency, accountability and transparency
Ms. Ishii noted that GEF7 is a powerful instrument in fighting the war against climate change and global environmental degradation. Photo: Christian Hofer/GEF.

December 18, 2018

GEF-7 to address growing environmental challenges

December 18, 2018

Multi-stakeholder dialogue on gender and environment held in advance of 55th GEF Council meeting

December 2, 2018

Urgent and unprecedented transformation across our economies needed to combat climate change

Madagascar’s forests are rich with undiscovered flora and fauna, but for many species time is running out. Photo: UN Environment / Lisa Murray.

November 26, 2018

Fighting for the last Eden: saving Madagascar’s unique species