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On the path to a green future in Kazakhstan
During his first official visit to Kazakhstan from February 16-18, GEF CEO and Chairperson Carlos Manuel Rodríguez met with officials from the Government of Kazakhstan, the United Nations Development Programme, and other agency partners to discuss cooperation and progress on biodiversity and ecosystem conservation, sustainable energy, and climate change.
Carlos Manuel Rodríguez and his team also visited protected areas and local communities which benefitted from investments by the GEF and the Small Grants Programme.
At GEF Council, a commitment to lean into hope
Meeting in person for the first time since the COVID pandemic began, the Global Environment Facility’s governing body approved the final tranche of its seventh funding cycle and endorsed record donor contributions for the coming four years as the partnership rallied around the need to invest in improved planetary health.
The GEF Council’s June 21-23 gathering had a distinctly positive tone, with delegates from around the world describing their commitment to work together to prioritize environmental action despite ongoing headwinds from the pandemic and related crises.
'I work for the dignity of my community'
As an advocate for the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, Joseph Itongwa works to ensure that planning around the Congo Basin’s natural resources involves those living in the forests. In an interview, he shared what his work as Director of the National Alliance for the Support and Promotion of Indigenous and Community Heritage Areas and Territories has taught him about community, leadership, adversity, and hope.
GEF CEO visits innovative climate resilience project in Senegal
Having grown up on a farm, Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, GEF CEO and Chairperson, was eager to meet on May 14, 2022, and discuss with women and men from the village of Ngueye Ngueye in Ngoye, Senegal who benefited from an innovative project managed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and supported by the GEF’s Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF).
Land gets a needed four-year financial boost from the Global Environment Facility
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) welcomes the pledge of $5.25 billion announced for the eighth replenishment of the Global Environment Facility (GEF-8).
Momentum builds for larger and broader GEF support
The Global Environment Facility’s member countries are approaching broad consensus about expanding the size and scope of its support over the next four years.
Meeting virtually, representatives of the multilateral fund’s donor governments found significant common ground on proposed policies and programming priorities for the GEF-8 funding period, which covers the period from July 2022 to June 2026.
Governments meet to consider high-ambition GEF replenishment
Representatives of the GEF’s member governments gathered virtually Sept. 29 - Oct. 1, 2021, to review proposed plans for the multilateral trust fund in its eighth funding cycle. Donor support for the GEF helps developing countries meet international environmental obligations and advance progress toward global goals on biodiversity, climate change, harmful chemicals, and more.
GEF Council approves new funding, backs collaborative approach
Marking the 30th anniversary of the Global Environment Facility’s establishment, representatives of 184 member countries approved new projects supported by the GEF and Least Developed Countries Fund and welcomed the heads of five international environmental conventions who shared their priorities for the post-pandemic period. The GEF Council also endorsed a roadmap for long-term complementarity with the Green Climate Fund.
'Aligned for a green, inclusive, resilient recovery'
The heads of five international environmental conventions – on climate change, biodiversity, desertification, chemical pollutants, and mercury – joined the Global Environment Facility’s governing body to discuss their 2021 priorities and pledged to work together in new and more collaborative ways to address the planet’s urgent and inter-related challenges.
GEF Council endorses $281 million for urgent environmental action
The latest work program will help developing countries’ clean, resilient, blue, and green recovery from COVID-19, with targeted support for marine biodiversity, fisheries, chemical management, biodiversity, climate change, landscapes, e-mobility, green buildings, and mercury-free mining.