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UN-led partnership to accelerate electric mobility shift in 27 countries
With vehicle emissions in the headlights at COP26, the United Nations and Global Environment Facility today announced plans to help 27 developing countries accelerate their shift to zero-emissions electric mobility.
UN and partners launch billion-dollar initiative to transform cities for people and planet
Today, at Climate Week NYC 2021, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environment Facility (GEF), and partners launched UrbanShift – a new global initiative to improve lives and transform cities into green and liveable spaces that address climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.
GEF Global E-Mobility Program to help developing countries go electric
A new GEF Global E-Mobility Program launched today at the COP25 climate summit will help an initial set of 17 developing countries deploy electric vehicles at scale, in support of improved air quality and reduced fossil fuel dependency.
The new $33 million program, launched in Madrid in coordination with the European Commission’s new E-Mobility Solutions Plus Project, represents the first global coordinated effort to promote and accelerate the uptake of electric mobility in developing countries.
World Bank and GEF launch Global Platform for Sustainable Cities
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World Bank and Global Environment Facility (GEF) launch new multi-million dollar ‘Global Platform for Sustainable Cities'
International community invests in the Sustainable Cities of the Future
GEF for Sustainable Cities – New Global Program Launched to Develop and Manage Cities Sustainably
11 countries, 23 pilot cities and an investment of USD 150 million in GEF grants plus USD 1.5 billion in additional financing from other sources: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) today approved a new global program to address the challenge of a rapidly urbanizing world and the subsequent pressure on cities.
GEF Grant to Enhance the Environmental Performance of Municipal Solid Waste Incinerators in Chinese Cities
WASHINGTON, November 14, 2014 – Today the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved the Municipal Solid Waste Management Project, financed with a $12 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to the People’s Republic of China.
GEF wins Harvard University environment award
The Global Environment Facility, the world’s largest public environment fund, was recognized with its partners for a path-breaking environmentally-sound transit project in Mexico City today.
Working with the Mexican government, the GEF together with a distinguished group of business, civil society and public institutions received the prestigious Roy Family Award for Environmental Partnership for its work to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions through a sustainable transport bus project called Metrobus.