Country representatives will meet virtually as the 70th Global Environment Facility Council during the week of December 15-19, 2025.
The Council, the Global Environment Facility's main governing body, comprises 32 members appointed by constituencies of GEF member countries (14 from developed countries, 16 from developing countries, and two from economies in transition). Council members rotate at different intervals determined by each constituency. The Council customarily meets twice annually. It develops, adopts, and evaluates the operational policies and programs for GEF-financed activities, and reviews and approves the work program (projects submitted for approval), making decisions by consensus.
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| GEF/C.70/01/Rev.01 | Provisional Agenda | Document
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| GEF/C.70/02 | GEF Monitoring Report 2025 | Document
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| GEF/C.70/03 | Work Program for GEF Trust Fund | Document
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| GEF/C.70/04 | Relations with Conventions and Other International Institutions | Document
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| GEF/C.70/05 | Management Response to the Evaluation of GEF Food Systems Programs | Document
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| GEF/C.70/06 | Management Response to the Evaluation of the Eighth Comprehensive Evaluation of the GEF | Document
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| GEF/E/C.70/01 | The Eighth Comprehensive Evaluation of the GEF | Document
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| GEF/E/C.70/02 | Evaluation of GEF Food Systems Programs | Document
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| GEF/E/C.70/Inf 01 | Evaluating the transition to Small Grants Programme 2.0 | Document
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| GEF/E/C.70/Inf.02 | Evaluation of GEF Support for Technological Innovation | Document
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| GEF/E/C.70/Inf.03 | Assessment of Ceiling Options for Agency Share of GEF Resources | Document
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| GEF/E/C.70/Inf.04 | The Approach to Transformational Change in the Multilateral Climate Funds: AF, CIF, GEF AND GCF | Document
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| GEF/STAP/C.70/Inf.01 | Report of the Chair of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel to the 70th GEF Council Meeting | Document
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| GEF/STAP/C.70/Inf.02 | Social Resilience for System Transformation | Document
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| GEF/STAP/C.70/Inf.03 | Artificial Intelligence and the GEF: STAP’s early thoughts | Document
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| GEF/STAP/C.70/Inf.04 | Considerations for conservation management in the Anthropocene | Document
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| GEF/STAP/C.70/Inf.05 | STAP brief on Real-Time Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) in the GEF | Document
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| GEF/STAP/C.70/Inf.06 | STAP brief on Strengthening GEF support for Indigenous People | Document
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| GEF/STAP/C.70/Inf.07 | STAP brief on Fostering cooperation and managing conflict in GEF transboundary water projects | Document
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