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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
Men working on Village of Bonbon Haiti homes after hurricane Matthew destroyed it in October 2016

September 20, 2019

Ministers to announce new financing injection for climate adaptation fund
Sao Paolo skyline. Photo: Thiago Leite/Shutterstock

September 20, 2019

Sao Paulo statement on urban sustainability
Women picking tea leaves in a tea plantation around Munnar, Kerala, India

September 11, 2019

In Delhi, laying the groundwork for more sustainable land investment

Amazon river in Brazil

September 11, 2019

GEF CEO welcomes cooperation pact to protect the Amazon basin