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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

Farmer plowing land in India

September 3, 2019

UN desertification conference opens in New Delhi with an ambitious call to action
Plastic bottle washed up on a beach

August 27, 2019

Caribbean nations rally around pollution-free future
IPCC report finds that land is under growing human pressure, and that climate change is adding to challenges such as degradation, desertification, deforestation, and food insecurity. Photo: Richard Whitcombe/Shutterstock

August 8, 2019

IPCC Special Report reflects urgency of better land management to combat climate change
Bringing together key stakeholders from public and private institutions to discuss scaling investment in climate adaptation, FASTR provided a platform for leaders to showcase existing initiatives and best practices for climate adaptation investment and to announce new commitments to climate adaptation over the coming years. Photo: Volodymyr Goinyk/Shutterstock.

July 10, 2019

New commitments to scaling up climate adaptation investment
With backing from the Global Environment Facility, the Government of Nigeria has joined forces with UN Environment and partners to turn the tide on e-waste, under the Circular Economy Approaches for the Electronics Sector in Nigeria project. Photo: Imfoto/Shutterstock.

June 19, 2019

Nigeria turns the tide on electronic waste
FAO welcomed a decision by the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to provide $179 million to support the UN agency's work with countries worldwide at the critical nexus between agriculture and the environment. This includes projects focused on biodiversity conservation, transboundary water resources management, sustainable land management, highly hazardous pesticide remediation, and climate change adaptation. Photo: Jen Watson/Shutterstock.

June 18, 2019

New funding boosts efforts to combat deforestation, desertification, climate change and strengthen food systems
Pasture and cattle in the mountains near Almaty, Kazakhstan. The Dryland Sustainable Landscapes (DSL) Program will focus on three dryland regions, including the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands of Central Asia. Photo: Patrizia Cocca/GEF

June 17, 2019

World Day to Combat Desertification 2019: Let's grow the future together
While their small size, relative isolation and unique biodiversity place many SIDS amongst the world’s most sought-after tourist destinations – with the sector representing more than 30 per cent of SIDS' total exports – they are also especially vulnerable to environmental threats. Photo: Michal Durinik/Shutterstock.

June 13, 2019

Taking the fight to the frontline: Island states unite to end pollution
In all, the landmark work program represents new priorities for the GEF to address the need for systems change as the challenges of safeguarding the global commons - the shared resources that ensure a habitable planet upon which we can all thrive - get ever greater. Photo: mbrand85/Shutterstock.

June 12, 2019

GEF Council approves largest-ever single batch of projects and programs
The GEF Small Grants Programme launched its new publication titled “Plastics Management and Circular Economy: Community Solutions.” The publication captures the experiences and lessons learnt from community-based plastics management and promotes the circular economy system at a local and community level. Photo: <a href="http://enb.iisd.org/gef/council56/10jun.html">IISD/ENB | Francis Dejon</a>.

June 11, 2019

Reduce, reuse and recycle: a circular economy approach to plastics