Image
![The final section of the Orange River flows through the Namib coastal desert to the Atlantic Ocean at Alexander Bay. Photo credit: Orange-Senqu River Commission/ORASECOM The Orange River flowing through the Namib desert](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/2024-03/orange_river.jpg?h=de8c8e61&itok=1cQM-aT0)
Making water a source of peace with transboundary cooperation
On this World Water Day, we celebrate water as a resource that sustains life on Earth and provides the basis for economic development and prosperity.
World Water Day also reminds us that many people around the world face too much, too little, or too dirty water. Over-abstraction of water is…
Image
![Overview shot of natural spring in Croatia. Photo credit: Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock Overview shot of natural spring in Croatia](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/2022-03/shutterstock_2108777429_natural_spring_croatia.jpg?h=6888eef1&itok=8SV_ZDtH)
Water underground: why protecting what’s hidden matters to our health and for the planet
As much as 97 percent of the world’s water is underground – this “groundwater” originates from rain, melting ice, and snow which has soaked into the soil and is stored in the pores and cracks between sand, rocks, and soil particles. Hidden under our feet, this source of water is unfortunately often…
Image
![Panoramic view of the Dniester river. Photo credit: Creative Travel Projects/Shutterstock Panoramic view of the Dniester river](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/shutterstock_1904409250_Dniester_river.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=e-PRmUCG)
Protecting and valuing water across borders yields many benefits
This year’s World Water Day is focused on valuing water and illustrating how water means different things to different people. Indeed, there is a constant running through the Global Environment Facility’s three decades of work in geographies around the world: water is fundamental to all of the…
Image
![Water falling onto hands from a tap. Photo credit: Riccardo Mayer/Shutterstock Water falling onto hands from a tap](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/shutterstock_276556877_hand_water.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=r8lgm49f)
Let's not wash our hands of water security
The post-coronavirus recovery will offer a chance to improve water security for the world's neediest people
Access to clean water for washing hands has been the first line of defense during the COVID-19 pandemic. This has made water security a renewed priority for development assistance and for…
Image
![Himalayan glacier with lake. Photo credit: Olga Danylenko/Shutterstock Himalayan glacier with lake](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/shutterstock_520376359_himalayan_glacier.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=HNn6T6dF)
World Water Week at Home
This week is World Water Week, an annual event sponsored by the Stockholm International Water Institute that is being held virtually for the first time in its history because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
I have attended World Water Week since its earlier days over 20 years ago and for me there is no…
Image
![Panorama of Big Almaty Lake on Sunny summer day, Kazakhstan. Photo credit: Sergey Dzyuba/Shutterstock Panorama of Big Almaty Lake on Sunny summer day, Kazakhstan](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/shutterstock_1444440707_almaty_lake.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=nh_G4_zX)
High stakes at high altitudes: glaciers and the case for integrated climate and water action
Being from Denmark - a small, cold, and wet Nordic country that is barely above sea-level - I was sensitized early to the connections between climate conditions and water, from the power of coastal storms to the importance of flood controls. What I have learned since, as an international waters…
Image
![Photo: <a href=\"https://undp-biodiversity.exposure.co/preventing-marine-hitchhikers\">UNDP Ecosystems & Biodiversity</a> Boats docked at a pier](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/undp_exposure_marine_boats.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=GHRcW1M8)
We need a paradigm shift in economic thinking
In an interview with The Economist Group’s World Ocean Initiative, Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson of the GEF, calls for a fundamental rethink in our relationship with the environment to support a sustainable economy and social well-being.
Please could you provide a brief overview of the Global…
Image
![gef_57_council_gef_live_banner.jpg gef_57_council_gef_live_banner.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/gef_57_council_gef_live_banner.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=WUIZ3bh2)
What to expect from Super Year 2020: environmental leaders look ahead
Watch interviews with the GEF’s government partners, agency representatives, civil society leaders, and in-house specialists on climate change, cities, oceans, biodiversity, illegal wildlife trade, and more, recorded on the sidelines of the 57th GEF Council meetings in December 2019:
Naoko Ishii,…
Image
![More than 150 people from 17 countries gathered in Fiji for the GEF's Pacific Expanded Constituency Workshop to meet with regional counterparts, review GEF strategies, and discuss policies, procedures, and experiences from GEF projects. Photo: Malvika Monga/GEF. GEF's Pacific Expanded Constituency Workshop session in a Fiji village](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/fiji_ecw_group_circle_blog.jpeg?h=e85f6c07&itok=qS1ED6_v)
From Ridge to Reef: learning from holistic best practice in Fiji
Like many other Pacific Island countries, Fiji is one of the most coveted tourist destinations in the world. At the same time, it is a microcosm of some significant development and environmental challenges. A natural resource-dependent country with limited land area, Fiji experiences intense…
Image
![Fishery improvement projects (FIPs) bring together businesses, vessel owners, NGOs and governments to identify environmental challenges in a fishery and develop an action plan to address them. Photo: J'nel/Shutterstock. Tuna amongst prey. Photo: J'nel/Shutterstock.](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/shutterstock_telegraph_tuna_blog.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=8v42mnZ4)
Needed: an ecosystem of partners to support ocean health
Global co-operation, with businesses playing a critical role, is needed to transform the seafood industry
It is estimated that approximately three billion people around the world rely on seafood for their primary source of protein, making flourishing oceans an integral part of the global…