On Tuesday, the Global Environment Facility Council adopted a decision on GEF’s risk appetite. It also considered the evaluations and recommendations of the GEF Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) on: GEF support to dryland countries; community-based approaches (CBAs) at the GEF; learning from challenges in GEF projects; and GEF support to climate information and early warning systems. In addition, the Council discussed Secretariat gap analyses on: GEF funded activity and engagement in fragility, conflict, and violence-affected states (FCS); and GEF policies and key social inclusion issues.