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GEF CEO visits innovative climate resilience project in Senegal
Having grown up on a farm, Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, GEF CEO and Chairperson, was eager to meet on May 14, 2022, and discuss with women and men from the village of Ngueye Ngueye in Ngoye, Senegal who benefited from an innovative project managed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and supported by the GEF’s Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF).
GEF Council marks 30 years of results and looks to the future
The Global Environment Facility’s member governments, meeting on its 30th anniversary, approved new funding to keep advancing international conservation priorities through the pandemic and to bring 2030 goals within closer reach.
GEF Council approves $191 million for healthy planet and people
The Global Environment Facility’s governing body has approved $191 million in grants and blended finance to advance climate and nature investments through and after the pandemic.
The funding is the second-to-last tranche to be released under GEF-7, the multilateral fund’s latest four-year funding cycle. It will support initiatives in 43 countries, including 10 Least Developed Countries and 16 small island developing states, that are expected to benefit 25 million local people while generating global environmental gains.
GEF Council to build upon three decades of environmental action
Marking 30 years of support for environmental action worldwide, the Global Environment Facility’s member governments will meet next week to consider their next steps to build a nature-positive, carbon-neutral, and pollution-free future.
The GEF Council and Least Developed Countries Fund Council meetings will be held virtually as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Joint statement on donors' pledge of $413 million to Least Developed Countries Fund to support climate change adaptation
The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United States of America, and the Walloon Government.
Today in Glasgow, we announce contributions totaling $413 million USD[i] to the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), hosted by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
Donors pledge $413 million to help most vulnerable cope with climate crisis
In a show of support for those most at risk from climate change, 12 donor governments have pledged $413 million in new funding for the Least Developed Countries Fund during the COP26 climate summit.
The LDCF, hosted by the Global Environment Facility, is the only dedicated source of climate resilience funds for the 46 Least Developed Countries, which have contributed the least to carbon emissions and face some of the highest risks from the effects of climate change.
GEF Challenge Program for Adaptation Innovation names 10 new winners
The Global Environment Facility has announced 10 new winners of its Challenge Program for Adaptation Innovation, a competition that provides seed funding for innovative initiatives designed to help vulnerable countries cope with the worsening climate crisis.
Financing Adaptation to Climate Change at the GEF
The GEF supports adaptation to climate change in developing countries through the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), which supports urgent, medium, and long-term adaptation needs in least developed countries (LDCs), and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF), accessible by all developing countries. Established in 2001 at COP7, the two funds also support implementation of the Paris Agreement.
Making climate action possible in vulnerable communities
Tshewang Dorji is an environmental engineer from Bhutan who works to help countries prepare for and cope with climate change with support from the GEF’s Least Developed Countries Fund and Special Climate Change Fund. In an interview, he shared why this work is meaningful to him.
What does your role as GEF Climate Change Specialist entail?
Supporting developing countries on the road to a climate-resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the world to a tipping point in the fight against climate change. Decisions taken by leaders today to revive economies will have crucial implications for targets enshrined in the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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