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Environmental challenges are a major cause of concern. Can efforts to address them be a source of hope? In this collection of interviews to kick off 2023, Global Environment Facility Council members share what motivates their work for a healthier, more biodiverse, climate-resilient planet. For Collin Beck of the Solomon Islands, environmental action is about fighting for survival, and in so doing passing along joy.

This has been a significant year for global action on the environment, culminating in a landmark agreement to protect biodiversity reached in Montreal. Here are some highlights from the last 12 months of environmental diplomacy, finance, and problem-solving around the world. I look forward to continuing to work together in 2023 as we take the next steps along this important road. – Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility  

The High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People (the Coalition) announced today the formation of a new permanent Secretariat to be co-hosted by World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Global Environment Facility.

Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, GEF CEO and Chairperson: The agreement reached today in Montreal is a significant breakthrough for biodiversity. It reflects never-before-seen recognition from countries at all income levels that biodiversity loss must be stopped through high-ambition changes to our society’s relationship with nature and the way our global economy operates. It also reflects a determination from political leaders around the world to make this happen.