Established in response to decisions from the Convention on Biological Diversity COP15, the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) will scale up financing for the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

The GBFF aims to help countries achieve the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework goals and targets with a strategic focus on strengthening national-level biodiversity management, planning, policy, governance, and finance approaches. The fund was ratified by 186 countries and launched at the Seventh GEF Assembly in Vancouver, Canada in August 2023. 

As of October 2024, a total of $396 million has been pledged to the GBFF by 12 sovereign and subnational contributors: Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Province of Québec, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

GBFF In Focus

In less than one year, the GEF’s Global Biodiversity Framework Fund has moved from launch to full-speed operation, with four projects already reviewed, approved, and funded, and dozens more in the pipeline. GBFF In Focus is a series showcasing how the new biodiversity fund is changing the game for how countries can invest in nature, starting with four projects in Brazil, Gabon, and Mexico. These projects moved from concept approval to implementation in just six months, and stand out for their inclusive, integrated approach to building a more nature-positive future.  

GBFF Webinars

The Global Environment Facility hosted a series of briefing sessions for operational focal points and agency representatives on the start of programming under the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF). Participants were updated on the decisions of the first GBFF Council, which convened on February 8 and 9, 2024, in Washington, DC, and informed on the first two GBF Fund selection rounds that have been opened from February 21 to March 1, 2024, and March 4 to April 1, 2024, respectively. The briefings covered the Fund’s operationalization, its resource allocation system and selection criteria, its project cycle, and its Project Preparation Grant request form.

Key Documents

Templates to submit funding requests

For entering a selection round:

Once selected/PPG approved: