In Sikkim, Snow Leopards and Communities Share the High Mountains

SECURE Himalaya project, supported by the GEF, helped make the snow leopard count possible by building community-based monitoring capacity.

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Central Asia Bets on a New Water–Land Pact to Survive Environmental Degradation

At the 8th GEF Assembly, five Central Asian countries officially launched implementation of the Central Asia Water and Land Nexus Programme.

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Make Last Sprint Towards 2030 a ‘Turning Point’ for Nature Finance, Eighth GEF Assembly Told

While pressures on public budgets are growing and geopolitical tensions rising, environmental finance is not optional. – GEF CEO

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Make Last Sprint for 2030 a ‘Turning Point’ for Nature Finance, Eighth GEF Assembly Told

While pressures on public budgets are growing and geopolitical tensions rising, environmental finance is not optional. – GEF CEO

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As Global Demand for Gold Grows, UN Mercury Head Warns Toxic Fumes Put Women in a Motherhood Dilemma

Monika Stankiewicz, of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, warns mercury pollution linked to artisanal gold mining has global impacts.

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From War Zones to Global Environment Talks, Communities Seek Faster Green Finance

Veteran environmentalist finds herself in Samarkand at the GEF Assembly advocating for funding to restore ecosystems damaged by war.

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As Three COPs Converge, Leaders at GEF Council Call for Unified Global Action

On day 2 of the GEF’s 71st Council Meeting, a clear message emerged: global environmental governance cannot afford fragmentation.

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Delegates Push for Greater Accountability, Community Inclusion as GEF Crosses Major Environmental Milestones

GEF said its eighth replenishment cycle (GEF-8) was about to exceed environmental targets for across the spectrum of conventions.

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GEF Council Welcomes New Green Pledges, Highlights Old Access Barriers

As GEF 8 Assembly opened, donor nations urged broader funding commitments, while developing countries called for accessible paths to finance.

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Brazil’s Indigenous Communities Receive $9M in GEF Funding to Protect Lands, Traditions Under Threat

On Brazil’s northeastern coast, the Indigenous community, Tremembé da Barra do Mundaú, lives on a preserved stretch of land.

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Brazil’s Indigenous Communities Receive $9M in GEF Funding to Protect Lands, Traditions Under Threat

On Brazil’s northeastern coast, the Indigenous community, Tremembé da Barra do Mundaú, lives on a preserved stretch of land.

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Building Resilient Food Systems in an Age of Disruption

The latest shock to global food systems, triggered by conflict in the Middle East and disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz, has once again exposed a fragile truth: the world’s food systems remain h...

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‘Do More With Less’: GEF CEO Claude Gascon on Speed, Scale and Reform

As governments prepare for the Eighth Assembly of the GEF in Uzbekistan later this month – the stakes are unusually high.

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Ambitious Great Green Wall Shows Slow, Steady Progress in Strengthening Landscapes, Improving Livelihoods

In 2021, Gadeja Shehu and about a hundred farmers in Garbadu village, Zamfara State in northwestern Nigeria, were invited by officials of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall to plant trees ac...

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The GEF Leads Global Drive to Tackle Shipping Threat to Oceans

Scientists say one of the biggest hidden threats to ocean health comes from biofouling that can transport invasive species across oceans.

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Pacific Ocean Under Pressure — Now a Region Finally Armed With Evidence

For the first time, every Pacific Island country now has a clear, data-driven picture of what climate change will mean for its waters

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Cleaning Up the Fields: Across Africa and Asia GEF is Helping Farmers Rewrite Their Pesticide Story

Pesticides have been a quiet pillar of Malawi’s agriculture, but beneath this success story lies threats to human health and the environment.

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Inside GEF-9: What it is and Why it Could Define the Next Four Years of Environmental Action

Attention is increasingly turning to how international environmental finance can deliver faster, deeper change on the ground.

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Inside the Funding Model Behind Kenya’s Tana Delta Restoration Project

UNEP, with funding from the GEF, helped reframe land once considered “idle" into a functioning natural economy, with beekeeping enterprises.

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Nations pledge $3.9bn to Global Environment Facility as Race to Meet 2030 Goals Tightens

With just four years left to meet a series of global environmental targets, governments are committing to the GEF, with a $3.9 billion pledge.

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