Global Environment Facility (GEF)
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The GEF is a family of funds working to address the planet’s most pressing environmental problems.
Young artists are turning environmental challenges into art and the GEF wants to hear from them. For the 2nd year, the GEF is a lead partner of the 2026 Earth Partner Prize, open to artists aged 14–30 worldwide. Read more: thegef.org/newsroom/fea... #EarthPartnerPrize
Outside Nairobi, farmers are being paid to plant trees and harvest rainwater — protecting the water supply for millions of people. The Upper Tana-Nairobi Water Fund keeps growing, showing how public and private funding can work together for nature and livelihoods. #Biodiversity
This month's UN talks on nature in Nairobi showed how GEF funding helps countries turn conservation plans into action — like a project in Brazil channeling funds directly to Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Next stop: the UN biodiversity conference this October. #Biodiversity
Since 2003, the GEF has provided $5.7B for 742 land degradation projects & programs across 144 countries in support of the @unccd.bsky.social agenda. See how #GEF9 will build on this work for healthy land, livelihoods & drought resilience: thegef.org/newsroom/pub... #GEFatLandCOP17 #UNCCDCOP17
In this #GEFVoices interview, Esther Mwaura Muiru shares how women’s access to land and natural resources can improve agricultural productivity and support healthier landscapes and communities. 🔗 thegef.org/newsroom/fea... #GEFatLandCOP17 #UNCCDCOP17 #UNited4Land #COP17Ulaanbaatar
“Young people give me hope.” 🌱 This #InternationalYouthDay, ahead of #UNCCDCOP17, meet #GEFVoices bringing youth perspectives to protecting and restoring land—from rangelands and soil health to Indigenous knowledge. Read their stories: www.thegef.org/what-we-do/t... #GEFatLandCOP17
Gustavo Fonseca built bridges between science, policy and action – and opened paths for others to follow. At FUNBIO in Brasília, the GEF joined family, authors, and conservation colleagues to launch the Portuguese edition of the book honoring his legacy: thegef.org/newsroom/pub...
Aug 12 is #InternationalYouthDay. At the GEF, we want to say something clearly: young people are not waiting for a chance to lead on the environment. They already are doing it. 🧵
GEF Council Selects Next CEO and Chairperson Colombia’s former Minister of Energy and Mines, Diego Mesa Puyo, will serve an initial term of four years. sdg.iisd.org/news/gef-cou... @thegef.bsky.social #finance #UNCCD #CBD #UNFCCC
GEF Council Selects Next CEO and Chairperson
The Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has announced the selection of Colombia’s former Minister of Energy and Mines, Diego Mesa Puyo, as the next CEO and Chairperson of the GEF family o...
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Congratulations @thegef.bsky.social on the selection of Diego Mesa Puyo as GEF's CEO and Chairperson! GCF and GEF work closely together, ensuring complementarity and coherence, toward our shared goal of helping developing countries transition to sustainable and climate-resilient economies.
Global Environment Facility (GEF)@thegef.bsky.social · 2w agoDiego Mesa Puyo has been selected as the next CEO of the Global Environment Facility. An international leader in energy policy, economic development, and sustainability, he is a former Minister of Energy & Mines of Colombia, serving in the 2018–2022 administration. www.thegef.org/newsroom/pre...
Congratulations to Diego Mesa Puyo on his appointment as the next @thegef.bsky.social CEO and Chairperson. @unep.org and the GEF are close, key partners - a partnership that is delivering progress on our environment goals across the world. Look forward to working with Diego, #ForPeopleForPlanet.
Global Environment Facility (GEF)@thegef.bsky.social · 2w agoDiego Mesa Puyo has been selected as the next CEO of the Global Environment Facility. An international leader in energy policy, economic development, and sustainability, he is a former Minister of Energy & Mines of Colombia, serving in the 2018–2022 administration. www.thegef.org/newsroom/pre...
Join us at #UNCCDCOP17 to reflect on four years of #GEF8 support for land and look ahead to #GEF9 priorities for tackling land degradation & drought. 📅 18 Aug | 13:00–14:30 📍 MET-05 Hear perspectives from countries, youth & civil society. 🔗 thegef.org/events/gef-u... #GEFatLandCOP17
Aug 9 is International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. At the GEF, that means showing how the leadership of Indigenous Peoples is now built into our financial commitments. 🧵
Diego Mesa Puyo has been selected as the next CEO of the Global Environment Facility. An international leader in energy policy, economic development, and sustainability, he is a former Minister of Energy & Mines of Colombia, serving in the 2018–2022 administration. www.thegef.org/newsroom/pre...
From ambition to implementation: GEF-9 is built to deliver. #GEF9 will help countries deliver results for people and planet through integrated solutions, country leadership, & partnerships that support healthier ecosystems, stronger communities, & sustainable economies.
In this #GEFVoices interview, Mandukhai Tsogtbal reflects on why lasting land restoration depends on science, local knowledge, and the people who live closest to the land. Read the full interview: thegef.org/newsroom/fea... @unccd.bsky.social #UNCCDCOP17 #WomenAndLand #LandRestoration
Dryland regions hold wisdom for the future
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At the @thegef.bsky.social Chemicals and Waste Task Force Retreat "Strategic Planning for #GEF9 Implementation", the Secretariat highlighted that GEF-9 represents a critical opportunity to support timely implementation of the #MinamataConvention. Learn more: minamataconvention.org/en/news/mina...
In this #GEFVoices interview, Nabot Mbeeli shares how community-led conservation and re-wilding are helping restore landscapes while supporting people and nature in 🇳🇦 #Namibia. Read the full interview: thegef.org/newsroom/fea... #CommunityConservation #LandscapeRestoration
Climate and nature are connected. Finance should be too. A new Climate Policy Initiative publication, supported by the GEF, explores what “net-zero nature-positive finance” means and what countries and financial institutions need to turn ambition into action: lnkd.in/efPqBGCu #NaturePositive
The GEF has approved a $1.8 million initiative to expand adaptation finance for smallholder farmers and rural businesses in the 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic, 🇪🇨 Ecuador, and 🇸🇻 El Salvador. Implemented by @agendacaf.bsky.social and GAWA Capital. To learn more: www.caf.com/en/currently...
Half-way to 2030 🌍 As #SBSTTA28 and #SBI7 open in Nairobi, see how the GEF has helped create 170M hectares of new protected areas and channeled $362M through the #GBFF to 87 countries. The road to #COP17 starts here 🔗 thegef.org/newsroom/fea...
Upcoming 📣 In August in Mongolia, negotiators joining @unccd.bsky.social #COP17 will consider a wide array of decisions on enhancing efforts to address desertification, land degradation and drought What to expect ➡️ enb.iisd.org/convention-c... #COP17Mongolia
17th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD (COP17)
Negotiators at UNCCD COP 17 will consider a wide array of decisions on enhancing efforts to address desertification, land degradation and drought.
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From ambition to implementation: GEF-9 is built to deliver. #GEF9 will help countries deliver results for people and planet through integrated solutions, country leadership, and partnerships that support healthier ecosystems, stronger communities, and sustainable economies.
Building resilience takes long-term partnerships and investment. The GEF and @undp.org are backing a pipeline of adaptation projects in Fiji, FSM, Tuvalu and Vanuatu aimed at protecting communities, ecosystems and critical infrastructure. undp.org/pacific/pres...
More than 50 GEF Operational Focal Points from 22 countries across the MENA and ECA regions came together in Türkiye to strengthen project oversight, share experiences, and build lasting partnerships. Watch the highlights. 🎥
GEF Operational Focal Points Join Türkiye Workshop to Strengthen Project Oversight
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In this #GEFVoices interview, Tania Ukuncham of the Federation of the Shuar Nationality of Pastaza shares how Indigenous leadership and ancestral knowledge are helping protect the Ecuadorian Amazon. Read the full interview: thegef.org/newsroom/fea... 🇪🇨 #Ecuador #Biodiversity
🌍 A new global initiative will strengthen civil society leadership for biodiversity conservation. With $18M from the GEF, this new project — implemented by @conservationorg.bsky.social — will improve management across 1.1M ha of terrestrial landscapes. #GEFassembly2026
Summit opens today #GNPS2026 #Naturepositive is not a slogan. It means measurable gains in health, abundance, diversity & resilience of species & ecosystems, moving beyond fragmented action toward systemic change at scale. This is where @theGEF has unique role to play
Global Environment Facility (GEF)@thegef.bsky.social · 2mo ago🇯🇵 the GEF is at #GNPS2026 in Kumamoto, Japan, where Interim CEO Claude Gascon is joining global leaders to discuss the partnerships and investment needed for a nature-positive future. 🔗 naturepositive.org/events/summit/ #NaturePositive #Biodiversity #KMGBF
#Senegal 🇸🇳 will receive new support to strengthen resilient communities and ecosystems. With $8.9M from the GEF, this new project — implemented by @undp.org — will improve management across 25,000 ha and benefit 362,882 people. #GEFassembly2026 #LDCF
