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.
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 · last mo.🇯🇵 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
The GEF welcomes the Kumamoto Declaration and its call for whole-of-society action to deliver the #KMGBF 2030 Mission. Several of its core elements speak directly to how the GEF is already investing. To learn more: naturepositive.org/news/other/k... #Biodiversity #Japan #GNPS2026
In this #GEFVoices interview, Rico Rau of the Save Soil Movement and the UNCCD Youth Caucus shares why finding common ground is essential to restoring land and protecting soil. Read the full interview: thegef.org/newsroom/fea... @unccd.bsky.social #SoilHealth #LandRestoration
At the #NaturePositiveSummit in Kumamoto, GEF Interim CEO Claude Gascon: nature positive isn't a slogan — it's measurable gains in species, ecosystems & resilience. With GEF-9 now live and the GBFF advancing the Kunming-Montreal GBF, GEF + GBFF invest $1B+/year in nature. 🌱
"The land can forgive if you give it time." In this #GEFVoices interview, Joshua Laizer shares how Indigenous knowledge and modern technology are helping pastoralist communities restore rangelands and build resilience. Read the full interview: www.thegef.org/newsroom/fea...
Access to affordable finance can help communities turn adaptation plans into action. Learn how the GEF and the @adaptationfund.bsky.social are supporting low-interest loans, microfinance, and locally led resilience from Antigua and Barbuda to Bangladesh and beyond: www.thegef.org/newsroom/fea...
🇹🇬 #Togo will receive new support for sustainable urban transport and flood risk reduction. With $9.3M from the GEF, this new project — implemented by the West African Development Bank (BOAD) — will improve mobility and benefit 45,000 people. www.thegef.org/newsroom/new... #GEFassembly2026 #LDCF
@thegef.bsky.social’s new replenishment cycle will secure at least $3.9 billion in donor commitments through 2030. The strategic shift is that it aims to use around a quarter of the resources to crowd in private capital alongside public and concessional finance www.ipsnews.net/2026/07/insi...
Inside GEF’s Blended Finance Push: Turning Public Money Into Private Capital Leverage
At the Eighth GEF Assembly a hard question lingered: How to mobilise private money when public coffers can no longer provide?
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🇳🇺 #Niue will receive new support for resilient infrastructure and biodiversity protection. With $8M from the GEF, this new project — implemented by @undp.org and @conservationorg.bsky.social — will improve management across 32M ha of coastal and marine areas and benefit 1,142 people.
The #MinamataConvention Secretariat attended the 1st meeting of the Global Chemicals Monitoring Programme covering #mercury monitoring. Held in Shanghai by the Basel & Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in China, & funded by @thegef.bsky.social. Learn more: minamataconvention.org/en/news/firs...
🇸🇧 The Solomon Islands will receive new support for resilient urban services and flood mitigation. With $9.2M from the GEF, this new project will strengthen urban resilience and benefit 153,285 people. #LDCF #SCCF #GEFassembly2026
In this #GEFVoices interview, Francis Ndeleva, Chief Fire Officer at the @kenyaairports.bsky.social shares why protecting firefighters and protecting the environment go hand in hand. Read the full interview: thegef.org/newsroom/fea...
Choices that put food on the table can also build resilience, reduce emissions, halt biodiversity loss & restore degraded land. Together, @fao.org & @thegef.bsky.social are supporting farmers, fishers & forest communities to transform agrifood systems. See 4 examples 👉 https://bit.ly/3PRh1j0
🇮🇳 #India will receive new support for ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation. With $6.5M from the GEF, this new project — implemented by IUCN and @undp.org — will improve management across 468,000 ha and support nature-positive livelihoods. #GEFassembly2026
