WASHINGTON, June 23, 2008 – The World Bank’s Development Marketplace today announced the selection of 100 innovative ideas to promote sustainable agriculture to compete for grant funding at the Marketplace to be held September 24-25 at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. This year’s global competition has been supported by the GEF and other partners.

In 2008, soaring food prices spread throughout the world, resulting in crisis in many developing countries. The 2008 COM+ Communication Award will be granted to a campaign related to the food price crisis. Issued by COM+  which includes the GEF, the award recognizes the role of communications in attaining sustainable development goals. The Award carries a prize of US$10,000 and will be presented at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona, Spain, in October 2008.

COTONOU, Benin, August 25-26 - The Global Environment Facility GEF has invited Ministers from West African countries to meet in the capital of Benin for consultations on the GEF Regional Cooperation Programme. Monique Barbut, GEF CEO and Chairperson is leading the consultations to take stock of the program development status.

LONDON, June 19, 2008 - Grameen Shakti  of Bangladesh,a participating company in the GEF-IDA assisted Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development Project and China Renewable Energy Development Project were among the Ashden Award winners.

WASHINGTON DC, January 16, 2009 - "Financing the Stewardship of Global Biodiversity", one of the latest GEF publications on Biodiversity has received two awards at the 38 competition of the Creativity Annual Awards. The publication, designed by Design Nut in close cooperation with GEF Natural Resources and External Affairs teams, won a silver award for the cover of the book and received a second award for interior book design.

Bonn, Germany, May 27, 2008 – The GEF delegation to the Ninth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP-9) last week presented its report on its biodiversity program to over 7000 delegates and participants. Investment over the 2006-2007 reached a total of US$306 million...

On November 24, 2008, the GEF SGP Pakistan signed a cost-sharing agreement with the Government of Sindh for co-financing of $2.8 million. This partnership is to replicate GEF SGP Pakistan’s energy efficient earth-quake resistant low-cost model house “Benazir”.

The GEF is proud to announce that Sekou Toure, GEF Conflict Resolution Commissioner and Claudio Volonté, Chief Evaluation Officer at the GEF Evaluation Office, recently received recognition for their contribution to the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

MANILA, Philippines, May 15-16, 2008 - The GEF held a sub-regional workshop for national focal points from Asia. This workshops are an annual opportunity for GEF Focal Points to meet with their counterparts from other countries in the region and GEF Partners. During the event they discussed and reviewed policies and procedures and shared experiences and lessons learned  from development and implementation of GEF projects and their integration within national policy frameworks.

WASHINGTON DC, Feb. 26 - The World Bank's Vice President for Europe and Central Asia approved the Armenia Geothermal Energy Development project. The project, funded by a grant of US$ 1.5 million from the GEF, is the second operation financed under the Geothermal Energy Development Program (GeoFund), a US$ 25 million regional program funded by the GEF and implemented by the World Bank jointly with the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

Bali, December 8, 2007 –The world’s largest environmental funding body, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), said it plans to launch the Tropical Forest Account Initiative which will help safeguard forest ecosystems while strengthening sustainable financing for protected areas and for sustainable forest management.

Walter Lusigi, PhD and senior environment specialist, recently retired after a well-respected tenure at the Global Environment Facility. A native of Kenya, Walter has country work experience in every part of the world and he has been the focal point for Land Degradation activities at the GEF over the last ten years.

 BARCELONA/WASHINGTON DC, October 7, 2008-- Businesses that have built their brands on the back of threatened species should invest more in the preservation of their natural habitats according to a new conservation campaign launched here today.

WASHINGTON, September 26, 2008 — More than $4 million was awarded in seed money to 22 innovative agricultural projects today at the end of the 2008 Development Marketplace, a competitive grant program that aims to spur sustainable development. The 2008 global competition was co-sponsored by the GEF, World Bank Group, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and GTZ.Winners represented 16 countries.

WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2008. – This week, the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved two new climate change related projects aimed at increasing energy efficiency in urban housing as well as public buildings in the Russian Federation.

WASHINGTON/Nairobi, 8 August 2008 – A new project worth $26.45 million has been launched by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to better protect bees, bats and birds that are essential to the world’s crop production.

POZNAN, Poland, December 4, 2008 - Press Briefing on Monique Barbut statements on the GEF-5 replenishement.

WASHINGTON DC, September 24-26 -One hundred finalists from 42 countries are in Washington DC to present their innovative projects and competing for small grants for projects on sustainable agriculture for development. Watch the event live and make yourself heard through the DM08 Blog.

Washington, DC, 15 June 2007 – A new, $13.5 million project approved today by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council will help Brazil to consolidate hard-won gains in energy efficiency, and eliminate technical, financial, and policy-related barriers that are impeding the use of energy-efficient (EE) technologies in buildings.

The 2009 Development Marketplace grant competition is seeking innovative solutions addressing Climate Adaptation in three sub-themes. The call for proposals will be open from February 5, 2009 through April 9, 2009. Winning projects will receive a US$ 200,000 grant for implementation over two years.

Bonn, Germany, 27 May 2008 — Leaders from island nations and nations with islands around the world joined together today at an event held during a UN conference on biodiversity to announce significant conservation commitments to protect the future of islands, backed by pledges of more than $20 million in support...

POZNAN, Poland, December 9, 2008 - A century-old energy technology that taps steam from hot underground rocks is poised for a massive expansion up East Africa’s Rift Valley in the 21st century. The news comes as countries across the world, from Guatemala to Papua New Guinea, are beginning to plug into geothermal energy as a new and promising alternative to coal and oil-fired power generation.

This three days conference will take place on April 27 – 29, 2009 in San Francisco. It is the first event of its kind and it will unite a variety of stakeholders with the objective of connecting the emerging markets with US companies’ experiences, policies, goods and services for implementing sustainable renewable energy environments in their countries.

Washingtom DC, November 16, 2007 - A groundbreaking environmentally-friendly land development program will soon allow thousand of farmers to adapt their farming practices to adjust to the impacts of climate change on agriculture.

SAINT JOHN, Antigua and Barbuda - September 8-12, 2008 – The GEF has participated as an Observer, along with a number of NGOs and bilateral agencies, in a series of meeting events working towards an Action Plan for protection of the Marine Environment and the wildlife in the Wider Caribbean Region.

WASHINGTON DC, January 12, 2009 - Argentina’s penguins rang in 2009 with a new marine park that will protect their nesting grounds onshore as well as their feeding grounds at sea. The park is home to half a million Magellanic Penguins, along with several species of rare seabirds and the region’s only population of South American fur seals.

WASHINGTON DC, November 6, 2008 - The GEF Council will convene again from Tuesday, November 11, in Washington DC. The GEF Council Meeting will be preceded by an NGO consultation on Monday, November 10 and followed by a meeting of the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF).

Washington, DC, 15 June 2007 – The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council today approved a grant of $9.9 million to finance two climate adaptation projects designed to help communities in Ecuador and Peru combat problems associated with glacial retreat in the tropical Andes and improve water management in Ecuador.

March 4, 2009 - An innovative public-private partnership was officially launched this week as the International Maritime Organization and other agencies joined forces with leading shipping corporations in the fight to eliminate bio-invasions in ballast water, writes Sandra Speares on the Lloyd List website...

The Global Environment Facility invites you to the Brown Bag Lunch on February 4, 2009, presented by Dr. Julia Reinaud from the Industrial Energy Efficiency Best Practice Network ClimateWorks Foundation.

Washington, DC, 9 May 2007 – A new environment strategy,  backed by a proposed $100 million grant package from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) was agreed to by Heads of State and top government leaders representing 15 small island developing states (SIDS) and territories of the Pacific Ocean region today.  The funding, representing a six-fold increase over previous GEF financing for the region, will be used to fight climate change, protect island species and shared waters, and conserve the fragile environment of the islands.

WASHINGTON, DC, December 5, 2006. In a major policy speech to the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council meeting today, Monique Barbut, GEF CEO and Chairperson, outlined an exciting new vision for GEF, the world’s largest financier of global environmental protection projects. “I want to break apart the complex web of bureaucracy which today defines the GEF and put in place a five-point Sustainability Compact so that the GEF can be counted on as a leading force for sustainable development for all people,” she said.

Paris, 13 July, 2007--Over 500 delegates representing 190 Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) met at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) from July 9–13, 2007 to look at ways to enhance tools for implementing the Convention and to integrate biodiversity concerns across all economic sectors through national biodiversity strategies and action plans.

Washington, DC, 15 June 2007 – The GEF Council today approved a landmark grant of $4.8 million to strengthen Costa Rica’s famed but threatened national parks system. The system, for many years a world-class standard of environmental excellence, is threatened by deforestation, illegal harvesting of resources, and management inefficiencies.

Washington, DC, 15, June 2007 –Developing countries won a new partner in their fight to stem environmental degradation today as the Global Environment Facility (GEF) governing Council gave a $50 million green light to a new pilot Public Private Partnership (PPP).

The Global Environment Facility in coordination with the World Bank Group and its partners last month announced the Lighting Africa Development Marketplace Grant Competition. Entitled "Innovations in Off-Grid Lighting Products and Services for Africa," the competition seeks innovative Project ideas that address the various off-grid lighting needs of Sub-Saharan Africa, including alternative distribution models, new clean lighting technology, stronger production chains, and improvement of the policy environment.

WASHINGTON DC, March 5, 2009 - The GEF invites you to attend at the GEF Series of Brown Bag Lunch presented by Miguel Gomez, Director of the Regional Unit of Technical Assistance, RUTA

August 26, 2008 - Jean-Louis Borloo, the head of France's Ministry of Ecology, Development and Sustainable Management made his remarks to 14 environment ministers of West Africa attending a meeting held with the CEO of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), Mrs. Monique Barbut. Following the meeting the ministers lauded the GEF's programmatic approach toward addressing global environmental challenges the region faces such as climate change.

Washington, DC, 15 June 2007 – Over 28 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa will launch activities to fight land degradation, thanks to an innovative $150 million program approved by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council in Washington today.

TOYAKO, Japan, July 9, 2008 - G8 nations meeting this week showcased the Global Environmental Facility's unique role in helping bring meet the urgent challenges of mitigation, adaptation and access to clean energy in developing countries.

WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2008 – The Global Environment Facility has approved a new series of grants to a coalition of Pacific island states, a region considered among the world’s most vulnerable to climate change and other environmental challenges such as shrinking biodiversity.

WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2008 – The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are joining together to support the preservation of Asia’s Coral Triangle, with the GEF committing $63 million to fund conservation of this area known as "the Amazon of the seas."

WASHINGTON, DC - November 14, 2008 – A leading global environmental financial institution this week embraced new efforts to dramatically scale up technology transfer to developing countries looking to mitigate and adapt to climate change challenges.

The project developed by Grupo Ecologico Las Macanas (GEMA), a community NGO that is implementing one of the Community Based Rural Tourism initiatives supported by the Small Grant Program Panama, received an award of excellence in the national competition “A good tourism business idea” from the Panamanian Ministry of Tourism and the Medium, Small & Micro Business Authority of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

WASHINGTON, DC, July 17, 2008 – The GEF has approved a unique $1.5 million initiative that is the first biodiversity emergency project after a natural disaster in China. It represents an innovative approach to address threats to pandas and other endangered species. The support will also help ensure the sustainability of future development initiatives, according to the United Nations Development Programme, which will implement the program in the field.

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2008 ─ A worldwide alliance of tiger conservationists, scientists and celebrities have joined forces with the World Bank Group and the GEF to help save wild tigers.

BOGOTA, Colombia, 16-18 July, 2008 - Colombia is holding the GEF National Dialogue, to provide a forum for consultations on global environmental management and national sustainable development issues in the country.

QUITO, Ecuador, September 10 – 12. Ecuador developed its second National Dialogue Initiative with the participation of 160 stakeholders representing national and local governmental institutions, local governments, non-governmental organizations, private sector, academy, implementing and executing agency country-based staff.

Biodiversity Conference Ninth Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity Global Environment Facility presents innovative approaches to tackle biodiversity loss   From 19 to 30 May 2008 Germany will host the 9th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention

Biodiversity ConferenceNinth Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological DiversitySide Event Presentations      The Future of GEF’s Biodiversity Program   Opening PresentationMonique Barbut, CEO and Chairperson,

One hundred finalists from 42 countries will come to Washington DC to present their innovative projects competing for small grants for projects on sustainable agriculture for development.

The GEF National Dialogue Initiative aims to strengthen country ownership and involvement in GEF co-financed activities through a multi-stakeholder dialogue process.

The National Dialogues provide a forum for consultations on global environmental management and national sustainable development issues in GEF recipient countries.

The Sub-Regional Workshops are an annual opportunity for GEF Focal Points to meet with their counterparts from other countries in the region and GEF Partners to discuss and review policies and procedures and for peer to peer exchange of lessons and experiences from development and implementation of GEF projects and their integration within national policy frameworks.

For initiative of the GEF Operational Focal Point in Argentina a new website has been recently launched  to increase awareness among civil society about the GEF and the national environmental strategic priorities, politics and programs.

GEF Financing Adaptation Action

A GEF-funded project, “Integrated Ecosystems Management in Four Representative Landscapes of Senegal,” is helping Senegal protect its ecological treasures by promoting a landscape approach that relies on communities integrated ecosystem management to conserve biodiversity.

 IUCN World Conservation Congress: Barcelona, October 5-14

Constructed or engineered wetlands are among a suite of technologies that GEF projects are testing around the world to decrease nutrient release into fresh and marine water systems. The first project that has been implementing full scale interventions is the UNDP Lake Manzala project.

 The GEF Secretariat is updating its databases, and as part of this process we are contacting all of our accredited non governmental organizations now in the system to gather the most current information to serve you better. If you are

The third meeting of the AF Board is taking place in Bonn, Germany - Watch the live webcasting of the event

WASHINGTON DC, February 25 - The GEF Natural Resources Team Intes you to the 18th GEF Brown Bag Lunch presented by Willem Wijnstekers, Secretary-General of CITES

WASHINGTON DC, March 17, 2009 - The GEF invites you to attend at the next event of the GEF Brown Bag Lunch Series
Presented by Dr. Joe Romm, Dr. Jake Caldwell, and Dr. Andrew Light from The Center for American Progress.

WASHINGTON DC, December 15, 2008 - The Conference of the Parties has welcomed the GEF strategic programme on technology transfer as a step towards scaling up the level of investment in technology transfer and has requested the GEF to consider the long-term implementation of the strategic programme.

SELANGOR, Malaysia, March 13, 2009 - On February 2009, the GEF NGO Network has elected the Global Environment Centre NGO as Interim Central Focal Point to coordinate Network activities before the new statute will be adopted. The outgoing Central Focal Point is ZERO Regional a NGO from Zimbabwe.

WASHINGTON DC, February 4, 2009 - iSimangaliso has signed a Project Preparation Grant (PPG) agreement with the World Bank for a GEF project which aims to include addressing the hydrology and ecosystem functioning of the Lake St Lucia system.

The 14th Conference of the Parties (COP 14) to the UNFCCC, along with the 4th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, is taking place in Poznan, Poland. Watch the live webcast!

WASHINGTON, December 11, 2008 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a EUR60 million loan and a US6.4 million Global Environment Facility Grant to the Republic of Croatia to help combat pollution along the country’s coast.

NEW YORK, February 26, 2009 - The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), together with the World Bank and GEF, announced today a commitment of $2.8 million toward tiger conservation across its range. WCS will lead a new project, Tiger Futures, in partnership with other conservation organizations with long-term field experience in tiger conservation throughout countries spanning the big cat's geographical range in Asia.

This 9 minutes video clip by Ibrahima Fall, a well known Senegalese filmmaker, is a striking documentation of the work of the Global Environment Facility GEF in climate change projects in selected African countries. Watch it now: available in English and French.

WASHINGTON DC, March 12, 2009 - The GEF invites you to attend at the next event of the GEF Brown Bag Lunch Series, presented by Katherine Hamilton, President of GridWise Alliance.

WASHINGTON, DC, March 22, 2007  (Winning the Water Wars? New Models for Post-Conflict Cooperation on Water) -  On World Water Day 2007, we stand face-to-face with the frightening specter of increasingly scarce and poor-quality water around the globe. In the public glare of this urgent problem, there are success stories which identify real solutions. They deserve to be aired and understood.

Bali, November 30, 2007 - The world’s largest environmental funding body, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), stands ready to build on its past experience working with the most vulnerable countries that seek market-driven sustainable ways to adjust to climate change today.

The Marine Plan of Action (MPA) launches its official blog, a joint IUCN and WCPA initiative.

POZNAN, Poland, December 6, 2008 - Samoa has been praised as one of the leaders in climate change adaptation by the GEF. Both Samoa and Eritrea were featured at a press event at the Conference of the Parties Climate Change meeting in Poznan Poland (COP14).

POZNAN, Poland, December 3, 2008—Two of the least developed countries on the front lines of climate change shared their experiences Wednesday on a unique fund designed to help some of the world’s most vulnerable identify urgent and immediate adaptation needs.

The Fédération Régionale des Groupements de Promotion Féminine (FRGPF) launched a campaign, with GEF SGP support, to train local women in more sustainable management and harvesting techniques, in response to the widespread destruction of mangroves due to unsustainable oyster farming in the Ziguinchor region.

WASHINGTON, June 24, 2008 – The World Bank Board today approved US$37.80 million to the Malawi Government to support investments aimed at improving food security and sustainable agricultural growth. The approved amount consists of a US$32 million International Development Association (IDA) credit, and a US$5.8 million Global Environment Facility (GEF) grant provided by the regional GEF investment program for sustainable land management linked to TerrAfrica.

In this article, published on the G8 Summit Magazine, Monique Barbut reflects on the challenges and opportunities we have to face to adapt and mitigate the Climate Change.

WASHINGTON, DC - January 09, 2009 - The 34th Council approved $201.17 million for funding 37 new GEF projects, that were included in the work program. Fifteen of the projects proposals approved are in Biodiversity, eight in Climate Change, five in International Water, one in Land Degradation, while eight proposals are multifocal.

LAHORE, Pakistan, 27-28 January - The Pakistan GEF National Dialogue is now finalized. Approximately 80 national GEF stakeholders convened for two days of intensive consultations and discussions about the country's GEF priorities and portfolio...

ZUG, Switzerland, October 9, 2008 - PARIS RE and MARSH have jointly developed a new index-based cover that will encourage the development of wind farm projects.

October 25, 2008 - The French newspaper "Le Monde" published an article on the "Save Your Logo" initiative. The campaign, launched by the GEF at the World Conservation Congress 2008, encourages multinational companies to protect the signature animal on which they have partially based their brand. 

WINDHOEK, Namibia, 25-27 June, 2008 - The fourth Sub-Regional Workshop of the National Dialogue Initiative gather East and Southern Africa Focal Points.

HAVANA, Cuba, 8-10 July, 2008 - Focal Points from sixteen Caribbean countries attended the fifth Sub-Regional Workshop of the National Dialogue Initiative.

WASHINGTON, DC, January 30, 2007.  The just-concluded World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland may well have succeeded in casting the spotlight on climate change, but practical solutions are already being developed.  Monique Barbut, GEF CEO saw a pioneering project during a recent visit to Koratgere village, a two-hour drive from teeming Bangalore city, deep in the heart of Karnataka state dubbed India’s Silicon valley.

ISTANBUL, Turkey, March 16, 2009 - Two Community Water Initiative projects (implemented by GEF-SGP with UNDP and SIDA co-financing) entered the top 10 finalists for the Kyoto World Water Grand Prize. The two projects will defend the projects in front of a panel of international judges and compete for the Kyoto Prize on 21 March 2009 in Istanbul...

WASHINGTON - The 2009 Global Development Marketplace  today launched its annual global search for innovative local projects and project ideas, with the focus this year on how to help poor and vulnerable communities disproportionately affected by current and predicted climate threats. Innovating organizations from civil society, governments, and the private sector are invited to submit project proposals online from today to May 18, to enter the competition for grants provided by the World Bank Group, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and other partners.

BERLIN, Germany, 19 March 2009 - In a keynote speech the Federal Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul has expressed her strong support to the GEF. "The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is the key financing mechanism for the Climate Framework Convention (UNFCCC) and should remain so. It has many years of experience with climate protection projects and works hand in hand with development policy institutions.."

 Read the report on Monique Barbut's visit to the two West African countries on March 7 - 13, 2009

MINSK, Belarus, 16 March 2009 - Construction works on renaturalisation of Morochno raised bog degraded hydrological regime were completed at the beginning of March 2009 in the framework of the UNDP/GEF Project “Renaturalisation and Sustainable Management of Peatlands in Belarus to Combat Land Degradation, Ensure Conservation of Globally Valuable Biodiversity and Mitigate Climate Change”.

WASHINGTON DC, April 2, 2009 - The World Bank today approved $70 million in grants to increase the capacity of the government and other stakeholders to manage forests sustainably and equitably for multiple uses in pilot areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The International Development Association (IDA) is providing a $64 million grant and a further $6 million is being provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

WASHINGTON DC, April 2, 2009 - Monique Barbut's article, appeared today on http://climate-l.org/, outlines GEF's effort and engagement to fulfill the mandate of providing financial resources to promote the transfer of environmentally sound technologies and know-how to developing countries.

WORLD WATER DAY, March 22, 2009 - Every three years in March, some 20,000 people gather at the World Water Forum hoping that talk will turn to results. This year is no exception except for the fact that perhaps there never has been a more urgent time to commit ourselves to action.

Save your LogoA review of articles appeared on the French press on March 2009  Veuillez vous identifier France InfoC’est le nom d’une opération lancée hier à Paris. L’objectif est simple les entreprises sont appelées à faire des dons pour sauvegarder

LONDON, United Kingdom, March 2, 2009 - A Global Industry Alliance (GIA) was launched today at the Headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London, to tackle the threats of marine bio-invasions caused by the transfer of alien plants and animals in ships’ ballast tanks. Ballast water is carried in cargo ships to provide needed stability. It is taken onboard at the start of every trip an unladen ship makes and then pumped out on arrival.

WASHINGTON DC, April 2, 2009 - The World Bank’s Executive Board of Directors today approved a $7 million grant to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to support ongoing efforts to rehabilitate protected areas.

The Global Environment Facility invites you to participate in the 2009 Photo Contest. In its effort to create awareness on all the different ways in which we can help to protect our planet, the GEF is looking for photos that portray human effort to protect our environment and mitigate and adapt to the changing climate. All entries must be received by June 15, 2009.

WASHINGTON DC, April 15, 2009 - The 5th meeting of the Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) successfully concluded on March 27 2009 in Bonn. During the 5th Meeting, the Board has been able to complete its deliberations on the operational policies and guidelines for parties to access resources from the Adaptation Fund. It will take a final decision on these operational policies and guidelines before calling for funding proposal in the near future.

WASHINGTON DC, April 8, 2009 – The GEF Earth Fund Board, a private sector advisory group to the GEF Council designed to help international financial institutions strengthen the engagement of business in delivering global environmental benefits to the world’s most vulnerable, met today for the first time.

On Monday, April 27, 2009, the GEF invites you to attend at the next event of the GEF Brown Bag Lunch Series, presented by Patrick Smith (USAID), Sandra Brown & Nancy Harris (Winrock International).  

WASHINGTON DC, April 14, 2009 - The Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) has launched a speedy, open to all, logo competition for the Adaptation Fund (AF). The aim is to proceed giving this innovative and uttermost required Fund own outlook, evolve its identity and increase public consciousness about its existence and on-going operationalization.

For the first time in the history of the COP, new chemicals will be considered for listing in the annexes of the Convention. A lively discussion is anticipated with nine new substances slated for scrutiny at the meeting. Other key issues are also high on the agenda. Delegates will review measures to reduce or eliminate releases from intentional production and use of POPs, as well as from unintentional production. As part of the conference the Global Environment Facility organized the event " A review of GEF processes and programs in support of Stockholm" on Sunday May 3, 2009. 

06 MAY 2009 | GENEVA/NAIROBI/WASHINGTON DC -- The United Nations Environment Programme and the World Health Organization, in partnership with the Global Environment Facility, today announced a rejuvenated international effort to combat malaria with an incremental reduction of reliance on the synthetic pesticide DDT.

Washington DC, May 5, 2009 - GEF SGP Zambia is happy to report a very successful launch of the Small Grants Programme. The launch took place on the 24th April 2009 at one of the projects that benefited from the SGP funding. This project aims at enhancing adaptation to climate change by families considered vulnerable through the promotion of agriculture to improve household food security, increase income which will result in the reduction in economic pressure on the environment.

18 MAY 2009 | WASHINGTON DC - The GEF invites you to attend at the next event of the GEF Brown Bag Lunch Series. Guest Speaker: Anantha Kumar Duraiappah, Chief of  Ecosystem Services Economics at the Division of Policy Implementation, UNEP.

12 MAY 2009 | The GEF invites you to attend at the next event of the GEF Brown Bag Lunch Series, presented by Nancy Kete, PhD, Director EMBARQ - The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport World Resources Institute.

 

3 JUNE 2009 | WASHINGTON DC - The GEF invites you to attend at the next event of the GEF Brown Bag Lunch Series. Guest Speaker: Pavan Sukhdev, Study Leader – TEEB & Project Leader - Green Economy - UNEP-WCMC

21 MAY 2009 | The GEF invites you to attend at the next event of the GEF Brown Bag Lunch Series presented by N. Lymberopoulos, Director, Projects and Programmes International Center for Hydrogen Energy Technologies

28 MAY 2009 | WASHINGTON DC - The World Bank's Board of Directors today approved an Efficient Lighting Project for the City of Lome for the Republic of Togo.

21 JUNE 2009 | WASHINGTON DC - The GEF NGO Consultation is being held in immediately prior to the GEF Council Meeting and the Second meeting on the 5th GEF Replenishment. The objective of the meeting is to facilitate a dialogue on critical issues related to the replenishment and future implementation - especially on governance, focal area strategies and allocation of resources and partnership with civil society.

2 JUNE 2009 | WASHINGTON DC - The Emergency Infrastructure and Electricity Rehabilitation Project (PURISE) for the Republic of Togo has been approved. PURISE is funded by a grant totaling US$26.82 million of which US$1.82 million provided by GEF. The project will support the Togolese Government with the rehabilitation, restoration, improvement of urban infrastructure, and expansion of access to infrastructure services by the population of the city of Lomé.

17 JUNE 2009 | WASHINGTON DC - Joint Statement of the Global Environment Facility and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification on the Occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification

15 JUNE 2009 | WASHINGTON DC - Mexico boosted its image as a global leader in climate change in December 2008, when it announced it had set the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 50% below 2002 levels by 2050. Now Mexico is embarking on a comprehensive strategy to cut emissions and reduce energy use while also potentially putting the Mexican economy on a low carbon growth path.

29 MAY 2009 | WASHINGTON DC - The 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (2010 BIP) is a global initiative funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) that brings together over 40 international organizations to develop biodiversity indicators and assess biodiversity loss. A new website (www.twentyten.net) has been  launched recently...

20 MAY 2009 | WASHINGTON DC - The REN21 Renewables Global Status Report released last week in Paris shows that the fundamental transition of the world’s energy markets continues (www.ren21.net). "This report offers strong evidence that renewable energy expansion is policy driven, with stable and predictable government strategies key to ensuring environmentally sustainable economic growth. We are very encouraged that a number of governments have set ambitious targets to expand the reach of renewable energy programs that are a necessary step toward building sustainable development, especially in some of the world's most vulnerable countries," said Monique Barbut.

15 JUNE 2009 | BONN, GERMANY - The Sixth Meeting of the Adaptation Fund Board is taking place at the UNCCD premises in Bonn (Langer Eugen, room LEU 1916) from June 15 to 17, 2009. Watch the LIVE WEBCASTING!

11 MAY 2009 | NAIROBI – Village communities in Western Kenya alongside ones in Niger, Nigeria and China could become the key to unlocking the multi-billion dollar carbon markets for millions of farmers, foresters and conservationists across the developing world. Catchments in and around Lake Victoria have been chosen as a test-bed for calculating how much carbon can be stored in trees and soils when the land is managed in a sustainable, climate-friendly ways.