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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · 1d

This week, GEF member governments and partners met in Kasane, Botswana, to review plans for #GEF9, the next funding cycle - a crucial moment for global goals on climate, nature, and pollution.
📍From Kasane: Hope is possible. Action is urgent.
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Governments and partners meet to consider crucial ninth replenishment

Representatives of member governments and other GEF stakeholders gathered October 7-9, 2025, in Kasane, Botswana to review proposed plans for the multilateral trust fund in its ninth funding cycle for the 2026-2030 period.

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · 1d

🗣️Want to engage with #theGEF?
Join “Ask the GEF CEO” with Carlos Manuel Rodríguez at #IUCNCongress in Abu Dhabi on Oct 13. Bring your questions, leave with answers.
👉 iucncongress2025.org/programme/as...
📅 Oct.13
🕒 14:00 - 15:00
📍GEF Pavilion
#GEFatIUCNcongress

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · 3d

A cleaner, healthier future is on the way for 33 island countries! 🌴🌊The $515 million GEF ISLANDS program supports efforts to curb hazardous substance imports, dispose of toxic waste, and build circular production systems. gefislands.org
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@unep.org
@fao.org

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · 4d

The Food Securities Fund’s first four years:
🌱150,962 ha of land restored
🌍215,939 tons of CO2 sequestered
🪴 95,181 smallholder farmers engaged
Discover the fund’s 2030 goals in this story:
www.thegef.org/newsroom/fea...

Scaling successes in sustainable agriculture

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · 14d

To strengthen institutional capacity across North Africa and ensure the GEF-supported projects deliver maximum benefits, are locally led, and sustainable, a two-day workshop took place last week in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

Read to learn more:
www.awf.org/pressroom/gl... #GEFOFPs

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · 17d

Congratulations to Martin von Hildrebrand, recipient of the 2nd Thomas E. Lovejoy Prize for five decades of work defending the Amazon and Indigenous communities. Read the press release to learn more: www.worldwildlife.org/press-releas... #Biodiversity #AmazonConservation

2nd Lovejoy Prize Awarded in NYC

The second Thomas E. Lovejoy Prize was awarded last night to an exceptional leader who has led innovative approaches to advance the conservation of the Amazon rainforest.

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · 21d

🌍Historic milestone for the ocean: Morocco and Sierra Leone have ratified the #BBNJ Agreement, triggering its entry into force in 120 days. Read the press release: www.thegef.org/newsroom/pre...

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · 23d

The Nyandungu wetland restoration has been a success by reducing flooding, boosting biodiversity, and creating a vibrant public space. It’s now a model for restoring other wetlands across Kigali: www.shiftcities.org/post/breathi... #SustainableCities

Breathing New Life into 5 Kigali Wetlands to Enhance Climate Resilience and Quality of Life | UrbanShift

These formerly degraded sites will soon welcome visitors for recreational and educational opportunities—while alleviating flood challenges for the city.

www.shiftcities.org

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · 28d

💬Know your path, but don’t be too strategic. Also, follow your heart, stay flexible, and take on new challenges as they come.

Career advice from Mia Callenberg on making an impact in sustainability, in this #GEFVoices interview: www.thegef.org/newsroom/fea...

Building a better future through more sustainable cities

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · Sep 8

Toxic firefighting foams at airports are on their way out!
Read about @unep.org & ICAO’s $82.5M FIRE project to eliminate #PFAS-based foams from major airports in 5 African countries with support from @thegef.bsky.social: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

UNEP and ICAO launch $82.5 Million project to eliminate harmful firefighting foams in African airports

Nairobi, 19 August 2025 – The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have jointly launched the Fortifying Infrastructure for Responsible Extinguishmen...

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · Aug 28

🌆Cities are on the frontlines of climate, biodiversity, and heat challenges. #UrbanShift, with support from the GEF, is helping them build low-carbon, resilient, and nature-positive futures through collaboration, data, and action Find out how: www.thegef.org/newsroom/blo...

Building connections to support sustainability across the world's cities

The role of cities in addressing environmental challenges is both critical and transformative. By 2050, 75 percent of the global population is expected to live in urban areas, creating immense pressur...

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Minimata Convention’s COP-6 takes place 3-7 Nov in Geneva. See how the GEF is driving progress, especially in artisanal and small-scale gold mining, the largest source of mercury emissions globally: minamataconvention.org/en/news/mina... #MinamataCop6 #MakeMercuryHistory

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · Aug 18

Nigeria, a major cocoa and palm oil, producer, lost almost 18% of its forest cover from 1990-2018. Now under the GEF-supported FOLUR Impact Program, it’s working to reduce deforestation in key value chains: www.folur.org/news/nigeria... @fao.org

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · Aug 15

Following the end of plastic pollution treaty negotiations,
the GEF CEO and Chairperson Carlos Manuel Rodríguez indicated that the GEF will keep working to address challenges across the full life cycle of plastic.

Read his full statement here: thegef.org/newsroom/pre... #INC5_2 #INC5

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · Aug 12

Youth are the present and the future. As countries review and update their #NBSAPs, the GEF encourages them to fully integrate youth at every stage of planning and implementation. Youth participation is essential to achieving global biodiversity goals! www.thegef.org/newsroom/fea... #YouthDay

How young people are transforming biodiversity policy

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · Aug 8

In #Kenya, @‌impacttrustkenya is advancing formal recognition of the Upper Ewaso as an #ICCA, supporting 3.5M #Indigenous pastoralists. With biocultural maps & community land registered, Indigenous stewardship strengthens.

📖 Read how #ICI #WalkTheTalk: shorturl.at/WDFRX #IndigenousDay

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · Aug 6

🌍🥤Plastic pollution is everywhere with no place on Earth untouched. Harmful chemicals from plastic threaten people, animals, and ecosystems.

See how the GEF is tackling this crisis to planetary health: www.thegef.org/newsroom/pub... #INC5 #INC5_2 #PlasticsTreaty

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · Jul 31

If we keep dumping 11M tons of plastic into the ocean yearly, it could outweigh fish by 2050.

Learn how the GEF’s new Plastic Reboot Integrated Program is uniting governments, businesses, & civil society to cut single-use plastics and packaging: www.thegef.org/newsroom/fea...

Curbing single-use plastic starts with a reboot

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · Jul 29

🐅This #InternationalTigerDay we know that much has already been lost. We also know that we stand to lose much more if we don't take action. We believe in a #FutureWithTigers. See how we’re working to make this happen: undp-nature.exposure.co/tigers-know-... @undp.org

Tigers Know No Borders - UNDP Nature

After vanishing for over a decade, in April this year wildlife officials confirmed a rare sighting of the critically endangered Malayan tiger in a forest in Southern Thailand.

undp-nature.exposure.co

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · Jul 24

✅ With $40M from the #LDCF, new projects in Liberia, Malawi and Rwanda will boost resilience and scale nature-based solutions 💡 www.adaptation-undp.org/40m-gef-inve... w/ @undp.org

$40M GEF investment for Liberia, Malawi and Rwanda to scale nature-based climate solutions | UNDP Climate Change Adaptation

With GEF LDCF and UNDP support, Liberia, Malawi & Rwanda are scaling up nature-based solutions to boost resilience to climate change.

www.adaptation-undp.org

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · Jul 22

#Africa's leaders are coming together to drive environmental leadership and restoration. Over 30 years, the GEF has driven progress w/ $7.7B in funding, helping protect ecosystems, manage landscapes, and support a sustainable future.

Read to learn more: thegef.org/newsroom/new... #AMCEN20 #GEF9

At AMCEN, a focus on Africa environmental leadership

The 20th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) concluded with an affirmation of the value of working together in a collaborative manner to build on Africa’s successe...

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · Jul 21

“By the time I retire, I envision a world where pollution is no longer an existential threat to people and ecosystems,” says Harinath Appalarajugari Sesha, Sr. Environmental Engineer at the World Bank.

In this #GEFvoices interview, he shares how we can get there.
www.thegef.org/newsroom/fea...

Innovations for pollution's unique challenges

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · Jul 17

Africa faces major climate risks, despite contributing less to global emissions. Discover how the GEF supports climate tracking, adaptation, and resilience through the #LDCF and the #SCCF: www.thegef.org/newsroom/pub... #AMCEN20

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · Jul 16

🌳Amazonian forests and livelihoods shouldn’t bear the cost of development. Learn about progress over the past decade, and how lasting impact depends on stronger institutions, applied lessons, and cross-sector collaboration.
www.thegef.org/newsroom/blo... #AmazonSustainableLandscapes

Lessons from roads that connect, but also divide

The Amazon covers about 40 percent of Colombia and holds over 60 percent of its natural forests. As one of the world’s major biodiversity reservoirs, the Colombian Amazon plays critical roles in regul...

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Global Environment Facility (GEF) @thegef.bsky.social · Jul 16

Speaking at #AMCEN20, Fred Boltz, Head of Programming the GEF emphasized the fund's longstanding partnership w/ African leadership in advancing environmental progress & biodiversity efforts. GEF remains committed to ongoing reforms for #GEF9 to enhance efficiency & impact.
📸 Ahmed Nayim Yussuf/UNEP