Global Environment Facility

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UNEP and the Global Environment Facility

As rains falter, Jamaica’s urban farmers race to adapt

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UNEP and the Global Environment Facility

How Togo's moto-taxis are leading a green transport revolution

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UNEP / Artan Jama

UNEP and the Global Environment Facility

In Cameroon, community-led restoration efforts are paying off

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UNEP and the Global Environment Facility

Thailand's Champions of crab conservation

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UNEP & the GEF

Over 30 years of tackling the world’s most pressing environmental problems

UNEP has been working hand-in-hand with the Global Environment Facility to create a greener world for almost 30 years. Together we have implemented over 1,000 projects, inspiring, informing, and enabling the public and policymakers across more than 160 countries to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.

As one of its founding agencies, we have been with the GEF on every step of its journey since 1992. Today, UNEP continues to support the GEF to achieve its mandate of tackling our planet’s most pressing environmental problems and is currently one of 18 GEF Agencies that can assist partners in accessing GEF finance.

Working across all GEF focal areas, our dedicated GEF technical teams bring together the best in environmental science and policy expertise with the unique convening power of the United Nations to design and deliver high-impact projects that enable lasting change.

Years of partnership

1035

Projects

162

Countries

Latest News

Press release GEF Council approves $700M+ for vast environmental needs

Press release GEF Council to consider large and diverse work programs

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Events

Conference 67th GEF Council Meeting

Summit UNEA - 6 Cities and Regions Summit

Summit UNEA-6 Cities & Regions Summit

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E-mobility project Lome, Togo
A rider examines his electric motorbike taxi. The taxi is part of a pilot GEF e-moto program in the Lome region of Togo

Through the GEF's climate change adaptation portfolio, farmers in Dholaka region of Nepal have adapted to climate change and risks.

Nepalese landscapes that are affected by landslides and rainfall changes
Through the GEF's climate change adaptation portfolio, farmers in Dholaka region of Nepal have adapted to climate change and risks.

Residents and farmers from the Dholaka region of Nepal
Through the GEF's climate change adaptation portfolio, farmers in Dholaka region of Nepal have adapted to climate change and risks.

Mangrove restoration in the Xai-Xai region of Mozambique is affected by mangrove loss due to misuse and natural disasters. A GEF mangrove restoration program has led to many positive changes towards adapting to the changing climate and risks.

Xai-Xai region of Mozambique
Mangrove restoration in the Xai-Xai region of Mozambique is affected by mangrove loss due to misuse and natural disasters. A GEF mangrove restoration program has led to many positive changes towards adapting to the changing climate and risks.

In Cameroon, in order to protect forests, a GEF program is offering beneficiaries alternative livelihoods to foster conservation work.

Sacred Forests, Cameroon
In Cameroon, in order to protect forests, a GEF program is offering beneficiaries alternative livelihoods to foster conservation work.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral fund dedicated to confronting biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, and strains on land and ocean health. Over the past three decades, the GEF has provided more than $22 billion in financing and mobilized another $120 billion for more than 5,000 national and regional projects.