About 60% of people in São Tomé and Príncipe rely on two coastal roads for daily life & economic activity.
@WBG_IDA & @theGEF support is combining engineering & nature-based solutions to strengthen these routes against flooding & erosion: wrld.bg/Q9S050Zg5vU#IDAworks
🇲🇾 #Malaysia will receive new support to conserve the Ulu Jelai–Fraser’s Hill watershed. With $5.6M from @theGEF, this new project — implemented by @UNDP — will improve management across 250,000 ha and restore more than 7,500 ha of forests and riparian corridors. #GEFassembly2026
A field verification mission under @theGEF-SGP operational phase 8 in the Black Volta Basin has started, engaging grantees and documenting community-led approaches to biodiversity conservation, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods.
First stop is in the Banda District, Bono Region of Ghana.
#GEFSGP#BlackVoltaBasin#ClimateAction#Biodiversity
Have you explored the "Shared Lives, Shared Future" virtual exhibition?🌍✨Celebrate #UN80 through inspiring stories like Pablo Pérez's, a dairy farmer helping drive the transition to a circular economy in Uruguay. 🔗un.org/en/exhibits/exhibit/u…@theGEF@ItalyUN_NY@swiss_un@SLOtoUN
What harmful chemicals are people exposed to through the air they breathe, the water they drink or the food they eat?
UNEP & @thegef are working to strengthen monitoring of mercury and persistent organic pollutants to better understand and address chemical pollution: bit.ly/4oGirJY
Advancing sustainable, transboundary fisheries management in the Gulf of Thailand 🌊🐟
@FAO, @theGEF & partners are strengthening regional cooperation for an ecosystem approach to #fisheries, supporting better decision-making, gender equality, climate resilience & biodiversity.
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.
In this #GEFVoices interview, Esther Mwaura Muiru of the Stand For Her Land initiative at @Landesa_Global shares how women’s access to land and natural resources can improve agricultural productivity and support healthier landscapes and communities.
🔗 thegef.org/newsroom/feature-…
Choices that put food on the table can also build resilience, reduce emissions, halt biodiversity loss & restore degraded land.
Together, @FAO & @theGEF are supporting farmers, fishers & forest communities to transform agrifood systems.
See 4 examples 👉 bit.ly/3PRh1j0
In this #GEFVoices interview, Esther Mwaura Muiru of the Stand For Her Land initiative at @Landesa_Global shares how women’s access to land and natural resources can improve agricultural productivity and support healthier landscapes and communities.
🔗 thegef.org/newsroom/feature-…
🧩 Presented at the 71st #GEFCouncil: the #GEFIEO Evaluation of @theGEF Support to Policy Coherence.
The evaluation finds that alignment across environmental and non-environmental sectors can be a powerful enabler of lasting environmental outcomes.
📘 gefieo.org/en/types/evaluati…
In this #GEFVoices interview, Melina Tuiravakai shares how the Cook Islands are tackling plastic pollution through community-led solutions, Indigenous knowledge, and circular systems that support a sustainable future.
Read the full interview: wrld.bg/6Ayb50ZczyP
Rangelands are only seen as wastelands when their value is ignored.
W/ @theGEF & partners, @UNDP is working in 🇮🇳🇰🇪🇲🇳🇸🇩🇹🇯 🇧🇷🇦🇲 to manage and protect these ecosystems that sustain millions & build climate resilience.
go.undp.org/cQu#DesertificationandDroughtDay