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Afueras del Centro Heydar Aliyev en Bakú, Azerbaiyán
5 Jun 2026 | Speech
A call to global climate action on World Environment Day
Baku, Azerbaijan
5 Jun 2026 | Press release
As the planet swelters, World Environment Day 2026 focuses on urgent climate action

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Key spotlights and initiatives

GEO-7 cover
9 Dec 2025 | Video
A future we choose
Regional Seas
8 Jun 2026 | Story
How global agreements are saving the world's seas
An aerial view of downtown Baku, Azerbaijan
04 Jun 2026 | Story
How Azerbaijan is cracking down on one especially potent greenhouse gas 
GEF Assembly
04 Jun 2026 | Speech
GEF and UNEP: enabling blended finance for environmental action
GEF Assembly
04 Jun 2026 | Speech
Enabling blended finance for climate and nature
An aerial view of a solar array
04 Jun 2026 | Story
Why one of the world’s oldest oil producers is betting big on renewable energy
GEF Assembly
04 Jun 2026 | Speech
Financing circularity to end plastic pollution
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GEF opening
04 Jun 2026 | Speech
GEF and UNEP: enabling environmental action
Leaf
04 Jun 2026 | Press release
Edward R. Carr appointed interim Chair of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) to the Global Environment Facility
samarkand, uzbekistan
03 Jun 2026 | Speech
Unlocking finance and technology through climate transparency
Un joven hombre hincado junto al agua.
03 Jun 2026 | Story
The race to save the vanishing Caspian Sea
Vista aérea de una central de energía termosolar por concentración.
03 Jun 2026 | Story
New report highlights five reasons for hope in the climate fight
A bison looking into the camera
02 Jun 2026 | Story
The great herbivores of the Caucasus stage a comeback
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