Current Projects

To enhance technical and institutional capacity for land degradation monitoring and reporting in the context of the UNCCD Strategic Framework 2018-2030 and SDG15.3

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the large-scale deployment of electric public transport vehicles in the Greater Metropolitan Area of Costa Rica.

Prevent the risks to environment and human health from mercury through the control of primary mercury mining and enabled environmentally and socially sound alternative economic activities and livelihoods in the state of Queretaro

To strengthen the capacity of institutions in Malawi and set up an information system to fulfill the enhanced Transparency requirements of the Paris Agreement.

To mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, promote energy security, and improve air quality through integrated, sustainable low-emissions transport systems in the Maldives

Promote low-carbon and climate-resilient public and private transportation systems in Antigua and Barbuda

Improve water quality, rehabilitate the coastal and marine ecosystems, and avoid depletion of marine resources in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem (GoM-LME)

To coordinate, communicate, and manage knowledge from ISLANDS Programme to amplify the results of ISLANDS child projects throughout each region resulting in the Programme being more than the sum of the parts of the individual projects

Boosting investor interest to increase capital flows towards forest restoration and deforestation-free agriculture.

To strengthen the institutional and technical capacity of stakeholders and the government in Lao PDR to advance the NAP process.

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by supporting market transformations that will facilitate decarbonization of the building sector by linking global market experience, national policy, local action and capacity building.

Develop technical and logistical capacities for creation and operation of an integrated monitoring system of Climate Change

Long term vision, which takes stock of lessons learnt from past initiatives, developed leading to institutional strengthening of the GGWI and mobilization of adequate investments for a resilient and sustainable Sahel.

To strengthen institutional capacity for effective implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and to conduct an effective awareness campaign on Access Benefit Sharing (ABS) in Uganda

To strengthen integrated natural resource management and restoration of degraded landscapes for resilient socio-ecological systems in Tanzania

Reduce the growth rate of annual GHG emissions from lighting energy use by means of reducing electricity consumption in the energy end-use sectors through standards and labelling mechanism and a gender-responsive approach.

To assist GEF-Eligible Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to prepare and submit their Fourth National Reports on measures that each Party has taken to implement the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

To enhance capacities of countries in the Mediterranean region to adapt to climate change with a view to influencing wider development processes in the region.

Facilitate the early implementation of the Minamata Convention through the use of scientific and technical knowledge and tools by national stakeholders in Cuba

Develop a National Framework for Climate Transparency of Panama

Facilitate the implementation of the Stockholm Convention in the Republic of Moldova through the review, update and submission of the National Implementation Plan (NIP) to the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention (COP).

To strengthen the capacity of government and rural communities living around wetlands and forests to adapt to climate change using EbA.

To assist GEF-Eligible Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to prepare and submit their Fourth National Reports on measures that each Party has taken to implement the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Expanding seascapes under protection and improving protected area management.

To enhance reef ecosystem integrity and resilience through sustainable management, reducing development impacts and integrating natural capital accounting into development planning