Current Projects

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

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

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

cities pursue integrated urban planning and implementation and increase their ambitions, to deliver impactful sustainable development outcomes with global environmental benefits (GEBs)

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

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).

Provide participating countries targeted financial and technical support to prepare new or updated and improved TNAs, including TAPs, for prioritized technologies that reduce GHG emissions, support adaptation to climate change, and are consistent with Nationally Determined Contributions and national sustainable development objectives.

To support eighteen (18) developing countries prepare and submit National Communications (NCs) and Biennial Update Reports (BURs) that comply with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) reporting requirements while responding to national development goals. Participating Countries at CEO Endorsement Phase are: - Afghanistan; Azerbaijan; Benin; Burundi; Guinea-Bissau; Kuwait; Mauritania; Pakistan; Rwanda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; Suriname; Uganda; Viet Nam; and Yemen

Community-based management of forests and the promotion of sustainable development alternatives support and enhance biodiversity conservation, and strengthen livelihoods in the Monkoto Corridor and Salonga National Park

To develop and strengthen national policy and institutional capacity for sustainable land management (SLM) and to contribute to achieving the national land degradation neutrality target with integrated landscape management in north-western mountainous ecos

National and regional capacity for the Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) of hazardous waste including DDT and other POPs in place in both countries in line with the requirements of the Basel and Stockholm Conventions.

The objective of the project is to increase the capacity of government and local communities in Uganda to implement EbA in wetland and forest ecosystems to reduce vulnerability to climate change.

Assist Mexico in the development of its National Action Plan, raise national awareness on the Minamata Convention and build initial national capacity for the early implementation of the National Action Plan