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

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.

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.

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

To provide global streamlined support, capacity building and coordination to help developing countries meet enhanced transparency requirements under Article 13 of the Paris Agreement.

Leverage and build upon existing parliamentary caucus architecture to raise awareness about blue economy opportunities and Large Marine Ecosystems Strategic Action Programs and elevate marine issues amongst legislators in order to facilitate regional coop

Governments and businesses commit to and begin implementing policies, programs, and investments that advance the transition to the Blue Economy (sustainable ocean economy).

Project Objective: Strengthen overall delivery of TRI by establishing and supporting structures and processes for coordination, monitoring, and adaptive management of the Program, while providing key supports to TRI country projects in the areas of policy

To maintain, restore or increase forest cover while intensifying agricultural production and improving the livelihoods of smallholders through piloting the de-risking of private finance in sustainable landscapes in seven target landscapes in Brazil, Indonesia, and Liberia

Build international consensus to align financial systems with the Sustainable Development Goals and catalyse national regulatory actions and regional sustainable infrastructure investments

Accelerate adoption of national and value chain initiatives to control Emerging Policy Issues (EPIs), and contribute to the 2020 SAICM goal and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

To strengthen the financing environment for sustainable commodity production through design and pilot sustainable commercial transactions and risk management tools

To increase the transparency and accountability of commodity production companies’ commitments to sustainable, low- and zero-deforestation productions resulting in reduced pressures on globally significant biodiversity.

To enable country Parties to establish sound reporting and monitoring systems to report against the UNCCD Strategy

The project aims to capitalize on a growing baseline of knowledge on marine plastics sources, pathways and environmental impacts to inform the development of the GEF 7 Strategy and the application of a systemic approach to global plastic issues

To improve the understanding of the global/region N cycle and investigate / test practices and management policies at the regional, national and local levels with a view to reduce negative impacts of reactive nitrogen on the ecosystems

To reduce vulnerability to climate change of national government and coastal communities along the coast of Angola.

To provide support to eligible parties for GEF funding in order to sustain and build capacity foreffective participation in the BCH in line with COP/MOP Decisions, specifically BS VI/5 para 2f.

To ensure biodiversity is taken into account in decision making across government sectors by improving end-users’ access to and use of biodiversity information and embedding biodiversity information within national development decision making processes.

The Objective of this Project is to Create an Environment Which will Make it Easier for Land Management Project Managers to Realise the Climate Change Co-Benefits of Sustainable Land Management Practices.

To enable countries to revise their NBSAPs and to develop their Fifth National Reports to the CBD

strengthen institutional and technical capacities for government officials and decision-makers iterative development of comprehensive NAPs in non-LDCs.

To inform the integration of public policies and private finance to mainstream biodiversity and ecosystem conservation in production landscapes

To achieve efficiency and sustainability in the use of deep-sea living resources and improving biodiversity conservation in the ABNJ, through the systematic application of an ecosystem approach.