Current Projects

Strengthen and improve transparency mechanisms of Chilean national institutions for domestic and UN conventions reporting

Prevention, early detection, control and management frameworks for invasive alien species (IAS) that emphasize a risk management approach by focusing on the highest risk invasion pathways of Barbados and OECS countries.

Establishment of landscape level planning, information and coordination frameworks to support sustainable agriculture and sustainable watershed management in Dominica

Review and update the National Implementation Plan (NIP) in order to comply with article 7 and reporting obligations (Article 15) under the Stockholm Convention

Accelerating transformation of Chile’s markets to more energy efficient (EE) residential refrigerators/freezers thereby achieving reduction of GHG emissions and contributing to improved energy access and energy security.

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

Scale up sustainable landscape management and contribute to biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision in private areas in Brazil

To promote sustainability in Brazilian Cities through integrated urban planning and innovative technologies.

To provide financial and technical support to GEF-eligible Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in their work to develop high quality, data driven sixth national reports (6NR) that will improve national decision-making processes for the implementation of NBSAPs; that report on progress towards achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets (ABTs) and inform both the fifth Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO5) and the Global Biodiversity Strategy of 2021 – 2030.

To mitigate climate change by transforming national and regional markets to energy-efficient products.

Strengthen national capacities for effective implementation of the access to genetic resources (ABS) and traditional knowledge (TK) regimes in accordance with the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization, contributing to the conservation of biodiversity and human wellbeing in the country.

Facilitate the development, transmission, access and use of data contained in National Implementation Plans (NIP, Article 7) and National Reports (Article 15)

To Assist GEF-Eligible Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing to prepare and make timely submission of their Interim National Reports on measures that each party has taken to implement the Protocol in line with Article 29

cost-effective CO2 reduction measures initiated by developing the market for solar thermal heating systems

Establish a platform of legislative, regulatory, social and infrastructure to implement the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety of biotechnology in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in order to contribute to the global conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

To support eighteen (18) developing countries prepare and submit National Communications (NCs) and Biennial Update Reports (BURs) that comply with the UNFCCC reporting requirements while responding to national development goals

To reduce the vulnerability of communities living in three medium-sized Latin American and Caribbean cities to the effects of climate change through the integration of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) into urban planning in the medium- to long-term.

Create and strengthen conservation caucuses of Members in national congresses of Colombia, Mexico, and Peru to build political will for enhanced management of natural resources for development and conservation.

To build national and sub-national capacity for medium- and long-term adaptation planning, accessing innovative financing mechanisms and implementing cost-effective adaptation interventions focused on ecosystems for communities and sectors vulnerable to climate change in Antigua and Barbuda.

to contribute to the preservation of Caribbean ecosystems that are of global significance and the sustainability of livelihoods through the application of existing proven technologies and approaches that are appropriate for small island developing states through improved fresh and coastal water resources management, sustainable land management and sustainable forest management that also seek to enhance resilience of socio-ecological systems to the impacts of climate change.

To Consolidate Public Private Initiatives to Conserve Globally Significant Biodiversity and Multiple Ecosystem Services in the Mountain Areas of Chile’s Mediterranean Ecosystem in the Metropolitan and Valparaiso Regions

To commercialize and transfer the SolarChill vaccine refrigerator (SolarChill A) and to begin the process ofcommercializing and transferring the SolarChill household and light commercial refrigerator (SolarChill B).

Increasing resilience to climate change risks and decreasing disaster risk using an ecosystem management approach targeting protected areas and fragile ecosystems in the Southwestern Peninsula of Haiti

Ratification and early implementation of the Minamata Convention is facilitated by the use of scientific and technical knowledge and tools by national stakeholders in Honduras

To create and apply the enabling conditions for fair and equitable access and effective benefit sharing