Current Projects

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

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.

To strengthen institutional and technical capacities in LDCs for more effective participation in intergovernmental climate change negotiations and coordination of climate change efforts.

To apply methodologies and approaches for carbon accounting and ecosystem service valuation in Blue Forests so as to provide evidence-based experience that supports replication, up-scaling and adoption of Blue Forests concepts by the international community and the GEF.

Increased quantity and improved quality of information available for the review of implementation of the Convention

To aasist countries to review and update the National Implementation Plan (NIP) in order to comply with reporting obligations (Article 15) and updating of National Implementation Plans (Artcile 7) under the Stockholm Convention

As an overall contribution to the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Target 17 at the global level, to provide technical support to all eligible countries accessing GEF Biodiversity Enabling Activities funding, with a view to improving the quality benchmark and policy relevance of the next generation of NBSAPs, while also enhancing public participation in the NBSAP preparation process

To assist 40 countries accede to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing

Enable GEF eligible CBD parties to assess progress towards the achievement of the 2010 Biodiversity Targets at national level through a country-wide, stakeholder consultation process and to appropriately report and communicate on it.