Current Projects

To reduce the vulnerability of local communities in Myanmar to climate change through the implementation of ecosystem based adaptation (EbA) and improvement of early warning systems (EWS).

To protect biodiversity and to increase carbon stocks across the RIMBA Corridor of Sumatra by enhancing forest ecosystem connectivity through green economic development.

To prevent the build-up of POPs and mercury materials and to manage and dispose of existing harmful chemicals and wastes across Pacific SIDS

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

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

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

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

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.

To decrease the vulnerability of local communities living in the Barind Tract and Haor Area to the negative impacts of climate change, using Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) approaches.

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

Strengthen institutional and human capacities in Azerbaijan to meet the reporting requirements of the enhanced transparency framework of the Paris Agreement by establishing a tracking system to support reliable domestic MRV arrangements

FACILITATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STOCKHOLM CONVENTION IN NIUE AND VANUATU THROUGH THE REVIEW AND UPDATE, IN A MANNER HARMONIZED WITH THE REPORTING UNDER ARTICLE 15 OF THE STOCKHOLM CONVENTION, AND SUBMISSION OF THE NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (NIP) TO THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES OF THE STOCKHOLM CONVENTION (COP).

Foster MedProgramme-wide learning and dissemination of knowledge, effective portfolio coordination and synergistic interactions among CPs, gender mainstreaming and monitoring progress to impacts.

Improving water security, human and ecosystem health, and climate resilience in coastal hot spots.

Balancing of competing water uses in priority coastal areas through water, food, energy and ecosystems integrated governance, to enhance environmental security and sharing of benefits.

To achieve measurable reductions in levels of POPs and mercury in priority Mediterranean coastal hot spots and catchment areas.

Early implementation of the Minamata Convention contributes to the protection of human health and the environment from the risks posed by unintentional and intentional emissions and releases as well as unsound use and management of mercury

Early implementation of the Minamata Convention contributes to the protection of human health and the environment from the risks posed by unintentional and intentional emissions and releases as well as unsound use and management of mercury

Strengthen Lao PDR's national capacity to track progress against actions identified in its NDC for domestic and international reporting requirements under the Enhanced Transparency Framework of the Paris Agreement

The overarching objective of the LDCF project is to build the resilience of local communities in the Kathmandu Valley to the increasing impacts of climate change, such as flooding, landslides and drought.

Addressing the challenges of water resources management as a contribution to the water, food, energy, ecosystem security nexus by restoring and protecting mangroves, making the business case for natural infrastructure in order to build resilience and impro

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