Current Projects

To contribute to landscape restoration by harnessing indigenous fruit and nut tree biodiversity to improve environment and ecosystem services, support food security and safety, and enhance livelihoods in Armenia

In response to outcomes of COP 15 of UNCCD, decisions 9 and 11 of COP15, this project aims to support eligible countries to utilize GEF resources for implementing the Convention and the UNCCD Strategy (2018-2030), which is a comprehensive global commitment to avoid and reduce desertification and land degradation and to restore the productivity of degraded land to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN). The project will support Parties to enhance their national-level institutions and technical capacities for effective and timely preparation and submission of the 2026 UNCCD national reports. To achieve this, the project will offer technical support to the UNCCD National Focal Points, equipping them with the technical tools to collect data and submit national reports through the Performance Review and Assessment of Implementation System (PRAIS) reporting tool.

Influence a shift in the Carnival Fashion Design Sector to promote the use of locally sourced, sustainable materials and pollution-free approaches

The objective of the Enabling Activity (EA) grant is to support countries in 1. Assessing the extent to which their current legal, policy and institutional framework allows for promptly becoming parties to the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) and enables their implementation of the Agreement. 2. Carrying out preparatory work in the context of their ratification, approval, acceptance or accession process towards becoming parties to the BBNJ Agreement. 3. Supporting their readiness to implement the BBNJ Agreement.

The project aims to support Sao Tome and Principe to prepare and submit its First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR1), which will comply with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Paris Agreement reporting requirements while responding to its national development goals

To reduce the negative environmental and social impacts caused by intensive mercury use in Paraguay's artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector.

Accelerate the uptake of grid-integrated low-emission resilient community energy in Argentina for implementing the NDC and achieving long-term carbon neutral and resilient development

To assist the Government of the Philippines in the development of its National Action Plan for the Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector, raise awareness on the Minamata Convention, and to build al national capacity for the early implementation of the National Action Plan and the Minamata Convention.

To reduce the vulnerability of Comorian coastal communities to climate change by restoring, protecting and sustainably managing terrestrial and marine ecosystems in an economically viable, sustainable and integrated way that provides protective, regulating and productive ecosystems.

The project aims to promote low carbon, low-emission and integrated electric transportation systems in Azerbaijan, to reduce GHG emissions and improve air quality.

Supporting the development of e-mobility in Senegal to reduce GHG emissions and energy consumption, improve air quality and increase the efficiency of transport sector, with attention to long-term environmental sustainability

To protect biodiversity and reduce land degradation in Wallacea hotspot through landscape-based conservation action, sustainable land management, and livelihood benefits linked to conservation outcomes.

To catalyze, through regional and global level action, the improvement of conservation and effective governance of critical landscapes in the Congo Basin Forest Biome

The project aims to improve biodiversity conservation and sustainable management of ecosystems and restoration of degraded drylands in Dedoplistskaro Biosphere Reserve (BR), located in the south-eastern part of Georgia, in Kakheti Region.

The Global Project will optimize the delivery of a cohesive program across 15 countries and address global barriers to reduce plastic pollution in the food and beverage sector.

Natural capital values and protection of coastal and marine ecosystems integrated in development planning and improved landscape management as part of the national blue economic growth policy in Viet Nam

The objective of the project is to provide participating countries targeted financial and technical support to prepare new or updated TNAs, including Technology Action Plans (TAPs), for prioritized technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, support adaptation and/or enhanced resilience to climate change impacts, and are consistent with Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and national sustainable development objectives

This CBIT project objective is to strengthen the national transparency system in Belize to meet the requirements of the ETF under the Paris Agreement.

Strengthen the National Framework for Climate Transparency of Panama

To improve local capacities for the implementation of access to genetic resources (GRs) and traditional knowledge (TK) regimes in accordance with the Nagoya Protocol

Accelerate Minamata Convention compliance through better understanding of mercury trade trends in Latin America and promotion of regional cooperation towards an improved control of major mercury flows

To enhance transboundary cooperation and SAP implementation through sustainable fisheries co-management, biodiversity conservation and restoration of degraded landscapes in selected key biodiversity of Lake Tanganyika.

To improve the artisanal and small scale gold mining (ASGM) sector in Zimbabwe through increased formalization, access to finance and markets, introduction to mercury free technologies and management of knowledge

To reduce the use of mercury in the ASGM sector in Zambia through a holistic, multisectoral integrated formalization approach and increased access to finance leading to the adoption of sustainable mercury-free technologies and access to traceable gold supply chains.

The project aims to support Trinidad and Tobago to prepare and submit its First Biennial Transparency Report and a combined Second Biennial Transparency Report and Fourth National Communication (BTR1 and BTR2/NC4) which comply with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement reporting requirements, while responding to its national development goals.