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Camarines Norte, the Philippines: Mercury combines with gold to create an amalgam, which is then heated to evaporate the mercury, leaving only gold. Photo: Veejay Villafranca/ UN Environment

February 17, 2019 | Press Release

$180-million investment to tackle the hidden cost of gold
The agenda to transform Freetown has created an opportunity for the country to tackle the many challenges of urbanization. National Dialogue in Sierra Leone explored the possibility of the country’s participation in the Sustainable Cities Impact Program in GEF-7. Photo: Mohamed Bakarr/GEF.

February 14, 2019 | News

Financing environmental priorities: how recipient countries are taking centerstage in delivering GEF-7 strategy

The government of Lao PDR is committed to a climate resilient and sustainable development, and important progress has been achieved in the areas of floods protection and water management, resilient agriculture, and forest conservation. Photo: Suchada Rujayakornkun/Shutterstock.

February 13, 2019 | News

GCF and GEF join forces with Lao PDR to advance climate action
Jamaican iguanas were considered the country’s first farmers. Photo: Dominic Davis/UNDP Jamaica.

February 13, 2019 | Feature Story

Jamaica's "Jurassic Park" moment
Installing the new automatic weather station in Preah Sihanouk, under the UNDP-supported project ‘Strengthening Climate Information and Early Warning Systems in Cambodia’ 2018. © MOWRAM Cambodia.

February 4, 2019 | News

New partnership on drought mitigation supports Cambodia's climate change preparedness efforts

February 1, 2019 | Feature Story

Independent recovery efforts blossom into resilient climate action in Mexico

January 31, 2019 | News

Scorecard measures nutrient pollution in Kenya’s Lake Naivasha

January 24, 2019 | Feature Story

The marrow of nature: Protecting the Yangshan Wetland

January 24, 2019 | News

Driving change toward a world without waste

January 23, 2019 | News

India will host UNCCD COP14
Polesie toy company has become the first Belarusian business to join the EBRD’s Finance and Technology Transfer Centre for Climate Change (FINTECC) programme, supported by the GEF. Finance available through FINTECC has helped Polesie install energy efficient technology that is new to the Belarusian manufacturing sector. Photo: EBRD

January 15, 2019 | News

EBRD and GEF make “greener” toys in Belarus
Forest conservation and sustainable timber production is one of the new blueprints released by CPIC. Photo: Peter Gueth/Shutterstock.

January 10, 2019 | News

CPIC releases new blueprints to boost investment in nature conservation
Belize’s howler monkeys live safely in a sanctuary, thanks to UNDP’s Small Grants Programme. Photo: Wildtracks

January 9, 2019 | Feature Story

Small grants, big results: Celebrating 25 years of partnerships that foster biodiversity in Belize

January 8, 2019 | News

US$ 20 million financing to private Lebanese electricity provider BUTEC: EBRD loan and GEF facility to support investment programme

December 21, 2018 |

GEF in 2018: Year in Review