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Governments, businesses, and communities around the world worked throughout 2021 to keep advancing global environmental priorities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are highlights from the collaborative action by the Global Environment Facility and its partners on biodiversity, chemicals, cities, climate change, food systems, ocean health, waste, wildlife trafficking, and more: