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GEF Council approves $700M+ for vast environmental needs

  • Global Environment Facility member countries approved $736.4 million in funding, including new support for the Great Green Wall, a landmark initiative focused on increasing climate resilience and improving land health across Africa’s Sahel region.
  • The diverse package of financing includes the new Global Biodiversity Framework Fund’s first three approved projects, less than a year after the fund’s launch, and the most support ever provided by the Least Developed Countries Fund for climate change adaptation. 
  • Other highlights include the new Sus

Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial (GEF) reelige a Carlos Manuel Rodríguez como su director ejecutivo

Carlos Manuel Rodríguez fue elegido para un segundo mandato como director ejecutivo y presidente del Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial o GEF, por sus siglas en inglés. Rodríguez fue seleccionado para un segundo cuatrienio - hasta el 2028 - por treinta y dos miembros del Consejo del GEF en representación de los 186 países.

Enabling Activities to Support the ratification and early implementation of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (EA-BBNJ)

CEO ApprovalCEO Endorsement/Approval Review Sheet Document
The objective of this Enabling Activity (EA) grant is to support countries in: (a) 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; (b) carrying out preparatory work in the context of their ratification, approval, acceptance or accession process towards becoming parties to