More than 820 million people in the world are affected by food insecurity and malnutrition. An additional 2 billion people globally suffer from “hidden hunger” - a lack of essential nutrients such as iron, vitamin A, and zinc.
Meeting virtually, the Global Environment Facility’s governing body approved a set of decisions to better position the partnership to help countries work towards biodiversity, pollution, and climate targets.
GEF Council members, who represent constituent groups of the multilateral fund’s 186 member countries, endorsed two new initiatives: a strategy for knowledge management and learning, and an approach to enhance policy coherence through operations.
