More than $5 billion has been pledged by twenty-nine countries for the Global Environment Facility, providing a major boost to international efforts to protect biodiversity and curb threats from climate change, plastics, and toxic chemicals through collaboration action this decade.

Announced on April 8, the support totals $5.25 billion and increases the GEF’s funding by nearly 30 percent compared to its most recent four-year operating cycle.

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) welcomes the pledge of $5.25 billion announced for the eighth replenishment of the Global Environment Facility (GEF-8).