Addressing the climate crisis and learning from a pulse oximeter
Chizuru Aoki leads the Global Environment Facility’s engagement with international conventions and oversees its climate change work, including through the Least Developed Countries Fund and Special Climate Change Fund. In an interview, she reflected on her career as an environmental engineer, researcher, manager, and negotiator, and shared candid insights from her family’s experience with COVID-19.
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Global Environment Facility holds first meeting for its 8th replenishment
Member governments and partners of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) met today – Earth Day – to formally start discussions about its eighth replenishment cycle, signaling ambitious plans and priorities at a critical time for the health of people and planet.