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Climate solutions can contribute to tackling poverty
For developing countries throughout the world, efforts to tackle climate change can create opportunities to improve the well-being of people living in extreme poverty. A report just launched by Drawdown Lift, a program of Project Drawdown, provides a synthesis of such win-win opportunities.
Resilient Food Systems 2021 Annual Report
The Resilient Food Systems (RFS) program is one of three Integrated Approach Pilot programs financed by the GEF during the sixth replenishment cycle (GEF-6).
In 2021, the RFS program made significant progress toward enhancing the long-term resilience and sustainability of smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa. The 2021 Programme Highlights showcases the achievements and innovations of the RFS regional partners, country project teams and beneficiary communities across 12 targeted countries.
New GEF-funded project to protect forests, boost agriculture, and support livelihoods in Liberia
The Global Environment Facility Council has approved a $74.3 million project to boost conservation and restoration of globally important forests in northwest Liberia that face heightened deforestation threats. The project will also improve livelihoods of local communities facing high poverty rates.
New program to transform global food systems across key commodities in 27 countries
At an event at COP26 in Glasgow, a new $345 million, seven-year program, The Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration Impact Program (FOLUR), will launch projects in 27 countries, targeting the production and value chains of eight key commodities: beef, cocoa, coffee, maize, palm oil, rice, soy, and wheat. FOLUR aims to transform global food and land use systems through a Global Platform and 27 country projects that restore degraded landscapes and intensify sustainable land management practices.
Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration Impact Program
Under the seventh GEF replenishment, GEF-7, Impact Programs (IPs) on Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration (FOLUR); Sustainable Forest Management (SFM); and Sustainable Cities are being developed to address the drivers of environmental degradation, and to support transformational change in these key systems.
GEF supports innovative Food Securities Fund for sustainable agriculture
The Global Environment Facility has approved a $15 million commitment, provided through its partner Conservation International, to the Food Securities Fund – an innovative new source of funding that is supporting increased transparency and accountability in agricultural value chains.
The Food Securities Fund, launched in March 2021, provides working capital loans to sustainable agriculture companies in emerging markets.
GEF-6 Food Securities IAP Program: Emerging Lessons from the Resilient Food Systems Program
The Integrated Approach Pilot (IAP) program on Fostering Resilience and Sustainability for Food Security in sub-Saharan Africa, rebranded by partners as Resilient Food Systems, (RFS), is tackling drivers of environmental degradation in smallholder agricultural systems, specifically in the drylands.