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Elements of change
The Global Environment Facility was created to protect the global commons, and funds projects to address climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, sustainable forestry, international waters, and chemicals in more than 170 countries. Since 1991, it has provided $17.6 billion in grants and mobilized an additional $88.6 billion in financing for more than 4,453 projects.
GEF-funded program on resilient food security targets smallholder farmers in 12 African countries
Africa’s population is expected to double from 1.26 billion today to over two and half billion by 2050, little more than 30 years from now. At the same time, land degradation, loss of biodiversity and the effects of climate change pose increasing challenges to the continent’s agriculture sector, particularly smallholder farmers. If left unchecked, these challenges will threaten the food security of millions of people, particularly in the drylands.
Only green growth can bring prosperity
by Nicholas Stern and Naoko Ishii
Our global commons – the land, seas and atmosphere we share, and the ecosystems they host – are under severe threat from human activities.
We are at risk of irreversibly damaging the natural assets of the planet that allow human communities to thrive and prosper.
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