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25 Years of the GEF
Back at the turn of the millennium what were supposed to be wetlands in Belarus caught fire. Between 1999 and 2002, big conflagrations swept across peatlands which had been drained over the previous decades – over 1.5 million hectares nationwide were dried out for agriculture, forestry or peat mining between 1960 and 1980 – turning them into powder kegs.
25 years of the GEF: Reflections by Naoko Ishii, GEF CEO
By Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility
Big birthdays are occasions for celebration, and reflection – and reaching 25 years is a particularly important milestone. For a person, it marks the onset of full maturity, a moment at which soberly to confirm the course to an effective and satisfying adult life, while still retaining much of youth's enthusiasm and willingness to innovate. And it can be much the same for organizations.
GEF: How it all began
By Geoffrey Lean
Environmental destruction is as old as civilization itself. Egyptian mummies have lungs blackened by the polluted air they breathed. Rome began building aqueducts for drinking water after dumping its sewage in the Tiber. Forests were felled to make ancient Greek ships and ink - from tree bark – for the bureaucrats of China's Tang dynasty. And Gilgamesh, the world's first known written story, warned against land degradation in Mesopotamia.
25 years of the GEF in Colombia: a fertile ground for building peace
Why is it that in a country like Colombia, the first project developed and implemented with GEF funding at the beginning of the 1990s had to do with the Conservation of Biodiversity in the Biogeographical Region of Choco, yet today, 25 years later we are preparing a project entitled Biodiversity and Sustainable Development in the Pacific Region in the context of Peacebuilding?
France and Germany on 25 years of GEF
By Gerd Müller, Federal Minister of Economis Cooperation and Development, Germany,
and Michel Sapin, Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry, France
CAF and the GEF
Editor's note: This story is part of the publication produced for the 25th Anniversary of the Global Environment Facility. The publication is a compilation of contributions from across the GEF partnership; it includes stories and guest articles that have being submitted by countries, partner organizations and dignitaries from around the world.
The GEF and Danfoos Heating
By Lars Tveen, President, Danfoos Heating
The GEF grant really accelerated the work of the SE4All District Energy Initiative. Without the grant we couldn’t go further faster together.
Mabe: an alliance for sustainability and technological innovation
The Global Environment Facility plays a key role in building a strategy covering a wide range of topics and challenges in an ever-changing field. Through its funding and experts, the GEF has created an invaluable data base of knowledge and sustainable growth throughout the world.
Mabe is honoured to work with the GEF to promote and accelerate the use of energy efficient technologies that will both benefit the environment and dramatically improve people's quality of life, while having a positive impact on governments in developing economies.
25 Years of the GEF
Big birthdays are occasions for celebration, and reflection — and reaching 25 years is a particularly important milestone. For a person, it marks the onset of full maturity, a moment at which soberly to confirm the course to an effective and satisfying adult life, while still retaining much of youth’s enthusiasm and willingness to innovate. And it can be much the same for organizations.