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China and GEF: 25 years of collaboration for sustainable development
By Shi Yaobin, Vice Minister of Ministry of Finance, People's Republic of China
In 1991, the world came together, with hopes and expectations, to establish the Global Environment Facility to address global environment issues. In 2016, the GEF’s 25th Anniversary gives the world an opportune moment to both celebrate past achievements as well as identify opportunities and challenges ahead.
The Netherlands - 25 Years of GEF
By Christiaan Rebergen, Director-General for International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
Rising Phoenix: the GEF's contribution to sustainable development in Kiribati
By Tukabu Teroroko, Director, Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA)
UNDP on 25 Years of GEF: a record of high-impact environmental results
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.
By Helen Clark, former Administrator, United Nations Development Programme
Canada and the GEF
By Caroline Leclerc, GEF Council Member, Canada
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the GEF, an important milestone in sustainable development, which follows on the significant achievements of 2015, specifically the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Climate Agreement. The GEF’s anniversary is an opportunity to reflect on the GEF’s critical role in tackling the planet’s most pressing environmental issues, and progress to date advancing sustainable development. Our collective success is due, in part, to the GEF’s success.
EBRD 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.
By Josué Tanaka, Managing Director, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change, EBRD
STAP and the GEF: Leveraging knowledge and science for the global environment
Over the past two decades, the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) has supported the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in delivering its mission “…to assist in the protection of the global environment”, and promote “environmentally sound and sustainable economic development.” STAP’s goal is to support the GEF in delivering on this mission by leveraging knowledge and science on the global environment and sustainability.
BRS and the GEF: working together to rid the world of persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) was adopted on 22 May 2001 and entered into force on 17 May 2004. By 1 June 2016 180 parties had committed to take measures to eliminate or reduce the release of POPs into the environment.
The Stockholm Convention is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from chemicals that remain intact in the environment for long periods, become widely distributed geographically, accumulate in the fatty tissue of humans and wildlife, and have harmful impacts on human health or on the environment.
IUCN and the Global Environment Facility - celebrating a 25-year partnership
By Inger Andersen, Director General, IUCN
As part of the institutional architecture created to fulfil the vision of the 1992 Earth Summit, outlined in Agenda 21, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has made an enormous contribution to environmental protection and nature conservation.
Contributions of the GEF to the sustainable development of Benin and outlook for the future
Results of the cooperation between Benin and the GEF
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has made significant contributions to Benin’s development since 1992, particularly through the promotion of a sound and sustainable environment, improvement of the quality of life of the population, strengthening of resilience to climate change and of productive capacities in the agriculture, energy, and water sectors, slowing of the loss of biological diversity, protection of natural and forest resources, and the fight against land degradation and coastal erosion.
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