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Working to make a generational difference
Alba Verónica Vicenta Yacabalquiej Salanic is a youth, gender equality, and community governance advocate from Xecam, a village in Guatemala’s western highlands. In an interview, she reflected on how her Mayan K'iche' identity has informed her approach to environmental issues and shared lessons from her work as an Indigenous Peoples Fellow with the UNDP-managed GEF Small Grants Programme.
What does being an Indigenous Peoples Fellow entail?
Addressing the mercury lifecycle for improved human health
Monika Stankiewicz is Executive Secretary of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, an international treaty aimed at preventing harmful exposure to mercury – a neurotoxic metal that is frequently emitted to the air and released to the water and land. In an interview, she explained how improved chemicals management can help global efforts to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, and shared what she finds meaningful about working in environmental diplomacy.
What do you do for a living?
Making climate action possible in vulnerable communities
Tshewang Dorji is an environmental engineer from Bhutan who works to help countries prepare for and cope with climate change with support from the GEF’s Least Developed Countries Fund and Special Climate Change Fund. In an interview, he shared why this work is meaningful to him.
What does your role as GEF Climate Change Specialist entail?
Working close to the ground, with an eye on the big picture
Anupam Anand is an Evaluation Officer at the GEF Independent Evaluation Office (IEO). He is also an avid photographer and an expert on satellite technology. In an interview, he reflected on the powerful ways that technology can advance our knowledge of environmental trends and help identify solutions in a fast-changing world.
What does your work at the GEF Independent Evaluation Office entail?
'You cannot see forests in isolation'
Ian Gray is a sustainable forestry expert who has worked in more than 40 countries at the intersection of environmental management and agriculture, mining, construction, manufacturing, and politics, including five years at the Global Environment Facility.
'My hope is to see international action match the critical need'
Richard Bontjer is Director of the Environment, Oceans and Biodiversity team with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and also represents Australia, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea on the Global Environment Facility’s governing body, the GEF Council. In an interview, he reflected on how Australia being an ocean nation and host of many of the world’s biodiversity hotspots has shaped its international environmental and development priorities.
Supporting accountability and learning with an open mind
Geeta Batra is the Chief Evaluator and Deputy Director of the GEF Independent Evaluation Office, which assesses the progress and impact of Global Environment Facility interventions. In an interview, she shared life lessons from her work evaluating innovative environmental initiatives and reflected on the importance of mentorship and keeping an open mind to new information and perspectives.
What is the IEO and how does its work to support international environmental action?
'There are many on-ramps to have an impact in environmental conservation'
Aileen Lee is the Chief Program Officer leading the Environmental Conservation Program at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, a private philanthropic funder which has invested more than $2 billion in the conservation of globally important intact natural ecosystems, in addition to support for scientific research, patient care improvements, and other areas.
'We need to do better, and certainly we can'
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema is Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, a 196-country treaty that aims to conserve the diversity of nature, ensure nature is used sustainably, and ensure that the benefits to people from the use of genetic diversity is shared fairly. In an interview, she shared what gives her hope as countries prepare to set new global biodiversity targets in 2021.
Why is biodiversity important?
Working in service of future generations
Global Environment Facility Program Assistant Glynis Barber works to enable developing countries – including her native Sierra Leone – prepare for and cope with climate change. In an interview, she shared what she enjoys most about supporting and advancing climate change adaptation projects financed by the GEF-managed Least Developed Countries Fund and Special Climate Change Fund.
What is your role at the Global Environment Facility?
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