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In Memoriam: Gustavo Fonseca
The Global Environment Facility mourns the loss of renowned tropical scientist Gustavo Fonseca, its long-standing Director of Programs, who passed away on August 31, 2022.
Gustavo spent his career staring down the planet’s biggest environmental challenges with his optimism and pragmatism intact, an approach that won him friends and accolades the world over.
Minamata Convention on Mercury turns five: born from science and growing with it
Five years have passed since the Minamata Convention on Mercury entered into force on August 16, 2017. Although the convention itself is young, it builds on a long history of scientific efforts to understand and manage the risk of mercury, a toxic substance.
Banco National Park in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire helps biodiversity and people
Banco is the epicenter of ambitious efforts to protect a rich pocket of biodiversity. Across its 600 hectares of primary forests, park residents include nearly 100 rare or endangered species, seven of which are only known in Cote d’Ivoire. The park holds significant spiritual, recreational, scientific, and educational value. It also supplies around 40 percent of the city’s drinking water needs.
Yet Banco is also under pressure from a growing urban population, air pollution and underdeveloped infrastructure.
Advancing Urban Sustainability for a Green Recovery
Cities are central to economic growth and have a pivotal role to play in achieving global climate, nature, and sustainable development goals. Yet this potential remains largely untapped as cities continue to face unprecedented environmental and social challenges. The current COVID-19 pandemic has affected cities deeply, and continues to be a barrier to sustainable and equitable development. The pandemic has widened already vulnerable gaps, and impacted capacity of cities to adopt sustainable pathways for future growth.
The GEF provides new support for developing countries' climate reporting
In a boost to climate change governance, the Global Environment Facility will provide $32 million in pooled, streamlined funding to help developing countries prepare the transparency reports they are required to under the Paris Agreement.
The new funding will finance the production of up to 50 countries’ National Communications and Biennial Transparency Reports, which are due to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by December 2024.
'Our window to act is closing fast'
As UNDP’s Head of Climate Change Adaptation, Srilata Kammila works to support countries and communities’ efforts to build more resilient livelihoods, ecosystems, and economies in light of a changing climate. In an interview, she described what keeps her motivated and shares her hopes for the coming year as international negotiations gear up on ways to meet critical climate and nature goals.
Why is climate adaptation important to you?
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