Global Environment Facility (GEF)
@thegef.bsky.social
The GEF is a family of funds working to address the planet’s most pressing environmental problems.
With the GEF financing & @ebrd.bsky.social action, 25,000 households in Khorog, #Tajikistan, now have reliable water access, plus better waste management in this remote, mountainous region.
🎥 Watch how: ebrd.com/home/work-wi...
#WaterSecurity #InfrastructureDevelopment #SustainableDevelopment
🎥 Watch how: ebrd.com/home/work-wi...
#WaterSecurity #InfrastructureDevelopment #SustainableDevelopment
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
With the GEF financing & @ebrd.bsky.social action, 25,000 households in Khorog, #Tajikistan, now have reliable water access, plus better waste management in this remote, mountainous region.
🎥 Watch how: ebrd.com/home/work-wi...
#WaterSecurity #InfrastructureDevelopment #SustainableDevelopment
🎥 Watch how: ebrd.com/home/work-wi...
#WaterSecurity #InfrastructureDevelopment #SustainableDevelopment
At #COP30’s Primary Forests at Risk event, the GEF CEO Carlos Manuel Rodriguez opened with a powerful reminder: “Our grandchildren will look back in disbelief that we once logged primary forests – just as we now look back at other historic injustices.”
#GEFatCOP30 #PrimaryForests #ActNow
#GEFatCOP30 #PrimaryForests #ActNow
November 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
At #COP30’s Primary Forests at Risk event, the GEF CEO Carlos Manuel Rodriguez opened with a powerful reminder: “Our grandchildren will look back in disbelief that we once logged primary forests – just as we now look back at other historic injustices.”
#GEFatCOP30 #PrimaryForests #ActNow
#GEFatCOP30 #PrimaryForests #ActNow
Breaking from #COP30: GEF CEO Carlos Manuel Rodríguez and Uzbekistan’s Ecology Minister Aziz Abdukhakimov announced that the Eighth GEF Assembly will be held in the city of #Samarkand, #Uzbekistan, from May 30 to June 6, 2026: thegef.org/newsroom/pre...
#GEFAssembly2026 #GEFatCOP30 #2030Agenda
#GEFAssembly2026 #GEFatCOP30 #2030Agenda
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Breaking from #COP30: GEF CEO Carlos Manuel Rodríguez and Uzbekistan’s Ecology Minister Aziz Abdukhakimov announced that the Eighth GEF Assembly will be held in the city of #Samarkand, #Uzbekistan, from May 30 to June 6, 2026: thegef.org/newsroom/pre...
#GEFAssembly2026 #GEFatCOP30 #2030Agenda
#GEFAssembly2026 #GEFatCOP30 #2030Agenda
SAVE THE DATE! At #COP30, the The GEF will hold a signing ceremony to formally initiate preparations for the #GEFAssembly2026 to be hosted in #Samarkand.
🗓️ 10-10.30am, Monday, November 17, 2025
📍 #ClimateFunds Pavilion, #Belém
#GEFAssembly #2030Agenda #GEFatCOP30
🗓️ 10-10.30am, Monday, November 17, 2025
📍 #ClimateFunds Pavilion, #Belém
#GEFAssembly #2030Agenda #GEFatCOP30
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
SAVE THE DATE! At #COP30, the The GEF will hold a signing ceremony to formally initiate preparations for the #GEFAssembly2026 to be hosted in #Samarkand.
🗓️ 10-10.30am, Monday, November 17, 2025
📍 #ClimateFunds Pavilion, #Belém
#GEFAssembly #2030Agenda #GEFatCOP30
🗓️ 10-10.30am, Monday, November 17, 2025
📍 #ClimateFunds Pavilion, #Belém
#GEFAssembly #2030Agenda #GEFatCOP30
⚡️#COP30 is in full swing in #Belém today!
Join the GEF at the #TheClimateFundsPavilion with @adaptationfund.bsky.social, Climate Investment Fund, & @greenclimate.fund in Blue Zone C83.
🔗Check out our full list of engagements: thegef.org/events/gef-u...
#GEFatCOP30 #Finance4Climate #ClimateAction
Join the GEF at the #TheClimateFundsPavilion with @adaptationfund.bsky.social, Climate Investment Fund, & @greenclimate.fund in Blue Zone C83.
🔗Check out our full list of engagements: thegef.org/events/gef-u...
#GEFatCOP30 #Finance4Climate #ClimateAction
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
⚡️#COP30 is in full swing in #Belém today!
Join the GEF at the #TheClimateFundsPavilion with @adaptationfund.bsky.social, Climate Investment Fund, & @greenclimate.fund in Blue Zone C83.
🔗Check out our full list of engagements: thegef.org/events/gef-u...
#GEFatCOP30 #Finance4Climate #ClimateAction
Join the GEF at the #TheClimateFundsPavilion with @adaptationfund.bsky.social, Climate Investment Fund, & @greenclimate.fund in Blue Zone C83.
🔗Check out our full list of engagements: thegef.org/events/gef-u...
#GEFatCOP30 #Finance4Climate #ClimateAction
The Amazon houses 10% of all known species but is under threat. See how ARPA, funded by the GEF, and implemented by the World Bank and FUNBIO, has helped protect 60M hectares of rainforest. thegef.org/what-we-do/t...
#Rainforest #Biodiversity #Conservation
#Rainforest #Biodiversity #Conservation
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The Amazon houses 10% of all known species but is under threat. See how ARPA, funded by the GEF, and implemented by the World Bank and FUNBIO, has helped protect 60M hectares of rainforest. thegef.org/what-we-do/t...
#Rainforest #Biodiversity #Conservation
#Rainforest #Biodiversity #Conservation
Cleaner chemistry, healthier planet.🌿
Through GEF and UNIDO’s Global Greenchem Program, entrepreneurs in #Ukraine, #Serbia, #Indonesia, #Jordan, #Peru & #Uganda are creating greener businesses and safer products. www.thegef.org/newsroom/fea...
#GreenChemistry #CircularEconomy #Microplastics
Through GEF and UNIDO’s Global Greenchem Program, entrepreneurs in #Ukraine, #Serbia, #Indonesia, #Jordan, #Peru & #Uganda are creating greener businesses and safer products. www.thegef.org/newsroom/fea...
#GreenChemistry #CircularEconomy #Microplastics
November 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Cleaner chemistry, healthier planet.🌿
Through GEF and UNIDO’s Global Greenchem Program, entrepreneurs in #Ukraine, #Serbia, #Indonesia, #Jordan, #Peru & #Uganda are creating greener businesses and safer products. www.thegef.org/newsroom/fea...
#GreenChemistry #CircularEconomy #Microplastics
Through GEF and UNIDO’s Global Greenchem Program, entrepreneurs in #Ukraine, #Serbia, #Indonesia, #Jordan, #Peru & #Uganda are creating greener businesses and safer products. www.thegef.org/newsroom/fea...
#GreenChemistry #CircularEconomy #Microplastics
In rural #Gambia 🇬🇲 women once walked hours each day for water. Now, with support from the GEF and @afdbgroup.bsky.social, solar-powered systems deliver clean water to 110,000 people across 144 villages — transforming lives and strengthening climate resilience.💧🌍 www.afdb.org/en/success-s...
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
In rural #Gambia 🇬🇲 women once walked hours each day for water. Now, with support from the GEF and @afdbgroup.bsky.social, solar-powered systems deliver clean water to 110,000 people across 144 villages — transforming lives and strengthening climate resilience.💧🌍 www.afdb.org/en/success-s...
The last mercury-cell chlor-alkali plant in Mexico is going mercury-free. With the GEF, @unep.org, and government of Mexico support, the facility is adopting cleaner ion-exchange tech, protecting workers, & ecosystems. thegef.org/newsroom/fea... #MinamataCOP6
@minamataconvention.bsky.social
@minamataconvention.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The last mercury-cell chlor-alkali plant in Mexico is going mercury-free. With the GEF, @unep.org, and government of Mexico support, the facility is adopting cleaner ion-exchange tech, protecting workers, & ecosystems. thegef.org/newsroom/fea... #MinamataCOP6
@minamataconvention.bsky.social
@minamataconvention.bsky.social
Five countries – #Albania, #BurkinaFaso, #India, #Montenegro & #Uganda – are going mercury-free in healthcare. With the GEF & @unep.org support, they’re replacing mercury thermometers & sphygmomanometers with safer alternatives for people & planet. Learn more: thegef.org/newsroom/fea...
@who.int
@who.int
November 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Five countries – #Albania, #BurkinaFaso, #India, #Montenegro & #Uganda – are going mercury-free in healthcare. With the GEF & @unep.org support, they’re replacing mercury thermometers & sphygmomanometers with safer alternatives for people & planet. Learn more: thegef.org/newsroom/fea...
@who.int
@who.int
The Global Chemicals Monitoring Programme, funded by the GEF and led by @unep.org, fills gaps in POPs monitoring, boosts tracking capacity, and helps countries track levels of POPs and mercury over time. thegef.org/newsroom/fea...
@minamataconvention.bsky.social
#MinamataCOP6 #PollutionPrevention
@minamataconvention.bsky.social
#MinamataCOP6 #PollutionPrevention
October 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The Global Chemicals Monitoring Programme, funded by the GEF and led by @unep.org, fills gaps in POPs monitoring, boosts tracking capacity, and helps countries track levels of POPs and mercury over time. thegef.org/newsroom/fea...
@minamataconvention.bsky.social
#MinamataCOP6 #PollutionPrevention
@minamataconvention.bsky.social
#MinamataCOP6 #PollutionPrevention
🌳Global deforestation is slowing. The new @fao.org
#FRA2025 report shows forests now cover 4.14B ha, or 30% of Earth’s land. More than under management plans and 20% protected. Progress is real, but 10.9M ha are still lost yearly. fao.org/newsroom/det...
#ForestRestoration #SustainableForestry
#FRA2025 report shows forests now cover 4.14B ha, or 30% of Earth’s land. More than under management plans and 20% protected. Progress is real, but 10.9M ha are still lost yearly. fao.org/newsroom/det...
#ForestRestoration #SustainableForestry
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🌳Global deforestation is slowing. The new @fao.org
#FRA2025 report shows forests now cover 4.14B ha, or 30% of Earth’s land. More than under management plans and 20% protected. Progress is real, but 10.9M ha are still lost yearly. fao.org/newsroom/det...
#ForestRestoration #SustainableForestry
#FRA2025 report shows forests now cover 4.14B ha, or 30% of Earth’s land. More than under management plans and 20% protected. Progress is real, but 10.9M ha are still lost yearly. fao.org/newsroom/det...
#ForestRestoration #SustainableForestry
The GEF funds action under the Stockholm Convention and Minamata Convention @minamataconvention.bsky.social, helping countries meet their commitments and create a cleaner, safer world for people and nature. thegef.org/newsroom/fea...
#MinamataCOP6 #MinamataConvention #MakeMercuryHistory #COP30
#MinamataCOP6 #MinamataConvention #MakeMercuryHistory #COP30
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The GEF funds action under the Stockholm Convention and Minamata Convention @minamataconvention.bsky.social, helping countries meet their commitments and create a cleaner, safer world for people and nature. thegef.org/newsroom/fea...
#MinamataCOP6 #MinamataConvention #MakeMercuryHistory #COP30
#MinamataCOP6 #MinamataConvention #MakeMercuryHistory #COP30
Join the GEF-funded and World Bank-led #AmazonSustainableLandscapes Program for a webinar to celebrate its 10 years of collaboration and impact across the #Amazon.
🗓️ October 30 | 10:30 AM ET
🔗Register: worldbankgroup.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓️ October 30 | 10:30 AM ET
🔗Register: worldbankgroup.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Join the GEF-funded and World Bank-led #AmazonSustainableLandscapes Program for a webinar to celebrate its 10 years of collaboration and impact across the #Amazon.
🗓️ October 30 | 10:30 AM ET
🔗Register: worldbankgroup.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓️ October 30 | 10:30 AM ET
🔗Register: worldbankgroup.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
In Nepal 🇳🇵, The GEF and @fao.org helped farmers test and switch to climate-resilient crops that stand up to changing rain and wind.🌾Higher yields, more income, less pressure to migrate.
Learn more🔗 fao.org/newsroom/sto...
#SustainableAgriculture #FoodSecurity #RuralDevelopment
Learn more🔗 fao.org/newsroom/sto...
#SustainableAgriculture #FoodSecurity #RuralDevelopment
October 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In Nepal 🇳🇵, The GEF and @fao.org helped farmers test and switch to climate-resilient crops that stand up to changing rain and wind.🌾Higher yields, more income, less pressure to migrate.
Learn more🔗 fao.org/newsroom/sto...
#SustainableAgriculture #FoodSecurity #RuralDevelopment
Learn more🔗 fao.org/newsroom/sto...
#SustainableAgriculture #FoodSecurity #RuralDevelopment
In 🇰🇪 #Kenya, the Upper Tana-Nairobi Water Fund has helped thousands of farmers harvest water, conserve soil, and introduce high value crops such as Haas avocados.
Read more about this GEF-funded and @ifad.org -implemented work: thegef.org/news/could-a...
#SustainableAgriculture #SustainableFarming
Read more about this GEF-funded and @ifad.org -implemented work: thegef.org/news/could-a...
#SustainableAgriculture #SustainableFarming
October 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In 🇰🇪 #Kenya, the Upper Tana-Nairobi Water Fund has helped thousands of farmers harvest water, conserve soil, and introduce high value crops such as Haas avocados.
Read more about this GEF-funded and @ifad.org -implemented work: thegef.org/news/could-a...
#SustainableAgriculture #SustainableFarming
Read more about this GEF-funded and @ifad.org -implemented work: thegef.org/news/could-a...
#SustainableAgriculture #SustainableFarming
The Sahara & Sahel are difficult regions to cultivate. The #GreatGreenWall is restoring 100M ha across Africa with native vegetation. Funded by the GEF. Implemented by: @unep.org, @afdbgroup.bsky.social, @fao.org, the World Bank: thegef.org/what-we-do/t... #ForNature #UNited4Land
#ForNature
#ForNature
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Sahara & Sahel are difficult regions to cultivate. The #GreatGreenWall is restoring 100M ha across Africa with native vegetation. Funded by the GEF. Implemented by: @unep.org, @afdbgroup.bsky.social, @fao.org, the World Bank: thegef.org/what-we-do/t... #ForNature #UNited4Land
#ForNature
#ForNature
October 23 is International Snow Leopard Day! Once monarchs of Central Asia’s high mountains, fewer than 4,000 exist in the wild. See how @undp.org and the GEF are helping protect
these majestic cats: undp-nature.exposure.co/what-water-m...
#SnowLeopardDay #WildlifeProtection
these majestic cats: undp-nature.exposure.co/what-water-m...
#SnowLeopardDay #WildlifeProtection
October 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
October 23 is International Snow Leopard Day! Once monarchs of Central Asia’s high mountains, fewer than 4,000 exist in the wild. See how @undp.org and the GEF are helping protect
these majestic cats: undp-nature.exposure.co/what-water-m...
#SnowLeopardDay #WildlifeProtection
these majestic cats: undp-nature.exposure.co/what-water-m...
#SnowLeopardDay #WildlifeProtection
♻️A life-cycle approach to plastics could save $70B in waste costs and $4.5T in social/environmental costs by 2040. The 3-day Plastic Reboot conference aims to align policy, innovation, & best practice across sectors. www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
#PlasticReboot #CircularEconomy #PlasticPollution
#PlasticReboot #CircularEconomy #PlasticPollution
October 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
♻️A life-cycle approach to plastics could save $70B in waste costs and $4.5T in social/environmental costs by 2040. The 3-day Plastic Reboot conference aims to align policy, innovation, & best practice across sectors. www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
#PlasticReboot #CircularEconomy #PlasticPollution
#PlasticReboot #CircularEconomy #PlasticPollution
Yesterday in #Panama 🇵🇦, the GEF, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment of Panama, began its Expanded Constituency Workshop for Latin American countries to share experiences, strengthen knowledge, build capacity, and inform the design of future GEF projects and programs.🌿🌎
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Yesterday in #Panama 🇵🇦, the GEF, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment of Panama, began its Expanded Constituency Workshop for Latin American countries to share experiences, strengthen knowledge, build capacity, and inform the design of future GEF projects and programs.🌿🌎
The GEF’s Food Systems Integrated Program, led by @fao.org and @ifad.org directs $282M in GEF financing & $2B in co-financing to help countries transform food systems. Learn how it supports shifts in value chains, finance, policy, and more: wrld.bg/fM7b50Xc5QQ #worldfoodday
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The GEF’s Food Systems Integrated Program, led by @fao.org and @ifad.org directs $282M in GEF financing & $2B in co-financing to help countries transform food systems. Learn how it supports shifts in value chains, finance, policy, and more: wrld.bg/fM7b50Xc5QQ #worldfoodday
🗣️Want to engage with #theGEF?
Join “Ask the GEF CEO” with Carlos Manuel Rodríguez at #IUCNCongress in Abu Dhabi on Oct 13. Bring your questions, leave with answers.
👉 iucncongress2025.org/programme/as...
📅 Oct.13
🕒 14:00 - 15:00
📍GEF Pavilion
#GEFatIUCNcongress
Join “Ask the GEF CEO” with Carlos Manuel Rodríguez at #IUCNCongress in Abu Dhabi on Oct 13. Bring your questions, leave with answers.
👉 iucncongress2025.org/programme/as...
📅 Oct.13
🕒 14:00 - 15:00
📍GEF Pavilion
#GEFatIUCNcongress
October 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🗣️Want to engage with #theGEF?
Join “Ask the GEF CEO” with Carlos Manuel Rodríguez at #IUCNCongress in Abu Dhabi on Oct 13. Bring your questions, leave with answers.
👉 iucncongress2025.org/programme/as...
📅 Oct.13
🕒 14:00 - 15:00
📍GEF Pavilion
#GEFatIUCNcongress
Join “Ask the GEF CEO” with Carlos Manuel Rodríguez at #IUCNCongress in Abu Dhabi on Oct 13. Bring your questions, leave with answers.
👉 iucncongress2025.org/programme/as...
📅 Oct.13
🕒 14:00 - 15:00
📍GEF Pavilion
#GEFatIUCNcongress
A cleaner, healthier future is on the way for 33 island countries! 🌴🌊The $515 million GEF ISLANDS program supports efforts to curb hazardous substance imports, dispose of toxic waste, and build circular production systems. gefislands.org
@undp.org
@unep.org
@fao.org
@undp.org
@unep.org
@fao.org
October 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A cleaner, healthier future is on the way for 33 island countries! 🌴🌊The $515 million GEF ISLANDS program supports efforts to curb hazardous substance imports, dispose of toxic waste, and build circular production systems. gefislands.org
@undp.org
@unep.org
@fao.org
@undp.org
@unep.org
@fao.org
To strengthen institutional capacity across North Africa and ensure the GEF-supported projects deliver maximum benefits, are locally led, and sustainable, a two-day workshop took place last week in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Read to learn more:
www.awf.org/pressroom/gl... #GEFOFPs
Read to learn more:
www.awf.org/pressroom/gl... #GEFOFPs
September 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
To strengthen institutional capacity across North Africa and ensure the GEF-supported projects deliver maximum benefits, are locally led, and sustainable, a two-day workshop took place last week in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Read to learn more:
www.awf.org/pressroom/gl... #GEFOFPs
Read to learn more:
www.awf.org/pressroom/gl... #GEFOFPs