Press Release

Gland, Switzerland, 22 November 2012 (IUCN) – Flagship species conservation initiative Save Our Species (SOS) is expanding its work with $2.5 million funding for 25 new projects.

Council supports CEO Naoko Ishii’s initiative to develop GEF 2020 strategy

WASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 16, 2012 – The Global Environment Facility Council strongly supported CEO Naoko Ishii’s initiative to conduct a “GEF 2020” strategic exercise. It will help position the organization to catalyze international efforts for transformational change in responding to growing global environmental threats.

CEO Naoko Ishii announces effort at biodiversity conference high-level negotiations; strategy will emphasize GEF's role as innovator, partner of choice

HYDERABAD, India, October 17, 2012 – The Global Environment Facility is launching an effort to develop a "GEF 2020 Strategy," setting long-term goals for the environment and positioning the financing institution as an innovator and partner of choice in supporting the achievement of global environmental targets, GEF CEO Naoko Ishii said today.

Bangkok, 24 September 2012 - A study of almost 200 major international water-related projects over the past 20 years has identified a suite of existing and emerging challenges and how science can offer remedies.

Strong financial support from Global Environment Facility helped make Protocol one of world’s most successful environmental pacts – delivering significant reductions in dangerous chemicals

WASHINGTON, September 16, 2012 – The 25th anniversary of a landmark international agreement to protect the earth’s ozone layer demonstrates the global benefits that can flow from concerted effort and cooperation to address environmental threats, the head of the Global Environment Facility said today.

Jeju, Republic of Korea, September 10, 2012 -

Dr. Naoko Ishii, the new CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility, announced today at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Korea her vision for a revitalized and ambitious GEF.

August 27^th, 2012, Washington D.C- On July 19-20, 2012, the GEF together with its implementing partners celebrated the recently-completed GEF/China Project on Demonstration of Alternatives to Chlordane and Mirex in Termite Control Sector in Nanjing, China.