Innovation and Inclusion at the heart of new Leadership at the GEF
Washington, DC, August 1, 2012 – Dr. Naoko Ishii today assumed office as CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the world's largest public funder of environmental projects. The GEF's Council in June unanimously selected Dr. Ishii, Deputy Vice Minister of Finance of the Government of Japan, to succeed Monique Barbut, who completed her second term as CEO in July.
Kenyan hip hop artist/environmentalist Juliani to kick-off project
Washington, June 28, 2012 - So, what does climate change mean to you?
This is the question Connect4Climate (C4C) and MTV will be asking young people from around the world at the launch of "Voices4Climate", a new global photo, video, and music video competition focused on amplifying the voices of youth on the issue of climate change.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 22nd, 2012 – On the final day of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), Monique Barbut, CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility, hailed the promise of achieving synergies among the Rio conventions under a streamlined joint reporting process that has been successfully tested.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22 June 2012 – A number of organizations working to implement global agreements on biological diversity, combating desertification and climate change announced a pilot partnership designed to promote projects and programs that work across these environmental fields, finding synergies and delivering more effective results.
GEF commits to sound management of world's largest public fund for environment; swift action to implement Rio directives; increased recipient country access to funds and involvement of women, indigenous peoples
CITES/UNTV film screened today as part of the GoodPlanet Film Festival
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 14th, 2012 – Monique Barbut, CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility, today said joint effort by international institutions, and the public and private sectors is essential to protecting tuna fisheries in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ).
Barbut formally opened a Rio+20 Earth Summit side event, High Stakes on the High Seas: Sustainable Management of Global Tuna Fisheries, drawing attention to the critical decline in tuna fisheries and related threats to marine biodiversity.
Global Environment Facility (GEF): While the world has not transferred to a global green economic order, GEF projects attest that this greening shift does occur at the local and regional levels and can grow to affect global economies.
Monique Barbut urges greater involvement of legislatures around the world in global environmental policy
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, June 17th,2012 – Monique Barbut, CEO and chairperson of the Global Environment Facility, accepted an award today at the first World Summit of Legislators and, in remarks to the gathering, urged greater involvement by legislative bodies around the world in the formation of global environmental policy.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 16th, 2012-- Global Environment Facility CEO and Chairperson Monique Barbut joined other high-level dignitaries today to mark the official launch of the Green Industry Platform, an initiative to mobilize action for the "Green Industry Agenda," which aims to promote green manufacturing and create green industries.
