The Republic of Seychelles has launched the world’s first sovereign blue bond—a pioneering financial instrument designed to support sustainable marine and fisheries projects.
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MEDIA ADVISORY
Heads of state, UN and Business Leaders to attend Sixth GEF Assembly
June 27-28, 2018 | Da Nang, Viet Nam
Heads of state and government, ministers, heads of UN agencies, top business people and academics, and NGO leaders, will meet in Da Nang, Viet Nam from June 27-28, for the Global Environment Facility's (GEF) Assembly.
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Des pays s’engagent à verser 4,1 milliards de dollars au Fonds pour l’environnement mondial
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Los países prometen USD 4100 millones al Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial
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Countries pledge US$4.1 billion to the Global Environment Facility
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Today, the Government of Sweden announced it would provide additional funds of SEK 185 million each to the Adaptation Fund (AF) and the GEF Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF). Also, Belgium has decided to make available an additional grant of 7 million EUR to the LDCF, while t
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The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has announced its support for a first of its kind climate resilience investment fund today at the UN Climate Conference (COP23) in Bonn. The fund will boost adaptation efforts in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries. And, for the first time, private investors will have the opportunity to get their return by investing in a fund that exclusively focuses on resilience-related companies.
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A new Global Environment Facility (GEF) supported effort to protect the iconic snow leopard and its natural mountain environment was launched today at the start of the Global Wildlife Program (GWP) annual conference in New Delhi, India.
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President of Switzerland, President of Guyana and more than 80 ministers pledge support to combat the global threat of mercury
First environment and health treaty in a decade to give enhanced protection to millions of miners exposed to the toxic heavy metal mercury
Victims of Minamata disease tell the world 'there can never be another Minamata'
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A major initiative for the restoration of degraded areas in the Brazilian Amazon calls for the restoration during the next six years of almost 30,000 hectares, which corresponds to an estimated 73 million trees.
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