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Streamlined project cycle, direct access to funds, and new country support program part of ambitious agenda

Washington, D.C.  July 2, 2010 – The governing body of the world’s largest public environmental fund, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), this week approved major reforms aimed at improving access by and achieving results on the ground in developing countries looking to meet international environmental challenges related climate change, biodiversity and other global challenges.

Punta del Este, Uruguay, 1 June 2010

GEF and UNEP Meeting highlights major environmental initiatives from lowering the carbon footprint of the 2010 FIFA World Cup to supporting biodiversity in Brazil

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Donors pledge record $4.25 billion for environmental sustainability in developing countries

GEF-Supported Study Highlights Forest Protected Areas As a Critical Strategy For Slowing Climate Change

International business leaders to provide expertise and support toward market-based environmental innovation in developing countries
 

Washington, DC, April 8, 2009 – The GEF Earth Fund Board, a private sector advisory group to the GEF Council designed to help international financial institutions strengthen the engagement of business in delivering global environmental benefits to the world’s most vulnerable, met today for the first time.

The World Bank's Board of Directors today approved an Efficient Lighting Project for the City of Lome for the Republic of Togo. Supported by a Global Environment Facility (GEF) grant totaling US$1.82 million (approximately CFAF 900 million), this project will help

(i) disseminate at least 400,000 compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) to replace incandescent light bulbs currently in use;

(ii) organize outreach and awareness-building campaigns aimed at promoting an energy efficiency culture; and

Japan to host high profile event in Nagoya October 2010
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The Global Environment Facility, (GEF) the largest multilateral donor protecting global biodiversity and a pioneer in supporting innovative tools and mechanisms to ensure sustainable conservation, will join forces with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to spur binding action by decision-makers to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity, stop species loss, and maintain vital ecosystem goods and services.

12 NOVEMBER 2009 | Cambridge, Massachusetts   – The Global Environment Facility, the world’s largest public environment fund, was recognized with its partners for a path-breaking environmentally-sound transit project in Mexico City today.