SECURE Himalaya project, supported by the GEF, helped make the snow leopard count possible by building community-based monitoring capacity.

At the 8th GEF Assembly, five Central Asian countries officially launched implementation of the Central Asia Water and Land Nexus Programme.

While pressures on public budgets are growing and geopolitical tensions rising, environmental finance is not optional. – GEF CEO

While pressures on public budgets are growing and geopolitical tensions rising, environmental finance is not optional. – GEF CEO

Monika Stankiewicz, of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, warns mercury pollution linked to artisanal gold mining has global impacts.

Veteran environmentalist finds herself in Samarkand at the GEF Assembly advocating for funding to restore ecosystems damaged by war.

On day 2 of the GEF’s 71st Council Meeting, a clear message emerged: global environmental governance cannot afford fragmentation.

GEF said its eighth replenishment cycle (GEF-8) was about to exceed environmental targets for across the spectrum of conventions.

As GEF 8 Assembly opened, donor nations urged broader funding commitments, while developing countries called for accessible paths to finance.

On Brazil’s northeastern coast, the Indigenous community, Tremembé da Barra do Mundaú, lives on a preserved stretch of land.

On Brazil’s northeastern coast, the Indigenous community, Tremembé da Barra do Mundaú, lives on a preserved stretch of land.

The latest shock to global food systems, triggered by conflict in the Middle East and disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz, has once again exposed a fragile truth: the world’s food systems remain h...

As governments prepare for the Eighth Assembly of the GEF in Uzbekistan later this month – the stakes are unusually high.

In 2021, Gadeja Shehu and about a hundred farmers in Garbadu village, Zamfara State in northwestern Nigeria, were invited by officials of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall to plant trees ac...

Scientists say one of the biggest hidden threats to ocean health comes from biofouling that can transport invasive species across oceans.

For the first time, every Pacific Island country now has a clear, data-driven picture of what climate change will mean for its waters

Pesticides have been a quiet pillar of Malawi’s agriculture, but beneath this success story lies threats to human health and the environment.

Attention is increasingly turning to how international environmental finance can deliver faster, deeper change on the ground.

UNEP, with funding from the GEF, helped reframe land once considered “idle" into a functioning natural economy, with beekeeping enterprises.

With just four years left to meet a series of global environmental targets, governments are committing to the GEF, with a $3.9 billion pledge.

Every winter thousands of sea turtles come ashore at Cox’s Bazar, in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh, to lay eggs.

Every winter thousands of sea turtles come ashore at Cox’s Bazar, in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh, to lay eggs.

A volatile mix of factors is testing the fragile consensus around the proposed Net-Zero Framework for the shipping industry.

The spirit of Joburg was on show on Sunday as art, games and outdoor activities took over the CBD’s Main Street, which was closed to cars for the day.…

With just four years left to meet a series of global environmental targets, governments are committing to the GEF, with a $3.9 billion pledge.

Mercury gold processing risks in Kenya went unrecognised. Now planetGOLD, backed by GEF, aims to reduce mercury use in artisanal gold mining.

Mercury gold processing risks in Kenya went unrecognised. Now planetGOLD, backed by GEF, aims to reduce mercury use in artisanal gold mining.

Mercury gold processing risks in Kenya went unrecognised. Now planetGOLD, backed by GEF, aims to reduce mercury use in artisanal gold mining.

Tanzania, Mozambique and Malawi have launched a GEF-supported project aimed at protecting the fragile ecosystems of the Ravuma Basin.

Business can remain profitable while protecting the environment but invest in nature-positive operations, says a landmark report by IPBES.

Business can remain profitable while protecting the environment but invest in nature-positive operations, says a landmark report by IPBES.

Our food, fuel, and fortunes come from nature, but as these resources are turned into profits, the balance between exploiting and replenishing the planet is ever more precarious. Global businesses imp...

King Charles says science is the solution to protecting nature and halting global biodiversity loss, which is threatening humanity’s survival.

On the Pacific Islands, communities have interpreted environmental change through traditional knowledge, lived experiences, and practice.

“Today we talk about how communities can protect mangroves against floods,” says Evalilian Massawe of TBC FM.

HIV activists were stunned by a proposal from UN Secretary-General to shut down the UN’s main agency to fight HIV/AIDS next year.