Global Environment Facility
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) was established on the eve of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to help tackle our planet’s most pressing environmental problems.Through its Small Grants Programme, the GEF has provided support to more than 25,000 civil society and community initiatives in 133 countries. -Strategically focusing its investments to catalyze transformational change in key systems that are driving major environmental loss, in particular energy, cities and food; -Prioritizing integrated projects and programs that address more than one global environmental problem at a time, building on the GEF's unique position and mandate to act on a wide range of global environmental issues; and -Implementing new strategies and policies to enhance results, including stronger engagement with the private sector, indigenous peoples, and civil society, and an increased focus on gender equality.
Recent projects/startups the organization invested/funded in:
- Managing Watersheds for Enhanced Resilience of Communities to Climate Change in Nepal (MaWRiN)
- Environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes containing POPs and Mercury
- Promoting cleantech innovation for climate action in Senegal
- Restoration of biodiversity and ecosystem services at the landscape scale on productive agroforestry areas and their natural environment
Size of Funding The GEF has provided more than $21.1 billion in grants and mobilized an additional $114 billion in co-financing for more than 5,000 projects in 170 countries.
