61st Meeting of the Global Environment Facility Council
The 61st Meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council, is scheduled to take place from 6-10 December 2021. The Council is the GEF's main governing body, meeting twice a year to develop, adopt and evaluate the operational policies and programs of all GEF-financed activities.
The Global Environment Facility
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) was established 30 years ago on the eve of the Rio Earth Summit to tackle our planet’s most pressing environmental problems. Since then, it has provided more than $21.5 billion in grants and mobilized an additional $117 billion in co-financing for more than 5,000 projects and programs. The GEF is the largest multilateral trust fund focused on enabling developing countries to invest in nature, and supports the implementation of major international environmental conventions including on biodiversity, climate change, chemicals, and desertification. It brings together 184 member governments in addition to civil society, international organization, and private sector partners. Through its Small Grants Programme, the GEF has provided support to more than 25,000 civil society and community initiatives in 135 countries.
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