🌱 🌊 Happy #MangroveDay! Mangroves are essential for coastal protection, flood control, carbon storage, and biodiversity. They also have tremendous economic value. According to some estimates, the goods and services mangroves provide – from fishing to lumber – contribute from $33,000-$57,000 per hectare annually to the economies of the countries in which they are found. Celebrate this year's #MangroveDay by revisiting highlights from GEF CEO Carlos Manuel Rodriguez's inspiring visit to a mangrove #restoration project in Bingerville, Cote d’Ivoire 🇨🇮 . With support from the GEF Small Grants Programme, this community-led project is bringing back wildlife and exploring eco-tourism opportunities. 🔗 Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/gpx_xXsj
Global Environment Facility
Environmental Services
Washington, DC 109,737 followers
Tackling our planet’s most pressing environmental problems.
About us
The Global Environment Facility (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. The GEF was established on eve of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, to help tackle our planet’s most pressing environmental problems. Since then, the GEF has provided over $114 billion in grants and mobilized in excess of $70 billion in additional financing for more than 4,000 projects. The GEF has become an international partnership of 184 countries, international institutions, civil society organizations, and private sector to address global environmental issues.
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http://www.thegef.org
External link for Global Environment Facility
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- Environmental Services
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- 51-200 employees
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- Washington, DC
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1992
- Specialties
- Biodiversity, Climate Change, Persistent Organic Pollutants, Land Degradation, Sustainable Land Management, International Waters, Adaptation, Energy Efficiency, and Protected Areas
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1818 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20433, US
Employees at Global Environment Facility
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🌏 Discover how Bhutan is tackling #ClimateChange with resilience🇧🇹 #Bhutan is an environmental and development success story. But as the nation graduates from Least Developed Country status, climate change impacts are threatening to derail years of progress. 📹 Watch the video below to learn how the GEF is supporting Bhutan's journey towards a climate-safe future through the Least Developed Countries Fund (#LDCF). UNDP | UNDP Bhutan
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📣 Happening this week at #WFW9: Dive deep into technological solutions and capacity development driving national forest systems at this joint FAO and Global Environment Facility event. Hear from Brazil🇧🇷, Indonesia🇮🇩, and the Democratic Republic of Congo🇨🇩 as they share their experiences with innovative forest data transparency platforms. ⬇ 🗓️ Friday 26 July 2024 ⏰ 8:00–09:15am CEST 🔗http://wrld.bg/QFvu50SIhMU #COFO27
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🦋 #Biodiversity is a key indicator of the health of an ecosystem. GEF Council Member Karin Seydlitz highlights how #biodiversity is essential for our survival and why it is important to #Sweden. Regeringskansliet, Utrikesdepartementet
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🌿 Our latest newsletter features inspiring stories from the road to a nature-positive future: pesticide-free plantains in #Panama, marine sanctuaries to save an iconic blue swimming crab in #Thailand, and solar solutions for women farmers in #Zimbabwe. ⚡ Subscribe now to stay up to date with the people and projects powering a sustainable future.
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📣🌱 Only through real collaboration can we secure a #NaturePositive economy for all by 2030. Ahead of UN Biodiversity's #COP16Colombia, Business for Nature coalition has published a business statement outlining five high-level policy recommendations for governments to accelerate the implementation of the #BiodiversityPlan to drive corporate #Nature action. The statement, endorsed by 130 businesses and financial institutions with combined revenues of $1.1 trillion, calls on governments to adopt policies to: 🌎 Make sure business and finance protect nature and restore degraded ecosystems 🌎 Ensure sustainable resource use and management to reduce negative environmental impacts 🌎 Value and embed nature in decision-making and disclosure 🌎 Align all financial flows to transition to a nature-positive, net zero and equitable economy 🌎 Adopt or strengthen ambitious global agreements to address key nature loss challenges It’s time for businesses to take more actions and for governments to create an enabling regulatory framework and put nature at the heart of decision making. 🔗 Find out more: https://bit.ly/COP16pr
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We are three months from the UN Biodiversity #COP16 in Colombia, where financing for nature will be front and center. It was a great pleasure to welcome Astrid Schomaker and team at the Global Environment Facility today to discuss the opportunities for all sectors and industries from progress towards the #30x30 nature goals and the #BiodiversityPlan.
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Looking to make an impact in achieving global environmental and sustainable development goals? 🌍 The GEF is seeking a highly motivated Nature Finance intern for our Data and Analytics team. ✨ If you're a proactive, analytical, and organized individual with a strong academic background and a keen interest in nature financing, this opportunity is for you. You'll play a crucial role in supporting global environmental goals by analyzing financial flows, identifying funding gaps, and contributing to strategic data analytics. 📚 Requirements: - Undergraduate degree and enrolled/planning to enroll in a graduate program in a related field - Strong research, data analysis, and communication skills - Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English - Knowledge of international environmental agreements and environmental finance-related datasets and databases is a plus - Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; familiarity with statistical software is a bonus ⏰ Apply by July 31, 2024 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ent6zcrg
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🚀 #NowOpen: Internship opportunity with the GEF's Data and Analytics team. Under the supervision of the CEO’s Advisor, you'll work on strategic data analytics to support the GEF-9 replenishment, conduct quantitative data mining, and maximize the impact of GEF programming. 📚 Requirements: - Undergraduate degree and enrolled/planning to enroll in a relevant graduate program - Strong research & data analysis skills - Knowledge and experience of international (UN and World Bank) datasets and databases on environmental indicators, economic development, vulnerability, and environmental policy indicators - Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office products, particularly Excel - Proficiency in programming, statistical and econometric software, such R, Python, PowerBI, and STATA ⏰ Apply by July 31, 2024 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ent6zcrg
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🔍 The GEF Secretariat is on the lookout for a highly motivated intern to join our Knowledge Management and Learning team. 📚 Requirements: - Undergraduate degree & enrollment in a graduate program (Information and Communication Technology, Knowledge Management, and/or Computer Science) - Strong research, analytical, and data management skills - Excellent communication skills in English ⏰ Apply by 11:59 pm EST, July 31, 2024. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ent6zcrg
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