For the first time, the UN Land and Drought COP will include an Action Agenda, with voluntary commitments and actions and thematic days. Global Environment Facility (GEF) will be here!

As a financial mechanism for the UN Land and Drought, Global Environment Facility (GEF) supports countries’ efforts to reduce #landdegradation, #desertification, and mitigate the effects of #drought. #COP16Riyadh #UNCCDCOP16 #UNited4Land

Inspirational opening speech & reality check from Carlos Manuel Rodriguez , CEO of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) , UN Land and Drought , COP16

Meeting the youth at COP16 Riyadh , Global Environment Facility (GEF) sponsored some of them to attend, learn, support. #Refreshing, #youthpower #youth

I was invited by La Francophonie to discuss about financing. These last two years: 201 projects for 1.6 billion USD on SLM, Global Environment Facility (GEF) at work!

, Global Environment Facility (GEF) CEO and LD staff, IUCN UNCCD Civil Society officer, Sarah Althen, Drynet : Can we imagine the work behind to get there. Carlos Manuel Rodriguez told us to stay United. So right! iucn.org/news/202412/iu…

Et voilà!

Over the last two GEF 4-year cycles, Global Environment Facility (GEF) has invested an average of $110 million only on #nature, #forests, and #adaptation in the #Congo Basin (six countries).

Food for thought: More than half of Global Environment Facility (GEF) investments on #nature, #forests, and #adaptation in the #Congo Basin come from #Integrated #Programmes. Especially the Congo Basin Integrated Programme, of course.

With Haman Unusa, Global Environment Facility (GEF) focal point and David Payan, UN Land and Drought focal point for #Cameroon, at the Central Africa Extended Constituency Workshop at Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Talks about country ownership, #drought, #forests, #programming, objective: 100% of resources programmed!

Happy to see this Global Environment Facility (GEF) Critical Forest Biome Integrated Program moving forward in Papua New Guinea and its rainforests from the Gulf and Western Provinces, with Food and Agriculture Organization : empowering people, protecting forests, promoting global climate goals. postcourier.com.pg/png-strengthen…

What better than a ride to a National Park before the 2025 Annual Conference dedicated to the Congo basin and Guinean Forests Integrated Programs? Global Environment Facility (GEF)

#Integration means several things, including a “whole society approach” at the Global Environment Facility (GEF). For countries, it also means a “whole government approach” as a participant said this morning. Another way to name #policy #coherence.

When Congo Basin Landscapes Program meet Guinean Forests Integrated Program, Global Environment Facility (GEF) = South-South exchange, Knowledge Management, and Learning

Launch of the Critical #Forest Biomes Integrated #Program in the Southeastern Asia and Pacific region, Chiang Mai, Thailand, June 24-26, 2025, Global Environment Facility (GEF): it reflects the global #nature of the IP, after #Congo, #Guineanforests, and at the same time than #Mesoamerica.

Day 2 of the Indo-Malay CFB IP: field trip near the “Roof of Thailand” (2,565m): the Doi Inthanon National Park is one of the landscapes targeted by the IP in the Thailand project. Global Environment Facility (GEF) Food and Agriculture Organization

#Women from the Ban Mae Klang Luang village in the limits of the Park. #livelihoods, #income

Elders in the village of Ban Mae Klang Luang explaining their history and their fight and changes to stay on their lands in the limits of the park, stopping illegal crops, and maintaining their way of life, connected to the forest. Global Environment Facility (GEF)

SouthEast Asia & Pacific #Forests Integrated #Program (IP): this name reflects the discussions from the Regional Workshop of the last two days. The Steering Committee (fortunately!) agreed! Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Field visit, extended constituency workshop with Global Environment Facility (GEF) West Africa constituencies, integrated landscape management project with International Fund for Agricultural Development