In Focus

Three Major Environmental Conferences in 2024

Over a span of the next six weeks in 2024, three major international environmental conferences will
take place: COP16 on Biodiversity (CBD), COP29 on Climate Change (CCC), and COP16 on Desertification
(CCD).

These conferences will serve as crucial platforms for addressing some of the most pressing
environmental challenges of our time, including climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, desertification, and drought.

These issues are deeply interconnected, highlighting the need for
comprehensive solutions to safeguard our planet.

Announcements

GEF SGP Project Launches Wooden Pellet Production Facility to Promote Alternative Fuel in Ukraine

IMG 3164  копияIn April 2015, a wooden pellet production facility was built and put into operation in village Bereztsi in Zhytomyr region of Ukraine with the support of the UNDP-GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP). The SGP project aims to achieve a significant impact on reducing the consumption of non-renewable natural resources in the region.

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