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 20th Anniversary

This year the Global Environment Facility is commemorating a very special milestone: 2011 marks the 20th year of an innovative, catalytic network that invests locally for global impact.

Today we are 182 countries strong: working with international institutions, civil society, and the private sector —providing grants to developing countries and countries with economies in transition for projects related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer, and persistent organic pollutants.

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