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When used improperly or disposed of unsafely, chemicals pose significant risks for both the environment and human health. The GEF supports policies targeting the eradication of hazardous chemicals from industrial use, products, and waste. It also helps mitigate harmful persistent organic pollutants and mercury emissions.  

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is essential to tackling climate change and unlocking environmental gains. This means implementing programs to limit emissions in the energy, construction and transport sectors. It also means supporting nature-based solutions that bolster carbon stocks inland and in coastal areas. 

Healthy marine and freshwater ecosystems are critical to sustaining life on earth. The GEF works to preserve both marine and freshwater ecosystems through promoting transboundary collaboration, governance, and strategic investments.  

Land creates goods and services that provide a foundation for sustainable livelihoods. Yet pressure on global land resources threatens ecosystems. The GEF supports land restoration, combats land degradation and desertification, and mitigates the effects of drought through sustainable land management efforts.  

Biodiversity is crucial to the future of all life on the planet and is also the foundation for the ecosystem goods and services that enable human societies to thrive. Improving the conservation, sustainable use, and restoration of natural ecosystems underpins the work of the GEF partnership to enhance biodiversity. 

When used improperly or disposed of unsafely, chemicals pose significant risks for both the environment and human health. The GEF supports policies targeting the eradication of hazardous chemicals from industrial use, products, and waste. It also helps mitigate harmful persistent organic pollutants and mercury emissions.  

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is essential to tackling climate change and unlocking environmental gains. This means implementing programs to limit emissions in the energy, construction and transport sectors. It also means supporting nature-based solutions that bolster carbon stocks inland and in coastal areas. 

Healthy marine and freshwater ecosystems are critical to sustaining life on earth. The GEF works to preserve both marine and freshwater ecosystems through promoting transboundary collaboration, governance, and strategic investments.  

Land creates goods and services that provide a foundation for sustainable livelihoods. Yet pressure on global land resources threatens ecosystems. The GEF supports land restoration, combats land degradation and desertification, and mitigates the effects of drought through sustainable land management efforts.  

Biodiversity is crucial to the future of all life on the planet and is also the foundation for the ecosystem goods and services that enable human societies to thrive. Improving the conservation, sustainable use, and restoration of natural ecosystems underpins the work of the GEF partnership to enhance biodiversity.