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High stakes at high altitudes: glaciers and the case for integrated climate and water action
Being from Denmark - a small, cold, and wet Nordic country that is barely above sea-level - I was sensitized early to the connections between climate conditions and water, from the power of coastal storms to the importance of flood controls. What I have learned since, as an international waters specialist, is just how interlinked water pressures and climate change are, and why we need to work together to respond to both.
GEF Council approves first work program of new funding cycle and measures to improve efficiency, accountability and transparency
The 55th Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council meeting wrapped up today following the approval of its first work program under its new, four-year investment cycle, known as GEF-7, and a series of decisions that will firm up its implementation policies and procedures.
Turkmenistan: International Environmental Cooperation
By Batyr Ballyyev, GEF Operational Focal Point of Turkmenistan
Preserving the country’s abundant natural resources and using them carefully and rationally are among the key elements of Turkmenistan’s public policy. Comprehensive, far‑reaching, and long-term national conservation programs currently under way in the country are aimed at ensuring harmonious interaction with the environment and the creation of a green economy.