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Climate change mitigation is among the key environmental priorities addressed by the GEF. To date, the GEF has provided developing countries with US$6.2 billion through more than 1,900 projects aimed at addressing climate change mitigation. Over the past two decades, the climate finance…

Private sector engagement has become a critical dimension of the GEF’s work, recognizing that public sector efforts alone cannot achieve the scale of transformational change required to address global environmental challenges. Companies are motivated to engage with the GEF by regulatory…

The GEF Sustainable Cities Program helps developing countries tackle urban sustainability. Launched as a GEF-6 pilot, it has grown into a long-term initiative with $480 million in GEF funding and over $5.3 billion in co-financing; several pilot projects are complete.

The GEF Independent…

This evaluation assesses the effectiveness of the GEF partnership's efforts and preparedness to leverage technological innovations for environmental benefits. It examines key technological innovations supported across the GEF portfolio in GEF-6, GEF-7, and GEF-8, and identifies enablers and…

The GEF created the Small Grants Programme (SGP) in 1992 with the explicit aim of developing community-led and -owned strategies and technologies for reducing threats to the global environment while addressing livelihood challenges. Principally implemented by the United Nations Development…

The Country Engagement Strategy Evaluation assesses the CES’s evolution from the previous Country Support Program (CSP), its implementation progress, and early outcomes. The CES was introduced in GEF-8 to enhance the capacity of recipient countries to make informed and impactful decisions…

The OPS8 evaluation provides a comprehensive assessment of the GEF’s interventions across various environmental domains. It examines the effectiveness,…

The GEF and the GEF IEO commonly analyze program and project success factors, providing good practice examples and insights for future operations. However, evidence from programs and projects that are less successful is often overlooked. This is a missed opportunity: such a perspective can help…

This is the first strategic country cluster evaluation(SCCE) in the Lower Mekong River Basin (LMRB) conducted by the IEO to understand the impact of the GEF’s support in addressing the challenges related to land degradation, hydrological connectivity, climate impacts, and biodiversity losses…

This evaluation examines how GEF-funded projects generate socioeconomic co-benefits alongside environmental outcomes. It finds that co-benefits—ranging from improved livelihoods and skills to strengthened local institutions—are increasingly recognized as integral to project performance.…