Financial Mechanism and Resources

GEF-financed projects related to financial resources

GEF-8 projects

  • 2022 Algeria, Armenia, Bahrain, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Comoros, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jordan, Lao PDR, Maldives, Morocco, Palau, Panama, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Serbia, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Suriname, Timor Leste, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe: Umbrella Programme to Support Development of Biodiversity Finance Plans, UNDP, Project Financing: $ 18,690,000 ID 11054
  • 2023 GEF-8 Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program Phase 3 (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela) (GEFID: 11198) Agency: WWF-US, CI, World Bank, FAO, UNDP. GEF Project Financing: $88,644,185. Co-financing: $557,827,180:
  • 2023 GEF-8 Blue and Green Island Integrated Programme (NbS to the food, tourism, and urban sectors) (Belize, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Cuba, Maldives, Mauritius, Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Seychelles, St. Lucia, Timor Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Vanuatu)(GEFID: 11250). Agency: FAO, WWF-US, IUCN, UNDP, World Bank, UNEP. GEF Project Financing: $121,183,945; Co-financing: $733,790,102:
  • 2023 GEF-8 Congo Critical Forest Biome Integrated Program (Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo DR, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe) (GEFID: 11241) Agency: IFAD, CI, IUCN, UNEP. GEF Project Financing: $56,259,439. Co-financing: $428,640,177:
  • 2023 GEF-8 Eliminating hazardous chemicals from supply chains (fashion and construction supply chains) (Cambodia, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ecuador, India, India, Mongolia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Pakistan, Peru, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago) (GEFID: 11169). Agency: FAO, UNEP, UNDP, UNIDO. GEF Project Financing: $45,674,998. Co-financing: $295,245,000:
  • 2023 GEF-8 Guinean Forests Integrated Program (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone). (GEFID: 11142)Agency: FAO, CI, IUCN. GEF Project Financing: $20,077,828. Co-financing: $59,664,406:
  • 2023 GEF-8 Indo-Malaya Critical Forest Biome Integrated Program (Lao PDR, Papua New Guinea, Thailand) (GEFID: 11102). Agency: FAO, IUCN, UNDP. GEF Project Financing: $38,216,208. Co-financing: $185,597,817:
  • 2023 GEF-8 Mesoamerica Critical Forest Biome Integrated Program (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama) (GEFID: 11273). Agency: FAO, IUCN; GEF Project Financing: $58,147,493; Co-financing: $438,166,265:
  • 2023 GEF-8 Net-Zero Nature-Positive Accelerator Integrated Programme (Chile, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Indonesia, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Viet Nam) (GEFID: 11085). Agency: UNIDO, ADB, UNDP, UNEP, CAF, FAO. GEF Project Financing: $98,678,187. Co-financing: $695,182,970:

Ecosystem services and payment
  • 2006 Environmental Services Project Mexico The World Bank $15,000,000
  • 2007 Institutionalizing Payments for Ecosystem Services Global United Nations Development Programme $5,317,477
  • 2009 Promoting Payments for Environmental Services (PES) and Related Sustainable Financing Schemes in the Danube Basin Bulgaria, Romania, Regional United Nations Environment Programme $964,676
  • 2010 Project for Ecosystem Services (ProEcoServ) Chile, Lesotho, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Viet Nam, Global United Nations Environment Programme $6,296,637
  • 2010 Integrating Trade-offs between Supply of Ecosystem Services and Land Use Options into Poverty Alleviation Efforts and Development Planning Mexico United Nations Environment Programme $5,900,000
  • 2013 Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services (CCRES) Indonesia, Philippines, Regional The World Bank $4,500,000
  • 2014 Environmental Services Project Albania The World Bank $2,884,848
  • 2015 India Ecosystems Service Improvement Project India The World Bank $20,500,000
  • 2016 Integrated Management of Wetland Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IMWBES) India United Nations Environment Programme $4,196,575
  • 2016 Strengthening Hydro-Meteorological and Climate Services Congo DR The World Bank $5,329,452
  • 2017 Sustainable Management of Ecosystem Services Regional, Costa Rica Inter-American Development Bank $3,485,330
  • 2017 Participative Integrated Ecosystem Services Management Plans for Bakassi Post Conflict Ecosystems (PINESMAP-BPCE) Cameroon United Nations Environment Programme $2,652,968
  • 2018 Enhancing Integrated Natural Resource Management to Arrest and Reverse Current Trends in Biodiversity Loss and Land Degradation for Increased Ecosystem Services in the Tana Delta, Kenya Kenya United Nations Environment Programme $3,345,413
  • 2022 Innovating Eco-Compensation Mechanisms in Yangtze River Basin (YRB) China Asian Development Bank $8,073,396
  • GEF - 7 Implementation of the Fangauta Lagoon Stewardship Plan and Replication of Lessons Learned to Priority Areas in Vavau (Tonga R2R Phase 2) Tonga United Nations Development Programme $3,864,685

Funds and financial mechanisms
  • 1991 Brazilian Biodiversity Fund Brazil The World Bank $20,000,000
  • 2000 Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund (CEPF) Global The World Bank $25,000,000
  • 2002 EcoEnterprises Fund Belize, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Regional The World Bank, International Finance Corporation $1,000,000
  • 2007 Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund (CEPF), Phase 2 Global The World Bank $20,000,000
  • 2008 The GEF Earth Fund: IFC Earth Fund Platform Global The World Bank, International Finance Corporation $30,000,000
  • 2010 The GEF Earth Fund: Greening the Cocoa Industry - Market Transformation Global United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Environment Programme $5,000,000
  • 2017 Capacity Building for Sustainable Financing Mechanisms / Sustainable Land Management in Dry Land Forest Ecosystems and Cattle Ranching Areas Cuba United Nations Development Programme $1,425,000
  • 2019 Land Degradation Neutrality Fund Technical Assistance Facility Global World Wildlife Fund - US Chapter $2,000,000
  • 2021 Investment Readiness for the Landscape Resilience Fund Global World Wildlife Fund - US Chapter $1,142,661
  • 2022 Agtech for inclusion and sustainability: SP Ventures'Regional Fund (Agventures II) Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Regional Inter-American Development Bank $5,000,000
  • GEF - 7 The Selva Fund Regional Conservation International $10,000,000

Natural capital, accounting and disclosure
  • 1993 Program for Measuring Incremental Costs for the Environment (PRINCE) Global GEF Secretariat $2,600,000
  • 2016 The Climate Finance Aggregation for Developing Countries Global United Nations Development Programme $1,950,000
  • 2021 Establishing the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) Global World Wildlife Fund - US Chapter $1,698,829
  • 2022 Development of an integrated system to promote the natural capital in the drylands of Mauritania Mauritania International Union for Conservation of Nature $3,913,626
  • GEF - 7 Integration of Natural Capital Accounting Into Lesotho's Policy And Decision Making For Sustainable Development Lesotho United Nations Environment Programme $1,228,539
  • GEF - 7 Transforming policy and investment through mainstreaming rapid approaches for natural capital assessment and accounting Global Inter-American Development Bank $1,980,000

Markets
  • 2000 Ecomarkets Costa Rica The World Bank $8,000,000
  • 2003 World Bank Development Market Place - Funding Innovative Development Ideas to Benefit the Global Environment Global The World Bank $1,000,000
  • 2005 Development Marketplace Global The World Bank $1,000,000
  • 2006 Mainstreaming Market-based Instruments for Environmental Management Project Costa Rica The World Bank $10,000,000
  • 2006 GEF- Development Marketplace Partnership Global The World Bank $5,000,000
  • 2007 Zambezi Valley Market Led Smallholder Development Mozambique The World Bank $6,200,000
  • 2011 Expanding FSC Certification at Landscape-level through Incorporating Additional Eco-system Services. Chile, Indonesia, Nepal, Viet Nam, Global United Nations Environment Programme $2,880,000
  • 2014 PPP-EBRD South Eastern Mediterranean EE/ ESCO Markets Platform (PROGRAM) Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Regional European Bank for Reconstruction and Development $15,000,000
  • 2015 Land Degradation Offset and Mitigation in Western Mongolia Mongolia United Nations Development Programme $1,289,863
  • GEF - 5 Save the Source: Catalyzing Market Transformation of Breweries from a Major Natural Resource Consuming Industry to a Pro-active Steward for Resource Efficient Cleaner Production Russian Federation United Nations Industrial Development Organization $6,300,000

Fiscal and financial system
  • 2011 Strengthening Environmental Fiscal Reform for National and Global Environment Management Moldova United Nations Development Programme $510,450
  • 2014 Improvement of the Decision-making Process through Introduction of Mechanisms of Economic Assessment of Fulfilling National Obligations under Global Environmental Agreements Kazakhstan United Nations Development Programme $500,000
  • 2016 The Global Environmental Commons. Solutions for a Crowded Planet Global International Union for Conservation of Nature $2,000,000
  • 2017 Unlocking Biodiversity Benefits through Development Finance in Critical Catchments South Africa Development Bank of Southern Africa $7,201,835
  • 2018 Aligning the Financial System and Infrastructure Investments with Sustainable Development - a Transformational Approach Global United Nations Environment Programme $2,000,000
  • 2021 Blended finance facility for climate resilience in coffee and cacao value chains: CC-Blend El Salvador, Regional United Nations Environment Programme $1,091,552
  • 2021 Partnerships for Coral Reef Finance and Insurance in Asia and the Pacific Fiji, Indonesia, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Regional Asian Development Bank $1,278,539
  • 2021 Child Project Title: Strengthening Marrakech's sustainable development through innovative planning and financing Morocco United Nations Development Programme $9,416,167
  • 2022 The Systems Change Lab (SCL): Accelerating Transformational Change Needed to Safeguard the Global Commons for All Global Conservation International $2,000,000
  • 2022 Partnerships and Innovative Financing to Mainstream Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Management in the Wet and Intermediate Climatic Zones Sri Lanka United Nations Development Programme $4,005,251
  • 2023 Policy Coherence for Global Environmental Benefits Global United Nations Environment Programme $2,000,000
  • 2023 Building the next generation LDN investment pipeline through national Technical Assistance Hubs Global Conservation International $2,000,000
  • GEF - 7 Cerrado standing with income generation: the baru production chain as an ally of biodiversity and traditional peoples Brazil Brazilian Biodiversity Fund $1,833,065
  • GEF - 8 Umbrella Programme to Support Development of Biodiversity Finance Plans Algeria, Armenia, Bahrain, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Comoros, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jordan, Lao PDR, Maldives, Morocco, Palau, Panama, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Serbia, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Suriname, Timor Leste, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Global United Nations Development Programme $18,690,000