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  1. Leveraging Innovation for Transformational Change

    Leveraging Innovation for Transformational Change Innovation is critical to achieving Global Environment Facility (GEF) objectives. It has been a consistent theme since the …

  2. Innovation and the GEF

    Innovation and the GEF This paper reviews the GEF's experience with innovation in technology, finance, business models, policy, …

  3. Risk Appetite and the GEF

    Risk Appetite and the GEF In GEF-8, the GEF is seeking … energy, and urban systems. Systems change requires greater innovation to explore new ways of delivering global … benefits at scale to achieve more impact. Such innovation often entails greater uncertainty, with a higher …

  4. STAP Chair's presentation to the 62nd GEF Council Meeting, 22 June 2022- IISD Coverage

    STAP Chair's presentation to the 62nd GEF Council Meeting, 22 June 2022- IISD Coverage … water. She called attention to the “transformation/risk/innovation trio,” saying transformational change will require innovation, which can entail risks. Among other …

  5. Looking forward to the 7th GEF Assembly in 2023

    Looking forward to the 7th GEF Assembly in 2023 The STAP … 2) integrated programming and focal areas to support innovation and systems transformation; 3) internal … Develop a more systematic approach to innovation. Establish a GEF-wide strategy …

  6. STAP Chair's presentation to the 63rd GEF Council Meeting, 30 November - IISD Coverage

    STAP Chair's presentation to the 63rd GEF Council Meeting, 30 November - IISD Coverage During the 63rd GEF Council Meeting, Rosina Bierbaum, Chair, Scientific and … create an explicit and more systematic strategy for innovation; establish a …

  7. Note on Development of Risk Appetite Framework at the GEF

    Note on Development of Risk Appetite Framework at the GEF This short note, intended to … advisory document entitled Risk Appetite and the GEF , provides a summary of key messages that emerged … of effective risk management, and strengthen incentives for innovation. An effective development …

  8. GEF Live interview of Rosina Bierbaum, STAP Chair, at the 57th GEF Council Meeting

    GEF Live interview of Rosina Bierbaum, STAP Chair, at the 57th GEF Council Meeting The GEF Live interview of Rosina Bierbaum, STAP Chair, recently …

  9. The GEF and the Blue Economy

    The GEF and the Blue Economy … under the blue economy banner are consistent with the GEF’s mandate and targeted to contribute to system … of a) governance and policies; b) financial leverage; c) innovation and learning; and d) multi-stakeholder dialogue. …

  10. Revised Methodology for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Benefits of GEF Energy Efficiency Projects (Version 1.0)

    … Methodology for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Benefits of GEF Energy Efficiency Projects (Version 1.0) … 4 and 8 Gt (IEA, 2011). The World Bank estimated that the GEF energy efficiency projects implemented by the World … close to 300 million tCO2e in indirect emission reductions. GEF requires every climate change project to provide an …