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Riyadh, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Conference

Drought, intensified by climate change, has become a significant global challenge with profound environmental and socioeconomic consequences. It disrupts ecosystems, deteriorates soil health, accelerates biodiversity loss, and increases greenhouse gas emissions. It also endangers agricultural systems, worsens water scarcity, and threatens food security.

Vancouver, BC, Canada Conference

At the request of the Government of Canada, STAP hosted the Science Day at the Seventh GEF Assembly in Vancouver, BC, on Tuesday, 22 August 2023.

Vancouver, BC, Canada Conference

At the request of the Government of Canada, STAP hosted the Science Day at the Seventh GEF Assembly in Vancouver, BC, on Tuesday, 22 August 2023.

Brasilia, Brazil Working Group Meeting

Rosina Bierbaum, STAP Chair, reported to the 64th GEF Council Meeting on STAP's work over the past six months.  As you can see in the full Chair's Report, it had four main topics:

Virtual, Workshop

On May 4, 2023, the STAP and the GEF Secretariat delivered a virtual workshop on knowledge management and learning (KM&L) in the GEF-8 Integrated Program platforms.

Dakar, Senegal Workshop

Dr. Rosina Bierbaum, the chair of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) to the GEF, made a presentation on STAP’s guidance and advice on climate change adaptation.  

Workshop

As the GEF-8 Integrated Programs are established, with a universal ambition to be transformative, it is important to be clear on what transformation is and how to monitor it in ways that can assist with rapid learning and adaptive management.

Workshop

On May 5-6, 2021, STAP held a virtual workshop on Business and Mainstreaming Biodiversity to examine biodiversity mainstreaming from the business perspective, with a view at how the GEF could promote nature-positive development in concert with the private sector. Rosina Bierbaum, STAP Chair; John Donaldson, STAP Member for biodiversity; and Tom Lovejoy, STAP Senior Advisor, co-chaired this event, which included participants from the private sector, academia, civil society and the GEF partnership. 

Conference

27 April 2021: Science Supporting Transformations towards Global Sustainability

Working Group Meeting

On 7 April 2021, Rosina Bierbaum, STAP Chair, made a presentation to the GEF agencies on "STAP's Perspective on the Way Forward in Knowledge and Learning for the GEF Partnership".  The presentation is available for download under Documents.