Events

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.

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.  

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.

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. 

27 April 2021: Science Supporting Transformations towards Global Sustainability

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.

On July 9, 2020, Rosina Bierbaum, Chair of STAP, chaired an event entitled, "Webinar: The Journey of the Global Environment Facility: Delivering Transformational Change".  The event took the form of a conversation between Naoko Ishii, outgoing GEF CEO and Chairperson, and her successor, incoming GEF CEO and Chairperson, Carlos Manuel Rodriguez.  Rosina is pictured here with both Naoko Ishii and Carlos Manual Rodriguez.

On July 21, 2020, Rosina Bierbaum made a presentation to the GEF’s taskforce on COVID-19. Dr. Bierbaum started off by summarizing the increased evidence suggesting the linkages between infectious disease outbreaks, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and the release of viruses stored in permafrost and ice shields.

STAP held a virtual workshop on 19 – 20 May 2020 to review the experience gained in implementing nature-based solutions (NbS), and to distill and discuss best practices and lessons learned to guide future investment by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).  The event was a joint effort between STAP, the 

At a virtual retreat on 1 April 2020, Rosina Bierbaum, the STAP Chair, made a presentation to the GEF agencies on how STAP and the GEF secretariat screen for climate risk in reviewing GEF projects. This exemplified what STAP and the GEF secretariat look for in response to the four questions on climate risk in STAP's screening guidelines (June 2018):