Letter from the CEO Monique Barbut

Dear Colleagues:
It was the summer when I last wrote, and the world is certainly a different place now. In the course of just a few months we have witnessed a global financial crisis that is placing new challenges on both the developing and developed worlds. It is at this decisive time that the 34th meeting of the GEF Council met in Washington the second week in November...

Results of the 34th GEF Council Meeting and Consultations

The 34th GEF Council Meeting and GEF NGO Network Consultations took place in Washington from the 10-14 November. Due to the importance of the issue the GEF decided to embrace new efforts to dramatically scale up technology transfer to developing countries, looking to mitigate and adapt to climate change challenges.

Countdown to Poznan: GEF Participation at the UNFCCC

The 14th Conference of the Parties (COP 14) to the United Nations framework Convention on Climate Change, along with the 4th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, will take place December 1-12, 2008, in Poznan, Poland.