The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council Members will consider a new work program of the GEF Trust Fund under GEF’s eighth replenishment cycle, how to streamline the GEF project cycle, and possible actions to support the new agreement on conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ).

The four major climate funds jointly announced their commitment to enhance access to and increase the collective impact of climate finance. At this event, high-level leaders discussed the drive to achieve coherence and complementarity in crucial climate finance processes.

Representatives of trade unions, workers, and youth called for solidarity between climate and labor movements to achieve a just transition and combat the climate crisis. This event stressed basic rights – labor, energy, food, and others – at stake in the push for climate and social justice.

Parties reviewed the main findings of an independent midterm assessment of the Strategic Framework (2018-2030), and reiterated the interlinkages between land degradation, climate change, and biodiversity, and the need for increased synergies with the Rio Conventions. A high-level event affirmed the growing recognition of the importance of sand and dust storms.