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Focal Areas

Leveraging environmental expertise for lasting change
UNEP // Lisa Murray

UNEP works across all Global Environment Facility focal areas, with project portfolios in:
Biodiversity, Chemicals & Waste, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change Mitigation, Cross-cutting Capacity Development, International Waters and Land Degradation.

Each focal area is supported by our programmes in complementary areas and backed by our team of over 1,000 in-house experts, who work with a worldwide network of partners to build the public momentum and institutional foundations for change, while developing, testing and sharing innovative, data-driven solutions to environmental challenges.

As a science-based organisation with over 50 years’ experience leading the global environmental agenda, UNEP combines cutting-edge environmental research capacity with deep expertise in policy development, institutional strengthening and advocacy, and the unique convening power of the United Nations to design and deliver high-impact projects that enable lasting change.

Our portfolio of over 400 GEF-supported projects includes a range of GEF Global Flagship initiatives, such as:

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The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral fund dedicated to confronting biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, and strains on land and ocean health. Over the past three decades, the GEF has provided more than $22 billion in financing and mobilized another $120 billion for more than 5,000 national and regional projects.

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