The seventh Global Environment Facility (GEF) Assembly

The seventh GEF Assembly is a crucial time to assess progress toward the 2030 goals of reducing pollution and environmental degradation, halting climate change, and fostering inclusive, locally driven conservation. The seventh GEF Assembly will be a crucial stocktaking session for the 2030 goals to stop pollution and nature loss, battle climate change, and advance inclusive, locally-led conservation, building on recent diplomatic achievements on biodiversity loss, hazardous chemicals, and the high seas. The Global Biodiversity Framework Fund, a new source of money for the global protection of endangered species and their ecosystems, is anticipated to be ratified by this Assembly after being approved by the GEF Council in June. The report on the seventh replenishment of the GEF Trust Fund will also be taken into consideration. Siddika Sultana, Executive Director, ESDO, is currently attending the GEF and representing ESDO with a vision to protect biodiversity, conserve nature, and combat climate change. She provided her closing statement on August 25, focusing on the fact that funds should be gender-responsive, community-led, and context-bound, GEF needs urgent reform to ensure women’s accessibility to funds, should increase its support for women’s organizations to strengthen and amplify women’s agencies to advocate for their rights and contribute to effective policy implementation because we are in a strategic position that links international policy spheres with on-ground action and should increase its support for women’s organizations to strengthen and amplify women’s agencies to advocate for their rights and contribute to effective policy implementation because we are in a strategic position that links international policy spheres with on-ground action.