NEW $135 MILLION UNDP AND GEF INITIATIVE WILL SUPPORT SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES TACKLE DRIVERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION.

Environment

UNDP and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) launched a new $135 million Blue and Green Islands Integrated Programme (BGI-IP) today during the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4). This initiative aims to emphasize the crucial role of nature and expand nature-based solutions to combat environmental degradation in three key sectors: urban development, food production, and tourism. Targeting fifteen SIDS, the program seeks to foster nature-positive changes. Managed by the UNDP and funded by the GEF and partners, this effort represents a new wave of support for SIDS as they embark on the Decade of Action from 2024 to 2034.


      The BGI-IP will support 15 SIDS, selected through a competitive “Expressions of Interest” process, representing all SIDS sub-regions: the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and South China Sea (AIS).

     

     

 

     


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