Welcome to The GEF Small Grants Programme

Nature for Life- Putting Nature at the Heart of Sustainable Development and Green Recovery

To complement discussions taking place during the 75th UN General Assembly, UNDP and partners are creating a four-day Nature for Life Hub a virtual space where global leaders will share stories on the importance of nature for sustainable development. The Hub is designed to build momentum to respond successfully to the planetary and climate crisis we face. We must design “the future we want” through an all-of-society approach focused on regenerative and nature-positive economic models that help protect, restore and sustainably manage ...

Restoring the land: Behold the power of restoring an ecosystem in Costa Rica’s Jesús María River Basin

The Jesús María River Basin is located in Costa Rica’s Pacific region, and covers...

Communities responding to COVID-19

he world has ground to a halt in ways few could have predicted, due to the impact of COVID-19 - a pandemic like no other in several decades. For many, COVID represents the first global crisis that the...

Our Mission

Established in 1992, the year of the Rio Earth Summit, the GEF Small Grants Programme embodies the very essence of sustainable development by "thinking globally acting locally". By providing financial and technical support to projects that conserve and restore the environment while enhancing people's well-being and livelihoods, SGP demonstrates that community action can maintain the fine balance between human needs and environmental imperatives.