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  1. Why behavioral change matters to the GEF and what to do about it

    Why behavioral change matters to the GEF and what to do about it The Global Environment Facility (GEF) seeks to address the root causes and consequences of global environmental change by … “Why behavior change matters to the GEF and what to do about it”, based on one of the many behavior change …

  2. Monitoring and learning about transformation webinar

    Monitoring and learning about transformation webinar

  3. About

    About The Scientific and Technical …

  4. Leveraging Innovation for Transformational Change

    … an approach would require being purposeful in decisions about the types of innovation needed to ensure that the GEF … (STAP) outlines an approach to more purposeful decisions about the types of innovation needed to ensure that the GEF … and to encourage higher-risk and reward investments ; use targeted funding windows strategically to support …

  5. Achieving transformation through GEF investments

    … as a transformative goal should be clearly specified and plausible. STAP recommends that the GEF should require that … the brief touches upon metrics for monitoring and learning about transformation. Because significant transformational … to enable an investment to be adaptive and to learn rapidly about the success of the scaling logic. Five categories of …

  6. Experimental Project Designs in the Global Environment Facility

    … the GEF is uniquely placed to generate credible evidence about improving the performance of environmental programs. … its project investments to generate more credible evidence about what works and under what conditions: experimental … are designed with the intention of better understanding the causal relationships between actions and desired effects. …

  7. STAP at the NOBEL PRIZE SUMMIT: Our Planet, Our Future

    … laureates, experts, policy makers, teachers, students – about how humankind’s future on Earth will be achieved … Agenda  for the upcoming session. Previous STAP, Chair Tom Lovejoy, and previous Panel Member, Sandra Diaz, ( Professor of Ecology …

  8. Framing policy coherence for the GEF

    … means for the GEF, and suggests ways the GEF can think about how to operationalize and synergize its approaches to … be deployed at different levels, including some already used by ADB, UNDP, UNEP, and the World Bank, as well as the …

  9. The Political Economy of Regionalism: The Relevance for International Waters and the Global Environment Facility

    … food security, biodiversity conservation, and the sustainable use and maintenance of ecosystem services. Yet there is little systematic knowledge about how transboundary water management systems are …

  10. STAP Chair Presented with the Association for Environmental Health and Science (AEHS) Foundation Achievement Award

    … the advancement of environmental knowledge, technology, and sustainable practices. Please read more about this honor to Dr. Bierbaum at this UMD News item. …