Chair's Reports

“This report to the GEF Council was presented by Rosina Bierbaum on 28 November 2017 in Washington, DC, and provides an update on STAP’s work since the last Council Meeting in June 2017.”

This report to the GEF Council was presented by Rosina Bierbaum, STAP Chair, on 24 May 2017 in Washington, DC, and provides an update on STAP’s work since the last Council Meeting in October 2016.

This report to the GEF Council was presented by Rosina Bierbaum, STAP Chair, on 25 October 2016 in Washington, DC, and provides an update on STAP’s work since the last Council Meeting in June 2016.

This report to the GEF Council was presented by Rosina Bierbaum, STAP Chair, on 8 June 2016 in Washington, DC, and provides an update on STAP’s work since the last Council Meeting in October 2015.

This report to the GEF Council was presented by Rosina Bierbaum, STAP Chair, on 20 October 2015 in Washington, DC, and provides an update on STAP’s work since the last Council Meeting in June 2015.

This report to the GEF Council was presented by Rosina Bierbaum, STAP Chair, on 3 June 2015 in Washington, DC, and provides an update on STAP’s work since the last Council Meeting in October 2014.

This report to the GEF Council was presented by Rosina Bierbaum, STAP Chair, on 28 October 2014 in Washington, DC, and provides an update on STAP’s work since the last Council Meeting in May 2014.

This report to the Fifth GEF Assembly, presented by Rosina Bierbaum, STAP Chair, in Cancun, Mexico, comes at a comes at a critical but exciting juncture of the Facility. In two decades, the GEF partnership has made demonstrable contributions to delivering global environmental benefits (GEBs) in accord with its mandate as the financial mechanism for the Rio Conventions.

This report to the GEF Council was presented by Rosina Bierbaum, STAP Chair, on 26 May 2014 in Cancun, Mexico, and provides an update on STAP’s work since the last Council Meeting in November 2013.

This report to the GEF Council was presented by Rosina Bierbaum, STAP Chair, on 6 November 2013 in Washington, DC, and provides an update on STAP’s work since the last Council Meeting in June 2013.

This report to the GEF Council was presented by Thomas Lovejoy, STAP Chair, on 19 June 2013 in Washington, DC, and provides an update on STAP’s work since the last Council Meeting in November 2012.

This report to the GEF Council was presented by Thomas Lovejoy, STAP Chair, on 13 November 2012 in Washington, DC, and provides an update on STAP’s work since the last Council Meeting in June 2012

This report to the GEF Council was presented by Thomas Lovejoy, STAP Chair, on 5 June 2012 in Washington, DC, and provides an update on STAP’s work since the last Council Meeting in November 2011.

This report to the GEF Council was presented by Thomas Lovejoy, STAP Chair, on 8 November 2011 in Washington, DC, and provides an update on STAP’s work since the last Council Meeting in May 2011

This report to the GEF Council was presented by Thomas Lovejoy, STAP Chair, on 24 May 2011 in Washington, DC, and provides an update on STAP’s work since the last Council Meeting in November 2010.

This report to the GEF Council was presented by Thomas Lovejoy, STAP Chair, on 16 November 2010 in Washington, DC, and provides an update on STAP’s work since the last Council Meeting in June 2010.

This report to the GEF Council was presented by Thomas Lovejoy, STAP Chair, on 29 June 2010 in Washington, DC, and provides an update on STAP’s work since the last Council Meeting in November 2009

Thomas Lovejoy, STAP Chair, reported to the Fourth GEF Assembly on 26 May 2010 in Punta Del Este, Uruguay, on how the global environment continues to be threatened by the unsustainable exploitation of renewable natural resources and by climate change. Scientists now predict that ‘tipping points’ may be reached, where terrestrial and marine ecosystems will fail. Severe hypoxia and ocean dead zones are manifestations of the global environment reaching critical thresholds, beyond which recovery may be impossible or very costly.

This report to the GEF Council was presented by Thomas Lovejoy, STAP Chair, on 10 November 2009 in Washington, DC, and provides an update on STAP’s work since the last Council Meeting in June 2009.

This report to the GEF Council was presented by Thomas Lovejoy, STAP Chair, on 22 June 2009 in Washington, DC, and provides an update on STAP’s work since the last Council Meeting in November 2008.