Inside GEF-9: What it is and Why it Could Define the Next Four Years of Environmental Action

Inside GEF-9: What it is and Why it Could Define the Next Four Years of Environmental Action

A worker operates a geothermal pipeline at the Laudat plant in Dominica, part of a clean energy project supported by the Global Environment Facility. The project illustrates the kind of system-wide transition GEF-9 aims to scale across small island developing states. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPSBy Alison KentishSAINT LUCIA, Apr 27 2026 (IPS) The gap between global environmental ambition and real-world progress is widening, with less than five year…