Nicolas Marquez Pizzanelli

Sr. Operations Officer @thegef 🌳 Economist & Environmentalist 🌎 Based in DC 🇺🇸 Roots in 🇺🇾 Alumnus @assasparis2 🇫🇷

[Global Environment Facility (GEF) @theGEF]

#GEFCouncil71 is underway in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Opening the meetings, @theGEF Interim CEO looked ahead to the transition from GEF-8 to an ambitious #GEF9 cycle that will inspire confidence, spur action, and raise collective ambition.
https://t.co/cOFIdRALjE #GEFassembly2026

[Global Environment Facility (GEF) @theGEF]

🌍 The Eighth GEF Assembly
🗓 30 May-June 6, 2026 | 📍Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Register on the website or follow live updates to stay engaged.

https://t.co/OkvXXv7vzF
#GEFAssembly2026 #LastSprint2030 #GEFcentralasia @ecogov_uz

[Global Environment Facility (GEF) @theGEF]

$3.9 billion pledged to the @‌TheGEF will support action and help countries to achieve the 2030 environmental goals.

To learn more: https://t.co/o2t5nL1bVr

#GEF9 #GEF9replenishment

[Global Environment Facility (GEF) @theGEF]

In Uruguay, @theGEF and @FAO are helping farmers restore degraded land and manage livestock better, thereby boosting pasture growth and incomes. Satellite data shows real gains in grass height! Learn more in the 2024 Monitoring Report: https://t.co/72mPj9jooV

[Carlos Manuel Rodriguez @cmrodrigueze]

Today #GEFcouncil69 has officially accepted the generous offer from @ecogov_uz to host the 8th GEF Assembly in the historic city of Samarkand. I look forward to working with Minister Abdukhakimov and other environmental leaders from Central Asia in the months ahead.

[Global Environment Facility (GEF) @theGEF]

Uruguay🇺🇾 will host the 10th International Waters Conference (#IWC10) from Sept 23-26 in Punta del Este, bringing together 300+ global leaders to tackle #water & #ocean sustainability within the framework of the #SDGs.

🔗https://t.co/xb4jHtPtmC
#GEFIW2024

[Global Environment Facility (GEF) @theGEF]

📣 Last day to apply to the first round of #internships at @theGEF!

Visit our Careers/Internships page to apply and take the first step towards an exciting future!
🌏💙💚🎓

🔗 https://t.co/ocAIpmQmdc

[Global Environment Facility (GEF) @theGEF]

💰 The GEF Trust Fund is replenished every four years by a unique process involving both donor and recipient countries.

As we near the GEF-9 replenishment, learn about @theGEF's innovative funding & resource allocation: https://t.co/9LNfIOa3SL

[Fonds français pour l'environnement mondial (FFEM) @FFEM_Fr]

#GEFcouncil67 The @theGEF assembly, in which @FFEM_Fr participates as an alternate member to represent 🇫🇷 has just approved a new sum of $736.4 M for #nature conservation. A look back at how @FFEM_Fr & @theGEF complement each other
👉https://t.co/BM3DgXNC93

[Global Environment Facility (GEF) @theGEF]

The June 2024 issue of @theGEF Corporate Scorecard highlights the cumulative impact of transformative investments supported in GEF-8 across crucial environmental areas.

🔗 View the full publication: https://t.co/3R1JKzuY8c

#GEFcouncil67

[Global Environment Facility (GEF) @theGEF]

New study in @sciencemag proves nature conservation works ✅

🌿 Scaling up conservation action is key to halting biodiversity loss & fighting climate change: https://t.co/Cs3P1WHTJm
#ConservationWorks @rewild

[Global Environment Facility (GEF) @theGEF]

1️⃣ day to go to the first tiger finance conference!

The two-day event in #Bhutan will include expert panels, linkages with the #BiodiversityPlan, and the role of public-private partnerships in safeguarding tiger landscapes: https://t.co/QGv6lli2lo
#tigerfinance #investintigers

[Robert Bisset @RobbieBisset]

.@theGEF CEO @cmrodrigueze — “The tiger community must grab the political and financial opportunity”

The Sustainable Finance for Tiger Landscapes Conf aims to mobilize US1 bn in new funding over 10 years for 🐅 conservation

https://t.co/aetcOrDKHG
#investintigers #tigerfinance

[Carlos Manuel Rodriguez @cmrodrigueze]

Thanks @TEDxPuraVida for the opportunity on sharing ideas about why Costa Rica 🇨🇷 is, on my opinion, Nature Positive @NatureDeal

[Global Environment Facility (GEF) @theGEF]

Conservation efforts are vital for maintaining biodiversity 🦏

From the jaguar to the dugong, below are some of the many species the GEF is striving to protect ⬇️

https://t.co/L6pRvFOt4h

[Global Environment Facility (GEF) @theGEF]

⚡️Luxembourg announced
a 7 million euros contribution to the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund during #UNEA6 in Nairobi.

We are grateful for Luxembourg's generous support to the #GBFF and partnership for a healthier planet.

@environment_lu @gouv_lu @unep @UNBiodiversity

[Nicolas Marquez Pizzanelli @Nicopizzanelli]

@GEF_IEO @MIBakarr @GeetaBatra3 Congratulations @GeetaBatra3 !

[UN Biodiversity @UNBiodiversity]

.@theGEF’s 186 member governments have agreed to invest $1.1 billion for international action on #biodiversity, climate change, nature renewal & pollution control and met for the first time as Council of the new Global Biodiversity Framework Fund #GBFF

https://t.co/Q61CUKx4nK

[Global Environment Facility (GEF) @theGEF]

“We are conscious of our unique role in environmental finance, and are committed to achieving lasting positive impacts by working in an integrated and inclusive way."
— Carlos Manuel Rodríguez (@cmrodrigueze), GEF CEO and Chairperson

🔗 https://t.co/BZj4HToclV
#GEFcouncil66

[Global Environment Facility (GEF) @theGEF]

On Day 3️⃣, #GEFCouncil66 took decisions on initial guidelines for enabling activities & support for the #BBNJ Agreement, heard from heads of @UNFCCC @UNBiodiversity @UNCCD @minamataMEA @BRSmeas & @UN Legal Counsel, and more.

➡️Full @IISD_ENB highlights: https://t.co/5fdsPlQVhE