nnouncing the recent launch of the publication: From Coast to Coast – Celebrating 20 Years of Transboundary
Management of our Shared Oceans (GEF International
Waters) during Oceans Day, held on the sidelines of the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris.
From Coast to Coast was produced under the auspices of the United Nations University's Institute for Water, Environment and Health, under an activity on the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) implementation of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) project IW:LEARN.
The GEF, the largest investor in transboundary water cooperation, has financed over US$1.5B in grants to over 170 countries, which has leveraged an additional $7.B in co-financing.The publication showcases how, over the last twenty years, the GEF has worked with partners to improve ocean governance by working across nations to promote ecosystem-based approaches to fisheries and other marine and coastal resources, protect coastal habitats from land based sources of pollution, and catalyze the formation of country driven, country owned and ultimately country financed regional institutional frameworks.
It highlights key GEF International Waters interventions in coastal and marine environments that, through regional processes and national investments, have had a transformational impact on ocean governance in a critical time when coastal areas attract an increasing portion of the world population.
Photos courtesy: Courtesy GEF
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