Portfolio Bulletin 2023 Sixth and Year-End Edition

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Sixth and Year-End Edition 2023



Our year-end message As we draw the curtains on 2023 and reflect on another transformative year, we want to express our gratitude to each one of you for being a member and a contributor to the GEF IW: LEARN community. Your active involvement in events, submission of stories from the ground, and commitment to knowledge sharing have been instrumental in making IWLEARN a hub of collaborative excellence. Read the full message
Project stories
Guardians of Mohokare GEF/UNDP/ORASECOM Orange-Senqu River SAP Implementation	Kampong Bay river basin: Kampot Province’s vital lifeline GEF/UNDP/PEMSEA/ASEAN IRBM in the ASEAN countries
Harmony beneath the waves GEF/UNEP/SEAFDEC Fisheries Refugia	Mama Metri's journey of empowerment and pride in Rote Ndao GEF/UNDP/PEMSEA ATSEA-2
The Sustainable Pacific Project GEF/UNDP/WWF Sustainable Pacific	Strengthened collaboration for integrated ocean governance in the Wider Caribbean GEF/UNDP/UNOPS PROCARIBE+
Indigenous and Afro communities in Colombia and Ecuador united GEF/UNDP/ IWRM of the Mira, Mataje, and Carchi–Guáitara Binational Basins	Sargasso Sea Project's first year - a success GEF/UNDP/UNESCO/IOC Sargasso Sea
Flowing underground: Stories from Mount Elgon GEF/UNDP/NBI Conjunctive management of surface water and groundwater in the Nile Basin	Expanding the reach of LME22 for greater impact and the LME22 Report GEF/UNDP/UNEP/IOC IW:LEARN and Black Sea Commission
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ANNOUNCEMENT Ocean Decade launches new call for Decade Actions No. 06/2023 that will support co-design of new Decade Actions in Africa and Caribbean SIDS
EVENT 2nd UN Ocean Decade Regional Conference & 11th WESTPAC International Marine Science Conference 22 - 25 April 2024
RECAP

COP28 in Dubai recently concluded, with 193 countries represented and some 85,000 participants witnessing and engaging in discussions on climate protection, adaptation, impacts, and collaboration. What advancements were achieved, and what challenges and solutions lie ahead? Explore from these insightful materials. (UNFCCC) COP28 Agreement Signals “Beginning of the End” of the Fossil Fuel Era (UNEP) Some key takeaways from the COP28 climate summit (World Economic Forum) COP28: What did it accomplish and what's next? (UNDP) Enhancing climate change transparency: How developing countries are taking action (The Guardian) $700m pledged to loss and damage fund at Cop28 covers less than 0.2% needed
MORE FROM LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

First Latin American Water Forum in Brazil Advancing the knowledge on the Guarani Aquifer: 20 years after the Concordia-Salto Pilot "The Future of the Guarani Aquifer System" workshops in Uruguay I Brazil I Paraguay
BLOG Harnessing the blue economy for more ambitious climate action in the Caribbean	REPORT Blue Economies and Nature-based Solutions for enhanced climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean Small Island Developing States
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