‘Do More With Less’: GEF CEO Claude Gascon on Speed, Scale and Reform By Stella Paul Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/05/do-more-with-less-gef-ceo-claude-gascon-on-speed-scale-and-reform/ WASHINGTON D.C. & HYDERABAD, India, May 19 2026 (IPS) - As governments prepare for the Eighth Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) – scheduled to be held from May 30 to June 6 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan – the stakes are unusually high. Climate change, biodiversity collapse, pollution, debt distress and geopolitical fragmentation are converging at a moment when environmental finance is under growing scrutiny. For many countries in the Global South, the challenge is no longer only about ambition but also about whether global systems can deliver fast enough and fairly enough. Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.