Global Environment Facility
Benjamin Singer is a Senior Biodiversity Specialist at the Global Environment Facility, where management of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund is a primary responsibility. Previously, Benjamin served as Team Lead for Central America, Mexico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic at the Green Climate Fund, overseeing a team focused on project management and country relations across nine nations. As a Senior Forest and Land Use Specialist at the same organization, Benjamin managed a portfolio exceeding $1 billion, supporting various climate finance initiatives and drafting key publications. Prior roles include Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nations, coordinating high-level responses to the COVID-19 crisis, and Sustainable Development Officer, managing the Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network. Earlier experience includes research at CIFOR and a solid academic background with a PhD from Sciences Po in Public Policy focused on forest policies.
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Global Environment Facility
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is the largest multilateral trust fund focused on enabling developing countries to invest in nature, and supports the implementation of major international environmental conventions including on biodiversity, climate change, chemicals, and desertification. The GEF was established on eve of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, to help tackle our planet’s most pressing environmental problems. Since then, the GEF has provided over $114 billion in grants and mobilized in excess of $70 billion in additional financing for more than 4,000 projects. The GEF has become an international partnership of 184 countries, international institutions, civil society organizations, and private sector to address global environmental issues.