Global Environment Facility
Robert Bisset is an experienced communications professional with a strong background in environmental and sustainable development issues. Currently serving as the Head of Communications at the Global Environment Facility since August 2015, Robert previously held several senior positions at The World Bank, including Senior Communications Officer for Climate Change and Sustainable Development. Prior to that, Robert worked at UNEP as the European Spokesperson and Head of Communications. Early career experiences include a managerial role at the World Press Centre and co-founding the Africa Deforestation Awareness Expedition. Academically, Robert holds a Master of Arts in International Relations and Affairs from SOAS University of London and The London School of Economics, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in African Studies and Geography from the University of Birmingham.
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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.