Funding Environmental Sustainability
In my column for Forbes online this week, I reflect on the achievements of the Global Environment Facility - the world's largest assemblage of trust funds for the environment. This week delegations from 185 countries are meeting in Vancouver Canada to consider the next phase of funding projects for improving our environmental sustainability.
Sobering snapshot: Just as funding for the Global Environment Facility for a record $5.3 billion was announced last year, the Stockholm Peace Research Institute also noted that global military spending had reached a record $2 trillion for just that year!?(The 4-year GEF budget was thus 0.265% of the global annual military budget).
Read further at link below with lots of embedded data links and some graphics too: