The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is an international cooperation organization composed of 183 countries and regions. Its purpose is to cooperate with international institutions, social organizations and the private sector to solve environmental problems. Since 1991, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has provided $12.5 billion in grants to 3,69 projects in 165 developing countries and leveraged $58 billion in co-financing. Over the past 23 years, developed and developing countries have used these funds to support environmental protection activities related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, chemicals and wastes in the implementation of related projects and plans. Through the Small Grants Scheme (SGP), the Global Environment Facility has provided more than 2, grants to civil society and community groups, amounting to $1 billion. As the financial mechanism of the following conventions, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) provides related services: Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and Minamata Convention on Mercury. Although it is not formally linked to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, the GEF is also a member of the Montreal Protocol. The Global Environment Facility manages the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) established by the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP). GEF also manages the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund (NPIF) established by the Convention on Biological Diversity. In addition, the GEF secretariat also serves as the secretariat of the Adaptation Fund Board.