Greening Transportation Infrastructure Development Integrated Program

The Greening Transportation Infrastructure Development (GRID) Integrated Program, approved by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in February 2024, provides nearly $27 million over five years to mainstream biodiversity into transportation infrastructure. Led by WWF with support from ADB and UNEP, the program implements national projects in Malaysia, Nepal, the Philippines, Suriname, and Ukraine. These projects focus on improving policy environments, participatory planning, innovative financing, and technical capacity to create nature-positive, low-carbon, and climate-resilient infrastructure, such as ports and highways.

• In February 2024, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) approved nearly $27 million for the five-year Greening Transportation Infrastructure Development (GRID) Integrated Program.
• The GRID program aims to replace conventional infrastructure planning with a process that recognizes, values, and protects biodiversity and ecosystem services to address habitat loss, greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change adaptation.
• National-level interventions under the program are centered on four areas: improving the policy enabling environment, strengthening integrated and participatory planning and design, promoting innovative financing and derisking mechanisms, and building technical capacity for nature-positive infrastructure.
• Specific national project goals include integrating biodiversity into port planning in Malaysia and Suriname, promoting the Terai Arc Landscape in Nepal, implementing inclusive planning in the Caraga region of Mindanao in the Philippines, and conducting ecological analysis for a major international highway in Ukraine.

APA

WWF International (2024). Greening Transportation Infrastructure Development Integrated Program. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/160/7240xcw1zf_WWF_US_GEF_2_pager_2024_v7_FINAL.pdf

Chicago

WWF International. Greening Transportation Infrastructure Development Integrated Program. 2024. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/160/7240xcw1zf_WWF_US_GEF_2_pager_2024_v7_FINAL.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{wwfinternational2024greening, author = {{WWF International}}, title = {{Greening Transportation Infrastructure Development Integrated Program}}, institution = {WWF International}, year = {2024}, month = feb, url = {https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/160/7240xcw1zf_WWF_US_GEF_2_pager_2024_v7_FINAL.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }