Global Environment Facility
Malvika M. is a seasoned legal professional with extensive experience in international law and sustainable investment. Currently serving as the Special Assistant to the CEO of the Global Environment Facility since March 2019, Malvika provides vital advice and support within the World Bank Group. Prior roles include Legal Affairs Officer at the World Trade Organization, where Malvika contributed to multilateral investment facilitation negotiations, and Legal Consultant at UNCTAD, focusing on international investment agreements and capacity building for developing countries. Additional experience includes a legal trainee position at Lalive, involvement in the World Bank Group's Junior Professional Associate program, and a legal internship at the United Nations. Malvika holds a Bachelor of Laws from The London School of Economics and Political Science, a Master of Laws with a specialization in International Dispute Settlement from the Geneva Graduate Institute, and completed the Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program at the University of California, Berkeley.
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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.