the gef has announced new climate finance commitments of us billion from across its focal areas with at least us million being dedicated to coastal and marine issues over the next four years another us million will flow through the gefs sustainable forest managementredd incentive mechanism which will mobilize us million in grants from other focal areas to tackle the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation while supporting the role of forests in national and local sustainable development plans some us million will address the key global drivers of deforestation by expanding the supply of sustainably managed commodities while more than us million will help to improve food security strengthen resilience and enhance carbon sequestration in subsaharan africa box the us million programme seeks to safeguard ecosystem services by promoting the integrated management of natural resources through projects in countries the projects will help smallholders to become more resilient to climate change by improving soil health and access to droughttolerant crop varieties adjusting planting periods and cropping portfolios and enhancing onfarm agrobiodiversity