The CBIT-GSP is global project, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), executed by UNEP and implemented by the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre. CBIT-GSP is a continuation and merging of two prior global progammes, the CBIT Global Coordination Platform and the Global Support Programme. The Paris Agreement established the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF), which introduces more comprehensive and stringent transparency requirements, which present a significant challenge for most developing countries.

The Global food system is the single largest driver of environmental change, contributing to 24% of global emissions and consuming 70% of the world's blue water.