by gcftf | Dec 19, 2019 | Brazil, Colombia, Côte D’Ivoire, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Spain, United States of America
(MADRID, SPAIN) Last week, subnational leaders from around the world convened at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. Governors, secretaries of the environment, civil servants, indigenous leaders, and more from GCF Task Force member...
by gcftf | May 8, 2019 | Nigeria
Dr. Alice Ekwu, a GCF TF delegate from the Cross River State, Nigeria, received the “Everyday Hero Award” at the GCF Task Force’s Eleventh Annual Meeting in Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia. Alice, who has a PhD in Hydrobiology and Environmental Toxicology,...
by gcftf | Jan 9, 2019 | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, United States of America
States and provinces from the world’s largest network of tropical forest states and provinces, the Governors Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force traveled to Katowice, Poland, to take part in this year’s 24th Conference of the Parties (COP 24) to the UN Framework...
by gcftf | Nov 18, 2016 | Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, United States of America
This year’s 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has been coined the “The COP of Action,” promising to put the Paris Agreement into action. In response, jurisdictions from the Governors Climate and Forests...
by gcftf | Sep 15, 2016 | Brazil, Indonesia, Nigeria
GCF delegates from Papua, Indonesia organized an international conference that united the GCF across Indonesia with important international donors, including USAID, the US Embassy, GTZ, the European Union, and the Rainforest Foundation. The purpose of the conference...
by gcftf | Aug 11, 2014 | Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Spain, United States of America
On August 11, 2014 at the GCF Annual Meeting in Acre, Brazil, GCF Governors from across the world launched the Rio Branco Declaration committing their states and provinces to reducing deforestation by 80% by 2020 with performance-based funding from the international...
