Statement on the Protest Actions Conducted by RISE Against Climate Capitalism

by gcftf | Sep 10, 2018 | United States of America

Statement from Colleen Colleen Scanlan-Lyons, Project Director of the Governors’ Climate and Forest Task Force (GCF) on the protest actions conducted by RISE Against Climate Capitalism and other groups during  GCF’s Annual Meeting in San Francisco:   “We welcome...

Businesses, Local Governments and Citizens Challenged to Conserve and Restore Land

by gcftf | Jun 25, 2018 | United States of America

As part of the Global Climate Action Summit, WWF, together with a broad coalition of partners, today issued the 30X30 Forests, Food and Land Challenge: calling on businesses, states, city and local governments, and global citizens to take action for better forest and...

California and Yucatán Consolidate Relationship to Combat Climate Change

by gcftf | May 11, 2018 | Mexico, United States of America

Descarga la versión en español  aqui Sacramento, California, May 8, 2018. In order to establish agreements for Yucatán and California to continue their roles as global leaders in mitigating climate change, the Governors of both states held a meeting where their joint...

Transition to a Conservation Economy in the Amazon

by gcftf | Jan 2, 2018 | Brazil, United States of America

Economist João Tezza Neto, Ph.D. candidate at the Federal University of Amazonas (Brazil), visited the Governors’ Climate & Forests Task Force (GCF) Secretariat at CU Boulder’s Laboratory for Energy & Environmental Policy Innovation (LEEP). The lecture he...

Jason Gray Named GCF Task Force Every Day Hero

by gcftf | Nov 27, 2017 | Indonesia, United States of America

2017 GCF Task Force Everyday Hero Award Presented to California Air Resource Board’s Jason Gray   Governors’ Climate & Forests Task Force Annual Meeting | September 28, 2017 Balikpapan, East Kalimantan Indonesia   This year the GCF presented the Everyday Hero...

Subnational Actors Continue to Lead at the 2017 GCF Annual Meeting

by gcftf | Nov 1, 2017 | Brazil, Ecuador, Indonesia, Mexico, United States of America

Governors’ Climate & Forests (GCF) Task Force Annual Meeting Summary Balikpapan, Indonesia September 25-29th, 2017 The Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force held its 2017 Annual Meeting in Balikpapan, Indonesia, from September 25-29th, 2017. The meeting...