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Preparing for EUDR and Beyond: Perspectives from Indonesia and Peru
On March 5, 2026, we held our first EUDR readiness webinar, and it was a big success! Many thanks to our speakers for their time and expertise: This webinar, with over 100 participants, brought together perspectives from Indonesia and Peru as tropical commodity producing countries to share strategies in addressing the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). […]
March 10, 2026
Sharing California’s Cap-and-Invest Expertise with Indonesia
As Indonesia looks to expand and update its carbon market after Presidential Regulation No. 110/2025 was issued, provincial governments are being encouraged to develop their own climate and carbon programs. The Governors’ Climate and Task Force facilitated a week long exchange between several California agencies and a delegation from Indonesia including: On February 10 – […]
February 13, 2026
GCFTF at COP30 Highlights: Strong Subnational Leadership, Strengthening Partnerships, and Advancing New Agreements
Governors’ Meeting, Nov. 12, 2025 (Photo: Consórcio da Amazônia Legal) In November 2025, the 30th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP30) took place in Belém in the Brazilian state of Pará, a founding member of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF). COP30 was dubbed “Implementation COP,” as it has been 10 […]
November 25, 2025
Global States & Regions Summit in Rio
During the Local Leaders Forum organized by the Bloomberg Foundation and COP30 Presidency in Rio de Janeiro from November 3-5, 2025, Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF) Governors and Environment Secretaries represented their jurisdictions and the full network. GCFTF Governors were invited to participate on panel discussions, plenary remarks, closing ceremonies, and bilateral sessions […]
November 5, 2025
First MIPA Technical Meeting
First Technical Meeting of the Mechanism for the Exchange of Subnational Public Policies for the Sustainable Environmental Management of the Amazon (MIPA): Regenerative Agriculture and Livestock Farming for Jurisdictions with Forests in Peru and the Amazon From October 27 – 29, 2025 in Pucallpa, Ucayali, Peru, subnational governments from across the Amazon, regenerative agriculture experts, […]
November 4, 2025
Video Release: Voices of the GCF Task Force 2025
In the wake of New York Climate Week and in the lead up to COP30, state and provincial leadership on climate, biodiversity, sustainable finance, and community-focused investments is more important than ever. The Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force continues to support our member states and provinces in implementing their jurisdictional plans and climate solutions […]
September 29, 2025
Join us at New York Climate Week!
Come join leading jurisdictions from within the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force during New York Climate Week. Governors from Pastaza, Ecuador and Michoacan, Mexico (one of our newest observer states), together with Secretaries for the Environment and for Indigenous Peoples from Acre and Mato Grosso (Brazil) and Michoacan and Jalisco (Mexico) will be participating […]
September 16, 2025
Norwegian Visit to West Kalimantan
On August 25-26, 2025, the West Kalimantan Provincial Government received a visit from a representative of the Norwegian Development Cooperation Agency (NORAD), Ms. Borghild Tonnessen-Krokan. She was accompanied by representatives of the Norwegian Embassy in Jakarta, Ms. Anja Lingjerde Lillegraven and Ms. Dewi Tresya, as well as the Country Coordinator of the Governors’ Climate and […]
September 8, 2025
Carbon Markets Access Toolkit for Governments
On August 21, 2025, the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF) participated in the launch of the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI)’s updated “Accessing High-Integrity Carbon Markets on the Road to COP30: A Toolkit for Policymakers.” This toolkit was also developed by Climate Focus and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The GCFTF […]
August 29, 2025
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