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GCF Task Force Indonesia Regional Meeting 2025

“Strengthening Sub-National Capacity in Peatland Management, Carbon Pricing and Sustainable Investment” was the topic for the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF) Indonesia Regional Meeting organized from April 22-24, 2025, in Jakarta. With simultaneous governor elections in 2024, all member provinces are adjusting to a new administration in their region. However, the objective of […]

May 5, 2025

Colombian Governors’ Declaration of Cooperation

From April 22-23, 2025, the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF), together with Action for Forests, the Amazonia+ program of the European Union, the Unidad Nacional para la Gestion de Riesgos de Desastres de Colombia, and the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia gathered for the Summit of Governors of the […]

April 30, 2025

Celebrating International Day of Forests

Today is the United Nations’ International Day of Forests. Today, we honor the efforts of forest guardians, the tropical forest jurisdictions of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF), and the world’s incredible forests themselves. Members and partners of the GCFTF are striving to co-create a New Forest Economy that protects intact forests, restores […]

March 21, 2025

Subnational Success: Lessons from Tropical Forest Jurisdictions

In a new report released last month, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)’s Climate Promise highlighted key successes in advancing successful actions to protect forests and communities in Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF) jurisdictions. The report, titled “Subnational Success: Lessons from Tropical Forest Jurisdictions” assessed results of a $24 million pledge from the […]

February 11, 2025

Preparations Advance on 15th Annual Meeting in Acre, Brazil

Acre makes progress in preparations to host the 15th Annual Meeting of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF) in May The GCFTF is excited for our upcoming 15th Annual Meeting, scheduled for May 19-23, 2025, in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. As the below press release highlights (see original in Portuguese here), this year’s […]

January 27, 2025

Brazil approves law establishing the Brazilian Emissions Trading System

On December 12, Law No. 15,042/2024 came into force in Brazil, establishing the Brazilian Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading System (SBCE), a regulated carbon market in the largest country of South America. Like other emissions trading systems, the law will establish limits on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Brazil for regulated sectors, as well as other […]

December 17, 2024

Knowledge Building Workshop in Belém, Brazil

GCFTF promotes 1st Joint Knowledge Building Workshop for an Economic Transition in the Amazon On December 3 and 4, in the city of Belém, Pará, the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF) held the 1st Workshop on Joint Construction of Knowledge for an Economic Transition, with the participation of decision-makers from the state environmental […]

December 16, 2024

Mexican States at Annual Meeting in Peru

In the December 2024 installment of the GCFTF Mexico newsletter, our coordination partner in Mexico – Pronatura Sur – writes: As in every year, the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF) organizes a global meeting with the objective of engaging state government leaders and their senior staff to engage and network with other governments, the private sector, […]

Updates on Policy Leadership from Yucatán y Oaxaca

In the November 2024 installment of the GCFTF Mexico newsletter, our coordination partner in Mexico – Pronatura Sur – writes: Mexico has made commitments to the international community to address the climate emergency and has developed instruments at the national and subnational levels to reduce emissions, increase adaptive capacity and reduce risks to the population, […]

November 30, 2024