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Comitê Regional para Parcerias com Povos Indígenas e Comunidades Tradicionais do GCF discute participação nas políticas nacionais para a Amazônia

Nos dias 23 e 24 de setembro, o Comitê Regional para Parcerias com Povos Indígenas e Comunidades Tradicionais da Força Tarefa do GCF se reuniu em Brasília com o objetivo discutir a participação do Comitê Regional em instâncias vinculadas às políticas nacionais de conservação da Amazônia. Este foi o primeiro encontro em modelo híbrido, presencial […]

September 28, 2021

Emissions Neutrality and Deforestation: Results and Challenges of States and Companies in the Brazilian Amazon – Summary

The Governor’s Climate and Forests Task Force hosted a live international event this Wednesday for New York Climate Week 2021 to showcase work done in Brazil to reduce emissions and preserve the rainforest. Several sectors working to achieve GHG emissions neutrality by 2050 shared their commitments, strategies, and challenges during the session. The main message […]

September 23, 2021

GLF Amazonia Digital Conference: The Tipping Point

Join us tomorrow, September 23, at 13:00 UTC-4 for a panel discussion on “How to build an endogenous development model.” This session is part of the GLF Amazonia Digital Conference, The Tipping Point. Despite its indisputable status as a global asset in the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss, the Amazon region remains one […]

September 22, 2021

Emissions Neutrality and Deforestation – Results and Challenges of States and Companies in the Brazilian Amazon

It’s Climate Week NYC 2021! This Wednesday, September 22nd at 10:00 am EST / 11:00 am in Brasília, join us LIVE on YouTube for a discussion on “Emissions Neutrality and Deforestation – Results and Challenges of States and Companies in the Brazilian Amazon.” Click here for the English broadcast, and here for the Portuguese broadcast. […]

September 20, 2021

Climate Change Seminar Series In Yucatán

The Secretariat of Sustainable Development (SDS) of Yucatán, México recently held a webinar, “Mitigation in Yucatán: Incidences and Contributions in the Climate Change Law,” in collaboration with the UK PACT México program and Environmental Policy and Legislation. The webinar highlighted climate mitigation actions being carried out in Yucatán, focusing on the transition to decarbonization and […]

September 13, 2021

Conversation with Secretary Sergio Graf

Conversation in Spanish with Sergio Humberto Graf Montero, Secretary of Environment and Territorial Development of the State of Jalisco. Sergio shares with us the exciting work happening in Jalisco related to reforestation, agriculture, sustainability…and tequila. Initiatives supported by the GCF Task Force and its partners. Watch the full interview below:  

September 7, 2021

GCF states working to address two of Amazon’s most significant challenges

On August 24, 2021, Brazil’s Minister of the Environment, Joaquim Pereira Leite, and his team from the Secretariat for the Amazon and Environmental Services met with the Secretaries of the Environment of the nine states of the GCF Task Force. They discussed two of Brazil’s most pressing environmental concerns: illegal deforestation and fire in the […]

Planning the 12th GCF Task Force Annual Meeting

The Executive Secretary of the GCF Task Force, Carlos Aragon, met yesterday in Brasilia with the Governor of Amazonas, Wilson Lima, and the Secretary of the Environment, Eduardo Taveira. The group met to discuss the next GCF Task Force Annual Meeting, which will be held in Manaus in February 2022. This will be the 12th […]

September 2, 2021

State Government and Indigenous Peoples in favor of sustainable rural development

Strengthening local capacities in sustainable rural productive projects has been a recurring goal in the proposals of the Secretariat of Environment and Territorial Development (SEMADET) of the Government of the State of Jalisco. The agency says these efforts have been strengthened thanks to the collaborative work with the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development of […]

September 1, 2021