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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, […]
December 16, 2024
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
Tocantins, Brazil Advances ART/TREES Requirements
Potential for $430M Sale in Recognition of Efforts to Reduce Deforestation On November 14, 2024, the Secretary for the Environment and Water Resources of Tocantins, Brazil, Marcello Lelis, presented to the Executive Director of the Architecture for REDD+ Transaction – ART, Mary Grady, the TREES Registration Document and its attachments, that provide a full description […]
November 22, 2024
COP29 and the New Forest Economy: Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force Represents at UNFCCC
Baku, Azerbaijan Today, the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF), together with the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART), Pronatura Sur (the GCFTF coordinator for Mexico), ABEMA, and the University of Colorado Boulder, hosted an official side event during the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. […]
November 12, 2024
Pando Finalizes its Land Use Plan (Pando PLUS)!
On Wednesday, November 6, the Autonomous Departmental Government of Pando, Bolivia, delivered a foundational tool to help transform the development efforts in the department – after 28 years, Pando has completed its Land Use Plan – Plan de Uso de Suelos (PLUS) in Spanish. As one of the newest members of the Governors’ Climate and […]
November 8, 2024
West Kalimantan awarded funding from the Green Climate Fund
The Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force congratulates West Kalimantan on the recent award from the Green Climate Fund! On 24th October 2024, the Green Climate Fund approved funding for a project proposal titled “Land-based Mitigation and Adaptation through a Jurisdictional Approach in West Kalimantan.” Developed since 2020, in collaboration with GIZ and supported by […]
November 5, 2024
GCFTF Mexico Proposes National Agenda to Curb Deforestation
The Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF) Mexico, through our implementing partner Pronatura Sur, released a new national agenda to curb deforestation. This report, “Deforestation in Mexico. Proposals for a National Agenda,” explains that deforestation in Mexico has become a crucial challenge for both environmental conservation and sustainable development in the country. With millions […]
October 31, 2024
Biodiversity and the New Forest Economy: GCF Task Force at COP16
COP16 – Cali, Colombia On October 24, 2024, the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF), together with the European Union Amazonia+ program and Action for Forest, co-organized a side event during the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cali, Colombia titled “The Amazon managed from within: […]
October 29, 2024
UNDP Climate Reports on GCF Task Force States in Brazil
Our partners at the UNDP Climate program have published a terrific article focusing on Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force states in Brazil entitled: “How Brazilian forest states are leading the global fight against climate change.” The story is quoted below. Please click here for the original. How Brazilian forest states are leading the global […]
October 21, 2024
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