by gcftf | Jan 27, 2025 | Bioeconomy, Bolivia, Brazil, Capacity Building, Carbon Finance, Carbon Markets, Colombia, Côte D’Ivoire, Ecuador, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Spain, Technical Exchanges, Tracking Impact, UNFCCC COP, United States of America
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...
by gcftf | Dec 17, 2024 | Brazil, Capacity Building, Carbon Finance, Carbon Markets, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, Tracking Impact
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...
by gcftf | Nov 22, 2024 | Brazil, Carbon Finance, Carbon Markets
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 –...
by gcftf | Nov 12, 2024 | Bioeconomy, Brazil, Capacity Building, Carbon Finance, Carbon Markets, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, Mexico, UNFCCC COP
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...
by gcftf | Oct 29, 2024 | Bioeconomy, Bolivia, Brazil, Capacity Building, Carbon Finance, Carbon Markets, Colombia, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, Peru
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...
by gcftf | Oct 21, 2024 | Bioeconomy, Brazil, Capacity Building, Carbon Finance, Carbon Markets, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, Tracking Impact
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...
