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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

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