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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

Rest In Peace, dear Victor.

The GCF Task Force is deeply saddened to announce that our dear friend, colleague, and hermano, Victor Galarreta, passed away on August 28th, 2021. Victor served as the GCF Task Force Country Coordinator for Peru since 2014 and worked tirelessly to protect the forests of Peru and the people who depend upon them. We will miss […]

August 29, 2021

Quintana Roo refuerza acciones en favor de la biodiversidad y medio ambiente

Crédito: Cortesía de SEMA QUINTANA ROO Los logros y avances en materia de protección y conservación de los recursos naturales llevados a cabo en el estado de Quintana Roo, una de las siete jurisdicciones que conforman el GCF Task Force México, están siendo contundentes. Así lo han demostrado la Secretaría de Ecología y Medio Ambiente […]

August 17, 2021

Meeting with the Brazilian Ministry of Environment

The GCF Task Force Brazil took part in a meeting promoted by the Brazilian Ministry of Environment with the objective of aligning and coordinating actions around the National REDD+ Strategy, which was created to measure, report and recognize native forest conservation and recovery efforts to enable the receiving of international resources. Participants in the meeting […]

August 12, 2021