Difference between revisions of "Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF)"

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|Description=The Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF) is a unique subnational collaboration between 35 states and provinces from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria,  
 
|Description=The Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF) is a unique subnational collaboration between 35 states and provinces from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria,  
 
Peru, Ivory Coast, United States, and Spain.
 
Peru, Ivory Coast, United States, and Spain.
The GCF seeks to advance jurisdictional programs designed to promote low emissions rural development and reduced emissions from deforestation and land use (REDD+) and link these activities with emerging greenhouse gas (GHG) compliance regimes and other pay-for-performance opportunities.
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|Activities=Financing opportunities, knowledge database, Support Network, training program, jurisdictional programs for REDD+ and low emissions development, communications and stakeholder engagement.
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|Goals=The GCF seeks to advance jurisdictional programs designed to promote low emissions rural development and reduced emissions from deforestation and land use (REDD+) and link these activities with emerging greenhouse gas (GHG) compliance regimes and other pay-for-performance opportunities.
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|Activities=Financing opportunities, knowledge database, support network, training program, jurisdictional programs for REDD+ and low emissions development, communications and stakeholder engagement.
 
The GCF is: Integrating jurisdictional REDD+ into broader low-emissions rural development goals;
 
The GCF is: Integrating jurisdictional REDD+ into broader low-emissions rural development goals;
 
Linking REDD+ with important forest conservation efforts, Including commodity roundtables;
 
Linking REDD+ with important forest conservation efforts, Including commodity roundtables;

Revision as of 08:31, 22 February 2017

General

Name of initiative Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF)
LPAA initiative No
NAZCA Initiative No
Website address http://www.gcftaskforce.org/
Related initiatives
Starting year 2009
End year
Secretariat University of Colorado Law School in Boulder, Colorado, US, e-mail: secretariat@gcftaskforce.org
Organisational structure
Geographical coverage Global
Name of lead organisation
Type of lead organisation Network/Consortium/Partnership
Location/Nationality of lead organisation United States of America

Description

Description The Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF) is a unique subnational collaboration between 35 states and provinces from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria,

Peru, Ivory Coast, United States, and Spain.

Objectives The GCF seeks to advance jurisdictional programs designed to promote low emissions rural development and reduced emissions from deforestation and land use (REDD+) and link these activities with emerging greenhouse gas (GHG) compliance regimes and other pay-for-performance opportunities.
Activities Financing opportunities, knowledge database, support network, training program, jurisdictional programs for REDD+ and low emissions development, communications and stakeholder engagement.

The GCF is: Integrating jurisdictional REDD+ into broader low-emissions rural development goals; Linking REDD+ with important forest conservation efforts, Including commodity roundtables; Supporting, preserving and improving the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities; and Deepening the ability of subnational efforts to inform—and align with—national processes around REDD+. A Knowledge Database is available at www.gcftaskforce-database.org.

One or two success stories achieved

Monitoring and Impacts

Function of initiative Technical dialogue, Capacity building, Political dialogue, Implementation
Activity of initiative Knowledge dissemination and exchange, Training and education, Awareness raising and outreach, Knowledge production and innovation, Goal setting (ex-ante)
Indicators
Goals
Comments on indicators and goals
How will goals be achieved
Have you changed or strenghtened your goals
Progress towards the goals
How are you tracking progress of your initiative
Available reporting

Participants

Participants Number Names
Members 0  
Companies 0
Business organisations 0
Research and educational organisations 0
Non-governmental organisations 0
National states 0
Governmental actors 0
Regional / state / county actors 0
City / municipal actors 0
Intergovernmental organisations 0
Financial Institutions 0
Faith based organisations 0
Other members 0
Supporting partners 0
Number of members in the years
2008
9
2009
10
2019
42
Have only national states as participators No


Theme

Transport Agriculture Forestry Business Financial institutions Buildings Industry Waste Cities and subnational governments Short Term Pollutants International maritime transport Energy Supply Fluorinated gases Energy efficiency Renewable energy Supply chain emission reductions Adaptation Other Resilience Innovation Energy Access and Efficiency Private Finance
No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Last update: 8 January 2020 09:17:11

Not only have national states as participators