General
Name of initiative
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Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF)
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LPAA initiative
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No
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NAZCA Initiative
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No
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Website address
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http://www.gcftaskforce.org/
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Related initiatives
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Starting year
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2009
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End year
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Secretariat
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University of Colorado Law School in Boulder, Colorado, US, e-mail: secretariat@gcftaskforce.org
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Organisational structure
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Geographical coverage
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Global
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Name of lead organisation
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Type of lead organisation
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Network/Consortium/Partnership
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Location/Nationality of lead organisation
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United States of America
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Description
Description
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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.
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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Objectives
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Activities
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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.
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One or two success stories achieved
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Monitoring and Impacts
Function of initiative
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Technical dialogue, Capacity building, Political dialogue, Implementation
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Activity of initiative
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Knowledge dissemination and exchange, Training and education, Awareness raising and outreach, Knowledge production and innovation, Goal setting (ex-ante)
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Indicators
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Goals
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Comments on indicators and goals
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How will goals be achieved
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Have you changed or strenghtened your goals
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Progress towards the goals
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How are you tracking progress of your initiative
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Available reporting
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Participants
Participants
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Number
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Names
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Members
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0
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Companies
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0
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Business organisations
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0
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Research and educational organisations
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0
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Non-governmental organisations
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0
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National states
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0
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Governmental actors
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0
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Regional / state / county actors
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0
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City / municipal actors
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0
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Intergovernmental organisations
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0
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Financial Institutions
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0
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Faith based organisations
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0
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Other members
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0
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Supporting partners
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0
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Number of members in the years
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Have only national states as participators
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No
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Theme
Transport
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Agriculture
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Forestry
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Business
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Financial institutions
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Buildings
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Industry
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Waste
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Cities and subnational governments
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Short Term Pollutants
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International maritime transport
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Energy Supply
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Fluorinated gases
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Energy efficiency
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Renewable energy
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Supply chain emission reductions
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Adaptation
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Other
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Resilience
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Innovation
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Energy Access and Efficiency
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Private Finance
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Last update: 8 January 2020 09:17:11
Not only have national states as participators