Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF)

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General

Name of initiative	Governors' Climate & Forests Task Force
LPAA initiative	No
NAZCA Initiative	No
Website address	www.gcftaskforce.org
Related initiatives
Starting year	2009
End year
Secretariat	secretariat@gcftaskforce.org GCF Task Force Secretariat 4001 Discovery Drive, Suite 340 University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80302 United States
Organisational structure	The GCF Task Force Secretariat Staff (staff of 9) works directly with 4 regional coordinators in Brazil, Peru, Mexico, and Indonesia, plus a support team at the UNDP. Each state or province selects two delegates in addition to one governor to work directly with both the Secretariat staff and regional coordinators. Aside from administering jurisdictional strategies for each member state and province, the Secretariat organizes three additional committees focusing on topical areas of work: the Executive Committee, the Global Committee on Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities, and the Global Steering Committee on Agricultural Production & Tropical Deforestation.
Geographical coverage	Global, Latin America and The Caribbean, South East Asia, West Africa
Name of lead organisation	University of Colorado Boulder
Type of lead organisation	Academic/Research institution
Location/Nationality of lead organisation	United States of America

Description

Description	The Governors’ Climate & Forests (GCF) Task Force is a subnational collaboration of 38 states and provinces across 10 countries working to protect tropical forests, reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and promote realistic pathways to forest-maintaining rural development.
Objectives	The GCF Task Force seeks to empower a coalition of subnational jurisdictions and their civil society and private sector partners to implement innovative jurisdiction-wide programs for sustainable low emissions development built upon improved forest governance, novel technical and financial mechanisms, enhanced opportunities for local communities and indigenous peoples, and ongoing leadership in national, regional, and international climate policy forums.
Activities	​Facilitate political engagement and leadership by GCF Task Force Governors and their high-level appointees in subnational, national, and international processes for reducing deforestation and promoting low emissions development. Enable civil servants and their civil society partners to be effective advocates for reducing deforestation and promoting sustainable development within their jurisdictions and beyond by enhancing the capacity of state and provincial governments to address drivers of deforestation. Assist GCF Task Force states and provinces in securing both public and private funding for jurisdictional strategies and low emissions development programs. Administer activities through two Global Steering Committees: the Global Committee on Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities, and the Global Steering Committee on Agricultural Production & Tropical Deforestation. Facilitate multi-stakeholder platforms for collaboration on sustainable development between Governors, civil society, the private sector, indigenous peoples and local communities. Map deep-decarbonization pathways in select states and provinces.
One or two success stories achieved

Monitoring and Impacts

Sustainable Development Impact:
           

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)
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Participants

Participants	Number	Names
Members	42
Companies	0
Business organisations	0
Research and educational organisations	0
Non-governmental organisations	4	Earth Innovation Institute - EII (USA),  Mecanismos de Desarrollo Alternos - MDA (Peru),  Pronatura Sur (Mexico),  Insitituto de Conservação e Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Amazônia - IDESAM (Brazil).
National states	0
Governmental actors	0
Regional / state / county actors	38	Acre (Brazil),  Amapá (Brazil),  Amazonas (Brazil),  Maranhão (Brazil),  Mato Grosso (Brazil),  Pará (Brazil),  Rondônia (Brazil),  Roraima (Brazil),  Tocantins (Brazil),  Aceh (Indonesia),  Central Kalimantan (Indonesia),  East Kalimantan (Indonesia),  North Kalimantan (Indonesia),  Papua (Indonesia),  West Kalimantan (Indonesia),  West Papua (Indonesia),  Campeche (Mexico),  Chiapas (Mexico),  Jalisco (Mexico),  Oaxaca (Mexico),  Quintana Roo (Mexico),  Tabasco (Mexico),  Yucatán (Mexico),  Amazonas (Peru),  Huánuco (Peru),  Loreto (Peru),  Madre de Dios (Peru),  Piura (Peru),  San Martín (Peru),  Ucayali (Peru),  Caquetá (Colombia),  Pastaza (Ecuador),  Bélier (Ivory Coast),  Cavally (Ivory Coast),  Cross River State (Nigeria),  Catalonia (Spain),  California (USA),  Illinois (USA).
City / municipal actors	0
Intergovernmental organisations	0
Financial Institutions	0
Faith based organisations	0
Other members	0
Supporting partners	7	Norwegian Development Agency (Norad),  Norway's International Climate & Forest Initiative (NICFI),  United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),  The Climate Group (TCG),  Climate and Land Use Alliance (CLUA),  Gordon and Betty Moore foundation (USA),  Rockefeller Brothers Foundation (USA)
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	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No

Last update: 8 January 2020 09:17:11

Not only have national states as participators