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EMPOWERING GOVERNORS & CIVIL SERVANTS

Addressing gender in actions for forest and climate with GCF Task Force delegates
This post was created in collaboration with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). Click here to view this post on...
Oct 26, 2020


Gobernador Carlos Joaquín habla del Generación de Capacidades Técnicas y Financieras en Quintana Roo
El pasado 14 de Septiembre, Quintana Roo y su socio implementador The Nature Conservancy México, llevaron a cabo un evento virtual para...
Sep 18, 2020


Dialogues for the Amazon: Brazilian Environmental Secretaries on the Fight Against Forest Fires
On Thursday, September 3rd, Brazilian GCF Task Force States will host Dialogues for the Amazon—a live conversation with Environmental...
Sep 2, 2020


Strengthening indigenous womens' entrepreneurial skills in Acre, Brazil
Initiatives are underway to empower and strengthen indigenous women in Acre, Brazil. On August 20th, the Government of Acre joined the...
Aug 26, 2020

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La representación de Piura ante la Comisión de Alto Nivel de Cambio Climático [ES, ENG]
En el 2020, el Gobierno Regional de Piura asumió la presidencia de la Asamblea Nacional de Gobiernos Regionales (ANGR) elegido por los...
Jul 29, 2020


Eduardo Taveira appointed to Committee for Protected Areas of the Amazon (ARPA)
Eduardo Taveira, Secretary of the Environment from Amazonas and GCF Task Force delegate, was appointed by Brazil’s Minister of...
Jul 20, 2020


Governor Barbalho Signs Law Establishing the State Policy on Climate Change in Pará
Pará, Brazil–On April 29, 2020, Governor Helder Barbalho signed into law the State Policy on Climate Change in Pará. The Law, No. 9,048,...
May 19, 2020


Strength in Unity: IP/LC Global Committee Convenes in Oaxaca
The first official meeting of the GCF Task Force Global Committee for Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities.
Mar 6, 2020


Unity at COP25: Working Together to Advance Subnational Climate Action
(MADRID, SPAIN) Last week, subnational leaders from around the world convened at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) in...
Dec 18, 2019


Governors from Brazil, Peru, Indonesia, and Mexico Tackle Climate Change At COP25
[PRESS RELEASE] (MADRID, SPAIN) The Governors’ Climate & Forests (GCF) Task Force—the world’s largest subnational collaboration of states...
Dec 16, 2019


Inaugural Amazon Governors Summit Convenes at the Vatican, Rome
Rome, Italy– On October 28, 2019, GCF Task Force Governors from the Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon convened at the Pontifical Academy of...
Nov 4, 2019


Governors of the Brazilian Amazon Deliver Statement at the NYDF Event During New York Climate Week
On September 22, 2019, high-level political leaders joined private sector actors, civil society, and indigenous peoples to answer the...
Sep 23, 2019


It's Official: The Steering Committee for Sustainable Agriculture Indonesia formalized in Balikpapan
The Steering Committee for Sustainable Agriculture Indonesia (SCAI) and its institutions were officially formalized on July 31 in Balikpapan
Aug 5, 2019


GCF Task Force Pays Tribute To The Admirable Environmental Work of Dr. Alice Ekwu
Dr. Alice Ekwu, a GCF TF delegate from the Cross River State, Nigeria, received the "Everyday Hero Award" at the GCF Task Force’s...
May 8, 2019

Declaration of San Francisco
Commitment of the Amazonian Governors to implement actions against the climate change and deforestation in their jurisdictions
Nov 16, 2018

GCF Task Force Performs First Workshop for Low-Emissions Rural Development In Jalisco
See original article in Spanish The Trust Fund for the Administration of the Forest Development Program (FIPRODEFO) from the state of...
Oct 15, 2018

The New Yorker: How Carbon Trading Became a Way of Life for California’s Yurok Tribe
See article on The New Yorker here.
Oct 10, 2018

UNDP Announces First Group Of Projects To Support Jurisdictional REDD+ Strategies & Investment Plans
SAN FRANCISCO. The Climate and Forests Team of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced the first round of projects...
Sep 12, 2018

GCF TF Unveils Guiding Principles Of Collaboration And Partnership
San Francisco. On September 11, 2018, the Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force unveiled a set of unifying principles to address...
Sep 11, 2018

Jason Gray Named GCF Task Force Every Day Hero
2017 GCF Task Force Everyday Hero Award Presented to California Air Resource Board’s Jason Gray Governors’ Climate & Forests Task Force...
Nov 27, 2017

Subnational Actors Continue to Lead at the 2017 GCF Annual Meeting
The 2017 GCF Annual Meeting focused on building green, inclusive economies.
Nov 1, 2017

Governors of the Brazilian Amazon Agree to Create a Consortium
Brazilian Amazonian States gathered for the development of the region at the 14th Forum of the Governors of the Legal Amazon on May 5
May 9, 2017

GCF Supports the Forum of Environmental Secretaries of the Legal Amazon In Brazil
The 14th session of the Forum of State Environmental Secretaries of the Brazilian Amazon met in São Luís, in the state of Maranhão, on...
Apr 11, 2017


Jurisdictional Sustainability: Primer For Practitioners
“It is one thing to announce a pledge to tackle deforestation and illegality. It is another to do this in practice on the ground.” Dr....
Mar 13, 2017

The Governor of the Brazilian State of Acre Meets with Industry Leaders in Colorado
This past January, Governor Tião Viana spent two weeks promoting scientific, technical, and business partnerships between the Brazilian...
Feb 13, 2017

Signing Ceremony of the ASPY 2030 Agreement at COP 13
GCF member states of; Campeche, Quintana Roo and Yucatan, signed the Agreement for the Sustainability of the Yucatan Peninsula 2030.
Dec 10, 2016
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