governors’ climate & forests task force overview of 2010-11 activities & objectives...

Governors’ Climate & Forests Task ForceOverview of 2010-11 Activities & Objectives

William BoydGCF Secretariat

Chiapas, MexicoMarch 22, 2011

GCF Objectives (2010-2011)

TASK 3 KNOWLEDGE

DATABASE

TASK 4 STAKEHOLDER INPUT

& TRANSPARENCY

TASK 2 REDD FINANCING

GCF FUND

TASK 1SUBNATIONAL

REDD FRAMEWORKS

Task 1: Subnational REDD+ Frameworks

Common platform approved by all GCF members representing “state-of-the-art” thinking on key elements and design options for subnational REDD+ frameworks

• CREDITING PATHWAYS

• STATE-LEVEL ACCOUNTING

• PROJECT NESTING ARCHITECTURES

• MONITORING, REPORTING & VERIFICATION (MRV)

State-level performance Nested project

performance

• REDD INFRASTRUCTURE

REDD Strategy Legal frameworks Registries

• SAFEGUARDS Environmental Free prior informed

consent Protection of

rights/interests Benefit sharing

• MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PROCESSES

• ENFORCEABILITY

• LINKAGE ARRANGEMENTS

Task 1: Subnational REDD+ Frameworks

OTHER MARKET & NON-MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

VOLUNTARYCARBON

MARKETS

COMPLIANCE CARBON MARKETS

REDD+ PUBLIC FINANCE

& GCF FUND

REDD+ PROGRAMS IN

GCF STATES/PROVIN

CES

Task 1: Subnational REDD+ Frameworks

Independent, rapid deployment fund to support:

1) critical collective needs identified by GCF states & provinces as they build a common platform for REDD+

2) competitive proof-of-concept grants for activities in GCF states & provinces

Task 2: GCF Fund

An open, web-based source of information from GCF members on current status and trends regarding land use and deforestation; forest carbon accounting efforts and methodologies; REDD implementation activities; and REDD related financial flows.

Task 3: GCF Knowledge Database

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Task 4: Stakeholder Involvement & Transparency

Aceh Climate Change Studies (ACCeS)Aliança da TerraAmazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)Amazon Institute of People and the Environment (Imazon)Amazonas Sustainable Foundation (FAS)Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) FoundationCalifornia Environmental Protection AgencyWomen Extractivists of Marajo's Ecological Cooperative (CEMEM)Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)ClimateWorks FoundationClimate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA)Clinton Foundation

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McKinsey and CompanyNational Council of Rubber Tappers (CNS)New Forests Rainforest AllianceRights and Resources Institute (RRI)South Pole Carbon Stanford University - Woods Institute for the EnvironmentTasmania Wilderness SocietyTerra Global CapitalThe Nature Conservancy (TNC)Tropical Forest Group (TFG)UNDP R20Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS)Wall Street on DemandWoods Hole Research CenterWorld BankWorld Resources Institute (WRI)World Wildlife Fund (WWF)Zoological Society of London

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