Governors’ Climate & Forests Task Force: Cooperation among subnational governments and NGOs on REDD

9 December, 2010 - 16:45 - 18:15

Location

Address:

Mamey Room, Cancun Messe

Country:

Mexico

The Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF) is a subnational coalition of 14 states and provinces in Brazil, Indonesia, Nigeria, Mexico, and USA working with NGOs and other stakeholders to protect the climate and forests by integrating REDD into emerging greenhouse gas compliance regimes.

Sponsored by the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Tropical Forest Group (TFG)

Moderator: John O. Niles, Executive Director, TFG

4:45-5:00 pm	Welcome
	§ Hon. John Odey, Minister for Environment (Nigeria) § Honorable Governor Liyel Imoke (Cross River State, Nigeria)
5:00-5:20 pm	GCF Leadership and Organization
	§ William Boyd (GCF Secretariat): GCF Origins, Achievements and 2011 Plan § Natalie Unterstell (Amazonas, Brazil & GCF Chair in 2010): Debriefing from 2010, Announcement of new members, and Hand-over of Chair. § Yakob Ishademy (Aceh, Indonesia – Head, Aceh Green) and Fadmi Ridwan (Aceh, Indonesia – Head REDD Task Force)– New Chair
5:20-5:55 pm	GCF State & Province Subnational REDD+ Strategies
	§ Governor Jim Doyle (Wisconsin, U.S.) § Governor Sabines Guerrero (Chiapas, Mexico) – New member § Secretary Linda Adams (California, U.S. - Environmental Protection Agency) § Secretary Fabio Vaz de Lima (Acre, Brazil) § Odigha Odigha (Cross River State, Nigeria – Chairman of Forestry Commission) § Avi Mahaningtyas (GCF – Coordinator for GCF Indonesian Provinces andKemitraan – Chief of Economic Cluster)
5:55-6:10 pm	The Relevance of Subnational REDD Efforts: International & National Perspectives
	§ Josep A. Garí (UNDP / UN-REDD Advisor for Africa) § Minister Kuntoro Mangkusubroto (Indonesia – Chair, REDD+ Task Force) § Jason E. Bordoff (White House Council on Environmental Quality – Associate Director for Energy and Climate Change)
6:10 pm	Concluding Remarks (Governor Imoke) & GCF Photo
► *GCF Governors’ Reception at the Ritz Carlton (7:30-10:30 p.m.) with co-hosts TNC, EDF, and IPAM* – transportation for 150 attendees provided from Cancun Messe. RSVP to reception [at] gcftaskforce.org.