Making good on the Glasgow Climate Pact: a call to action to achieve one gigaton of emissions reductions from forests by 2025

What: It is critical to mobilize funding to achieve the goal of 1 gigaton of emissions reductions from forests by 2025. Panelists will (i) address the importance of adopting a mid-term milestone towards the Glasgow Pledge; (ii) provide an overview of the gap towards achieving the gigaton milestone; and (iii) propose changes in policies/incentives to achieve that milestone.

When: Friday, 11 November 2022, 3:00 – 4:00 pm (GMT +2) | Livestream

Location: Nature Zone pavilion, COP27. Dial-in details will be shared.

Objectives:

• Establish a 1 gigaton milestone as reference point for the Forest and Climate Leaders’ Partnership (FCLP) and similar efforts to halting and reversing deforestation by 2320, such as Turning the Tide on Deforestation.
• Advocate for a forest carbon floor price of at least USD 30-50.
• Scale up forest action and financing to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030 and make achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement possible.

Panel (TBC):

• Alue Dohong, Vice Minister, Ministry of Environment and Forestry Indonesia
• Representative of the UK Government
• Representative of the DRC Government
• Waldez Goes da Silva, Governor, State of Amapá, Brazil
• Susan Gardner, Director, Ecosystems Division, UNEP
• Andre Guimaraes, Executive Director, IPAM
• Lola Cabnal, Director of Environmental Advocacy, Ak'Tenamit