Events
COP28: Getting the Carbon Market Right for Communities
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
December 4, 2023 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM (GMT+1) Location: IETA Pavilion, Business Hub, Blue Zone Convenors: Peoples Forests Partnership In this panel, indigenous peoples and local communities and carbon standards organizations will come together to reflect on what progress has been made on getting standards to work for the people and how to tackle […]
COP28: Voices of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities: Faces of the High Integrity Carbon Market
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
December 6, 2023 | 1:15 – 2:45 PM Location: SE Room 5, Blue Zone Convenors: Peoples Forests Partnership, Equitable Earth Coalition Carbon markets can provide much-needed finance for protecting forests, scaling up agroforestry, and benefiting the local communities. Indigenous Peoples and local community organizations advocate for fair and transparent benefit sharing and effective and inclusive […]
COP28: A Revolutionary Shift for the Voluntary Carbon Market: Leadership from Forest Communities and Global South Countries
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
December 3, 2023 | 9:00 – 10:00 AM REGISTER Location: Nature Positive Pavilion, Blue Zone Convenor: Equitable Earth Coalition Leaders of Indigenous Peoples and Global South governments join together at this panel discussion to discuss how to end deforestation by 2030 through a new and revolutionary shift in the voluntary carbon market. This panel’s speakers will […]
New York Climate Week: Carbon Finance for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Madison Room, 101 Park Ave, New York, New York
September 20, 2023 | 11:45 – 12:45 PM REGISTER Location: Madison Room at the Nature Positive Hub Convener(s): Peoples Forests Partnership, UC Center for Climate Justice, AMPB, Ford Foundation, One Earth, Forest Trends Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) have successfully protected forests for generations. They are crucial partners to achieving our global climate goals. […]
New York Climate Week: Achieving scale: How can the VCM support countries to achieve ambitious climate action through REDD+ and meet sustainable development goals
Pershing Hub, 101 Park Ave, New York, New York
September 19, 2023 | 1:30 – 3:30 PM EST REGISTER Location: Pershing Hub at the Nature Positive Hub Convener(s): Wildlife Conservation Society This event will explore how countries can meet requirements to enter the voluntary carbon market, including new methodological approaches for project-scale REDD+ and emerging consensus on high integrity crediting, in order to leverage […]
COP27: Supporting Indigenous People and Local Communities (IPLC) self-governance through climate finance: the importance of increasing and channeling climate finance to ensure self-governance of territories
Sharm El Sheik
November 15, 2022 | 10:30am EET More Information Location: Innovation Zone, Climate Action Stage Conveners: Forest Trends and Wildlife Works The panel will bring together Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLC) representatives, along with experts on nature-based solutions and carbon markets, for a discussion about the importance of channeling climate finance directly to IPLCs. More […]
Curso: Acceso al financiamiento para reducir la deforestación: Entendiendo LEAF y ART TREES
Virtual
El presente curso estará dictado por especialistas en cada tema respectivo quienes absolverán las dudas de las personas participantes. Como material de apoyo se usarán siete (7) cartillas de capacitación elaboradas por expertos en el área. Las cartillas son de acceso libre y pueden citarse mencionando que son producidas por Forest Trends y sus autores. […]
Webinar: Dos Territórios Indígenas aos Mercados
Virtual
21 de dezembro de 2021 15:00 Brasilia BRT / 13:00 EST Link de acesso: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwUQS45E2Qw O Webinário “Dos territórios indígenas aos mercados – Cadeias de Valor do Artesanato, Castanha, Cacau e Açaí” é uma realização da Iniciativa Comunidades e Governança Territorial da Forest Trends, no escopo do Projeto Nossa Floresta Nossa Casa, com apoio da USAID, […]
COP26: Delivering High Integrity, Inclusive Voluntary Carbon Markets for 1.5C
Glasgow / Virtual
November 3, 15:00 – 17:00 GMT Nature+Zone (Blue Zone) [invitation only] | Watch it live Convenor: UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Global leaders from across government, the private sector, civil society and indigenou communities discuss what is needed to ensure voluntary carbon markets are high integrity and accelerate additional action towards the […]
COP26: Local Communities: Securing Safeguards & Direct Climate Financing
Glasgow / Virtual
November 7, 15:15 – 16:45 GMT Global Landscapes Forum, Glasgow University Senate Room | Register to watch it live Convenors: Wildlife Works, RECOFTC, Everland, Greencollar, Forest Trends Climate finance, as currently designed, does not adequately address the drivers of deforestation, nor does it provide recognition and direct financing to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) […]
Conservation Perspectives: Experiences collaborating with local & Indigenous communities
Virtual
Jun 21, 2021 12:30 – 1:30 PM ET How do organizations partner with local and Indigenous communities, what do those partnerships yield, and how can they be strengthened? Three high-impact organizations – whose shared approach to conservation is rooted in collaboration with local communities – are coming together to share their experiences and best practices […]
Webinar: Free Riding and the Exclusion of Indigenous Territories from REDD+ in the Amazon
Virtual
Thu, Dec 10 / 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST (Human Rights Day) Read main messages here Webinar recording here Many indigenous territories in the Amazon are de facto excluded from climate finance mechanisms, with serious implications for both climate justice & achieving Paris Agreement goals. Recent Forest Trends research argues that these mechanisms aren’t yet providing just […]
COP25: Excluding Indigenous Lands with Minimal Deforestation in REDD+: A Free-Rider Problem?
IFEMA, Indigenous Peoples Pavilion (Green Zone)
Please join us for two events on Thursday, December 12th at COP25. Forest Trends’ Communities and Territorial Governance Initiative is launching a research paper that questions the logic behind climate finance mechanisms for not including indigenous lands with minimal or zero deforestation. This paper also argues that indigenous forest lands also capture carbon in addition […]
COP25: Territorial Governance and Recognizing Indigenous Contributions to Climate Mitigation
IFEMA, Indigenous Peoples Pavilion (Green Zone)
Speakers: Héctor Manchi, APRI Wrayz Pérez, GTANW Segundo Tuanama, CODEPISAM Lizardo Cauper, AIDESEP Chris van Dam, Forest Trends When: Monday, December 9, 2019, 10:30-11:30 am CET Where: Indigenous Peoples Pavilion (in the Green Zone)
COP25: Amazon Indigenous Climate Action
IFEMA - Feria de Madrid, Blue Zone, Room 5
When: Thursday, December 12, 2019, 1:15 – 2:45 pm Where: Blue Zone, Room 5 Join Forest Trends and Amazonian indigenous leaders, academics, specialized media, Peruvian government representatives, donor countries, environmentalists and UN and multilateral agencies to discuss Indigenous climate action in the Amazon. Invisible Contribution, Unilateral Compensation: The climate programs (NDC, ER-PD, ERPA) have neither […]