The Congo Basin mobilizes at the heart of COP 23 in Bonn ...

Bonn (Germany) -14 November 2017 – COMIFAC hosted a high-level side event in the Brum - BULA ZONE 3 meeting room. The session was graced by several ministers from COMIFAC and other countries parties, ECCAS and representatives of international organizations. The session was entitled: Who will pay for Congo Basin forests conservation for their contribution to the balance of the global climate system?

The high-level parallel session aimed to highlight the countries' efforts in the area of conservation, sustainable management and their contributions to the fight against climate change.

The event was divided into three sessions: an introduction, a technical segment and a high-level panel. The meeting was moderated by Mr. Patrice LEFEU, Executive Director, EY, Europe, Middle East, Africa and India R & D & Innovation Funding, Climate Financial Mechanisms and Public Funding Efficiency Leader.

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17-07-2018 08:13

GEF-Small grants, big impacts: a community-led initiative is saving Viet Nam’s land crabs

Conserving the global commons can mean grappling with complex issues, studying the science underlying them, and making far-reaching commitments. But it can also involve measuring crabs in a hot village square.

17-07-2018 08:08

Aux Arbres : ATIBT takes part in the 1st public awareness event for the forests

It’s a first! Last Friday and Saturday was organized by Maisons du Monde Foundation a public event around the preservation of forests, climate and biodiversity in Nantes.

17-07-2018 08:01

Atibt: New edition of Racewood in Gabon WoodShow

On 21 and 22 June, the ATIBT organized the Racewood in Libreville, as part of Gabon WoodShow, the first timber fair in the Congo Basin. ATIBT has decided to take advantage of the launch this year of Gabon WoodShow, Gabon’s first wood and technology show in Gabon, to join the event and hold a new edition of the Racewood.

17-07-2018 07:57

Atibt: ATIBT and COMIFAC sign a collaboration agreement at Racewood

TIBT and COMIFAC signed a collaboration agreement at the Racewood on June 21, in Libreville (Gabon). The ATIBT Racewood remains one of the key events in the tropical timber industry. It represents a major opportunity on the African continent of multi-partner relationship. For two days, the key actors of the sector meet and exchange: donors, development agencies, policy makers, NGOs, civil society, country representatives, researchers, scientists, training organizations, unions, producers, managers, importers and industrialists .

16-07-2018 07:30

The Congo Basin at the heart of the GEF General Assembly - GEF Secretariat: High Level Roundtable on Congo Basin Sustainable landscapes, June 28 2018, Ariyana ballroom, Da Nang, Viet Nam

GEF - Secretariat: Summary of the High-Level Roundtable on Congo Basin Sustainable landscapes, June 28 2018, Ariyana ballroom, GEF Assembly, Da Nang, Viet Nam - Congo Basin Sustainable landscapes: around 70 persons took part in this High-Level Roundtable moderated by Cyriaque Sendashonga, Global Director for Programme and Policy at IUCN. The discussions focused on the protection of global important biodiversity in protected areas, the management of biodiversity out of protected areas through large-scale landscape approaches, the importance of forest dependent communities and traditional knowledge...

13-07-2018 09:47

GCF: Workshop forges direct links to country-led climate action

Songdo, 01 Jun 2018 The Green Climate Fund has strengthened its country-driven approach to supporting global climate action with the conclusion today of the Empowering Direct Access workshop.

13-07-2018 09:21

GCF: Green Climate Fund B.20 meeting press release

Songdo, 04 Jul 2018 The 20th meeting of the GCF Board ended today in Songdo, following four days of challenging and difficult discussions between Board members. The Board meeting was Chaired by Lennart Båge, in the absence of Co-Chair Paul Oquist.

13-07-2018 09:14

unfccc.int: UN Climate Chief Calls on Oil Producers to Undertake Rapid, Ambitious Energy Transition

UN Climate Change News, 20 June 2018 - UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa today called on oil producing countries to make the challenging but necessary transition to renewable energy in order to enable a low-carbon future and prevent the worst ravages of climate change, which include ever more severe and frequent droughts, flooding and storms caused by heat-trapping greenhouse gases.