Trees, forest and climate
Trees, forest and climate
CIFOR-ICRAF at UNFCCC COP29
11–22 Nov 2024, Baku, Azerbaijan
Forests Forward: Harnessing Science, Technology, and Innovation for Climate Finance & Action
The inaugural Forest Pavilion is a central platform for all stakeholders to galvanize collective efforts in safeguarding and leveraging forests for a just, equitable and sustainable future for all.
On 16 November, the pavilion will focus on the theme of “Forests Forward: Harnessing Science, Technology, and Innovation for Climate Finance & Action”.
Explore with us the central role that forests play in climate mitigation and adaptation efforts, and the multiple benefits forests offer beyond climate action as carbon sinks, from biodiversity and water regulation to food security, social stability, and much more.
The world’s forests are directly or indirectly linked to each one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and to many of their specific targets, which makes forests central to achieving them.
While addressing the critical challenges related to the efficient and equitable implementation of forest finance, the activities of the day will focus on how well financial mechanisms are working in practice, asking whether the benefits reach all the way down to the communities managing the forests, and discussing the scale of funding required to protect forests effectively.
By bringing in scientists and practitioners from leading research institutions, development organizations, and private industry, this is an opportunity to connect, share, and learn.
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The organizers, IUFRO and CIFOR-ICRAF, are members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF).
Tree-based green-circular-bio economies for resilience, mitigation and just transitions in the Global South
Commodity and service value webs from trees, agroforestry and forests as part of local economies can enable significant contributions to resilience, emissions reductions and just transitions to a carbon neutral feature in developing countries. This session explores effectiveness, efficiency and equity issues around agroforestry and forest systems based local green economies in delivering climate change.
Honore Tabouna
Fabian Enssle
Carine Bourgeois
Driving sustainable development through science-business collaboration
This session will discuss the key role of collaboration between scientific research and business practices to address pressing sustainability challenges in the forest sector. It will provide a comprehensive overview of how science can enable evidence-based decision-making in the forest-based industry and drive sustainable business practices through information and knowledge-sharing.
Maja Radosavljevic
Innovations in private forest finance
Representatives from diverse forest industries will describe their new ways of thinking regarding financial models and landscape-level planning for climate solutions.
Sarita da Cunha Marques Severien
Jung Woo Na
The importance of research on REDD+ and blue carbon for the policy process and research needs now
Amy Duchelle
Shaping policy through technology
A world’s first: Learn about the purpose-built satellite system for monitoring wildfires that feeds back into policymaking.
Colin McFayden
