The second workshop on long-term finance convened from 1-3 October in Cape Town, South Africa, and focused on approaches to scaling up climate finance and creating enabling environments. The workshop was organized under the work programme on long-term finance of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by the Co-Chairs of the work programme with the support of the UNFCCC Secretariat, and provided an opportunity for parties, and private sector and civil society stakeholders to express their views on these issues. A goof summary of the key ideas..
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Twenty years ago, when the 1992 Earth Summit was held in Brazil, social networking, smartphones, the Internet and email were hardly as ubiquitous as they are today. Delete the scoop?
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A round up of the week’s news on REDD, in chronological order with short extracts (click on the title for the full article). REDD-Monitor’s news page (REDD in the news) is updated regularly. Delete the scoop?
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The European Union has been using all means necessary to fill the multi- billion-euro fund for climate change, including the controversial mobilisation of public resources through private financial intermediaries. Delete the scoop?
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Modern technology has enabled anyone with an internet connection to communicate to people all over the world and access virtually limitless information. One such creative innovation, crowdfunding, a relatively new phenomenon that uses the Internet to source funding from anyone who believes in the cause. Delete the scoop?
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Deadline- June 30, 2012 Zoo Boise is expanding its focus towards conservation - from not only caring for the animals within zoo grounds, but towards helping animals in their natural environments. This is in response to the growing extinction crisis... Delete the scoop?
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The World Bank-housed CIFs are financing instruments designed to pilot low-carbon and climate-resilient development through the multilateral development banks (MDBs). They are comprised of two trust funds – the CTF and the SCF. The SCF is an overarching fund aimed at piloting new development approaches. It consists of three targeted programmes: PPCR, FIP and SREP. So far donors have pledged $4.3 billion to the CTF and $1.9 billion to the SCF. This edition of the CIFs Monitor outlines recent developments at the CIFs and collates ongoing concerns over their operation. Delete the scoop?
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The Children & Nature Network (C&NN) received a $100,000 grant last Friday from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF) for its work to protect nature and inspire lifelong conservation values. The award was presented during the Disney Kids and Nature Celebration, a three-day event held at Walt Disney World Resort which recognizes the importance of connecting kids to nature and the organizations leading this effort. Delete the scoop?
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The CFA Environmental Funds Working Group held its monthly meeting last April 11th, 2012. Camila Monteiro, Communication and Network Coordinator, and Luiza Muccillo, Project Manager, presented the Funbio experience in managing compensation payments with the Fundo Mata Atlântica. Delete the scoop?
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The financing of climate action has entered a watershed period. Either the momentum in favour of a substantial global fund to support both mitigation and adaptation efforts internationally– encouraged by the establishment of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) at COP17 – will be sustained, or it will wither on the vine, suffocated by a lack of political will, inadequate institutional capacity and the inclement economic environment in developed countries... Delete the scoop?
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Eight years since the launch of its Coffee and Farmer Equity (C.A.F.E.) Practices commitment, Starbucks is ready to share some of the lessons its learned along the way to greener supply chains. Delete the scoop?
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Nature, like everything it provides us, is invaluable — but protecting it isn’t free. Choosing conservation over exploitation presents a real opportunity cost, and protecting, restoring and maintaining healthy ecosystems require significant manpower and resources. But since we all rely on a healthy planet for our well-being, there’s no greater investment we can make. Delete the scoop?
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Fauna & Flora International is pleased to announce that The Natural Value Initiative (NVI) has been shortlisted for the biodiversity category in the 2012 Guardian Sustainable Business Awards. Now in their second year, these awards recognise pioneering initiatives that are driving real change in the way businesses tackle sustainability. Delete the scoop?
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The CFA Environmental Funds Working Group held its monthly meeting last March 7th. Scott Lampman, director of the Tropical Forest Conservation Act Secretariat and co-chair of the CFA EFWG, presented his thoughts on the closing stages of an EF’s life cycle.
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Rather than waiting on the outcomes of Rio+20, the World Bank has announced just announced it’s new environment strategy for the next decade. The full document can be downloaded here. Here are some very rough notes, on first reading, for anyone who's interested in this type of thing: Delete the scoop?
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Two years ago in Nagoya, Japan, 193 countries meeting for the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) agreed on 20 targets to reduce global pressures on our natural world. Delete the scoop?
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Discussions on how mitigation and adaptation funds will be raised and used in the second commitment period of Kyoto Protocol from 2013-2020 will be key during the climate change talks in Bonn to ensure that REDD+ can move forward. Forest-rich nations cannot wait much longer without progress in financing, said an expert.. Delete the scoop?
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The Windsor Research Centre (WRC) is implementing a project to engage the people of Jamaica in the conservation and protection of the Coral Spring-Mountain Spring Protected Area (CPMSPA) and its mangrove habitat. Delete the scoop?
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An interesting prspective of the challenges biodiversity offsets face in America. Competition is not only between banks, but also between banks and other forms of mitigation. Via Carlos Ferreira Delete the scoop?
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An interesting business approach to nature conservation. The Go Zero project works like this: when asked to conserve high priority lands for one of their partners such as the National Park Service or a state wildlife agency, they use their Revolving Fund to acquire the land and hold it until the public agency can buy it back from us. Upon repayment, they return the money to the fund and it is ready for the next land conservation project. Dollar for dollar, their Revolving Fund has protected more land than any other land conservation vehicle. Click on link to main website for more info. Delete the scoop?
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In a classic red barn in upstate New York, near the banks of the Hudson River, Jason Roskey makes the kind of furniture you remember. With a creative hand and environmental conscience, Roskey turns salvaged walnut and maple into exquisite tables, chests and soon-to-be heirlooms.
Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) and the nonprofit Conservation Fund have joined forces to back Fern Studios with a $7,500 loan, intended to foster the company's vision for creating hand-crafted artisan furniture made from sustainably sourced American hardwoods. Delete the scoop?
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BirdLife Europe, in collaboration with the EEB (European Environmental Bureau), launched a video giving a series of indisputable arguments to green the CAP. Delete the scoop?
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The Hunter's indigenous Wonnarua nation has welcomed the region's first 'biobank' site near Singleton, which gives a culturally significant piece of land permanent protection from development. - a glimpse at future uses of conservation finance? Via Carlos Ferreira Delete the scoop?
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The conversation about water has moved on and is now about the role natural resources play in providing smart, sustainable solutions... Via MJP EcoArchives Delete the scoop?
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In Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi, a new approach to small-scale farming has spread to more than 100,000 families in just four years. Part of the Food for 9 Billi... Via Flora Moon Delete the scoop?
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As the days start getting warmer and longer, are you thinking about outings to that favorite local park, trail or ball field? You might want to thank the government. Since Congress established it in 1965, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, or LWCF, has financed development and improvement of local recreation facilities in all 50 states. Delete the scoop?
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