Here we will be listing our upcoming events. We are keeping a close eye on how the coronavirus pandemic is shifting dates and moving events to the virtual landscape at this time.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Future 2022 sessions of the Forest Solutions Dialogue will be posted here. Stay tuned for our upcoming survey to inform future Dialogue topics!
Past EVENTS
Forest Solutions Dialogue Meeting 8: New Zealand’s forest management system and Climate Action Teams for REDD+
Dates: December 6th, 2021
Recap: This session presented new research on how the Climate Action Teams model can incorporate REDD+, and offered insights and lessons-learned from New Zealand’s extensive experience in forest management. The meeting was made possible with lead funding from the Government of New Zealand and additional support from the New York Declaration on Forests Platform.
This session was a south-south learning opportunity for REDD+ countries only. The meeting focused on environmental integrity in voluntary carbon markets for REDD+. This topic has had increasing interest globally, as evidenced by the new Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative. The meeting was sponsored and organized by the New York Declaration on Forests Platform.
Forest Solutions Dialogue Meeting 6: ART TREES Standard
DATE: Mar. 3rd, 2021
Recap:
Emergent,ART(Architecture for REDD+ Transactions) and ART’s “TREES” standard were the focus of the session. Combined, they offer a new platform and high quality standard for jurisdictional REDD+ transactions.
The meeting was sponsored and organized by the New York Declaration on Forests Platform.
Forest Solutions Dialogue Meeting 5: 2020 Wrap-Up and 2021 Planning
DATE: Dec. 16th, 2020 (Western and Eastern Hemispheres)
Recap:
The meeting reflected on lessons from the inaugural 2020 year of the Forest Solutions Dialogue. The meeting included country examples and discussion.
Initial thinking on how the Climate Teams model could apply to REDD+ (Climate Advisers/EDF staff)
Discussion and views from countriess
Forest Solutions Dialogue Meeting 2
Dates: July 29th, 2020 (Western Hemisphere) August 13th 2020 (Eastern Hemisphere)
Recap:
Continuation of group discussion in breakout groups on the paper presented in Meeting 1 – see discussion slide
Presentation on background paper: A Typology of Cooperative Approaches based on existing models of REDD+ arrangements
Lessons from current examples of REDD+/Article 6 pilots in Latin America and Africa region (Interventions from country representatives)
Presentation by Dr. Nur Masripatin, Senior Advisor to The Minister of Environment and Forestry, on Indonesia’s REDD+ arrangements and current examples of REDD+ cooperation in Asia-Pacific region
Discussion
Forest Solutions Dialogue Meeting 1: Western Hemisphere
Dates: May 13th, 2020 (Western Hemisphere) May 26th 2020 (Eastern Hemisphere)