Avoided Deforestation Partners - News & Articles

AD Partners Washington DC event extraordinary event!

Prof. Wangari Maathai � Founder � The Green Belt Movement

Washington D.C.—Avoided Deforestation Partners was honored to host a lunch and round table on the urgent need for the U.S. Congress to take the lead on integrating International Forest Protection in U.S. Climate Policy. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai headlined as the keynote speaker. Professor Maathai spoke about the urgent need for the U.S. to adopt policies that will protect international rainforests and the communities whose lives depend on their continued existence. Dr. Maathai was followed on stage by an impressive group of renowned environmental, science and business leaders, all of who shared the concern that the U.S. Congress must act soon if we are to advance one of the most critical and achievable climate change solutions....speakers, participants, photos, and more

AD Partners West Coast event great success

Peter Darbee � Chairman, CEO, and President, PG&E Corporation

San Francisco—Avoided Deforestation Partners and PG&E convened leaders in the private sector, NGOs and government to develop an action plan to improve the market for private sector investment in protecting our planet’s forests, which is a vital tool in combating global climate change. Creating the right carbon market policies to attract private sector investment in forest preservation at scale is the central focus of AD Partners....more

Advancing Avoided Deforestation: From Policy to Practice

On February 28, AD Partners and PG&E will host a roundtable discussion in San Francisco on practical approaches to stimulating investment in avoided deforestation projects. Following the UNFCCC COP13 decision on REDD, we face the challenge of developing new financing mechanisms to support avoided deforestation projects, sustainable forestry, and the maintenance of intact forest ecosystems. Advancing Avoided Deforestation will tackle this challenge by bringing together perspectives and expertise from policy and legal experts, government officials, investors, project developers, and NGOs from around the world to discuss how to move policy forward and encourage investment that brings projects into fruition. The roundtable is by invitation only and will be held in San Francisco, CA.
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Avoided deforestation and the economy

Mongabay and Ecosystem Marketplace recently published AD Partners�s editorial linking the US economy with efforts to save rainforests and fight climate change. Published in the wake of the successful Bali REDD agreements, the article demonstrates the advantages to the US of participation in forest carbon credit markets. Check out the Mongabay article and the Ecosystem Marketplace article.
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AD PARTNERS BALI PANEL: Private Sector Participation in REDD

Side Event to United Nations
COP 13, CMP 3, SB27, & AWG 4

18:00-19:30, Thursday 6 December

AD Partners� Official UN Side Event a Success!
International policy to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) in developing countries often refers to private sector engagement via the emissions trading market as essential. On 6 December 2007 AD Partners co-hosted a very successful side event at the UN climate change conference in Bali on private sector participation in REDD. The event was co-hosted with the Global Public Policy Institute and Climate Focus a very successful side event at the UN climate change conference in Bali on private sector participation in REDD. and was the only official side event on this topic. The room quickly filled to capacity with many attendees standing � demonstrating the significant interest in the event.
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AD PARTNERS BALI PANEL: Private Sector Participation in REDD

Side Event to United Nations
COP 13, CMP 3, SB27, & AWG 4

18:00-19:30, Thursday 6 December
Tidal Room
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Bali
(RECEPTION TO FOLLOW: HOSTED BY AD PARTNERS)

A number of proposals to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries call for private sector funding through the carbon market. This side event draws on lessons learned from the existing trading mechanisms, practical experience, and financial analysis to identify and discuss issues that need to be addressed to develop REDD policy that will work in practice�
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BRUSSELS CONFERENCE SUMMARY

As Bali is fast approaching, there remains a growing anticipation for what tangible outcomes can be expected from the COP/MOP meetings, in particular regarding reducing emissions from deforestation (�RED� or �avoided deforestation�). On October 24-25th, a diverse group of leading private sector companies, environmental NGOs, scholars, lawyers and representatives from key tropical forest governments, the EU and the U.S. gathered in Brussels to discuss RED policy in an effort to elicit common views and refine the policy challenges. The meetings included engaged and open discussion from all participants on various policy approaches and testimonials on the urgency of the deforestation crisis�.more

PUTTING FORESTS ON THE AGENDA

Avoided Deforestation Partners co-hosts RED Workshop in Brussels

On October 24 and 25, 2007 Climate Focus, CATIE, Avoided Deforestation Partners�convened a public dialogue on mechanisms to reduce emissions from deforestation (RED) in developing countries. The dialogue was supported by the Governments of Costa Rica, Peru, Colombia, Paraguay, Panama, and Ecuador as well as the UN Economic Commission on Latin America and GTZ.� The event attracted over 70 attendees from Governments, the private for profit and non for profit sectors. Government officials represented Governments from Europe, Latin America, Asia and North America. The objective of the event was to initiate a dialogue between governments and the private sector on RED policy given the acknowledged need for private sector financing to effectively address the problem of tropical deforestation. The use of market mechanisms and private sector finance feature on most countries' submissions to the UNFCCC�.more