This informal event at the 2012 climate change conference in Doha (UNFCCC) provided a forum to exchange views on improving transparency and effectiveness of climate finance.
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Instead of driving land use change, the global commodity trade can provide an opportunity for economic development without deforestation. At this event speakers will share experiences to help governments, businesses, and consumers address the drivers of land use change in the tropics. This side event will also include the newest release of the Indonesian Moratorium map.
This side event will provide a forum for dialogue on current efforts to develop and operationalize the Green Climate Fund with a special focus on Africa. Donors, civil society and government officials will discuss their respective past experience with convention funds and provide concrete recommendations.
This session will focus on how to ensure that climate finance acheives a transformative impact. Lessons will; be drawn from Germany's Durban climate finance pledge to support initial GCF related activities in developing countries.
This roundtable discussion explored efforts to strengthen “readiness” to climate finance. This small expert meeting will presented a forum for a candid dialogue on various efforts to strengthen capacities to plan for climate change, and access finance to implement climate compatible development strategies.
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With many drivers of deforestation outside the forest sector, cross-sectoralcoordination is needed to effectively deliver REDD+. The discussion will be framed by a paper recently published by ODI that uses the case of Uganda to analyse how key political economy features affect sector coordination. Meeting report now available.