This seminar will reflect on the outcomes of the climate summit - COP30 in Belem, Brazil - and the implications for tropical forests. Much of the debate has been around the proposed Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), a financial mechanism to generate payments to countries to maintain tropical forests. The presentations and discussion will also cover the debate on Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPs and LCs), the integration of REDD+ into carbon markets, and Norway’s role.

 

Program (each 12-15 min. presentation followed by a short Q & A):

9:00-9:10     Aida Cuni-Sanchez. Assistant Professor NMBU, moderator.

                    Short introduction

9:10-9:30     Axel Michaelowa, Senior Founding Partner at Perspectives                                Climate Group:

                    COP30 outcomes on forests – addressing the key challenges for                        financing

9:30-9:50     Solveig Aamodt. Senior researcher, CICERO:

                     The politics of COP30

9:50-10:10    Arild Angelsen. Professor, School of Economics and Business, NMBU.

                     TFFF – Can financial acrobatics save rainforests?

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10:10-10:30  Coffee break

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10:30-10:50  Bård Harstad. Professor Stanford University, US
                     TFFF and alternative mechanisms for tropical forest conservation

10:50-11:10   Andreas Dahl-Jørgensen. Director, Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative, Ministry of Climate and Environment.
                     Norway’s post-Belem role (tentative title)

11:10-11:30    Richard Erskine. Head of Nature Based Solutions, Equinor
                     Latest developments on Article 6 – Carbon and Nature

11:30-11:50   Torbjørn Gjefsen. Senior advisor (politics), Rainforest Foundation                       Norway.
                     Donor support and commitments for IPLCs.

11:50-12:00   Aida Cuni-Sanchez

                     Wrap up

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We look forward to an exciting seminar and to seeing you!