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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 forest. The presentations and discussion will also cover the debate on Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs), the integration of REDD+ into carbon markets, and Norway’s role.

 

These topics will be covered by the following experts:

• Axel Mikhailova, Senior Founding Partner at Perspectives Climate Group:
  COP30 outcomes on forests – addressing the key challenges for financing

 

• Solveig Aamodt, senior researcher, CICERO:

The politics of COP30 (tentative title)

 

• Arild Angelsen, professor, School of Economics and Business, NMBU:

TFFF – can financial acrobatics save rainforests?

 

• Torbjørn Gjefsen, senio advisor in politics, Rainforest Foundation Norway:
  Donor support and commitments for IPLCs (tentative title)

 

• Representative from NICFI (tbc):
  Norway’s post-Belem role (tentative title)

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