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Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force

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Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force
TypeMemoranda of Understanding
Signed18 November 2008
LocationLos Angeles, CA
Parties35[1]

The Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF Task Force) is a sub-national collaboration between 38 states and provinces from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Spain, and the United States. The Task Force is designed to support jurisdictional approaches to low emissions rural development and reduced emissions from deforestation and land use (REDD+), specifically through performance-based payment schemes and national or state-based greenhouse gas (GHG) compliance regimes.[1]

The Task Force was initiated by former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on November 18, 2008, at the Governors’ Climate Change Summit in Los Angeles, California. At this summit the U.S. states of California, Illinois, and Wisconsin,[a] the Brazilian states of Amapá, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, and Pará, and the Indonesian provinces of Aceh and Papua signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs)[permanent dead link] supporting cooperation on a number of issues related to climate policy, financing, technological cooperation, and research. These MOUs also called for the creation of a Joint Action Plan to provide a framework for implementing the MOUs in the forest section. The GCF Task Force held its first international meeting in 2009 in Belem, Brazil, where it approved its Joint Action Plan.

Current member states

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Country Member States or Provinces[1]
 Brazil Amapá Amazonas Maranhão Mato Grosso Pará Rondônia Tocantins
 Colombia Caquetá Department
 Indonesia Aceh Central Kalimantan East Kalimantan North Kalimantan Papua West Kalimantan West Papua
 Ivory Coast Bélier Region Cavally Region
 Mexico Campeche Chiapas Jalisco Quintana Roo Tabasco Yucatán Oaxaca
 Nigeria Cross River State
 Peru Amazonas Department Department of Huánuco Department of Loreto Department of Madre de Dios Department of Piura Department of San Martín Department of Ucayali
 Spain Catalonia
 United States California Illinois

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ As of 2011, Wisconsin is no longer a GCF member.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "GCF Overview". Governors' Climate & Forests Task Force. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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