The Forests Dialogue

Location: 323, 3rd floor, Collegium Maius

Since December 2007, The Forests Dialogue has led a multi-stakeholder dialogue process focused on developing a clear, unified message and common set of principles illustrating the factors and conditions necessary to maximize forests and people’s ability to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The Initiative has involved more than 275 diverse leaders from around the world and produced a comprehensive consensus Statement that lays out 5 guiding principles and over 100 suggested actions for stakeholders including government climate negotiators. TFD will present the Statement including reaction from a panel of prominent leaders. This will be followed by the discussion on the suggested actions. 

The Collaborative Partnership on Forest’s Strategic Framework for Forests and Climate Change will also be presented and discussed.

Chair: Gary Dunning, Executive Director, The Forests Dialogue
Time	Title of presentation	Speaker & Institution	File(s)
14:30 – 14:50	Beyond REDD: Your role in ensuring that forests positively effect climate change	Gary Dunning, TFD; James Griffiths, WBCSD; Stewart Maginnis, IUCN
14:50 – 15:00	CPF Process and Statement	Jan Heino, FAO
15:00 – 15:05	Indigenous Peoples Perspective	Minnie Degawan, IAITPTF
15:05 – 15:10	Beyond REDD - Ensuring that forests positively effect climate change: Government Perspective	Jürgen Blaser & Carmenza Robledo, Intercooperation
15:10 – 15:15	IGO Perspective	Gerhard Dieterle, World Bank
15:15 – 15:20	Business Perspective	Peter Gardiner, Mondi
15:20 – 16:00	Discussion of Recommended Actions