The ICCF Group

Live on YouTube: Join us on March 19th at 10 AM EDT for a briefing on Nuclear Energy Innovation with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Congressman Don Young (R-AK), Congressman John Curtis (R-UT), Jeremy Harrell - ClearPath, Jennifer Gordon - Atlantic Council, and P. Wells Griffith III. https://lnkd.in/eHK3rqf .

Trafigura is proud to announce the first pilot of the #MiomboRestorationAlliance this week at #COP29 with the government of Mozambique for a greenfield restoration project aligned with VM0047 ABACUS to produce carbon removals under Article 6. This week in #Baku we presented the first pilot and process in a workshop with the 11 governments in the Miombo - encouraging transparency and alignment across the region as the Alliance scales, with the next three pilots expected to be finalized by the end of the year. How fitting to kick off this partnership at the #FinanceCOP and with the backdrop of successful agreement of #Article6 in the same week. Thanks again to the leadership of Mozambique and the other African nations in Miombo - and to the vital role of The ICCF Group as secretariat and our other NGO partners in supporting this endeavor. This milestone comes less than 8 weeks after launching at NYCW - and we’ve only just begun ! ?????? https://lnkd.in/gYSg5Zne

Trafigura is proud to announce the first pilot of the #MiomboRestorationAlliance this week at #COP29 with the government of Mozambique for a greenfield restoration project aligned with VM0047 ABACUS to produce carbon removals under Article 6. This week in #Baku we presented the first pilot and process in a workshop with the 11 governments in the Miombo - encouraging transparency and alignment across the region as the Alliance scales, with the next three pilots expected to be finalized by the end of the year. How fitting to kick off this partnership at the #FinanceCOP and with the backdrop of successful agreement of #Article6 in the same week. Thanks again to the leadership of Mozambique and the other African nations in Miombo - and to the vital role of The ICCF Group as secretariat and our other NGO partners in supporting this endeavor. This milestone comes less than 8 weeks after launching at NYCW - and we’ve only just begun ! ?????? https://lnkd.in/gYSg5Zne

For the?UN Biodiversity?Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (#KMGBF) to succeed, the?ultimate goal?is to fully – 100 percent – align public and private investments with nature-positive activity. We are currently far from getting there. But change happens step-by-step, and at?#COP16Colombia?in Cali I have been energized by many practical, purposeful discussions about how transforming harmful subsidies can unlock new incentives that benefit #biodiversity.? ? This was the experience in Costa Rica, where so much changed when farmers began being adequately compensated for keeping forests on their land intact. When these?Global Environment Facility-supported Payment for Ecosystem Services were introduced, they changed mindsets and behaviors, resulting in safeguarded key biodiversity corridors and helping to propel reforestation at a national scale.? ? Subsidy reform can seem daunting or even?impossible?but this is an area with tremendous potential. Being specific about identifying more sustainable ways to fish, farm, and produce energy, and repurposing public support toward these nature-positive practices, in partnership with the private sector and multilateral development banks, can lead us somewhere new. Thank you?Max Andonirina Fontaine, Barry Gardiner MP, Astrid Schomaker, A Prasad, Avril Benchimol, Matthew Reddy?for an excellent side event on the power of #KMGBF Target 18, building on our full-day conference held in partnership with Colombia's Ministry of Environment,?UN Biodiversity's Secretariat,?Conservation International, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, The ICCF Group, The Nature Conservancy, The World Bank, World Economic Forum?and moderated by the inimitable GEF STAP Chair?Rosina Bierbaum. #GEFatCOP16Colombia | COP16 Colombia

Watch Now! UK leaders of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on International Conservation answer questions from The Wildlife Trusts at #COP16: https://lnkd.in/eA-G7Pnk

TheICCFGroup, with support of @BloombergDotOrg, hosted a roundtable at #COP16Colombia with Members of Parliament and experts to discuss how Satellite Technology is mitigating IUU fishing and helping to monitor deforestation through the detection of air quality data. Experts from BAE Systems, Inc., Global Fishing Watch, NOAA, Allen AI, and others discussed innovative ways these technologies are making a difference in the fight to protect nature and how policymakers can help advance this agenda.? #PeaceWithNature #Biodiversity #Conservation

From October 15-16, 2024, the ICCF Group co-sponsored the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) 4th Blue Economy Roundtable and associated high-level engagements at the Harbor Club Hotel in Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/en7j7ss5

The ICCF Group extends a special thank you to its delegation from the UK for representing the APPG on International Conservation at COP16 Colombia. From left to right: Alex Sobel MP, Toby Perkins MP, Uma Kumaran MP, Barry Gardiner MP, Cameron Thomas MP, and Pippa Heylings MP.

Vice President of Strategic Partnerships Jaime Cavelier addresses the Parliamentary Forum for Economic Transitions at #COP16 in Cali, Colombia, highlighting the importance of parliamentary action to advance policy coherence for the conservation of biodiversity across borders.

In Cali, COP16 Colombia: Supporting the signing of the Declaration of the Network of Pianguera / Shellfish Women of the Eastern Tropical Pacific: Guardians of the Mangrove, integrated by women’s organizations, NGOs, government agencies, & the private sector, along with the participation of Governor Dilian Francisca Toro Torres, to promote the conservation & restoration of mangroves & support the sustainable value chain of piangua.