International Day of Forests 2018: Pursuing sustainable cities and climate solutions through forest action
Celebrating the importance of woodlands and trees for protecting and sustaining life in urban areas.
Launch of the Global Platform for the New York Declaration on Forests
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announces the launch of a Global Platformfor the New York Declaration on Forests (“NYDF Platform”), at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany.
The New York Declaration aims to reduce more climate pollution each year than the United States emits annually, and it doesn’t stop there. Forests are not only a critical part of the climate solution – the actions agreed today will reduce poverty, enhance food security, improve the rule of law, secure the rights of indigenous peoples and benefit communities around the world.
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
The New York Declaration on Forests
The New York Declaration on Forests is a partnership of governments, multinational companies, civil society and indigenous peoples who strive to halve deforestation by 2020 and to end it by 2030. The NYDF outlines ten ambitious global targets related to protecting and restoring forests, which, if realized, have the potential to reduce annual carbon emissions by 4.5 to 8.8 billion tonnes of CO2 - equivalent to the annual emissions of the United States.
Launched at the Climate Summit held at UN Headquarters in New York in September 2014, the Declaration is currently endorsed by more than 190 entities including more than 50 governments, more than 50 of the world’s biggest companies, and more than 50 influential civil society and indigenous peoples’ organizations. Click here to see the current list of NYDF endorsers.
The New York Declaration on Forests
The New York Declaration on Forests is a partnership of governments, multinational companies, civil society and indigenous peoples who strive to halve deforestation by 2020 and to end it by 2030. The NYDF outlines ten ambitious global targets related to protecting and restoring forests, which, if realized, have the potential to reduce annual carbon emissions by 4.5 to 8.8 billion tonnes of CO2 - equivalent to the annual emissions of the United States.
Launched at the Climate Summit held at UN Headquarters in New York in September 2014, the Declaration is currently endorsed by more than 190 entities including more than 50 governments, more than 50 of the world’s biggest companies, and more than 50 influential civil society and indigenous peoples’ organizations. Click here to see the current list of NYDF endorsers.
The NYDF Goals
The Karipuna Indigenous land in Rondônia, #Brazil lost more than 1000 ha of #forest in the beginning of 2017. That is an area the size of about 1000 soccer fields. @Greenpeace https://t.co/BbeYd8pNWX https://t.co/16Tvw3iJvZ
The Karipuna Indigenous land in Rondônia, #Brazil lost more than 1000 ha of #forest in the beginning of 2017. That is an area the size of about 1000 soccer fields. @Greenpeace https://t.co/BbeYd8pNWX pic.twitter.com/16Tvw3iJvZ
— NYDF Global Platform (@NYDF_Platform) April 24, 2018
The Queens Commonwealth Canopy, launched at the Paris climate summit, has become a leading efforts to protect and restore the world’s #forests, contributing to the #reforestation and afforestation in 35 Commonwealth countries. @NatureClimate @Nature4Climate @JustinCMAdams https://t.co/XqBMbenQRs
The Queens Commonwealth Canopy, launched at the Paris climate summit, has become a leading efforts to protect and restore the world’s #forests, contributing to the #reforestation and afforestation in 35 Commonwealth countries. @NatureClimate @Nature4Climate @JustinCMAdams pic.twitter.com/XqBMbenQRs
— NYDF Global Platform (@NYDF_Platform) April 23, 2018
Governments that support protecting #indigenous lands and livelihoods benefit environmentally as well as economically. They help locals avoid extreme poverty while at the same time increasing the health of #forests. https://t.co/NLgCp5HOqY #UNPFII17
@ecobusinesscom @CIPRED https://t.co/3m0r8EU996
Governments that support protecting #indigenous lands and livelihoods benefit environmentally as well as economically. They help locals avoid extreme poverty while at the same time increasing the health of #forests. https://t.co/NLgCp5HOqY #UNPFII17@ecobusinesscom @CIPRED pic.twitter.com/3m0r8EU996
— NYDF Global Platform (@NYDF_Platform) April 23, 2018
