West Coast Rain Forest. Photo: januszl (flickr).

Agreement on financing and quick-start measures to protect rainforest

Embassy // Last updated: 17/06/2010 //

27th of May heads of state and government, ministers and other representatives of some 50 countries concluded an agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation. Around NOK 25 billion has been pledged for the period 2010–2012 for measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries.

The UN High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing photographed at a meeting in London in March. .
Photo: 10 Downing Street.

Embassy // Last updated: 17/06/2010 //

Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will lead the UN High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing in developing countries. He succeeds former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the group shall mobilise the resources promised at the Copenhagen Climate Summit last December

The first REDD Network meeting was held in Horison Hotel, Hanoi 2nd of February .
Photo: Nina Elisabeth Nordrum Vennevold.

Embassy // Last updated: 17/06/2010 //

Great accomplishments were made during the first meeting of the REDD Network in Hanoi, which focused on the next imperative steps for getting Vietnam REDD-ready by 2012.

Embassy // Last updated: 17/06/2010 //

IPCC’s Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation has seen great progress in Hanoi this week, says Co-Chair Dr. Christopher Field.

Agreement on financing and quick-start measures to protect rainforest

Norway’s Stoltenberg to co-chair climate group

First REDD Network Meeting in Vietnam

IPCC’s Second Lead Authors Meeting in Hanoi

Royal Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi