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LEAF Coalition strengthened ahead of Glasgow climate summit

Two new global organizations – Delta Air Lines and PwC – have joined the LEAF Coalition, a large-scale public-private climate change initiative to mobilize more than $1 billion in results-based payments for countries that protect their tropical forests.

Norway supports 39 new projects: Civil society plays a key role in the fight to save the rainforest

The role of civil society is crucial for the preservation of the world’s tropical forest. Norway is now announcing 39 new projects in cooperation with civil society organisations, amounting to a total of NOK 1.835 billion over the next five years, equallying an amount of 215 million US dollars with today’s exchange rate. The largest share of the allocations will be channelled to indigenous peoples. ‘Their fight should also be our fight,’ says Sveinung Rotevatn, Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment.

Milepæl for regnskog i Afrika

Som første land i Afrika har Gabon klart å redusere avskoginga så mykje at det utløyser ei resultatutbetaling på meir enn 140 millioner kroner frå Norge og fleirgivargruppa vi er ein del av (CAFI). – ¬Dette er ein viktig milepæl, seier klima- og miljøminister Sveinung Rotevatn.