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Panelist Frances Seymour of the Center for Global Development and the Packard Foundation called this work at the state and province level "the most exciting thing going on here at COP." At the same time, she cautioned that we haven't fully turned the corner toward green development, and called for the following measures:
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Expanded payments for carbon emissions reductions. Indeed, Norway, Germany and the U.K. pledged5 billion at the COP to do just this.
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Domestic subsidies and rural assistance programs that discourage further land conversion, like the ones India is testing.
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Corporate commitments to source commodities from farmers and jurisdictions that champion sustainable practices.
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Law enforcement and credit restrictions where deforestation persists.
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