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Mar
6
2017
5:30—6:30 PM
February 27, 2017
Tropical forests are an undervalued asset in meeting the greatest global challenges of our time—averting climate change and promoting sustainable development. Despite their importance, tropical forests and their ecosystems are being destroyed at a high and even increasing rate in most forest-r...
Dec
7
2016
4:00—5:30 PM
November 22, 2016
In uncertain political times, the world needs solutions that enjoy broad-based support. Drawing on more than 20 research papers commissioned over two years, Why Forests? Why Now? demonstrates the disproportionate impact tropical forests can have on climate change mitigation, how the liveli...
Dec
10
2015
3:00—4:30 PM
November 19, 2015
The Center for Global Development is hosting several side events in Paris during the 21st UNFCCC Conference of Parties. Frances Seymour, Jonah Busch and Michele de Nevers will be sharing ongoing research from the forthcoming book, Why Forests? Why Now?(/page/why-forests-why-now-book-and-paper-series...
Dec
8
2014
8:00—10:00 PM
December 01, 2014
The Center for Global Development hosted two side events in Lima during the 20th UNFCCC Conference of Parties. On December 3rd and December 5th, CGD experts Frances Seymour and Jonah Busch presented findings from their forthcoming book, Why Forests? Why Now?, which draws upo...
Oct
10
2014
9:45—12:30 PM
September 29, 2014
The Center for Global Development (CGD) and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will hold two thematically-linked, consecutive events.
We will begin with the release of the 2014 OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) annual flagship publication, the Development Co...
Aug
28
2014
12:00—1:00 PM
August 08, 2014
In this session, Jonah Busch, research fellow with the Center for Global Development, will discuss a recent publication, What Drives Deforestation and What Stops It? A Meta-Analysis of Spatially Explicit Econometric Studies , co-authored with Kalifi Ferretti-Gallon. While some findings from the rese...
Oct
9
2013
9:00—6:30 PM
October 02, 2013
A Conference Co-Hosted by the Center for Global Development (CGD), the Korean Development Institute (KDI), and the Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Mobilizing and allocating finance to address the global public goods dimensions of climate change—both emissions re...