The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) 2025 Annual Report highlights a year of strong progress in results-based climate finance and in helping countries prepare for the next phase of high-integrity carbon markets.
FCPF 2025 Annual Report
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08:45
Registration
09:30
1. Opening of Participants Committee Meeting (PC28)
- Hon. Angel Francisco Estévez Bourdierd, Minister, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Dominican Republic
- Alessandro Legrottaglie, Country Manager, Dominican Republic, World Bank
09:45
10:00
2. Updates from Facility Management Team (FMT)
- Julian Gonzalo, FMT (Presentation)
10:45
Coffee break
11:15
- Julian Gonzalo, FMT (Presentation)
12:00
3. Closing
- Yu Huan, FMT (Presentation)
12:15
3. Closing
- Pedro Garcia Brito, Climate Change Director, Environment and Natural Resources, Dominican Republic (on behalf of REDD Country Participants)
- Nicolas Duval-Mace, Government of Canada (on behalf of Donor Participants)
12:30
Lunch
01:30
1. Opening of Participants Assembly Meeting (PA12)
- Simon Whitehouse, Fund Manager, FMT
01:45
- Pedro Garcia Brito, Climate Change Director, Environment and Natural Resources, Dominican Republic (on behalf of REDD Country Participants)
- Nicolas Duval-Mace, Government of Canada (on behalf of Donor Participants)
02:00
2. Reports from the FMT
- Siet Meijer, FMT (Presentation)
03:00
3 Extension of the closing date of the FCPF Readiness Fund
- Simon Whitehouse, FMT (Presentation)
04:00
Coffee break
04:15
Contact group on extension of the FCPF Readiness Fund (if required)
07:00
Dinner Reception
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09:00
3. Extension of the closing date of the FCPF Readiness Fund (contd.)
- Markus Pohlmann, Legal Department, World Bank
12:00
01:00
4. Remarks by Observers and Delivery Partners
a. Inter-American Development Bank
- Jaime Fernandez-Baca, IADB (statement)
b. United Nations Development Programme & UN-REDD Programme
- Wahida Shah, Technical Specialist, UNDP (UN-REDD statement) (UNDP statement)
c. Indigenous Peoples
- Grace Balawag, Deputy Program Coordinator, Tebtebba-Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy research and Education (statement)
d. Southern civil society organizations
- Luis Ramirez, Legal Advisor, Asociación de Comunidades Forestales de Petén (ACOFOP) (statement)
e. Northern civil society organizations
- Breanna Lujan, Project Manager, Forest and Climate Policy, Environmental Defense Fund (statement)
f. International Organizations
- Adriana Vidal, Senior Forest Policy Officer, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (statement)
g. Private Sector
- Simon Henry, Director of Carbon Market Development, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) (statment)
01:45
5. Legal Matters
- Xiaoxin Shi, Legal Department, World Bank (Presentation)
02:00
- Caucus of REDD Country Participants
- Caucus of Donor Participants and Carbon Fund Participants
03:00
- Xiaoxin Shi, Legal Department, World Bank
03:15
03:30
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09:15
FCPF Knowledge Day
Learning from Experience to Strengthen Benefit Sharing
Engaging the Private Sector in Forest Landscapes
10:45
Coffee
11:00
Strengthening the Social Inclusion and Empowerment of Marginalized Communities in REDD+ Programs
Uniting the Blue and Green Carbon Agendas: REDD+ and Mangrove Forests
12:30
Lunch
01:30
- Knowledge Café (details will be shared at the meeting)
03:15
Coffee
03:30
Session 4
Demonstration of Carbon Assets Tracking System (CATS)
05:00
Cocktail
Cocktail reception hosted by the Government of Dominican Republic