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    Rainforest Capital Summit 2023 logo

    Rainforest Capital Summit 2023

    Driving commitment from government, corporates and finance to protect rainforests and biodiversity
    Wednesday 20 September 2023 | Gotham Restaurant, New York | In-Person Only Event
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    Halting Deforestation and Regenerating Rainforests

    Hosted by the Financial Times in partnership with the Coalition for Rainforest Nations, during the same week as Climate Week NYC 2023, this high-level exclusive event provided a platform for businesses, governments and the financial sector to come together, discuss and better understand Paris compliant REDD+ sovereign carbon credits, how they could halt deforestation and support regeneration of rainforests; in turn saving endangered species improving global biodiversity and achieving net zero targets.

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    World-Class Business Leaders and Speakers

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    Eve Bazaiba
    Minister of Environment,
    Democratic Republic of Congo
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    Lucky Medina
    Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
    Republic of Honduras
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    Christopher Coye
    Minister of State, Ministry of Finance, Economic Development & Investment,
    Belize
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    MD
    Marciano Dasai
    Minister of Spatial Planning and Environment
    Suriname
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    Federica Bietta
    Managing Director
    Coalition for Rainforest Nations
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    Kevin Conrad
    Executive Director
    Coalition for Rainforest Nations
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    Emiliya Mychasuk
    Climate Editor
    Financial Times
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    Justin Chapman
    Executive Vice President, Global Head Digital Assets and Financial Markets
    Northern Trust
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    Adam Hedley
    Partner
    Clifford Chance
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    Charles Boakye
    CFA
    Jefferies Group LLC
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    Professor Tim Lenton
    Founding Director
    Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter
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    Nicky Candler
    Head of Sales
    ITMO Capital
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    Patrick Temple-West
    Governance Reporter
    Financial Times

    Net Zero Targets

    How can governments halt deforestation and support regeneration of rainforests, in turn saving endangered species improving global biodiversity and achieving net zero targets?

    Paris Compliant Carbon Market

    Following COP26 and the launch of carbon credits compliant with Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement - called International Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) - how can REDD+ sovereign carbon credits and ITMOs unlock capital that protect rainforests and biodiversity?

    Scaling up Achievements 

    There have been 13 gigatonnes of emission reductions in developing countries following from the inclusion of REDD+ framework in the Paris Climate Agreement. How can governments, corporates and financiers continue and scale up these achievements?

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