Events and Webinars

Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds - Using the Standards: Accreditation

Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds - Using the Standards: Accreditation

The ninth webinar in our series on the Practice Standards for CTFs will focus on how the Standards can support CTFs in the process of becoming accredited by partners like the Green Climate Fund and the Adaptation Fund. The webinar will be conducted as part of the RedLAC Virtual Assembly during the last week of September.

Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds - Governance and Institutional Effectiveness

When: August 17th, 11am EDT
Where: Register Below!

Please join us on Tuesday for the eighth webinar in our series on the 2020 edition of the Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds. This month's webinar will focus on the core areas of Governance and Institutional Effectiveness.

Speakers:
Paquita Bath, co-author of the 2020 edition of the Practice Standards, and CEO and Founder, Aligning Visions
Angelique Pouponneau, CEO, Seychelles' Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust (SeyCCAT)
Jean Paul Rugama, CFO, Asociación Costa Rica por Siempre

The webinar is hosted by the CFA's Environmental Funds Working Group. Simultaneous English/Spanish translation will be provided by Asociación Costa Rica por Siempre.

Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds Series - Technology

Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds Series - Technology

Please join us on Tuesday, July 20 at 11 am EDT for the seventh webinar in our series on the Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds. The July webinar will focus on the new cross-cutting theme of Technology. Herminia Lugo from Fondo de Conservación de Bosques Tropicales de Paraguay (FCBT) will present technological tools that FCBT is using to connect with grantees. Following the presentation, we will use breakout rooms on Zoom to hold smaller group discussions on technological challenges and solutions that are working for CTFs.


Risk Financing for Nature-Based Solutions

Risk Financing for Nature-Based Solutions

Nature plays a significant role in reducing risks for coastal communities, flooding, food security, and a range of other ecosystem services that often remain undervalued and inadequately financed in our market economy. This inspiring webinar will look at innovative ways in which the risk abatement value of nature can be monetized and maintained through innovative risk financing mechanisms that support ecosystem resilience. Presenters and panelists include Cherie Gray of Swiss Re, Mark Way of TNC, Jacq Wharton of Willis Towers Watson, and Claudia Ruiz of the MAR Fund.

Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds webinar series

Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds webinar series
Communications

When: Tuesday, March 16 at 11am EST
Where: RSVP Below

On Tuesday, March 16, please join us for the second webinar in our monthly series taking a deeper look at the 2020 edition of the Practice Standards for CTFs. February's webinar will focus on Communications.

Information on the panelists will be finalized shortly.