What does Environmental Defense Fund hope to achieve?
Environmental Defense Fund, like other nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), attends the U.N. climate talks as an observer organization and may participate in the negotiation process by talking to key negotiators one-on-one and in formal and informal groups. In Ghana, our team will use a variety of ways to influence and shape policy decisions. We will share our ideas with representatives from governments and civil society, answer questions about our work, talk to the media and make formal presentations. Our team of experts and partners will host presentations on three important themes: • Innovative policy tools for reaching global emissions targets, including clean investment budgets (CIBs); • Tropical carbon supply and international carbon markets, with discussions of quantitative analyses and our preferred policy approach for reducing emissions from deforestation, compensated reduction; and • Forest peoples’ land rights and how the recognition of land rights in the Amazon will be key
