Participants took stock of progress and challenges to date in meeting the goals of the 2014 New York Declaration on Forests, while highlighting innovative areas of action.
Delegates will discuss the roadmap for renegotiating the 2006 iteration of the International Tropical Timber Agreement—the only global agreement focused on tropical forests.
A global surge in lawsuits is reshaping the battle for climate action, and this side event highlighted key international precedents and offered tools to champion climate justice via the courts.