This document summarizes a conference held in Cancun, Mexico in 2009 to discuss reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). The conference included keynote speeches and panels on innovative REDD+ partnerships between countries, California establishing the first REDD+ compliance market, sustainable supply chains to reduce emissions, and enhancing biodiversity benefits of forest carbon. Speakers included government leaders from Norway, Guyana, Indonesia, and the governor of Chiapas, Mexico, as well as the UN Secretary General and heads of conservation organizations. Over 600 advocates for forest protection attended the event.

1. AVOIDED
DEFORESTATION
PARTNERS.org
Conference of the Parties – UNFCCC COP 16
Advancing REDD+: New Pathways and Partnerships
Wednesday,
Dec.
8,
2009,
from
3:00
to
5:45
pm
Cancún,
Mexico
Special Video Message: Keynote Address: The Need To Protect Forests Host: Jeffrey Horowitz
Wangari Maathai – Founder Founder, AD Partners
the Green Belt Movement
Secretary-General of the United Nations, His Excellency Ban Ki-moon
2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
I. Innovative International REDD+ Partnerships Panel
George Soros – Founder, Open Society Foundations
Kuntoro Mangkusubroto – Indonesian President’s Delivery Unit for REDD
His Excellency Jens Stoltenberg – Prime Minister of Norway
His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo – President of Guyana
Joe Aldy – Special Assistant to the U.S. President for
Energy and Environment
Moderator: Hon. Timothy E. Wirth –
former U.S. Senator and President of
the United Nations Foundation

2. Capacity Audience of 600 Advocates for Protecting Forests
II. California as the World’s First REDD+ Compliance Market Panel
Moderator: Bryan Walsh – Journalist, TIME Magazine; Hon. Juan Sabines Guerrero – Governor, Chiapas, Mexico; Linda Adams – Secretary,
California Environmental Protection Agency; Steve Kline – Vice President, Pacific Gas & Electric Corporation
III. Sustainable Supply Chains for Reducing Emissions Panel
Moderator: Peter Seligmann – Chairman and CEO, Conservation International; Achim Steiner – Executive Director of the United Nations Environment
Programme; Rob Walton – Chairman of the Board of Directors, Walmart

3. Special Video Introduction:
Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE – UN
Messenger of Peace, Founder,
Jane Goodall Institute
IV. Enhancing the Biodiversity Benefits of Forest Carbon
Robert Zoellick – President, World Bank
Pre-Meeting, “Green Room” L - R: Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme; Veerle Vandeweerd – Director, Environment And
Energy Group, UNDP; Joe Aldy – Special Assistant to the U.S. President for Energy and Environment; George Soros – Founder, Open Society Foundations; Bryan
Walsh – Journalist, TIME Magazine; Kuntoro Mangkusubroto – Head of Indonesian President’s Delivery Unit for REDD; Timothy E. Wirth – former U.S. Senator
and President of the United Nations Foundation; His Excellency Ban Ki-moon – Secretary-General of the United Nations; Steve Kline – Vice President, Pacific Gas
& Electric Corporation; Jeffrey Horowitz – Founder, Avoided Deforestation Partners; Peter Seligmann – Chairman and CEO, Conservation International; Linda
Adams – Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency; His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo – President of Guyana; Rob Walton – Chairman of the Board of
Directors, Walmart; Hon. Juan Sabines Guerrero – Governor, Chiapas, Mexico (Not pictured: His Excellency Jens Stoltenberg – Prime Minister of Norway;
Robert Zoellick – President, World Bank)