This piece originally appeared in Solutions (Volume 1: Issue 6) and is reposted with permission.
This piece is adapted from a speech that was delivered on June 25th at the 5th Asia Clean Energy Forum: Meeting the Technology Transfer Challenge. The forum, hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the World Resources Institute, is the premiere knowledge sharing platform on best practices in policy, technology, and finance for clean energy in the Asian region.
To combat global warming, forests must be part of the solution. How can we make good forest stewardship a reality?
Leaders must overcome the mistrust that has characterized recent U.S.-India relations on climate change and energy.
The following letter was sent to Kathy Sierra, Vice President of the Sustainable Development Network at the World Bank on September 20th 2007, regarding the launch of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF).