Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI)
2010-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Regular founding
Name
* Forrest project
Short name
Skogprosjektet
Affiliations
Ministry
Hierarchical level
Quasioffice
Superior body
Department for Climate Change and Pollution Control
Located
301 Oslo
2012-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Change of name
Name
The Government of Norway's Interntional Climate and Forest Initiative
Short name
KOS
he initiative was launched by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg during the climate change negotiations at Bali in December 2007. The initiative seeks to achieve cost-effective and verifiable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD), and applies to all types of tropical forests.
Source: Regjeringen.no
(www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/md/Selected-topics/climate/the-government-of-norways-international-.html?id=548491)
2015-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Change of name
Name
Climate and Forest Initiative
Short name
KOS
2018-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Change of name
Name
Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI)
Short name
Klima- og skogsatsingen
Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English
2020-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Change of name
Name
Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI)
Short name
KOS
Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English
2022-07-01 00:00:00.0 * New superior organization (horizontal movement)
Superior body
Department of Sustainability and Transition
Tasks:
The initiative works on several fronts to help reduce tropical deforestation, including bilateral cooperation with the largest rainforest countries, multilateral efforts, support to civil society organisations and cooperation with the business world to bring about deforestation-free supply chains.
Source: regjeringen.no