Call to Action on Forests & Climate
The Cities4Forests Call to Action on Forests & Climate is a declaration, signed by more than 50 cities, calling on governments, companies, and financial institutions to urgently ramp up policies and investments to support forest conservation, restoration, and sustainable forest management.
In the Call the Action, mayors and other leading city officials call for the following:
- All governments (national and subnational) should develop and implement strong domestic policies to protect, restore, and sustainably manage the forests within their territories.
- Developed nation governments should provide trade and financial incentives to support the protection and restoration of forests, particularly those within the tropics, and to support sustainable agricultural productivity improvements (which can relieve pressure on forests). Governments also should reform policies (e.g., agricultural and others) that are detrimental to forests.
- Financial institutions (e.g., development banks, commercial banks, investors, sovereign wealth funds) should avoid financing activities that cause deforestation and instead prioritize investment in Nature-Based Solutions involving forest conservation, forest restoration, and deforestation-free agricultural commodity production.
- Companies should ensure their commodity supply chains are deforestation-free and support Nature-Based Solutions to address climate change and other business challenges.
Fifty-seven cities and local governments have signed the Call to Action, including:
- Rosario, Argentina
- Campinas, Brazil
- Extrema, Brazil
- Palmas, Brazil
- Salvador, Brazil
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Montréal, Canada
- Victoria, Canada
- Bogotá, Colombia
- Barranquilla, Colombia
- Cali, Colombia
- Medellin, Colombia
- Yopal, Colombia
- Quito, Ecuador
- Hawassa, Ethiopia
- Paris, France
- Accra, Ghana
- Effia-Kwesimintsim District, Ghana
- Kumasi, Ghana
- Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
- Kaloum / Conakry, Guinea
- Georgetown, Guyana
- Kochi, India
- Mumbai, India
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Jayapura, Indonesia
- Semarang, Indonesia
- Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
- Guadalajara, Mexico
- Hermosillo, Mexico
- Mérida, Mexico
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Nogales, Mexico
- Xalapa, Mexico
- Oslo, Norway
- Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
- Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
- Musanze District, Rwanda
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Freetown, Sierra Leone
- Antalya, Turkey
- Mersin, Turkey
- Ann Arbor, USA
- Brooklyn (New York City), USA
- Eugene, USA
- Houston, USA
- King County, USA
- Little Rock, USA
- North Little Rock, USA
- Miami-Dade County, USA
- Pittsburgh, USA
- Philadelphia, USA
- Salem (OR), USA
- Salt Lake City, USA
- San Francisco, USA
- San Jose, USA
- Seattle, USA
If you are a city official that would like to join the Call to Action on Forests & Climate, please contact James Anderson (james.anderson@wri.org).