Webinar-April 28, 2022: Evaluating the Transformational Impact of a Forest Carbon Offset Program in Uganda: Lessons from a Ten-Year Investigation of the “Trees for Global Benefits” Programme

The Chair in Decarbonization presents the webinar entitled « Evaluating the Transformational Impact of a Forest Carbon Offset Program in Uganda: Lessons from a Ten-Year Investigation of the “Trees for Global Benefits” Programme ».

Speakers:

• Mark Purdon, Department of strategies, social and environmental responsabilities, UQAM
• Patrick Byakagaba, Makerere University

Summary: This webinar presents a working paper contributing to research into the transformational impacts of transnational climate governance initiatives by investigating the Trees for Global Benefits (TFGB) programme, a forest carbon offset programme in Uganda operating on the “voluntary” carbon market. Importantly, we take a comparative, quasi-experimental and longitudinal approach by comparing results from a 2019 field effort with data first collected in 2009. Such an approach offers us a unique perspective from which to evaluate the effectiveness of the TFGB programme in catalyzing transformational change in developing countries.

The event is in English.

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