Protecting Forests, Improving Lives – Community Voices and Stories from West Africa
Join leaders from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Amazon at Solutions House during London Climate Action Week for an interactive showcase highlighting the voices of communities protecting and restoring tropical forests as part of large-scale forest protection programs delivering real impact for people, nature, and climate.
Too often, forest communities are absent from global discussions on how to halt and reverse tropical deforestation, unable to share the solutions and progress happening on the ground. This session puts those voices at the center.
Hear directly from community leaders and government representatives working on the frontlines of forest protection and restoration in key commodity-producing regions. Through live discussion and newly released short films, speakers will share how large-scale government led programs are supporting livelihoods, protecting biodiversity, and helping shift economic incentives at scale. Corporate sustainability leaders will discuss why tropical forests are critical for climate resilience, supply chain stability, and credible climate and nature action — and how public-private partnerships can accelerate progress.
This is not another panel about why forests matter. It is a practical conversation about what is already working on the ground — and how companies can take meaningful action today.
Speakers include:
Daniel Amponsah, Chairman of the Asutifi-Asunafo HIA Management Board, Ghana
Serge-Pacôme Kassi, Safeguards Specialist at PRE Programme, Côte d'Ivoire
Koffi Jules Loukou, President at Federation des Reseaux et Associations de l'Energie, de l'Environnement et du Developpement Durable (FEREADD)
Dr Joseph Appiah-Gyapong, Director of Climate Change Unit at Forestry Commission of Ghana
Daisy Payne, Marketing and Communications Manager at Emergent
Jamey Mulligan, Head of Carbon Neutralization Science & Strategy, Amazon
Matt Toombs, Director of International Climate Change, Department for Energy and Net Zero, U.K. Government
Sponsored by Amazon, in collaboration with Emergent and the Walmart Foundation.