UNFCCC COP 28, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2023, 29 November – 9 December 2012. Raised the issue of Carbon prices and volumes in the seminars (side events).Presentation, Ecological Economics Society of Brazil, 15th meeting. Published in the annals of the meeting, 7-11 November 2023, Santarem, Brazil., ISBN number 978-65-993851-9-3.Authored book chapter,” REDD+ Where is the money?” Accepted for publication in the book, "Amazon 2030 – Sustainability Issues in the World's Largest Rainforest Region", 2023, presentation at the Amazon 2030 Symposium, Santarem, Brazil, 3 – 7 September 2023, in press. UNFCCC COP 27, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 2022. Australian Overflow accreditation. Raised the issue of lack of Article 6 funding and the low price of REDD+ credits. Resulted in UNREDD publishing paper on REDD+ pricing.Standing Committee on Finance, Nature Based Solutions Forum (Part 2) UNFCCC, Cairns, Australia October 2022. Generated discussion of “Carbon colonialism” in lack of support for avoided deforestation from developed countries.Published academic study: Ryan, F. (2022). Is a Low and Fixed Price for Mitigation Credits Effective in Reducing Deforestation Emissions? In: Chaiechi, T., Wood, J. (eds) Community Empowerment, Sustainable Cities, and Transformative Economies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5260-8_12

Successfully advocated that CAN International prioritize public funding in its advocacy on NCQG and similarly that CAN include the concept "New and additional "in its policy documents. I lobbied to get CAN to acknowledge the link between Article 6.2 on Cooperative Approaches and the Enhanced Transparency Framework (Article 13 of the Paris Agreement) Participated in Climate Action Network Australia Ecosystems and finance working group and contributed to the writing of an Eco article on Australia’s Kyoto carryover units. Also contributed CAN International’s Flex Mechs (Carbon markets), Ecosystems and Transparency working groups.Attended several international climate events:UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow, November 2021.UNFCCC COP 25 in Madrid, December 2019,Attended Asia Pacific Climate Week, Bangkok, September 2019,Presented paper at Australasian Aid Conference, February 2019 (Australian National University)on separating climate finance from overseas development assistance (ODA),Attended UNFCCC Standing Committee on Finance – Bangkok, September 2019,Attended UNFCCC intersessional (SB 48.2) September 2018

Revitalised CCAN and organised community based climate change activities - including events, protests, media TV, and print.