Meanwhile, the Governor of the state of Jalisco, Aristoteles Sandoval , who is also the host expressed his determination to reduce the deforestation by 80% and emissions by up to 50% on target of GCF in 2020 .
Not to be outdone, Peter Shumlin, the Governor of the US state of Vermont, Fernando Melendez (Peru), Silvano Aureoles (Brazil) and also the Governor of North Borneo irianto Lambri , conveyed the same optimism.
The annual meeting of the GCF in Guadalajara 2016 was also attended by the former Indonesian Ambassador to the US, Dino Pati Djalal and the Executive Secretary of the UN World Climate Change, Patricia Espinosa Cantellano who gave a speech in crutches for leg injury and she got applause from participants of the meeting. (Translator:Christina Sallem)