Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
... maximum 2°C temperature increase, consistent with atmospheric CO2 concentrations below 450 parts per million (ppm). Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) will address a source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions larger than the entire global transportation sector. Without ...
... maximum 2°C temperature increase, consistent with atmospheric CO2 concentrations below 450 parts per million (ppm). Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) will address a source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions larger than the entire global transportation sector. Without ...
decision 3/CP.19
... Providing information and recommendations for consideration by the Conference of the Parties when providing guidance relevant to reducing the risks of loss and damage and, where necessary, addressing loss and damage, including to the operating entities of the financial mechanism of the Convention, a ...
... Providing information and recommendations for consideration by the Conference of the Parties when providing guidance relevant to reducing the risks of loss and damage and, where necessary, addressing loss and damage, including to the operating entities of the financial mechanism of the Convention, a ...
No REDD! A Reader
... Global Justice Ecology Project explores and exposes the intertwined root causes of social injustice, ecological destruction and economic domination with the aim of building bridges between social justice, environmental justice and ecological justice groups to strengthen their collective efforts. Wi ...
... Global Justice Ecology Project explores and exposes the intertwined root causes of social injustice, ecological destruction and economic domination with the aim of building bridges between social justice, environmental justice and ecological justice groups to strengthen their collective efforts. Wi ...
REDD+ politics in the media - Center for International Forestry
... Several events have shaped the development of REDD+ in Tanzanian media coverage. The REDD+ policy process in Tanzania started after the Conference of Parties (COP2 13) in Bali in 2007 (Bali Action Plan) when Norway launched its international climate and forest initiative; the Royal Norwegian Embassy ...
... Several events have shaped the development of REDD+ in Tanzanian media coverage. The REDD+ policy process in Tanzania started after the Conference of Parties (COP2 13) in Bali in 2007 (Bali Action Plan) when Norway launched its international climate and forest initiative; the Royal Norwegian Embassy ...
Draft report_Synthesis of spatial data_CC_NB
... The United Republic of Tanzania has 3.3 million hectares of forest (montane and lowland forest, and mangroves), and 44.76 million hectares woodland, covering 4 and 51 percent of the country’s land area, respectively (NAFORMA 2014). Forests in protected areas, where harvesting is officially not allow ...
... The United Republic of Tanzania has 3.3 million hectares of forest (montane and lowland forest, and mangroves), and 44.76 million hectares woodland, covering 4 and 51 percent of the country’s land area, respectively (NAFORMA 2014). Forests in protected areas, where harvesting is officially not allow ...
2. REDD+ and safeguards in Tanzania
... to safeguards (section 2), and explains how spatial data is useful for integrating safeguards and multiple benefits considerations into REDD+ planning and for developing a Safeguards Information System (SIS) (section 3). It then provides a gap analysis of the spatial information useful for addressin ...
... to safeguards (section 2), and explains how spatial data is useful for integrating safeguards and multiple benefits considerations into REDD+ planning and for developing a Safeguards Information System (SIS) (section 3). It then provides a gap analysis of the spatial information useful for addressin ...
climate change mitigation activities in the tropical moist forests
... following map-based analysis of the degraded eco-zones, consultations to identify country needs and priorities as well as identification of opportunities and multiple benefits. The concept could be enhanced through funding and cash incentives, better fire control and management, clean and lean devel ...
... following map-based analysis of the degraded eco-zones, consultations to identify country needs and priorities as well as identification of opportunities and multiple benefits. The concept could be enhanced through funding and cash incentives, better fire control and management, clean and lean devel ...
Cost-effective payments for reducing emissions from deforestation under uncertainty: Working Paper 72 (438 kB) (opens in new window)
... 5. Management of forests and ecosystems More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
... 5. Management of forests and ecosystems More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
Table 2: Effects of including different features on the estimated costs
... reductions from preserving forests are not reversed later or are made up if a reversal occurs), assuring additionality (ensuring that the policy produces reductions that would not have occurred anyway under business as usual), and accounting for or otherwise addressing leakage (ensuring that emissio ...
... reductions from preserving forests are not reversed later or are made up if a reversal occurs), assuring additionality (ensuring that the policy produces reductions that would not have occurred anyway under business as usual), and accounting for or otherwise addressing leakage (ensuring that emissio ...
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... post 2012 period (Bond et al 2009; Zarin et al 2009; Norway’s Forest and Climate Change Initiative webpage). At this point, the expansion of intensive monocultures that started two centuries ago, accelerated in the last decades, and increased drastically in the last 20 years, especially in the tropi ...
... post 2012 period (Bond et al 2009; Zarin et al 2009; Norway’s Forest and Climate Change Initiative webpage). At this point, the expansion of intensive monocultures that started two centuries ago, accelerated in the last decades, and increased drastically in the last 20 years, especially in the tropi ...
Indonesia puts forest compensation at top of Bali climate meet
... discussed at the upcoming UN Climate Change meeting in Bali, must not only look at 'forests' but also all types of land uses for their potential to reduce emissions. These findings could be seen as a real opportunity for Indonesia to gain benefits from the international carbon market which compensat ...
... discussed at the upcoming UN Climate Change meeting in Bali, must not only look at 'forests' but also all types of land uses for their potential to reduce emissions. These findings could be seen as a real opportunity for Indonesia to gain benefits from the international carbon market which compensat ...
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... Under a carbon market system, mitigation of tropical forest emissions, perhaps measured at a national scale against a reference level of historic emissions, would generate credits that could be sold and traded in a market for GHG emissions permits or “allowances” that could be used to satisfy legal ...
... Under a carbon market system, mitigation of tropical forest emissions, perhaps measured at a national scale against a reference level of historic emissions, would generate credits that could be sold and traded in a market for GHG emissions permits or “allowances” that could be used to satisfy legal ...
The potential ecological costs and cobenefits of REDD: a critical
... forested or that once were forested, but have acknowledged that the REDD regime should ultimately be compatible with emissions reduction protocols that are under development for the agricultural sector (Meridian Institute, 2009). Since the official launching of forest carbon talks within the UNFCCC ...
... forested or that once were forested, but have acknowledged that the REDD regime should ultimately be compatible with emissions reduction protocols that are under development for the agricultural sector (Meridian Institute, 2009). Since the official launching of forest carbon talks within the UNFCCC ...
How REDD Will Impoverish the Developing World and Reduce
... it is possible to make standing forests and land more economically valuable than as harvested forest or agricultural land. Global policymakers had hoped that it would be possible to create carbon credits from REDD emissions reductions, which would feed into a global emissions trading system. However ...
... it is possible to make standing forests and land more economically valuable than as harvested forest or agricultural land. Global policymakers had hoped that it would be possible to create carbon credits from REDD emissions reductions, which would feed into a global emissions trading system. However ...
Report
... adopted to focus discussions on reaching a new binding agreement by 2010, before the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. In terms of RED, the extra ―D‖ for forest degradation was added to address problems of overgrazing and the degrading effects of deforestation on remaining forest systems. The Bali Act ...
... adopted to focus discussions on reaching a new binding agreement by 2010, before the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. In terms of RED, the extra ―D‖ for forest degradation was added to address problems of overgrazing and the degrading effects of deforestation on remaining forest systems. The Bali Act ...
DOC - World bank documents
... (REDD). Part of the Bali Action Plan, specifically Decision 2/CP.13 concluded at the UNFCCC in Bali, December 20072, addressed (REDD) with suggested approaches to stimulate actions, including: further strengthening and support for ongoing REDD efforts; support for and facilitation of capacity-bu ...
... (REDD). Part of the Bali Action Plan, specifically Decision 2/CP.13 concluded at the UNFCCC in Bali, December 20072, addressed (REDD) with suggested approaches to stimulate actions, including: further strengthening and support for ongoing REDD efforts; support for and facilitation of capacity-bu ...
Avoiding Deforestation in Aceh, Indonesia: Land, Natural
... by law. The materialization of potential benefits or risks will depend on the particular design of REDD mechanisms, and on the legal and governance context of its implementation at national and local levels. Now is a critical time for REDD. On-going negotiations are currently taking place in the lea ...
... by law. The materialization of potential benefits or risks will depend on the particular design of REDD mechanisms, and on the legal and governance context of its implementation at national and local levels. Now is a critical time for REDD. On-going negotiations are currently taking place in the lea ...
Kimberly Marion Suiseeya - Initiative on Climate Adaptation
... Communities living at the edge of subsistence may not be able to survive without effective participation in adaptation programs. Secondly, although Laos faces significant challenges because of its low adaptive capacity, the country is in a position contribute to climate change mitigation and reap su ...
... Communities living at the edge of subsistence may not be able to survive without effective participation in adaptation programs. Secondly, although Laos faces significant challenges because of its low adaptive capacity, the country is in a position contribute to climate change mitigation and reap su ...
Forests and climate change after Lima: Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific region
... activities in relation to mitigation actions in the forest sector by developing countries took place in Lima as agreed in Warsaw. An overarching question to be addressed in Lima was how to include REDD+ in the 2015 agreement. Other key areas in which advances were expected related to financing, and ...
... activities in relation to mitigation actions in the forest sector by developing countries took place in Lima as agreed in Warsaw. An overarching question to be addressed in Lima was how to include REDD+ in the 2015 agreement. Other key areas in which advances were expected related to financing, and ...
analyses Why are we seeing “REDD”? seeing “REDD”?
... Reducing emissions from tropical deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) in developing countries has emerged as new potential to complement ongoing climate policies. The idea consists in providing financial compensations for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from deforestation and f ...
... Reducing emissions from tropical deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) in developing countries has emerged as new potential to complement ongoing climate policies. The idea consists in providing financial compensations for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from deforestation and f ...
PROJECT INFORMATION DOCUMENT (PID)
... A definition of the elements required under anR-Package is still being discussed by the FCPF´s Participant´s Committee. Some potential elements could be derived from UNFCCC decision 1/CP.16 Section C, paragraph 71) which refer to: (a) “A national strategy or action plan”; (b) “A national forest refe ...
... A definition of the elements required under anR-Package is still being discussed by the FCPF´s Participant´s Committee. Some potential elements could be derived from UNFCCC decision 1/CP.16 Section C, paragraph 71) which refer to: (a) “A national strategy or action plan”; (b) “A national forest refe ...
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... Finally, Dixon et al. (2008) using a numerical multi-country, two-sector partial equilibrium model of the global carbon market concluded that international permit price would be reduced by 45% when, in addition to CDM, unlimited carbon credits from avoided deforestation are available. Moreover, poli ...
... Finally, Dixon et al. (2008) using a numerical multi-country, two-sector partial equilibrium model of the global carbon market concluded that international permit price would be reduced by 45% when, in addition to CDM, unlimited carbon credits from avoided deforestation are available. Moreover, poli ...
Report
... Over the years, a mitigation strategy called Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has entered the international arena in order to address this fundamental issue. The general conce ...
... Over the years, a mitigation strategy called Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has entered the international arena in order to address this fundamental issue. The general conce ...
Outcome of Paris Climate Negotiations
... importance given to adaptation, as well as the amount of finance and other means of implementation provided to support the implementation of adaptation in developing countries. The Agreement includes language that addresses both issues by establishing a global goal for adaptation, and calling on dev ...
... importance given to adaptation, as well as the amount of finance and other means of implementation provided to support the implementation of adaptation in developing countries. The Agreement includes language that addresses both issues by establishing a global goal for adaptation, and calling on dev ...