Forests and Climate Change Negotiations
The way forward
The next UN climate convention meeting (COP17) takes place in Durban, South Africa, from 28th November – 9th December, 2011.
REDD+ is a key issue on the Durban agenda. Key decisions are needed at COP17 in Durban in order to get REDD+ right for the benefit of the climate, people and nature.
WWF asks for REDD+ in Durban are:
1. Close the REDD+ finance gap and clarify the role of market finance
2. Decide on REDD+ methodologies that benefit the climate, people and nature (information system for safeguards, reference levels and MRV)
3. Develop a global target for REDD+ mitigation linked to long-term finance
4. Address drivers of deforestation
REDD+ is a key issue on the Durban agenda. Key decisions are needed at COP17 in Durban in order to get REDD+ right for the benefit of the climate, people and nature.
WWF asks for REDD+ in Durban are:
1. Close the REDD+ finance gap and clarify the role of market finance
2. Decide on REDD+ methodologies that benefit the climate, people and nature (information system for safeguards, reference levels and MRV)
3. Develop a global target for REDD+ mitigation linked to long-term finance
4. Address drivers of deforestation
WWF's asks for REDD+ in Durban
Further information on REDD+
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Factsheet - Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities & REDD+
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Factsheet - Forest Climate Demonstration Activities in Kutai Barat
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Factsheet - Forest Climate Demonstration Activities in Madre de Dios, Peru
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Factsheet - Forest Climate Demonstration Activities in Mai Ndombe
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Factsheet - Developing the tools to make REDD+ work
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Factsheet - About the Forest & Climate Initiative
A complex history
Forests have had a complex history in the international climate negotiations. The Marrakech Accords explicitly excluded deforestation from the Clean Development Mechanism, owing to a number of concerns over technical feasibility, risks of leakage (i.e. simply shifting deforestation from one site to another) and emphasis on the need for development countries to take a lead in reducing their emissions.
Fortunately, many of these concerns have been addressed through subsequent technical improvements in monitoring forest cover through satellite imagery and a shift to focus on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) at a national level.
Fortunately, many of these concerns have been addressed through subsequent technical improvements in monitoring forest cover through satellite imagery and a shift to focus on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) at a national level.
Rainforest of the Western Region of Ghana
Putting REDD back on the UNFCCC agenda
The Bali Action Plan, which emerged from COP13 in late 2007, officially put REDD back on the UNFCCC agenda. But under the Action Plan, if REDD is to be included in the post-2012 framework, decisions about the scope of REDD, who will pay for it, and how a mechanism will be structured must be agreed.
