Institutions summary
The Ministry of the Environment (MAE) is the focal point for REDD+ activities in Ecuador and develops and implements policy for REDD+ readiness. The Ministry is comprised of two Departments: the National Department Climate Change Mitigation and the National Department for Climate Change Adaptation. As an indication of the priority and inter-sector relevance that the government has placed on the issue of climate change, a high level Inter-Institutional Committee on Climate Change (CICC), led by the MAE, was formed in 2010 under Executive Decree.
