Category: COP-15
REDD+ in the Post-Copenhagen World: Recommendations for Interim Public Finance
REDD+ holds the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve the livelihoods of forest-dependent people, and conserve biodiversity. The interim public funding announced during and since the COP15 could play a strategic role in helping to realize this potential. The overall goal of this funding should be to support progress towards REDD+ national programs that are "efficient, effective, and equitable." In pursuit of this goal, such funding should also be structured to support, among...
Real achievements in bringing avoided deforestation into the Copenhagen Agreement
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What Does Copenhagen Mean for the Private Sector in REDD-plus?
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Reflecting on REDD: Was Copenhagen all that bad?
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REDD+ makes progress but ultimately fall short amid chaotic climate talks
After two-weeks of climate change negotiations in Copenhagen, which have included walkouts, protests and halted proceeding, some progress has been made on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) but Parties fail to reach an agreement at the 11th hour. Whilst the outcomes from Copenhagen fall short of expectations from many governments and non governmental organisations (NGOs), Copenhagen was not all bad news...
Global Impacts of Climate Change and Potentials for Adaptation and Mitigation Through Ecosystem Restoration
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Copenhagen Accord Draft Decision
We underline that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. We emphasise our strong political will to urgently combat climate change in accordance with the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities. To achieve the ultimate objective of the Convention to stabilize greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system, we shall...
Reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries: approaches to stimulate action. Draft conclusions proposed by the Chair
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