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Power, Responsibilty and Accountability: Re-thinking the legitimacy of Institutions for Climate FinanceThis working paper seeks to ground the debate on climate finance in an objective analysis of ongoing efforts to finance mitigation and adaptation in developing countries. The paper stresses the need for perceived legitimacy of new flows financial institutions on the side of both, recipient and donor countries, and identifies transparency, participation and accountability as key requirements t...
Indonesia's REDD regulationsThis issue looks at Indonesia's REDD regulations, along a number of different themes including eligible land areas, required REDD project proponents, and approval and implementation procedures. It furthermore identifies the rights of project proponents, international linkages and transitional arrangements, as well as remaining areas of uncertainty.
Scaling Up AFOLU Mitigation activities in Non-Annex 1 countriesThe objective of this report is to highlight the current institutional and system barriers to undertaking Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) mitigation activities, and to propose means of removing barriers to allow greater participation and uptake in non?Annex I countries. It further looks at the potential to streamline or scale?up the certification process for mitigation throug...
Terrestrial CarbonThis presentation by the terrestrial carbon group is looking at the arithmetic of terrestrial carbon, in terms of creating opportunities through policy and realising these opportunities through enabling institutions. In more detail it sets both, policy and institutions in the global context, and establishes major barriers and possible solutions.
Status of REDD Readiness in AfricaThis presentation looks at the status of REDD readiness in Africa in general, at the roles of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility and UN-REDD and further provides, in more detail, case study examples of REDD in Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It concludes by identifying major challenges in REDD readiness.
Reducing Deforestation and Trading Emissions: Economic Implications for the Post-Kyoto Carbon MarketThis paper quantitatively assesses the economic implications of crediting carbon abatement from reduced deforestation for the emissions market in 2020 by linking a numerical equilibrium model of the global carbon market with a dynamic partial equilibrium model of the forestry sector. The main findings are a considerable decrease in the cost of post-Kyoto climate policy, if avoided deforestati...
REDD Options Assessment Report (REDD-OAR)This report assesses some of the considerations of a future REDD mechanism within the UNFCC and some of the options available for REDD design in a Copenhagen agreement. The report outlines the different phases of REDD strategy and raises issues on the different options for REDD finance such as: setting reference levels, MRV, and the participation of indigenous peoples and local communities.
Realising REDD+: National Strategy and Policy OptionsThis book looks at the national and local dimensions of REDD and seeks to inform processes occurring at these levels by addressing some basic questions: How are participating countries going to reduce emissions and increase carbon stocks that they hope to be paid for through global mechanisms? What new institutions, processes, policies, and projects are needed? What are the options in these a...
Moving Ahead with REDD: Issues, Options and ImplicationsThis book looks at the significance REDD has gained in the international climate debate over the past years, and puts this down to attributes associated with REDD including: significance, low-costs, timeliness, and win-win outcomes. In various chapters details of these claims are discussed and to some extent contested. The book furthermore lays out the key problems related to REDD, present o...
REDD Models and BaselinesThis article reviews some of the critical issues for including REDD into a new global climate agreement. It furthermore looks at the difficulty of establishing national baselines, and presents some options for how best to set the appropriate baselines. The paper also argues that the expectations about the magnitude of financial transfers to developing countries for REDD are unrealistically hi...