Resources tagged "carbon markets"
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Forests and climate change after Durban: an Asia-Pacific perspective RECOFTC, REDD-net parter for Asia, In February 2012, FAO, and CoDe REDD, with support from GIZ-BMU, REDD-net, NORAD, ASFN, and SDC, brought together 13 climate change and forestry experts in Quezon City, Philippines, to discuss the implications on the forestry sector in the Asia-Pacific region of decisions taken at COP 17, held in Durban, South Africa, in November and December 2011. This book...
Pathways for Implementing REDD+This issue discusses the role of carbon markets in scaling up investments for REDD+ in developing countries. Nine articles share experiences and make suggestions on the key elements of a future international REDD+ regime: Architecture and underlying principles, measuring, reporting and verification (MRV), private-sector involvement, the rights of indigenous people and local communities, biodi...
Progressing towards post-2012 carbon marketsThis publication discusses the role of carbon markets in contributing to low carbon development and new mechanisms for green growth. It explores how carbon markets at national, regional and global levels can be developed and up-scaled to sustain the involvement of the private sector in leveraging finance and innovative solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Ten authors with a backgroun...
State of Forest Carbon Markets 2011- From Canopy to CurrencyThis second annual State of the Forest Carbon Markets tracks, reports, and analyzes trends in global transactions of emissions reductions generated from forest carbon projects. The data and analysis that follow cover forest carbon activity in compliance carbon markets as well as voluntary carbon markets—such as the voluntary Over-the-Counter (OTC) market and the Chicago Climate Exchange (CC...
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility 2011 Annual Report This report makes the third year of the implementation of the FCPF. The first three years have seen the development of the FCPF and REDD+ at the global and national levels. Remarkable progress was achieved in the UNFCCC , an international REDD+ Partnership was established, and global initiatives such as the FCPF, the UN-REDD Programme, the Forest Investment Program and the GEFs new SFM/REDD+ ...
Challenges of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) on the African continentREDD+ offers developing countries an opportunity to reduce emissions from the forest sector, financial benefits through trading of REDD+ offset credits, improved livelihood of local people adjacent to forests, and contributions towards biodiversity conservation. Despite these potential benefits, there are challenges associated with the development and implementation of REDD+ mechanisms...
Annual Report 2010: Carbon Finance for Sustainable DevelopmentThis is an annual report on the carbon funds and facilities managed by the World Bank. It includes a section on REDD+: exploring the role of forests where the report details early lessons from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) and how REDD+ fits into this.
Emissions Embodied in Trade (EET) and Land use in Tropical Forest MarginsThe brief highlights that discussions on REDD+ have not effectively considered the implications of emissions embodied in trade (EET). This policy brief reflects on (a) how emission reductions may induce cross-border land use displacements; (b) how market demand for “greener” commodities and consumer pressure on some tropical commodities can shape behaviour of land use agents and influence...
National REDD+ Registries – an overview of issues and design optionsTo date there is little practical experience illustrating how subnational or project emission reduction programs (ERPs) can be integrated into national accounting. This report explores the potential of REDD+ registries in terms of accountability, transparency and information management. This report explores the options of centralized information storage and access that could help to manage im...
Next steps for climate change mitigation in agricultureThis policy brief stresses the need to examine the most appropriate implementation mechanisms for climate change mitigation in agriculture, and calls for increased guidelines, sources of finance and pilot projects. It notes that mitigation must have direct benefits for farmers and contribute to food security. It stresses the need for simple, cost-effective methods for measurement, reporting a...