Resources tagged "finance"
58 results.
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...
Analysing REDD+: challenges and choicesThis is the third book in a series of highly recognised REDD+ volumes from CIFOR. It provides an analysis of actual REDD+ design and early implementation, based on a large research project – the Global Comparative Study on REDD+ (GCS), undertaken by CIFOR and partners. It takes stock of national, subnational and local REDD+ experiences, and identifies the political and practical challenges ...
REDD+ Finance Delivery: Lessons from Early ExperienceDelivering REDD+ finance has taken more preparatory work, capacity and tailoring than initially envisaged. Multilateral institutions financing REDD+ have made significant progress, and experience to date will inform and facilitate future implementation. Alongside this, Annex II countries are providing increasing volumes of finance through bilateral channels. There remains very little transpar...
REDD Realities: Learning from REDD pilot projects to make REDD workStakeholders in Tanzania are working on REDD through national programme development, awareness raising, advocacy and project implementation. Nine REDD pilot projects have been implemented and cover different regions of Tanzania. Some primarily focus on REDD readiness activities, such as establishing permanent monitoring plots and carbon baselines, and training government staff and community m...
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...
Agriculture and Climate Change: A Scoping ReportThe report is intended to provide context and analysis for addressing agriculture in international climate negotiations, with the aim of helping to inform climate negotiators and other stakeholders by identifying options and unpacking issues of interest; and not to express opinions or be prescriptive in any way. The report will focus on agricultural production and food security; early action ...
Agriculture and Climate Change Policy Brief: Main Issues for UNFCCC and BeyondThis summary seeks to provide key points for policymakers focusing on the unique aspects of agriculture when considered in the context of climate change. It emphasizes actions that can be taken when considering agriculture’s multiple objectives, from providing adequate food for growing populations to protecting the environment and ensuring resilience to future climatic changes. it briefly d...
The Road to Durban: Hopes and ChallengesThis document briefly revisits the progress made from Cancun to the last intersessional held in Panama in October 2011, and then tackles the emerging political issues that the authors believe will shape discussions in Durban and beyond, among them the fate of the Kyoto Protocol and the role of the EU, and the increasing centrality of climate finance and the emerging role of business in influe...
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility 2010 Annual ReportIn the past year, the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) has strengthened its partnership of countries and stakeholders working together to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and foster conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks (REDD+). Significant progress has been made in moving from a planning stage to preparati...
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+ ...