3. CLIMATE CHANGE
CI has been actively involved in the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) as well as national and local policy efforts to
address climate change. They've made convincing arguments to provide
incentives to reduce emissions from deforestation and to include
ecosystem-based and community approaches to climate change adaptation
and mitigation. Recent UNFCCC decisions included agreements on REDD+
and adaptation, recognizing CI's field- and science-based recommendations.
4. BIODIVERSITY
CI has a long history of engaging national level policy efforts to protect
biodiversity and we have a growing engagement in the United Nations
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) where they have brought scientific
information to help determine priority areas for species and ecosystem
conservation as well as helped forward concepts about the value of nature to
human well being.
5. FRESH WATER
As CI's Freshwater Initiative has grown our
International Policy team has been
working with our field programs to
identify priority countries where national
water laws can be successfully reformed,
supporting the ratification of the UN
Watercourses Convention, which will lay
the foundation for transboundary water
management in the future and working
for the greater consideration of
freshwater issues at the UNCBD.
