This presentation was given on 27 October 2021 by Sabrina Rose, Policy Consultant at CCAFS, during the webinar "Achieving NDC Ambition in Agriculture" organized by CCAFS, FAO and WRI.
Find the recording and more information here: https://bit.ly/AchievingNDCs
1) The document analyzes the economic value of climate change actions in agriculture through assessing existing studies on costs and benefits.
2) It finds that investments in climate adaptation and mitigation programs for agriculture often have benefit-to-cost ratios above 1, indicating net economic benefits.
3) The analyses show context-specific costs and benefits across locations, sub-sectors, and timeframes, but many practices can deliver positive returns if tailored appropriately.
This document discusses MRV (Measurement, Reporting and Verification) systems for soil organic carbon and soil carbon sequestration. It provides an overview of where current MRV systems and guidance are, including the IPCC guidelines, and what is still missing to fully utilize soils in climate mitigation efforts. Specifically, it notes that a clear signal of support from policymakers could help scale up investments in research, pilot projects and adoption of soil health practices. The unique opportunity presented by the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture to provide such a conclusion at COP could be a game-changer for soils to be fully considered in NDCs.
Presentation by Lini Wollenberg, Flagship Leader for CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change Agriculture Food Security Low-Emissions Development flagship. The presentation was part of the Webinar on Soil carbon in the Nationally Determined Contributions hosted by CCAFS, the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and the 4 Per Mille Initiative and held on Earth Day, 22 April 2020.
All of the presentations from the webinar on "Enhancing investment in soil health and carbon storage: Frontiers for linking finance and carbon accounting" held on 10 September 2020.
This event is co-organized by CCAFS, The Nature Conservancy, 4 per 1000 Executive Secretariat, World Bank and the Meridian Institute. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3k68hkr
Panelists included:
-Ciniro Costa Jr., CCAFS
-Tim Mealey, Meridian Institute
-Deborah Bossio, The Nature Conservancy
-Martien van Nieuwkoop, World Bank Group
-Keith Paustian, Colorado State University
-Stefan Jirka, Manager LandScale, Verra
-Dan Harburg, Director, Indigo
-William Salas, President of Dagan, Inc
-Aldyen Donnelly, Director of Carbon Economics, Nori
-Debbie Reed, Executive Director of Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC)
-Beverley Henry, Institute for Future Environments-QUT
-Pamela M. Bachman, Digital Agriculture & Sustainability Lead, The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Bayer
-Ronald Vargas, Global Soil Carbon Partnership - FAO
-Paul Luu, 4per1000
This presentation was given by Marlo Servkovik, World Bank, in the Soil Carbon Finance for MRV Hackathon on 24 September 2020.
Find out more: https://soilcarbon.weebly.com/
Presentation by Akiko Nagano, Deputy Director for Climate Change Negotiations, Environment Policy Office, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Japan. The presentation was part of the Webinar on Soil carbon in the Nationally Determined Contributions hosted by CCAFS, the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and the 4 Per Mille Initiative and held on Earth Day, 22 April 2020.
Presented by Lini Wollenberg, CCAFS Low Emissions Development, at the GIZ expert meeting on How to realize the potential of soil carbon benefits? Practical pathways for achieving impact on 28 April 2020.
This presentation was given on 27 October 2021 by Sabrina Rose, Policy Consultant at CCAFS, during the webinar "Achieving NDC Ambition in Agriculture" organized by CCAFS, FAO and WRI.
Find the recording and more information here: https://bit.ly/AchievingNDCs
1) The document analyzes the economic value of climate change actions in agriculture through assessing existing studies on costs and benefits.
2) It finds that investments in climate adaptation and mitigation programs for agriculture often have benefit-to-cost ratios above 1, indicating net economic benefits.
3) The analyses show context-specific costs and benefits across locations, sub-sectors, and timeframes, but many practices can deliver positive returns if tailored appropriately.
This document discusses MRV (Measurement, Reporting and Verification) systems for soil organic carbon and soil carbon sequestration. It provides an overview of where current MRV systems and guidance are, including the IPCC guidelines, and what is still missing to fully utilize soils in climate mitigation efforts. Specifically, it notes that a clear signal of support from policymakers could help scale up investments in research, pilot projects and adoption of soil health practices. The unique opportunity presented by the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture to provide such a conclusion at COP could be a game-changer for soils to be fully considered in NDCs.
Presentation by Lini Wollenberg, Flagship Leader for CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change Agriculture Food Security Low-Emissions Development flagship. The presentation was part of the Webinar on Soil carbon in the Nationally Determined Contributions hosted by CCAFS, the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and the 4 Per Mille Initiative and held on Earth Day, 22 April 2020.
All of the presentations from the webinar on "Enhancing investment in soil health and carbon storage: Frontiers for linking finance and carbon accounting" held on 10 September 2020.
This event is co-organized by CCAFS, The Nature Conservancy, 4 per 1000 Executive Secretariat, World Bank and the Meridian Institute. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3k68hkr
Panelists included:
-Ciniro Costa Jr., CCAFS
-Tim Mealey, Meridian Institute
-Deborah Bossio, The Nature Conservancy
-Martien van Nieuwkoop, World Bank Group
-Keith Paustian, Colorado State University
-Stefan Jirka, Manager LandScale, Verra
-Dan Harburg, Director, Indigo
-William Salas, President of Dagan, Inc
-Aldyen Donnelly, Director of Carbon Economics, Nori
-Debbie Reed, Executive Director of Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC)
-Beverley Henry, Institute for Future Environments-QUT
-Pamela M. Bachman, Digital Agriculture & Sustainability Lead, The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Bayer
-Ronald Vargas, Global Soil Carbon Partnership - FAO
-Paul Luu, 4per1000
This presentation was given by Marlo Servkovik, World Bank, in the Soil Carbon Finance for MRV Hackathon on 24 September 2020.
Find out more: https://soilcarbon.weebly.com/
Presentation by Akiko Nagano, Deputy Director for Climate Change Negotiations, Environment Policy Office, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Japan. The presentation was part of the Webinar on Soil carbon in the Nationally Determined Contributions hosted by CCAFS, the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and the 4 Per Mille Initiative and held on Earth Day, 22 April 2020.
Presented by Lini Wollenberg, CCAFS Low Emissions Development, at the GIZ expert meeting on How to realize the potential of soil carbon benefits? Practical pathways for achieving impact on 28 April 2020.
This presentation was given by Paul Luu, 4Per100, in the Soil Carbon Finance for MRV Hackathon on 24 September 2020.
Find out more: https://soilcarbon.weebly.com/
Presentation slide from the first hackathon day in the Soil Carbon Finance for MRV Hackathon on 17 September 2020.
Keynote speaker: Chandra Sinha, World Bank
Find out more: https://soilcarbon.weebly.com/
Presentation by JM Marques, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply, Brazil, at the CCAFS Workshop on Institutions and Policies to Scale out Climate Smart Agriculture held between 2-5 December 2013, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Experts highlight findings of a new report showing that while progress on climate action has been made in key sectors like power, buildings, industry, transport, forests and agriculture, it's not nearly enough to achieve a safer, climate-resilient future.
Carbon standards in agriculture and food tradeFarming First
At the Hague conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change, Farming First held a side event ‘Best practices in agricultural value chains’, where spokespeople presented examples of initiatives that aim to increase resilience and productivity at different points in the value chain.
Implications of the AR finding in the AFOLU sector in Africaipcc-media
This document discusses Africa's opportunities for low-carbon, climate-resilient development in the agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) sector. It notes that AFOLU is responsible for about 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions and outlines trends showing emissions increasing despite reduction efforts. The document then discusses challenges Africa faces in mitigation given expected emissions increases from food production. However, it also outlines large mitigation potential through land-based strategies like agriculture, forestry, and bioenergy. Key uncertainties are incomplete data and accounting for non-forest ecosystems and fluxes. Managing trade-offs between mitigation and adaptation is also discussed.
This document discusses Africa's opportunities for low-carbon, climate-resilient development in the agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) sector. It notes that AFOLU is responsible for about 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions and provides livelihoods for many in Africa. While AFOLU emissions have increased in recent decades, the sector also offers significant mitigation potential through practices like improved forest and land management, sustainable agriculture, and bioenergy. Realizing this potential faces challenges around food security, access to finance and technology, and managing risks and trade-offs. Robust measurement, reporting and verification systems will also be needed to account for emissions across forests and non-forest lands.
The document introduces the CGIAR-Dryland Agriculture & Livelihood System Research Program in South Asia. It discusses the following key points in 3 sentences:
The program aims to research dryland agricultural systems across over 3 billion hectares of land and help over 2.5 billion people. It focuses on mixed rain-fed and dryland areas, as well as pastoral and agro-pastoral systems, in South Asia. The program seeks to develop more resilient livelihoods, stable incomes, food security, and sustainable resource management through improved intensification options, ecosystem management practices, and policy reforms.
"Rethinking Agriculture for the 21st Century: Climate change mitigation opportunities and challenges" was presented by Lini Wollenberg online at the KfW Webinar on May 28, 2020.
Nitrous Oxide Emissions Reduction (NERP)Farming First
At the Hague conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change, Farming First held a side event ‘Best practices in agricultural value chains’, where spokespeople presented examples of initiatives that aim to increase resilience and productivity at different points in the value chain.
Demonstration of PNG Forest Monitoring and REDD+ Web PortalCIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation was delivered at the third Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2016, in Clark Freeport Zone, Philippines.
The five sub-thematic streams at APFW 2016 included:
Pathways to prosperity: Future trade and markets
Tackling climate change: challenges and opportunities
Serving society: forestry and people
New institutions, new governance
Our green future: green investment and growing our natural assets
Presentation by Liesl Wiese-Rozanova, International agricultural science and policy consultant, South Africa. The presentation was part of the Webinar on Soil carbon in the Nationally Determined Contributions hosted by CCAFS, the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and the 4 Per Mille Initiative and held on Earth Day, 22 April 2020.
Presentation by Katia Marzall, Coordinator for Climate Change and Agriculture at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply in Brazil. The presentation was part of the Webinar on Soil carbon in the Nationally Determined Contributions hosted by CCAFS, the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and the 4 Per Mille Initiative and held on Earth Day, 22 April 2020.
AR5 AFOLU mitigation challenges and prospects for Africaipcc-media
This document summarizes a presentation on agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) mitigation challenges and prospects for Africa. It notes that AFOLU accounts for approximately 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions and discusses challenges including financing, poverty, institutional barriers, and competition for land. It also outlines options for managing trade-offs between mitigation and adaptation efforts in the AFOLU sector.
"Challenges, opportunities and priorities for transitioning to low emissions agriculture" was presented by Lini Wollenberg at a NUI Galway seminar on January 30, 2020.
This is one of the presentations at the 1st day of "Technical Exchange on Jurisdictional REDD". See more at: http://www.idesam.org.br/technical-exchange-on-jurisdictional-redd-presentations/
SHAMBA is a carbon quantification tool developed to provide affordable methods for smallholder agriculture projects to quantify their carbon benefits. It uses models to estimate changes in soil and aboveground carbon from climate-smart agricultural practices. The SHAMBA approach has been designed to meet the Plan Vivo standard and is currently being peer-reviewed. The tool incorporates site-specific information like rainfall and soil conditions to assess baseline emissions and the mitigation benefits of different land use scenarios over time. The next phase of development is a web-based version to make the tool more accessible.
CPI Webinar: Deterring Deforestation in the Brazilian AmazonClimatePolicy
The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest. In Brazil, the forest originally occupied over four million km2 – an area equivalent to almost half of continental Europe. Amazon deforestation rates escalated in the early 2000s, peaking at over 27,000 km2 in 2004, but fell sharply to about 5,000 km2 in 2011 (INPE [2012]).
A new study by Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), DETERring Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, reveals that the implementation of a satellite-based system that enables frequent and quick identification of deforestation hot spots was the main driver of the 2000s deforestation slowdown.
CPI estimates that satellite-based environmental monitoring and law enforcement policies prevented the clearing of over 59,500 km2 of Amazon forest area (a land area comparable to the size of Latvia) from 2007 through 2011. Deforestation observed during this period totaled 41,500 km2 – 59% less than in the absence of the policy change. CPI also finds that the policy change had no impact on agricultural production.
This webinar focuses on high level findings from this analysis.
Zambia’s forest reference emission level for the unfcccCIFOR-ICRAF
Presentation by Deuteronomy Kasaro and Abel M Siampale at the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. For more information go to: www.landscapes.org.
Gfw presentation for wb master class 27march15Nancy Harris
Global Forest Watch is bringing big data on forests to climate policy by leveraging technologies to gather, analyze, and share forest data. It uses unique partnerships and combines data sets to provide visual stories and analysis to empower various users, including governments, businesses, communities, and educators. The tool tracks carbon emissions from forest change to help monitor progress on REDD+ programs and climate change mitigation efforts.
Side event at SBSTA48 on May 8 2018 in Bonn.
Theme: Countries require sub-national projects to fulfil NDC commitments, but project accounting, often driven by donors or investors, rarely links to national accounting systems for mitigation and other benefits. Livestock projects in Latin America may reveal how to connect NAMAs and national MRV systems.
More about the event is available at: https://ccafs.cgiar.org/bonn-climate-change-conference-2018-improving-transparency-linking-mrv-and-finance-livestock-namas#.WvK3SC-B2LI
Presenters: Hayden Montgomery (GRA), Meryl Richards (CCAFS), Joao Lampreia (Carbon Trust Brazil), Ericka Lucero (Ministry of Environment, Guatemala), Walter Oyhantcabal (Ministry of Agriculture, Uruguay).
Facilitators: Lini Wollenberg (CCAFS), Martial Bernoux (FAO)
Combating climate change and reducing poverty through forestryCIFOR-ICRAF
This document summarizes Nicaragua's forestry investment program to combat climate change and reduce poverty. The program aims to reduce deforestation from 3.27% to 1.6% annually through actions to avoid deforestation and improve carbon reserves across 1.2 million hectares. This is expected to generate cumulative emissions reductions of 50.06 million tons of CO2e over 10 years. Non-carbon benefits include watershed management, increased resilience of rural livelihoods, and biodiversity conservation across priority watersheds. The program seeks payments up to $55 million through the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility to support emissions reductions benefiting one million indigenous people.
This presentation was given by Paul Luu, 4Per100, in the Soil Carbon Finance for MRV Hackathon on 24 September 2020.
Find out more: https://soilcarbon.weebly.com/
Presentation slide from the first hackathon day in the Soil Carbon Finance for MRV Hackathon on 17 September 2020.
Keynote speaker: Chandra Sinha, World Bank
Find out more: https://soilcarbon.weebly.com/
Presentation by JM Marques, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply, Brazil, at the CCAFS Workshop on Institutions and Policies to Scale out Climate Smart Agriculture held between 2-5 December 2013, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Experts highlight findings of a new report showing that while progress on climate action has been made in key sectors like power, buildings, industry, transport, forests and agriculture, it's not nearly enough to achieve a safer, climate-resilient future.
Carbon standards in agriculture and food tradeFarming First
At the Hague conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change, Farming First held a side event ‘Best practices in agricultural value chains’, where spokespeople presented examples of initiatives that aim to increase resilience and productivity at different points in the value chain.
Implications of the AR finding in the AFOLU sector in Africaipcc-media
This document discusses Africa's opportunities for low-carbon, climate-resilient development in the agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) sector. It notes that AFOLU is responsible for about 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions and outlines trends showing emissions increasing despite reduction efforts. The document then discusses challenges Africa faces in mitigation given expected emissions increases from food production. However, it also outlines large mitigation potential through land-based strategies like agriculture, forestry, and bioenergy. Key uncertainties are incomplete data and accounting for non-forest ecosystems and fluxes. Managing trade-offs between mitigation and adaptation is also discussed.
This document discusses Africa's opportunities for low-carbon, climate-resilient development in the agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) sector. It notes that AFOLU is responsible for about 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions and provides livelihoods for many in Africa. While AFOLU emissions have increased in recent decades, the sector also offers significant mitigation potential through practices like improved forest and land management, sustainable agriculture, and bioenergy. Realizing this potential faces challenges around food security, access to finance and technology, and managing risks and trade-offs. Robust measurement, reporting and verification systems will also be needed to account for emissions across forests and non-forest lands.
The document introduces the CGIAR-Dryland Agriculture & Livelihood System Research Program in South Asia. It discusses the following key points in 3 sentences:
The program aims to research dryland agricultural systems across over 3 billion hectares of land and help over 2.5 billion people. It focuses on mixed rain-fed and dryland areas, as well as pastoral and agro-pastoral systems, in South Asia. The program seeks to develop more resilient livelihoods, stable incomes, food security, and sustainable resource management through improved intensification options, ecosystem management practices, and policy reforms.
"Rethinking Agriculture for the 21st Century: Climate change mitigation opportunities and challenges" was presented by Lini Wollenberg online at the KfW Webinar on May 28, 2020.
Nitrous Oxide Emissions Reduction (NERP)Farming First
At the Hague conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change, Farming First held a side event ‘Best practices in agricultural value chains’, where spokespeople presented examples of initiatives that aim to increase resilience and productivity at different points in the value chain.
Demonstration of PNG Forest Monitoring and REDD+ Web PortalCIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation was delivered at the third Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2016, in Clark Freeport Zone, Philippines.
The five sub-thematic streams at APFW 2016 included:
Pathways to prosperity: Future trade and markets
Tackling climate change: challenges and opportunities
Serving society: forestry and people
New institutions, new governance
Our green future: green investment and growing our natural assets
Presentation by Liesl Wiese-Rozanova, International agricultural science and policy consultant, South Africa. The presentation was part of the Webinar on Soil carbon in the Nationally Determined Contributions hosted by CCAFS, the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and the 4 Per Mille Initiative and held on Earth Day, 22 April 2020.
Presentation by Katia Marzall, Coordinator for Climate Change and Agriculture at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply in Brazil. The presentation was part of the Webinar on Soil carbon in the Nationally Determined Contributions hosted by CCAFS, the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and the 4 Per Mille Initiative and held on Earth Day, 22 April 2020.
AR5 AFOLU mitigation challenges and prospects for Africaipcc-media
This document summarizes a presentation on agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) mitigation challenges and prospects for Africa. It notes that AFOLU accounts for approximately 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions and discusses challenges including financing, poverty, institutional barriers, and competition for land. It also outlines options for managing trade-offs between mitigation and adaptation efforts in the AFOLU sector.
"Challenges, opportunities and priorities for transitioning to low emissions agriculture" was presented by Lini Wollenberg at a NUI Galway seminar on January 30, 2020.
This is one of the presentations at the 1st day of "Technical Exchange on Jurisdictional REDD". See more at: http://www.idesam.org.br/technical-exchange-on-jurisdictional-redd-presentations/
SHAMBA is a carbon quantification tool developed to provide affordable methods for smallholder agriculture projects to quantify their carbon benefits. It uses models to estimate changes in soil and aboveground carbon from climate-smart agricultural practices. The SHAMBA approach has been designed to meet the Plan Vivo standard and is currently being peer-reviewed. The tool incorporates site-specific information like rainfall and soil conditions to assess baseline emissions and the mitigation benefits of different land use scenarios over time. The next phase of development is a web-based version to make the tool more accessible.
CPI Webinar: Deterring Deforestation in the Brazilian AmazonClimatePolicy
The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest. In Brazil, the forest originally occupied over four million km2 – an area equivalent to almost half of continental Europe. Amazon deforestation rates escalated in the early 2000s, peaking at over 27,000 km2 in 2004, but fell sharply to about 5,000 km2 in 2011 (INPE [2012]).
A new study by Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), DETERring Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, reveals that the implementation of a satellite-based system that enables frequent and quick identification of deforestation hot spots was the main driver of the 2000s deforestation slowdown.
CPI estimates that satellite-based environmental monitoring and law enforcement policies prevented the clearing of over 59,500 km2 of Amazon forest area (a land area comparable to the size of Latvia) from 2007 through 2011. Deforestation observed during this period totaled 41,500 km2 – 59% less than in the absence of the policy change. CPI also finds that the policy change had no impact on agricultural production.
This webinar focuses on high level findings from this analysis.
Zambia’s forest reference emission level for the unfcccCIFOR-ICRAF
Presentation by Deuteronomy Kasaro and Abel M Siampale at the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. For more information go to: www.landscapes.org.
Gfw presentation for wb master class 27march15Nancy Harris
Global Forest Watch is bringing big data on forests to climate policy by leveraging technologies to gather, analyze, and share forest data. It uses unique partnerships and combines data sets to provide visual stories and analysis to empower various users, including governments, businesses, communities, and educators. The tool tracks carbon emissions from forest change to help monitor progress on REDD+ programs and climate change mitigation efforts.
Side event at SBSTA48 on May 8 2018 in Bonn.
Theme: Countries require sub-national projects to fulfil NDC commitments, but project accounting, often driven by donors or investors, rarely links to national accounting systems for mitigation and other benefits. Livestock projects in Latin America may reveal how to connect NAMAs and national MRV systems.
More about the event is available at: https://ccafs.cgiar.org/bonn-climate-change-conference-2018-improving-transparency-linking-mrv-and-finance-livestock-namas#.WvK3SC-B2LI
Presenters: Hayden Montgomery (GRA), Meryl Richards (CCAFS), Joao Lampreia (Carbon Trust Brazil), Ericka Lucero (Ministry of Environment, Guatemala), Walter Oyhantcabal (Ministry of Agriculture, Uruguay).
Facilitators: Lini Wollenberg (CCAFS), Martial Bernoux (FAO)
Combating climate change and reducing poverty through forestryCIFOR-ICRAF
This document summarizes Nicaragua's forestry investment program to combat climate change and reduce poverty. The program aims to reduce deforestation from 3.27% to 1.6% annually through actions to avoid deforestation and improve carbon reserves across 1.2 million hectares. This is expected to generate cumulative emissions reductions of 50.06 million tons of CO2e over 10 years. Non-carbon benefits include watershed management, increased resilience of rural livelihoods, and biodiversity conservation across priority watersheds. The program seeks payments up to $55 million through the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility to support emissions reductions benefiting one million indigenous people.
Climate finance marchesini (bndes)amazon fund fightingdeforestation&promoting...OECD Environment
The document summarizes Brazil's efforts to reduce deforestation in the Amazon rainforest through programs like the Amazon Fund and PRODES satellite monitoring system. It notes that deforestation has been reduced 84% since 2004 through these initiatives. The Amazon Fund finances projects that promote conservation and sustainable development, having supported 50 projects totaling $329 million as of 2013. Brazil leads the world in using satellite data to monitor deforestation and the fund demonstrates how payments for verified emission reductions can support conservation efforts.
This document summarizes Panama's efforts to reduce deforestation through REDD initiatives. It provides historical deforestation rates in Panama and goals to reduce the rate. Key drivers of deforestation are identified. The implementation strategy involves various national plans and programs. Objectives are to provide incentives to communities and sustainable development while conserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change. Steps are outlined to strengthen capacities for REDD monitoring, management and participation of indigenous groups.
Highlights of the 2008 Farm Bill with respect to US Department of Agriculture conservation programs, by Steve Chick, USDA State Conservationist for Nebraska, March 2009.
Juan Carlos Botero - Global Sustainability Impacts - ColombiaJohn Blue
Global Sustainability Impacts - Colombia - Juan Carlos Botero, Mesa de Ganadar’a Sostenible de Colombia (Colombia), from the 2018 Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB), October 9 - 12, 2018, Kilkenny, Ireland.
More presentations at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJuQkIaCQn5HXVjFbExofkg
Update on the ldcf leg regional workshop malawiNAP Events
The document summarizes information about the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), including that it has received $1.22 billion in pledges and funded 231 projects in 51 countries. It also lists recently approved projects between COP21 and COP22 that received $87 million in LDCF funding and $332.6 million in co-financing. Additional projects approved since COP22 and support for National Adaptation Plans are also mentioned.
Investing in projects to change practice and build community capacity. Naomi ...Joanna Hicks
1. Barkly Landcare aims to support pastoralists in adopting best management practices through projects, activities, and building community capacity.
2. A key challenge is balancing conservation and production values in the Barkly region. Barkly Landcare's weed management projects use aerial surveys, workshops, treatment programs, and long-term monitoring to effectively manage weeds like Parkinsonia across large areas.
3. Through strategic multi-year projects, Barkly Landcare works to bring entire regions under active weed control to improve both production and ecosystem outcomes in the Barkly.
Catalysing Ocean Finance: Transforming Markets to Restore and Protect the G...Iwl Pcu
The document discusses the value of the global ocean economy at over $1 trillion annually and 500 million jobs, but that poor management is putting these goods and services at risk and costing societies hundreds of billions of dollars per year. It analyzes proven strategic planning methodologies and policy instruments that could help reverse issues like overfishing, coastal hypoxia, invasive species, and generate hundreds of billions in additional investment if scaled up globally. Modest public investments of around $5 billion could catalyze transforming markets to sustain the ocean's economic contributions indefinitely.
The document provides an overview and update on the Colombian Roundtable for Sustainable Livestock. It summarizes the livestock industry in Colombia, background on sustainability projects funded by GEF and UK, and the current state of the Roundtable. The Roundtable was launched in 2013 to facilitate sustainable livestock actions and has been meeting regularly with participants from government, NGOs, and industry. It is working to formalize its structure and strategic plan and help achieve pledges to restore degraded land and support climate initiatives and peace processes.
This document summarizes a biomass-based bioenergy program in Madagascar that aims to generate bioethanol from sugar cane. It discusses the background of poverty and environmental degradation in Madagascar. The program proposes developing sugar cane plantations and using the biomass to produce cooking ethanol, fuel ethanol, and electricity. It outlines the components and status of the program. Expected impacts include reducing pressure on forests through substitution of fuelwood, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, creating jobs, and significantly reducing poverty levels through participation in the bioenergy value chain.
Protecting forests is critical, but meeting biodiversity, climate and sustainable development targets means preventing the loss of other valuable natural ecosystems as well.
1. Rice production is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions in several Asian countries such as Vietnam and India, accounting for up to 38% and 5.7% of total national emissions respectively.
2. Alternate wetting and drying (AWD), a water saving irrigation technique, has been shown to reduce methane and nitrous oxide emissions from rice fields by up to 37% with no reduction in yield. AWD involves intermittent flooding and drainage of rice fields.
3. The International Rice Research Institute is providing technical support for climate change mitigation policies in several ways, including developing Clean Development Mechanism projects using AWD, mapping suitability of AWD adoption, and assisting countries in creating national action plans and
Day 4a Bio Cf Ci Madagascar André Aquino Bio Cf Training Jan08theREDDdesk
The document summarizes a REDD+ project in Madagascar called the Mantadia Biological Corridor. The project aims to reduce deforestation and support reforestation efforts across 425,000 hectares of protected areas and 3,020 hectares designated for habitat restoration. It seeks to generate carbon credits while also conserving biodiversity and improving local livelihoods through agroforestry and sustainable agriculture programs. Key challenges include developing effective restoration techniques, securing land tenure, funding, coordination across stakeholders, and ensuring long-term monitoring and community benefits from reduced deforestation.
Increasing the storage of carbon in the soil has been a controversial strategy for addressing climate change mitigation. What is the potential and why is there debate about this? How can we push beyond the debate to constructive action?
Lini Wollenberg, a Gund Fellow, is an anthropologist and natural resource management specialist concerned with rural livelihoods and the environment. She currently leads a research program on Low Emissions Agricultural Development for the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), based at the University of Vermont. Her work seeks to identify options for reducing the impacts of agricultural development and land use on the climate, while also improving livelihoods for the poor in developing countries.
This presentation was given by Lini Wollenberg, CCAFS, on September 11, 2020 as part of the GundxChange Series.
The document discusses how African farmers can benefit from carbon markets by implementing practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon sequestration. Some practices mentioned include improved agroforestry, cropland management, and pasture management. Challenges include accurately measuring agricultural landscape carbon and developing value chains that provide sufficient incentives for smallholder farmers. Potential solutions proposed are developing new tools to measure carbon cheaply and effectively at scale, mobilizing communities for climate planning, building efficient value chains, and including African agriculture in climate negotiations to pilot strategies for large-scale action.
The Ecological Footprint Atlas 2010 builds on previous versions and provides detailed Ecological Footprint and biocapacity accounts for nations. It finds that humanity is currently in global ecological overshoot, using more resources than the Earth can renew. The accounts can help governments and organizations understand their resource dependence and guide investment and policy to transition to sustainability. Improving the accounts through research collaborations aims to make them more accurate tools for decision makers seeking to prosper within Earth's ecological limits.
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Deforestation-free commodities can contribute to low-emission food systemsCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Elizabeth Adobi Okwuosa (KALRO, Kenya) at "Side event 60th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies - Sustainable Bites: Innovating Low Emission Food Systems One Country at a Time" on 13 June 2024
Emerging Earth Observation methods for monitoring sustainable food productionCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Daniela Requena Suarez, Helmholtz GeoResearch Center Potsdam (GFZ) at "Side event 60th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies - Sustainable Bites: Innovating Low Emission Food Systems One Country at a Time" on 13 June 2024
Exploring low emissions development opportunities in food systemsCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Christopher Martius (CIFOR-ICRAF) at "Side event 60th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies - Sustainable Bites: Innovating Low Emission Food Systems One Country at a Time" on 13 June 2024
Mejorando la estimación de emisiones GEI conversión bosque degradado a planta...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Kristell Hergoualc'h (Scientist, CIFOR-ICRAF) at Workshop “Lecciones para el monitoreo transparente: Experiencias de la Amazonia peruana” on 7 Mei 2024 in Lima, Peru.
Inclusión y transparencia como clave del éxito para el mecanismo de transfere...CIFOR-ICRAF
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2. Annual Deforestation in the Amazon (1988 – 2014)Annual Deforestation in the Amazon (1988 – 2014)
-82%
3. Payment for Performance (P4P)Payment for Performance (P4P)
Average deforestation rate
(2001 - 2010) 16,531 km²
Deforested area in the Amazon Biome
(km²)
Formula
Quantity Performance Payments’ Approach
Step 1 Step 2
6. (1) Country
Ownership
National Policy Strategy
Land-use
Planning
Sustainable
Production
Why does it work?Why does it work?
Monitoring
and Control
Scientific and Technological Development
US$
78
MM
US$
130
MM
US$
64
MM
US$
281
MM
7. Guidance Committee Technical Committee
Year
Fundraising limit
(US$ bn)
2006 1.0
2007 1.5
2008 1.2
2009 2.2
2010 2.3
2011 2.5
2012 2.9
2013
2014
2.6
2.8
TOTAL 19.0
Participative Governance
BNDES is the manager in close coordination with the Ministry of Environment
(2) Governance Structure
Why does it work?Why does it work?
9. 77 supported projects
On Nov 2015
Current PortfolioCurrent Portfolio
R$ 1,184 MM
(US$ 553 MM)
Federal Government5
21
7
6
37
1
States
Municipalities
Universities
Third Sector
International
11. R$ 106 MM (US$ 44 MM)
destined to support indigenous
populations
Indigenous peoplesIndigenous peoples
R$ 90 MM (US$ 37 MM) to
seven projects primarily
destined to indigenous people
R$ 16 MM (US$ 7 MM) will
benefit indigenous communities
through 10 other projects
+ Up to R$ 70 MM to PNGATI call-to-submission
13. 13 projects comprise CAR implementation
More than US$ 95 MM
Rural Environmental Registry (CAR)Rural Environmental Registry (CAR)
Main instrument to verify compliance
with environmental regulation
CAR data is paramount to holding
groups of people in settlements
and/or individuals responsible for
illegal deforestation
14. 258 partners through call-to-submissions and
projects of partner institutions
Small Scale ProjectsSmall Scale Projects
15. International ProjectInternational Project
Monitoring forest coverage
in the Amazon region
Objective:
To improve the capacity to monitor
deforestation, changes in the use of
land and forest in the countries of
the Amazon Cooperation Treaty
Organization (ACTO)
Amazon Fund support: R$ 23,7 MM
(US$ 10,7 MM)
18. Monitoring and
Control
37 MM hectares of rural
properties enrolled in the
environmental rural
registry (CAR)
138,000 properties enrolled
in CAR
19. Sustainable
Production
1,212 small sized projects
supported
65,000 individuals directly
benefitted
Resident populace
mobilized to monitor any
deforestation or other
illegal activities
Good morning, thank you Helmut. Warm thanks to the panelists that are joining us in this session, and also to this distinguish audience that has decided to be with us this morning in our discussion forum.
I will briefly present the Amazon Fund, an initiative of the Brazilian government and society to support the implementation of actions to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
In the past years we could observe a dramatic reduction in
deforestation rates. Brazil cut deforestation rates by 80% and is now the largest reducer of greenhouse gas
emissions.
As a pioneering initiative to reward the results obtained by Brazil in REDD+, the fund was formally established in 2008, having the government of Norway announcing a commitment to contribute with 1 billion USD to the Fund.
Today, the Amazon Fund has donations to the tune of US$ 1 billion, having donations from Norway, from the Germany Government, through its KfW, and from Petrobras, a Brazilian Oil and Gas public company.
In addition, on this past Monday, Norway annouced a new pledge to the Amazon Fund, of approximately US$ 600 million. And in August, on the occasion of the visit of the chanceller Merkel to Brazil, Germany indicated that it will further support the Amazon Fund with 100 million EUR before 2020.
In the six years of operation, the Amazon Fund is considered well-positioned in comparison to other climate funds worldwide and as an example to be followed.
And very often we listen to the question: WHY DOES IT WORK?
Well, we consider these the 3 pilars of the Amazon Fund success.
The first pillar is Country Ownership. Development does not take place unless it is achieved by the country itself, which requires that the government has sufficient support among stakeholders within and outside of the government to implement its developmental strategy. The turning point in the Brazil’s effort to curb deforestation was the implementation of the National Strategic Plan to Prevent and Combat deforestation in the Amazon.
This policy, known by the acronyms PPCDAM, is based in these 3 axis:
Land and territory use planning; monitoring and environmental control; and promotion of sustainable production activities.
Its worth to mention that the Amazon Fund is additional to a series of national efforts in reducing deforestation. Projects supported by the Amazon Fund have to be connected to at least one of these axis of the National Strategic Plan, with an additional axis of Scientific and Technological Development, which is considered transversal to all.
The second pillar is the Governance Structure.
The dialogue with policy makers and civil society has been a decisive factor in the evolution of the Fund. The fund has a participatory governance structure, through a Guidance Committee that hosts representatives from the federal government, from the governments of the Amazonian states, from civil society and from the scientific community. This committee is responsible for setting the guidelines and priorities of resources’ application, based on deforestation dynamics and priorities to curb deforestation set by the public policies.
The Brazilian development bank is the manager of the Fund. Our team is responsible for raising donations, analyzing and approving the projects applications for financial support, tracking and monitoring the implementation of the supported projects, and reporting the results and impacts achieved.
Last, the Technical Committee is composed of leading specialists with renowned technical and scientific knowledge and has the mission of verifying carbon emissions avoided by reduced deforestation in the Amazon, and to attest the fundraising limit of the Fund, which has achieved US$19 billion up to 2014 certified results.
Transparency is the third pillar of the Amazon Fund. We have a very comprehensive website, where stakeholders might find all sort of information about the Fund, including updated information about activities already implemented by the projects, portfolio reports, news bulletins.
We also prepare Annual Reports, with a lot of information about results of the Fund.
And the fund is submitted to the exam of certified public auditors, who issue reports on the financial information and of the compliance of the projects supported to the rules and regulations of the Fund, including the guidelines established by the Steering Committee. Those auditor reports are public and can also be found in our website.
And now, our portfolio. Over the last six years, the Amazon Fund has provided support to 77 projects, in the total amount of aprox half billion USD.
It is important to mention that those are projects already committed, and does not include the projects still under analysis by our team.
Now I will share with you some highlights of the projects we support.
Support for indigenous people is one of the priorities of the Amazon Fund. An important amount of US$ 44 million has already been committed to support indigenous populations plus an extra important budget will be destined to projects that has been selected in a call to submission that took place early this year and that aims to implement the indigenous territorial plans, an important step of the national policy designed to protect and support the indigenous peoples.
Those projects involve activities related to planning and territorial control, environmental management, the development of sustainable production activities and protecting uncontacted people.
This map is very interesting: in brown are all the indigenous lands in the Amazon region. As you can see, each color dot corresponds to a project supported, and we have so far supported projects in a significant number of indigenous lands. The expectation is that in the near future even more areas will be covered, as the map does not include the projects that are still under analysis.
Under the Brazilian law, 80% of the area of each rural establishment in the Amazon must be protected. However, uncertainty regarding land titles in the Amazon is strongly related to deforestation. An important step for holding individuals accountable for illegal deforestation is to identify who owns or possesses the land.
Although the Rural Environmental Registration, know as CAR, does not promote land title regularization, it associates individuals to territories; it is a key instrument to assist in the environmental regularization of rural properties and possessions.
The Amazon Fund has a portfolio of 13 projects to support CAR, with approx US$ 100 million earmarked to establish this central policy of environmental governance.
One of the challenges that we have faced these past years was how the resources may reach the ground and local institutions. The strategy that has been shown appropriate is the support to partner institutions, which have a more robust governance and articulation with local organizations, and also historical and solid presence in working with traditional communities.
And through these partners we can reach local entrepreneurs and individuals that live in the forest.
Although most part of the Amazon in within the Brazilian territory, the forest goes beyond our borders across other South American countries.
Up to 20% of the the Amazon Fund resources may support the development of deforestation monitoring capacity of other Brazilian biomes and other tropical-forested countries.
So this project has the objective to built the capacity in the other Pan Amazonian countries to monitor their forest cover.
Talking about results
The protected areas and the indigenous land are crucial to retain the deforestation pressure. The impact of the Amazon Fund support to these areas and the people that leaves in these territories are significant.
The Amazon Fund has supported the strength of various institutions that leads important control activities to combat illegal actions, such as the Nationa Environmental Agency, the National Intelligence Force, among others.
As a priority established by the Guidance Committee, a significant number of properties have already been enrolled in the Rural Registration System with the support of the Amazon Fund.
Some of the results verified here are linked to the efforts to focus in activities that reach the ground.
The traditional populations are also mobilized to monitor and report any deforestation and/or other illegal activities.
Supporting projects that allow a sustainable management of the forest, and create employment and income alternatives to deforestation is crucial to the forest to worth more standing than cut down.
Some results so far in this branch is the support to research in deforestation dynamics and mapping social technologies, as well as the improvement of deforestation monitoring systems of the National Institute for Space Research.
A significant number of researchers are involved in these activities.
In its first 6 years of operation, the Amazon Fund so far has succeeded to achieve very significant results, a journey with constant challenges and learning gains, where the dialogue with the public and civil society actors has been a decisive factor in the progress of the Fund.
But combating deforestation also has to be aligned with simultaneously fostering more efficient use of the land so that rural economic growth also protects the environment.
Actions with a territorial perspective are crucial to keep the positive results, it is not possible to consider the territory in a segmented way. It is necessary to understand the differences and how to integrate the positive actions that worked in an indigenous land, in a settlement, in a protected area.
So I now leave the floor to our distinguish panelists, who will bring to you some of their experiences in protecting the Amazon with the participatory engagement of the traditional communities that live there.
Thank you!
Good morning, thank you Helmut. Warm thanks to the panelists that are joining us in this session, and also to this distinguish audience that has decided to be with us this morning in our discussion forum.
I will briefly present the Amazon Fund, an initiative of the Brazilian government and society to support the implementation of actions to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.