The document summarizes a webinar on improving land use management to mitigate climate change. It discusses that land use is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and global demand for food and fiber is increasing. It then describes the Climate and Land Use Alliance's strategy to reduce emissions from deforestation by making grants and engaging stakeholders. An evaluation found the Alliance is well-organized but challenges include diminished prospects for REDD+ policies and the need to engage more with the private sector and ensure low-carbon plans are implemented. It means focusing on new pathways and ensuring work leads to follow through on adoption and implementation.

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Session # 2: Climate Change and Land Use

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Rony Soerakoesoemah
ASEAN Secretariat

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Interdisciplinary GEM Advisory Board

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- land use and climate change
- NGO corporate partnerships
- Global governance in the forest sector
- Globalization, consumption and environmental
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- Climate change as a super-wicked problem

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GEM Scholar Practitioner
Dr. Chris Elliott Bernhard von der Heyde
GEM Advisory Board / CLUA GIZ PR China

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lecture practitioner discussion
Your questions will be collected and prepared for the discussion

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Your scholar today:
Member Advisory Board
GEM Initiative, Yale University
Executive Director Climate and
Land Use Alliance
Dr. Chris Elliott
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Longstanding Experience in Environmental Topics
20 yrs. WWF
Executive Director Conservation
China Programm Coordinator
First Board Chair of FSC
World Bank
Education: Forestry, Plant Sc., Ecosystem
Dr. Chris Elliott
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Your practitioner today:
GIZ PR China
Education in Temperate and
Tropical Forestry
> 30 yrs. experience in GIZ
Projects in all ASEAN member
countries / often CTA in forest dev.
Bernhard von der Heyde

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UNFCCC COP 18 in Doha / Qatar
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Role of land-­use emissions often
underestimated in public debate (industry
and private emissions in focus)
Depending on study up to 30 % of human
GHG emissions

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Indonesia drainage / agricultural dev. of peatlands
1 % contribution of GDP
50 % of national
GHG emissions

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Improving land use management to mitigate
climate change
Learning from evaluation and what it means for GEM

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Your scholar today:
Executive Director
Climate and Land Use Alliance
Member Advisory Board
GEM Initiative, Yale University
Dr. Chris Elliott
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Land use has a big impact on emissions
Source: Congressional Budget Office!

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Ranking of countries by their estimated
contribution to global forest-based emissions
1990 to 2005
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Source: Congressional Budget Office!

21. The global response to climate
change will be unsuccessful
without significant reductions in
deforestation and forest
degradation and improved
agricultural practices.!
© Jan van der Ploeg / CIFOR!

22. Success will require that
we simultaneously protect
the livelihoods and rights of
indigenous people and
local communities.!
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© Neil Palmer/CIAT!

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Global demand for food, fuel and fiber increasing
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Source: USAID!

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Four partner foundations implementing a shared strategy
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by
deforestation and other land use changes.!
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Our aim:!
The Alliance catalyzes the potential of forested and
agricultural landscapes to mitigate climate change, benefit
people and protect the environment. !
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How?!
We do this by making high-impact grants and engaging key
stakeholders, policy-makers and experts to explore and
develop solutions. !
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What are our goals?!
• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with land use
management!
• Protect the livelihoods and rights of indigenous peoples and
rural Communities and slow the loss of ecosystem services
and biodiversity!
• Single grantmaking strategy; draw on collective expertise,
networks, and local offices!
• Overcome significant technical, social and political barriers
through necessary scale, intensity, and innovation!
• Leverage funding for the Alliance strategy!
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Where do we work?!
Global climate and land use, and national action in priority
countries (Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico & Central America, and
the United States).!
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• Part of our commitment to being an effective
organization is evaluating our own progress.
• To do this, we launched an independent mid-term
evaluation (MTE) in which we examined our:
1. Approach:
Has our grant making been well planned and
prepared?
2. Deployment:
How well organized and efficient is CLUA?
3. Selected challenges and opportunities:
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1 Selected challenges and opportunities:
Whatʼs next?!
What have we learned from this evaluation?!
! What does it mean for CLUA and GEM?!
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Diminished prospects for Global REDD+; political
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policy outcomes we seek and furthering a “no regrets”
approach to the work!
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Engaging other sectors, including private sector and
diverse economic sub-sectors that influence land use!
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Periodically summarize and report on the impact of
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www.ClimateAndLandUseAlliance.org!