Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) aims to create financial value for the carbon stored in forests to provide incentives for developing countries to reduce emissions from deforested lands and invest in low-carbon development. Deforestation and forest degradation account for nearly 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. REDD+ includes conservation, sustainable forest management, and increasing forest carbon stocks in addition to reducing deforestation and degradation. Forests play a vital role in combating climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide through photosynthesis but releasing it when they decay or burn.
A Critical Appraisal of UNFCC Negotiations, Peg PuttWILD Foundation
Peg Putt, Climate Change Policy, Wilderness Society Australia, spoke during the Tuesday (10 November) WILD9 plenary panel on "Wild Nature and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation."
A Critical Appraisal of UNFCC Negotiations, Peg PuttWILD Foundation
Peg Putt, Climate Change Policy, Wilderness Society Australia, spoke during the Tuesday (10 November) WILD9 plenary panel on "Wild Nature and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation."
This presentation by Terry Sunderland from CIFOR focuses on the evolution of REDD+ over time, how REDD+ can present a new hope for conservation, what risks and challenges surface, where CIFOR's current REDD+ projects are located and what the key issues are.
This study was presented during the conference “Production and Carbon Dynamics in Sustainable Agricultural and Forest Systems in Africa” held in September, 2010.
Synergies between mitigation and adaptation..ppt glf nov 16Liz Kahurani
There is growing recognition of the potential for jointly achieving climate change mitigation and adaptation through land management. Landscape approaches to enhancing multi-functionality have been identified as a promising pathway to synergies between mitigation and adaptation besides helping achieve other livelihood needs through ecosystem services and functions provision. This presentation explores what is known and gaps in understanding of synergies and trade-offs. It also explores the necessary enabling conditions that help promote synergies in order to realize the benefits of the approach. We build on an ex-post analysis of the Ngitili systems in Tanzania and selected examples from agroforestry practices to inform the discussion.
Climate change adaptation and mitigation measures - MadridAlessandro Faia
Presentation by students off IE University's Master in Global Environmental Change for the Biari (Brown International Advanced Research Institute) international workshop on world cities and climate change, held from 31 May to 2 June in Madrid.
Beyond mitigation: forest-based adaptation to climate changeCIFOR-ICRAF
Forests and climate change adaptation are linked in two ways: first, through
adaptation for forests, because climate change will affect forests and so
they need help to adapt; second, through forests for adaptation, because
forests contribute to helping local communities and broader society adapt to
climate change. Both linkages are explored in this presentation, together
with the synergies between climate change mitigation and adaptation in
forestry projects. The possibilities and challenges in these ideas are
explored by using wetlands as a case in point. CIFOR and CIRAD scientist
Bruno Locatelli and colleague Emilia Pramova gave this presentation at the
FAO-UNEP Meeting on Forests and Climate Change Adaptation in Asia during October 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Steps towards self-standing Blue Carbon emission reporting and mitigation tar...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Rosa Maria Roman (CIFOR) at "Steps towards Blue Carbon mitigation under NDCs in Latin America and the Caribbean - Session 2" on 23 July 2020
Adaptation-mitigation synergies in forest and agricultural landscapesCIFOR-ICRAF
Find out how Landscape management is highly relevant to both adaptation and mitigation, which synergies in that landscape management exist and what we should take from that.
Theme 4 - Climate Change Mitigation and AdaptationCIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation by Christopher Martius, Henry Neufeldt, Glenn Hyman and Laura Snook focuses on the objectives and structure of the climate change adaptation and mitigation program of the FTA Research Program, their evolution over time, the major accomplishments and the main obstacles and challenges.
Realities of climate change in the Congo BasinCIFOR-ICRAF
Ken Creighton gave this presentation on 22 May 2013 at a panel session during the two-day policy and science conference entitled "Sustainable forest management in Central Africa: Yesterday, today and tomorrow", organized by CIFOR and its partners and held in Yaounde, Cameroon. The panel, titled “Response to climate change in Central Africa: Realities and challenges”, focused on revisiting previous efforts in forest management for climate change and on considering future directions while considering the interest of forest communities.
This presentation by Terry Sunderland from CIFOR focuses on the evolution of REDD+ over time, how REDD+ can present a new hope for conservation, what risks and challenges surface, where CIFOR's current REDD+ projects are located and what the key issues are.
This study was presented during the conference “Production and Carbon Dynamics in Sustainable Agricultural and Forest Systems in Africa” held in September, 2010.
Synergies between mitigation and adaptation..ppt glf nov 16Liz Kahurani
There is growing recognition of the potential for jointly achieving climate change mitigation and adaptation through land management. Landscape approaches to enhancing multi-functionality have been identified as a promising pathway to synergies between mitigation and adaptation besides helping achieve other livelihood needs through ecosystem services and functions provision. This presentation explores what is known and gaps in understanding of synergies and trade-offs. It also explores the necessary enabling conditions that help promote synergies in order to realize the benefits of the approach. We build on an ex-post analysis of the Ngitili systems in Tanzania and selected examples from agroforestry practices to inform the discussion.
Climate change adaptation and mitigation measures - MadridAlessandro Faia
Presentation by students off IE University's Master in Global Environmental Change for the Biari (Brown International Advanced Research Institute) international workshop on world cities and climate change, held from 31 May to 2 June in Madrid.
Beyond mitigation: forest-based adaptation to climate changeCIFOR-ICRAF
Forests and climate change adaptation are linked in two ways: first, through
adaptation for forests, because climate change will affect forests and so
they need help to adapt; second, through forests for adaptation, because
forests contribute to helping local communities and broader society adapt to
climate change. Both linkages are explored in this presentation, together
with the synergies between climate change mitigation and adaptation in
forestry projects. The possibilities and challenges in these ideas are
explored by using wetlands as a case in point. CIFOR and CIRAD scientist
Bruno Locatelli and colleague Emilia Pramova gave this presentation at the
FAO-UNEP Meeting on Forests and Climate Change Adaptation in Asia during October 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Steps towards self-standing Blue Carbon emission reporting and mitigation tar...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Rosa Maria Roman (CIFOR) at "Steps towards Blue Carbon mitigation under NDCs in Latin America and the Caribbean - Session 2" on 23 July 2020
Adaptation-mitigation synergies in forest and agricultural landscapesCIFOR-ICRAF
Find out how Landscape management is highly relevant to both adaptation and mitigation, which synergies in that landscape management exist and what we should take from that.
Theme 4 - Climate Change Mitigation and AdaptationCIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation by Christopher Martius, Henry Neufeldt, Glenn Hyman and Laura Snook focuses on the objectives and structure of the climate change adaptation and mitigation program of the FTA Research Program, their evolution over time, the major accomplishments and the main obstacles and challenges.
Realities of climate change in the Congo BasinCIFOR-ICRAF
Ken Creighton gave this presentation on 22 May 2013 at a panel session during the two-day policy and science conference entitled "Sustainable forest management in Central Africa: Yesterday, today and tomorrow", organized by CIFOR and its partners and held in Yaounde, Cameroon. The panel, titled “Response to climate change in Central Africa: Realities and challenges”, focused on revisiting previous efforts in forest management for climate change and on considering future directions while considering the interest of forest communities.
Preliminary Report on Migrant Deaths in South TexasSara Calderon
SEARCHING FOR THE LIVING, THE DEAD, AND THE NEW DISAPPEARED ON THE MIGRANT TRAIL IN TEXAS
Preliminary Report on Migrant Deaths in South Texas
This report was written by Christine Kovic in collaboration with the Prevention of Migrant Deaths Working Group of Houston United/Houston Unido. Revised July 15, 2013.
Christine Kovic
kovic@uhcl.edu
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Studies at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, has conducted research in the field of human rights for the past 20 years. Her current research addresses the intersection of human rights and immigration to the U.S., with emphasis on Central American migrants crossing Mexico in the journey to the U.S. and on the human rights and organizing efforts of Latinos in the Houston region.
Houston United/Houston Unido
https://www.facebook.com/HoustonUnited
A coalition of community organizations, has been working to prevent border deaths, stop deportations and detentions, and achieve an immigration reform that allows workers to migrate without being criminalized.
College is expensive, no doubt about it. But you can make it more affordable following the tips and ideas in this, the fifth module of the Affording College Now workshop. Based on materials from the book, "College Without Ramen Noodles".
A workshop leader's guide is available, just contact us.
Facilitated by SNV, this event was held on April 24 to coincide with the Asia Pacific Forestry Week (APFW), which occured over April 21-26. The event featured a special Guest speaker - David Huberman - who was visiting Hanoi for the APFW - and focussed on REDD, the forestry mechanism proposed for the post-2012 UNFCCC protocol. Click on the link below to read his presentation.
Presentation by David Huberman
University of Tokyo CCWG's study session.
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REDD, REDD+ AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON ECO-TOURISMRajendra Ojha
This presentation is mainly made to present ideas about REDD and REDD+ at Department of Global Climate Change
This presentation focuses more on "CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON ECO-TOURISM".
The future of forests in the low-emissions development agendaCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented at the COP21 side event 'Forests, landscapes, climate & sustainable development – The evidence we need for the future we want' by Markku Kanninen on 3 December 2015.
Il mondo della carbon neutrality e degli impegni net zeroEtifor srl
Primo appuntamento della Etifor Masterclass "Strategie climatiche per aziende responsabili", che si è tenuta il 23.05.2023. La lezione ha affrontato diverse tematiche: dalle strategie per migliorare gli impatti aziendali, all’importanza dei target basati sulla scienza, passando per le tecniche per evitare il greenwashing.
1. REDD AND CARBON MECHANISMS
The cover image is a photograph showing extensive illegal logging and deforestation, which has destroyed
many archaeo logical sites around the world, 2008 image courtesy of Google Earth Pro
2. OVERVIEW
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) is an effort to
create a financial value for the carbon stored in forests, offering incentives for
developing countries to reduce emissions from forested lands and invest in low-carbon
paths to sustainable development. According to United nation’s REDD (Reducing
emission from deforestation and forest degradation) program, deforestation and forest
degradation, through agricultural expansion, conversion to pastureland, infrastructu re
development, destructive logging, fires etc., account for nearly 20% of global
greenhouse gas emissions, more than the entire global transportation sector and second
only to the energy sector. It is now clear that in order to constrain the impacts of
climate change within limits that society will reasonably be able to tolerate, the global
average temperatures must be stabilized within two degrees Celsius. This will be
practically impossible to achieve without reducing emissions from the forest sector, in
addition to other mitigation actions.
(REDD+ includes deforestation and forest degradation, along with conservation,
sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks.)
SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND
Plants absorb carbon dioxide and use it to grow (carbon sequestration) by the process of
photosynthesis, but when they decay or burn; carbon dioxide is released again into the
atmosphere from where it was taken. Decaying plants also produce methane, a greenhouse gas
more potent than carbon dioxide (21 times more potent than of C02). So deforestation and
forest degradation are two times more damaging, because greenhouse gases are released into
the atmosphere through forest fires, or using the cut trees as firewood, while at the same time
the number of carbon dioxide absorbing trees are reduced.
Tropical forests cover about 15% of the world’s land surface and contain about 25% of the
carbon in the terrestrial biosphere. But they are being rapidly degraded and deforested
resulting in the emission of heat-trapping carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Roughly 13 million
hectares are converted to other land uses each year. This loss accounts for a fifth of global
carbon emissions, making land cover change the second largest contributor to global warming.
Forests therefore play a vital role in any initiative to combat climate change.
3. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN D EFORESTATION AND D EGRADATION OF
FOREST
Deforestation: this involves a decrease in the area covered by forest. However, it
cannot be so defined without adding a reference to its use (or allocation). In point of
fact, there exist certain forms of forest utilization - and priority objectives of forest
management - that clear temporarily the forest cover while guaranteeing its
maintenance. This is the case of clear cutting of areas where forest will regenerate
itself or be regenerated, or of the final cut in an even-aged forest silvicultural
treatment once natural regeneration has been assured. In other words, there is no
deforestation if there is a guarantee of continuity in maintaining the forest cover .
Degradation: this does not involve a reduction of the forest area, but rather a quality
decrease in its condition, this being related to one or a number of different forest
ecosystem components (vegetation layer, fauna, soil, etc.), to the interactions
between these components, and more generally to its functioning.
CDM AND REDD
Till now REDD program is not incorporated under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
Discussions are on and some decision is expected in the Mexico COP16.
CARBON FINANCE FOR REDD
The issue of how REDD is to be funded is the next area of controversy. Three main
mechanisms are proposed for financing REDD
1. carbon trading
2. Fund
3. Both (1) and (2)
Only a market-based approach with REDD credits will generate enough money to
incentivise forest protection but financing REDD through carbon trading would mean
that the developed countries can delay effective action to stop the burning of fossil fuels
by offsetting its emissions with carbon stored in forests. Trading forest carbon allows
pollution to continue somewhere else. The result is no reduction in emissions. If the
measurements of carbon stored are inaccurate, or if deforestation is stopped in one area
but increases somewhere else as a result (described as “leakage” in carbon mechanism),
then the emissions will be increased by the activity seeking the offset and by the
4. deforestation. If financed through carbon trading, REDD will create world’s biggest
loophole – effectively allowing industry to continue polluting.
The World Bank’s main mechanism for promoting REDD is a new scheme, launched in
Bali in 2007: the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF). Under the FCPF, countries
produced R-PINs (Readiness Plan Idea Notes). The Bank has accepted 25 of these R -
PINs and these countries are now producing R-Plans (Readiness Plans) which provide
the framework for REDD in these countries. The World Bank is also financing three
REDD-type projects through its Bio-Carbon Fund (REDD Monitor organization).
VOLUNTARY CARBON STANDARDS AND REDD
There are a series of voluntary carbon standards to certify the REDD project activity
including the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA).
A/R CDM methodologies and tools can used to calculate green house gas emission
reduction and also it would help in demonstration and assessment of additionality but
with certain limitations.
This REDD Methodology Framework (REDD-MF) provides guidance for constructing
methodologies for REDD project activities compliant with the validation and verification
requirements of the VCS. REDD methodology can be constructed based on a set of pre-
defined VCS-approved modules. The resulting methodology will be VCS-approved
without the requirement of a methodology validation.
REFERENCES
http://www.un-redd.org/AboutREDD/tabid/582/Default.aspx
http://www.cbd.int/
http://www.fao.org/docrep/article/wfc/xii/ms12a-e.htm
http://www.redd-monitor.org
5. ABOUT U S
Agneya Carbon Ventures came into existence with the purpose of “To help our clients in
understanding, establishing sound Environment Management Systems, and pursuing
sustainable business solutions through our various services to abate direct and indirect
impact on ecological balance.”
We have worked with companies across sectors enabling them to create carbon
accounting, monitoring and reporting systems. We have expertise in the areas of carbon
accounting and management, energy management systems, voluntary/compliance
carbon markets, environment management and sustainability and carbon branding.
Equipped with in-depth understanding of the Clean Development Mechanism
methodologies specific to forestry, we can assist you in developing your
Afforestation/Reforestation projects right from identifying proper land for the project
to registering the project at the Executive Board post validation.
To know more about us, please visit http://www.agneya.in
To schedule a meeting or a discussion with us, do reach us on
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