The presentation of Thais Linhares-Juvenal, of UN-REDD, to the IIED-hosted Moving ahead with Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) workshop on 9-10 April 2014. The presentation, made in the second session on moving beyond readiness and the role of the private sector, focused on the challenges and opportunities when supporting REDD+ readiness and negotiations. More information on UN-REDD's work: http://www.un-redd.org/. Further details of the workshop and IIED's work on REDD+ are available via http://www.iied.org/coverage-moving-ahead-redd-prospects-challenges-workshop.

1. Supporting REDD+ readiness and
negotiations
What are the Challenges ahead?

2. 2007:
Bali Action
Plan
2010:
Cancun
Agreements
2013:
Warsaw
Framework

3. What is readiness?
• - 2009-2013: readiness based on the Bali Action Plan, draft from
Copenhagen and the Cancun Agreements
• - Main elements:
– National forest monitoring systems, Forest reference levels and Reference
emission levels
– Safeguards and safeguards information systems
– Forest governance
– Land tenure, Land use planning
– Gender
– Drivers of deforestation and forest degradation
– Effective participation of relevant stakeholders, including Indigenous peoples
and local communities

4. Initial readiness
• Raise awareness
• Explore different concepts and possibilities
• Support based on common elements – RPPs adopted by FCPF and UN-
REDD Programme
• Strong focus on stakeholder engagement and transparency
• High demand for support to forest monitoring systems
• Anticipated discussion on benefit distribution
• Initial linkages with multiple benefits and biodiversity agenda and land use
planning

5. Initial readiness
– Accordding to the Voluntary REDD+ Database, the main
areas of readiness supported during the fast start finance
were:
– Capacity building and local awareness
– Social and environmental benefits
– REDD+ strategies and other readiness preparation
– Demonstration and pilot activities
– Stakeholder consultation and engagement
– Monitoring systems
http://reddplusdatabase.org/#graphs_and_stats

6. Where are we now?
– More than US$ 7 billion have been reported as deployed to support
readiness within the fast start finance period
– US$ 4.1 billion flew directly from developed countries to REDD+ countries
– Countries in different stages of readiness
– UN-REDD-FCPF joint needs assessment identified safeguards, tenure,
carbon rights, further guidance for stakeholder engagement, legal
preparedness, benefit distribution, MRV, drivers of deforestation as most
urgent needs
– Multiple initiatives operating at country level: multilaterals and bilaterals
– Increased need of coordination of different streams of support at national
level

7. Warsaw Framework
 Modalities for national forest monitoring systems (NFMS)
 The timing and the frequency of information on safeguards
 Addressing the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation
 Guidelines and procedures for the technical assessment of submissions
on proposed forest reference emission levels and/or forest reference
levels (RELs/RLs)
 Modalities for measuring, reporting and verifying (MRV)
CLEAR GUIDANCE ON REDD+ UNDER THE CONVENTION

8. Warsaw Framework
 No decision on market mechanism
 New, additional and predictable funding from variety of sources:
public or private, bilateral or multilateral
 Results based actions fully MRV
 Information on safeguards as requirement for results based payments
 No monitoring of safeguards
 Encourage funds for integral sustainable management of forests

9. Implementing
the Warsaw
Framework
• Some countries moving towards
demonstration activties
– - different approaches (jurisdictional,
subnational, national)
• Country needs more focused on monitoring
systems, reference levels, safeguards,
tenure, institutional arrangements for
national strategies and fiduciary
arrangements for national funds
• Stronger demand for inclusion from
Indigenous Peoples, local communities and
civil society at national level
• Higher demand for knowledge management
and knowledge sharing

10. Results Based
Actions
National
REDD+
Strategies
Drivers of
Deforestation

11. Lessons Learned
• REDD+ readiness takes longer than initially
estimated
• REDD+ landscape evolved and support
should increasingly be tailored to meet
needs of national contexts
• REDD+ cannot be everything everywhere:
need to focus in order to progress to
demonstration activities
• Linkages with other land-based activies and
benefits of a landscape approach better
understood
• Need to strengthen cross-sectoral approach
• Importance of development of green
businesses and sustainable supply chains

12. Challenges
Ahead
• Fast track finance period is over
• As countries make progress on readiness,
higher cost tailor made support is needed
• Need of an agreement that ensure
predictability of funds
• Need of scaling up demonstration activities

13. Thais Linhares-Juvenal
Thais.Juvenal@un-redd.org
Thank You, Merci, Gracias!
Website: http://www.un-redd.org