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The Little REDD Book

Charlie Parker October 2009

+Why is REDD important

! Deforestation accounts for 16% of global GHG emissions

Combating Climate Change

Total = 49 GtCO2e

Source: The Terrestrial Carbon Group. GtCO2e per year, 2005Data taken from McKinsey (2009) Pathways to a Low-Carbon Economy

+Why is REDD important

! Over a fifth of global mitigation potential is in REDD+

Combating Climate Change

Source: The Terrestrial Carbon Group. Abatement potentialGtCO2e per year, 2030.Data taken from McKinsey (2009) Pathways to a Low-Carbon Economy

+Why is REDD important

! Half of mitigation potential in developing countries is in AFOLU.

Combating Climate Change

Source: The Terrestrial Carbon Group

+Why is REDD important

! 1.2 billion of the world�s poorest depend on the forests for their survival

! Local communities depend on forests as a source of fuel, food, medicines and shelter

! Forests are home to 90% of the world�s terrestrial biodiversity

! Indigenous and forest-dependent peoples are stewards of their forests.

! Forests provide ecosystem services on local to global scales

More than just carbon

+Understanding REDDA framework for understanding

+Comparative AnalysisScope

+Comparative AnalysisReference Level: Evolution of thinking

+Current state of play

! December 2008, AWG-LCA 4, Poznan (11/121 pages)! Revised note by the Chair, FCCC/AWGLCA/2008/16/Rev.1

! March 2009, AWG-LCA 5, Bonn (2-3/23 pages)! Focus document, FCCC/AWGLCA/2009/4

! June, 2009 AWG-LCA 6, Bonn (20/199 pages)! Revised negotiating text, FCCC/AWGLCA/2009/INF.1

! October 2009, AWG-LCA 7.1, Bangkok (?)! Reordering and consolidation, FCCC/AWGLCA/2009/INF.2! Revised annex III C to document, Non-paper No. 11 (9 pages)

REDD negotiations in AWG-LCA

+Current state of play

! 2. Means of implementation! 9. Option 1 a) (ii)Forest reserve fund for conservation! 9. Option 2 a) access to and use of markets � through issuance of

carbon credits .. for emission reductions resulting from reduced deforestation and forest degradation, [and for conservation]

! 9. Option 3 a) A fund [additional to ODA] for [conservation, enhancement of carbon stocks �

! 3. [Measurement, reporting and verification of actions] [Measurement and monitoring system]! 10.[When establishing national reference emission levels [and][or] or

national reference levels, taking into account [the application of a correction factor to reflect] national circumstances [,historically low deforestation and forest degradation�]

Revised negotiation text: Distribution

+Road to Copenhagen

! UNFCCC Calendar! November 2nd-6th 2009, AWG-LCA 7.2, Barcelona

! Further condensing of text.! What is required from Copenhagen?

! December 7th-18th 2009, COP 15, CMP 5, Copenhagen! Agreement on REDD may be just ½ a page of text.

! Life beyond Copenhagen! �Marrakech phase� from 2010 � 2012. What are the details?! Capacity building! Early action.

What is happening?

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Charlie ParkerGlobal Canopy Programme

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