Global Experts Tackle Monitoring Governance Safeguards for REDD+May, 27 2010
Global Experts Tackle Monitoring Governance
Safeguards for REDD+
A two-day expert workshop paves the way for setting up a common understanding and framework on monitoring governance safeguards for REDD+.
(London, UK) Chatham House, an independent international affairs think-tank, the United Nations Collaborative Initiative on Reducing Emissi. . .
Norway and Indonesia agree a US$ 1 billion partnership on forestsMay, 26 2010
Press Release:
Norway and Indonesia agree a US$ 1 billion partnership on forests:
- This could be an important step towards the preservation of Indonesia’s rainforest
Norway and Indonesia today announced a US$ 1 billion bilateral agreement on reducing de. . .
Local community, the forgotten host: Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) meeting in AcehMay, 17 2010
This week (from 17-22 April), the Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) Taskforce takes place in Aceh province, Indonesia. Three working groups in the meeting will discuss standards and criteria; project based carbon accounting; and funding. But local groups feel they have been excluded from the discussions and from the REDD-type project at Ulu Mase. . .
Arnold Schwarzenegger and REDD: Terminating deforestation?May, 10 2010
While the Paris-Oslo process has been getting plenty attention since Copenhagen, another process is quietly taking place in parallel to the UN negotiations on REDD. The Governors’ Climate and Forests Taskforce is a collaboration between the Governors of 14 states and provinces from the United States, Brazil, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Mexico. The tas. . .
Indonesia Merging Deforestation Rules to Spur Carbon TradingMarch, 24 2010
Less than a year after finalizing them, the government is set to untangle regulations aimed at reducing deforestation and forest degradation in a bid to attract carbon-trading investment.
Wandojo Siswanto, head of the climate-change working group at the Forestry Ministry, said the three regulations to be reviewed all cover the same ground, i. . .
Governance and financing for adaptation and mitigation measures in Developing countriesMarch, 09 2010
Governance and financing for adaptation and mitigation measures in Developing countries
Follow up to the COP15 - Climate change Summit
Tuesday March 16th, 2010
1.00pm-2.30pm
Room A1G-2
European Parliament, Brussels
DRAFT AGENDA
Chaired by:
MEP Charles Goerens, MEP, Chai. . .
Climate in Peril : a popular guide to the latest IPCC reportsFebruary, 24 2010
Warming of the climate system is beyond argument, as shown by observations of increases in average air and ocean temperatures, the widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global sea levels. But as the messages from scientists become increasingly explicit, the gap between the need for action they project and the climate policy the world leade. . .
Workshop on forest governance, decentralisation and REDD+ in Latin America and the CaribbeanFebruary, 10 2010
A country-led initiative in support of the UN Forum on Forests by the Governments of Mexico and Switzerland
31 August – 3 September 2010, Oaxaca, Mexico
Purpose and expected results
Several factors underscore the relevance of discussions on the relationships among sustainable forest management (SFM), forest go. . .
CIFOR-REDD FINANCEJanuary, 25 2010
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Lords debate Climate Change: Copenhagen ConferenceJanuary, 16 2010
An adaptation plan would be published in spring, the Government announced today. Speaking at the debate, Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath explained that 49 developing and developed countries accoun...
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