Pricing forest carbon
Pricing forest carbon and putting in place the means and channels to pay for it are necessary conditions to achieve the 2030 mitigation goals. Yet, after more than 15 years of discussion, payments for
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Economics of forest and forest carbon projects: translating lessons learned into national REDD+ implementation
The ‘Economics of forest and forest carbon projects - Translating lessons learned into national REDD+ implementation’ report draws lessons on finance options and barriers related to project activities
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Doha’s second chance
Agreeing to a second commitment period without meaningful rules is pointless. Emission cuts must be ambitious The 18th Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
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Bilateral finance institutions and climate change: a mapping of 2011 climate financial flows to Developing Countries
This report maps for the fourth consecutive year BFI climate financial flows to developing countries. During 2011 the members of the working group accounted for nearly 10 billion USD of climate change
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The road to Doha: the future of REDD-plus, agriculture, and land-use change in the UNFCCC
This paper considers developments to date in the UNFCCC and in the REDD+ partnership and provides analysis on possible future options for REDD-plus, agriculture and land use.
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EU climate leadership under test
Doha marks the first stop on a roadmap to a post-2020 climate regime. The European Union could pave the way by building bridges with partners in key areas such as mitigation ambition, adaptation finance
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Leveraging the landscape: state of the forest carbon markets 2012
This new report published by Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace, aggregates data from 415 individual forest carbon projects historically. It examines a variety of strategies for injecting financial resources into projects that save or plant forests that capture carbon.
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Market mechanisms - from CDM towards a global carbon market
The establishment of the Clean Development Mechanism has been one of the successes of the Kyoto Protocol. It has helped to build experience, capacity and comfort with the use of market mechanisms to reduce
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REDD+ and other sectors: climate change mitigation through integration and low-emission development
The design and implementation of low-emission development plans (LEDPs) and frameworks for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) have become central elements of climate change
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Conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services by REDD+ project in India
The REDD+ regime has to enhance the carbon and other ecosystem services, it should strengthen the efforts of biodiversity conservation, and help secure the livelihoods of the ecosystem dependent local
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International REDD+ architecture and its relevance for India
REDD+ presents opportunities to cater to the varied needs and interests of a wide range of stakeholders. On the one hand, it lends itself towards meeting emission reduction targets of Annex I countries,