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
REDD
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Ready, willing and able: empowering countries to meet the climate challenge
The UNEP has released a collection of capacity building success stories titled "Ready, Willing and Able: Empowering Countries to Meet the Climate Challenge." According to UNEP, the publication aims to
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Farming’s climate smart future: placing agriculture at the heart of climate change policy
Worldwide, there are opportunities for agriculture to contribute to efforts to adapt to, and mitigate climate change, while also supporting food security and the fight against poverty. To realize the true
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Climate change mitigation finance for smallholder agriculture: a guide book to harvesting soil carbon sequestration benefits
This FAO publication focuses on climate change mitigation financing for smallholders. The Organization, however, fully recognizes that adaptation may be the imperative and priority over the short and medium
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The road to Durban: hopes and challenges
This document briefly revisits the progress made from Cancun to the last intersessional held in Panama in October 2011, and then tackles the emerging political issues that the authors believe will shape
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Private sector suggestions for international climate change negotiators
Forests are the natural treasure chests of the world, providing a host of ecosystem services that – and this needs to be said very clearly and up front – are paramount to ensuring economic progress and
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Getting REDD+ right for women: an analysis of the barriers and opportunities for women’s participation in the REDD+ sector in Asia
The purpose of this assessment is to identify the constraints to and opportunities for women‘s participation in REDD+ initiatives, particularly as country REDD+ readiness plans are being developed, as
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Banking on forests: assets for a climate cure?
The governance of forests in India has been a complex realm to unravel. Due to the multiple claims to ownership, jurisdiction and management of forests through India's modern history, forests have remained
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State of forest carbon markets 2011: from canopy to currency
This second annual State of the Forest Carbon Markets tracks, reports, and analyzes trends in global transactions of emissions reductions generated from forest carbon projects.
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Joint Statement issued at the conclusion of the Eighth BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change , Inhotim, Minas Gerais, 26-27 August 2011
The eighth BASIC Ministerial Meeting on climate change took place in Inhotim, Minas Gerais, Brazil on 26-27 August 2011. The representatives of the four BASIC countries namely, Brazil, South Africa, India
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REDD, REDD+ and India
<p> India has more than 70 m ha under forest cover with four global biodiversity hotspots, and is one of the 17 megadiverse countries. In India, approximately 200 million people are dependent