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RTCC | 07/06-13 | United Kingdom
A major part of the UN climate talks in Bonn remains in stasis for a fifth day in a row with Russia, Belarus and Ukraine demanding clearer guidance over the way decisions are agreed. The two-week long negotiations are expected to maintain momentum towards a global emissions deal in 2015, with the major climate summit set to take place in Warsaw this November.
Nature | 06/06-13 | United Kingdom
Forests recovering from human disturbance act as a substantial sink that helps to absorb anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. Simulations suggest that nutrient limitation reduces that effect.
Reuters AlertNet | 05/06-13 | United Kingdom
Negotiators attending a UN climate change conference this week are expected to propose setting up a REDD+ governing body, which could help provide a solution to how countries monitor, report and verify successful emissions reductions.
RTCC | 05/06-13 | United Kingdom
Countries at acute risk from climate change related weather events could slip into a poverty trap unless a mechanism for helping them cope with loss and damage is established, a leading climate scientist has warned.
Reuters | 05/06-13 | United Kingdom
A year after adopting changes to its long-standing forestry policy, Brazil is struggling to implement the new rules, adding to uncertainty that appears to be fueling an increase in clearing of the Amazon rainforest. Regulators, landowners and farmers say they don't know how long it will take to enact the new "forestry code," a dense law that, among other rules, governs the amount of woodland that must be preserved on farms and other productive property.
The Forests Dialogue | 05/06-13 | United States
With US$ 600,000 in newfunding from the German government, the joint dialogue series will expand to bring together international experts over the next three years to tackle the issue of ensuring REDD+ benefits reach the rural poor.
CIFOR | 05/06-13 | Indonesia
Deep in a Brazil-nut forest in the Peruvian Amazon, university student Hideki Kohagura Arrunatogui is working alongside harvester Serapio Condori Daza. Serapio is swinging a machete and hacking open a pile of the hard, heavy Brazil nut fruits - called 'cocos' in Peru for their resemblance to coconuts - to extract the handful of nuts inside.
ABC Science | 05/06-13 | Australia
Any benefit tropical reefs gain from reduced sediment loads caused by a drier climate will be offset by increased sedimentation due to deforestation, Australian scientists have found.
RTCC | 05/06-13 | United Kingdom
International law needs to develop to keep pace with climate change. It is creating new legal challenges for countries and communities, including unavoidable climate change-related loss and damage. The biggest challenge globally is to agree and design a fair and effective new climate change agreement, which will involve tackling issues that have never been tackled before.
Ecosystem Marketplace | 04/06-13 | United States
Five years in the making, the Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve Project has overcome seemingly insurmountable political challenges to become one of the largest-ever REDD projects to see its emission-reductions validated under the Verified Carbon Standard by proving that it reduced greenhouse gas emissions by more than two million tons in one year - and may reduce nearly 120 million by the time it finishes.
GreenBiz.com | 04/06-13 | United States
What are corporate leaders to do once they realize that their environmental impacts are significant and undercutting the very structure and function of the green infrastructure upon which we all rely? Honestly, business leaders will need to roll up their sleeves and begin to think about aspirational goals and systemic innovation around products, services and business models.
RTCC | 03/06-13 | United Kingdom
The launch of the largest project in the world to preserve forest carbon under the UN REDD+ scheme could help attract funding for similar projects, according to a UN Environment Programme (UNEP) expert.
Ecosystem Marketplace | 02/06-13 | United States
Indigenous people have long been among the most responsible stewards of the rainforest - a role that benefits the world at large but offers little in the way of economic reward for the people themselves. Brazil's Paiter Suruí have taken a giant step towards changing that by becoming the first indigenous people to prove their actions save the forest and earning the right to generate credits for the carbon they capture in trees.
WWF | 31/05-13 | United States
WWF calls on Parties to achieve an integrated, ambitious package of REDD+ elements. Deforestation and forest degradation contribute significantly to global carbon emissions. For this reason, realization of an effective REDD+ mechanism must be a significant part of a global climate solution. It is therefore imperative that REDD+ design elements are finalized and a clear mechanism to support REDD+ is defined, otherwise, limiting the global temperature rise to 2°C will be impossible.
eKantipur.com | 31/05-13 | Nepal
A total of 112 community forest users' groups (CFUGs) in Chitwan, Dolakha and Gorkha districts have been rewarded a total of US $ 95,000 for mitigating carbon dioxide emissions by employing effective forest conservation and management measures. These CFUGs were awarded similar amount in 2011 and 2012 as well.
The Guardian | 31/05-13 | United Kingdom
Rimba Raya, the world's largest REDD+ project, has finally been approved by the Indonesian government and verified under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), a leading certification standard for carbon credits.
WWF | 28/05-13 | United States
The Preview Edition of this guide was released as an interactive e-publication 28 May 2013 to coincide with the conference "Options for National REDD+ Architectures" being held in Oslo, Norway 29-31 May at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB). It will soon be released in CD format and later this year in hard-copy format. New material will continue to be added with each new release.
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CGIAR | 05/06-13 | United States
The report points to a number of firsts, including the launch of the gender strategy, the completion of the monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment strategy (MEIA), the selection of 'sentinel landscapes,' and increased focuses on cross-sector collaboration and synergies.
IETA and EDF | 03/06-13 | United States
Today, the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) and The World's Carbon Markets: A case study guide to emissions trading, a collaborative series of case studies examining carbon market development around the globe.The report compares key features of current and prospective policies in 18 jurisdictions around the world. It is a resource for policy makers, analysts, and anyone interested in learning more about emissions trading.
WWF | 31/05-13 | United States
WWF calls on Parties to achieve an integrated, ambitious package of REDD+ elements. Deforestation and forest degradation contribute significantly to global carbon emissions. For this reason, realization of an effective REDD+ mechanism must be a significant part of a global climate solution. It is therefore imperative that REDD+ design elements are finalized and a clear mechanism to support REDD+ is defined, otherwise, limiting the global temperature rise to 2°C will be impossible.
WWF | 28/05-13 | United States
This guide provides REDD+ practitioners with the information needed to develop national and subnational REDD+ strategies. It draws on the experiences of WWF's international REDD+ project teams and their partners, the latest literature on REDD+ practices and emerging REDD+ best practices around the world. It is designed to provide a holistic understanding of REDD+ for practitioners whether they work in a single area of REDD+ or across the field of REDD+. The guide is also designed to expand as new information becomes available, and will be regularly updated.
World Development | 28/03-13 | United States
This paper assesses proponent activities to address tenure insecurity in light of actions required for effective and equitable implementation of REDD+. Field research was carried out at 19 REDD+ project sites and 71 villages in Brazil, Cameroon, Tanzania, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
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IISD | 07/06-13 | Canada
IISD Reporting Services has launched a new video blog at the Bonn Climate Change Conference to make its reports on the negotiations more accessible to journalists and others covering the two-week meeting that began June 3.
WWF | 3-14/06-13 | Germany
WWF's Forest and Climate team is attending the UNFCCC Bonn meeting from June 3rd to the 14th. Look out regularly for new posts from our experts, including Josefina Brana-Varela, Policy Director.
ONFI | 10-11/06-13 | Turkey
FT/IFC Investing in Climate Business Forum
Organized by the Financial Times and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), this event focuses on the role of the private sector in addressing climate change through opportunities in green energy, clean technology and water in the emerging Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
ONFI | 20/06-13 | French Guiana
Deadline for applications is June 30, 2013. At least 2 years professinoal experience (management of large projects financed by donor organizations such as INTERREG program the EU and/or French Global Environment Facility-GEF); Bachelor's degree/Master's preferred (accounting, project management, environmental field) |
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