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Latest REDD+ News and Information: 14 June '13
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News Articles
The Daily Star | 14/06-13 |  Lebanon
UN climate negotiations were drawing to a close in Bonn on Friday with delegates reporting progress despite Russia blocking a key working group.With just over two years remaining before the deadline for a new, universal climate pact, the talks in the former German capital sought to lay important groundwork for the next ministerial-level huddle in Warsaw, Poland, in November.
  
AFP | 14/06-13 | 
Peru will host the 2014 ministerial-level climate conference - a key meeting just one year before the deadline for a new, global deal on curbing global warming, the UN's climate chief said Friday.
  
RTCC | 13/06-13 |  United Kingdom
UN climate envoys are confident two weeks of talks have seen progress in key sectors, despite a row with Russia that has threatened to overshadow the Bonn meeting.On Tuesday the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), which advises on the implementation of UN climate change agreements, was closed because delegates could not agree on an agenda amendment proposed by Russia.
  
AlertNet |  13/06-13 |  United Kingdom
The United Nations' scheme for preserving forests has said it will learn lessons from disagreements with indigenous forest communities in Panama, which have left the Central American nation's programme in disarray.
  
MongaBay.com |  12/06-13 |  United States
The Norwegian Parliament has called for the country's pension fund to strengthen its commitment to avoid investing in companies linked to rainforest destruction.
  
Ecosystem Marketplace |  11/06-13 |  United States
AIf Christian del Valle is right, the Althelia Climate Fund will make money over the next eight years for the Church of Sweden, the European Investment Bank, the Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation (Finnfund), and the Dutch Development Bank (FMO, Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden). 
  
UN | 11/06-13 |  Germany
The UN Joint Framework Initiative on Children, Youth and Climate Change has released a publication titled 'Youth in action on climate change: inspirations from around the world,' which shows how young people are taking action on climate change.
  
Sustainable Business News |  11/06-13 | 
Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto has unveiled a National Climate Change Strategy that he says will lead to "green growth" in the country. The plan is focused on "eight axes of action" along with increasing research, promoting environmental issues and international cooperation.
  
WWF Peru | 10/06-13 |  Peru
Madre de Dios se encuentra en etapa crucial camino a la implementación del mecanismo REDD+ en la región, al prepararse para identificar sus Niveles de Referencia. Estos son claves para la negociación de futuros esquemas para la reducción de la deforestación y degradación de sus bosques.
  
Science Recorder |  09/06-13 | 
Low-burning, slowly creeping fires are taking a major toll on the southern Amazon rainforest, according to a new study publicized by NASA on Friday (June 8). The study finds that fires related to climate conditions are causing greater damage than deforestation, burning as much as three percent of the tropical rainforest in a little over a decade
  
Journal Articles & Publications
CIFOR |  06-13 |  Indonesia
This paper assesses the issues of REDD+ financing and verification in the context of the negotiation positions of the key countries in the present debate. In its preparation, a number of interviews with REDD+ negotiators have been undertaken, in order to better understand the different positions. 
  
SWP |  06-13 |  Germany
The express aim of this paper is to stand apart from the innumerable studies detailing theoretically possible measures to avoid crossing the 2°C threshold. Instead, it provides the first systematic analysis of possible options for modifying the 2°C target. A particular focus is placed here on the relationship between climate science and climate policy.
  
MitigationMomentum |  06-13 |  Germany
The growing number of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation  Actions (NAMAs)seeking support and under development shows that NAMAs are becoming an increasingly attractive vehicle for developing countries looking to attract climate finance for low-carbon development activities.
  
University of Edinburgh |  06-13 |  Scotland
The aim of this piece is to assess whether and to what extent the European Union can be considered a world leader in stimulating the development of international climate change standards through a variety of international organizations and processes as a way of spurring necessary international cooperation.
  
Other Info & Tools
Climate Network |  11/06-13 |  Germany
ECO has been published by Non­-Governmental Environmental Groups at major international conferences since the Stockholm Environment Conference in 1972. ECO is produced co­operatively by the Climate Action Network at the UNFCCC meetings in Bonn, June 2013.
  
Climate Action Network Canada |  10/06-13 |  Canada
The position is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated, motivated and enthusiastic individual to develop and support communications and campaigns related to Climate Action Network Canada's (CAN-Rac) overall work to promote climate awareness, clean energy, green jobs and a just transition to a low-carbon economy.
  
WWF |  07/06-13 |  United States
In this learning session, Dr. Pontus Olofsson, research assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Boston University, addresses the fundamental protocols required to produce scientifically rigorous and transparent estimates of accuracy and area.