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CIFOR | 20/06-13 | Indonesia
Concerns among developing countries about REDD+ "aid conditionality" - development aid payouts made based on achieving certain greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions - are creating a barrier in international climate negotiations, a new report states.
UN-REDD | 19/06-13 | Switzerland
The UN-REDD Programme has launched a new film on the linkages between REDD+ and a Green Economy. It is available in English, French and Spanish.
FAO | 19/06-13 | Italy
The 2013 edition of FAO's Statistical Yearbook released today sheds new light on agriculture's contribution to global warming, trends in hunger and malnutrition and the state of the natural resource base upon which world food production depends.
MongaBay | 19/06-13 | United States
While scientists have long-known that predators lead to carbon storage by reducing herbivore populations, a new study reveals a novel way in which top predators cause an ecosystem to store more carbon.
RTCC | 18/06-13 | United Kingdom
Syria and the parlous state of the world economy ensured climate issues were relegated to a G8 foreign Ministers meeting in the Autumn. But a statement released moments after talks closed, the leaders of the world's most developed countries said they would continue to work with parties at the United Nations to ensure global warming does not exceed dangerous levels.
UN REDD | 19/06-13 | Switzerland
The role of forests and land use is becoming increasingly important in the discussions regarding the transition to a Green Economy. Over the past three years, the UN-REDD Programme has developed a body of work on ensuring that REDD+ and a Green Economy transformation are mutually reinforcing, based on pilot activities in a number of partner countries.
ClimateWire | 17/06-13 | United States
Russia and its allies halted negotiations last week in a key advisory body for the annual U.N. climate change conference, forcing the body to lose precious planning time to guide this year's summit in Warsaw, Poland.
All Africa | 17/06-13 | Liberia
Highlighting global warming and climate change as real challenges and threats resulting from undue human and industrial misuse and abuse of the ever diminishing forest resource, Minister of Internal Affairs Morris Dukuly has proposed a national program to protect the forests of Liberia.
WWF | 14/06-13 | Germany
The global community was one step closer today towards realizing a formal mechanism to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) at the close of UN climate talks in Bonn. REDD+ negotiators, representing Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), worked overtime over the two-week meeting to address key areas of REDD+.
Ceylon Daily News | 14/06-13 | Sri Lanka
Environment and Renewable Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha inaugurated a programme to put forests at the heart of Sri Lanka's strategy to tackle climate change. The programme will help Sri Lanka to prepare for an international mechanism to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+).
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UN-REDD | 06-13 | Switzerland
The Policy Brief aims to encourage public sector REDD+ planners and practitioners to engage with and mobilize the private sector through a range of possible interventions. It identifies relevant private sector actors, and outlines their potential role, in the context of REDD+.
London School of Economics and Political Science | 06-13 | United Kingdom
Tropical deforestation contributes to approximately 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions, an issue that a recent international strategy aims to counter by Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, plus sustainable forest management (REDD+).
The Accra Caucus on Forests and Climate Change | 06-13 |
This is the third volume of case study reports from the Accra Caucus on Forests and Climate Change, reporting on the implementation of REDD+ in the following countries; Guyana, Nepal, Indonesia, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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UN REDD | 19/06-13 | Switzerland
Forests provide livelihoods for up to 1 billion people and contribute trillions of USD to the global economy through products and services. Yet in some regions, deforestation continues at an alarming rate. This short film feature examples from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia and Ecuador, highlighting the potential challenges and opportunities of including REDD+ in the transition to a green economy.
CARE International | 06-13 | The Africa Regional Climate Change Coordinator (ARCCC) forms a core member of the secretariat for theCARE International Poverty Environment and Climate Change Network (PECCN). The post reports to thePECCN Secretariat Director and works closely with other PECCN Secretariat team members and CARE International staff.
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. |
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