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Latest REDD+ News and Information: 28 Nov. '14
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Eco-Business | 26/11-14
The Managing Body for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (BP REDD+) is familiarising all stakeholders with the Forest Reference Emission Levels (FREL) as the final step before it is passed as a state document.

RTCC | 25/11-14
For two weeks, negotiators from around the world will engage in intense climate diplomacy in Lima, laying the groundwork for when ministers jet in for the final showdown.

IPS | 25/11-14
Worried about the effects of global warming on agriculture, water and food security in their communities, social organisations in Central America are demanding that their governments put a priority on these issues in the COP20 climate summit.

WWF | 24/11-14
UN climate talks opening in Lima on 1 December will be pivotal to gauge political will for a new global climate deal. Governments are expected to agree on the outline of an agreement to be approved in Paris in 2015.

Mongabay | 24/11-14
Brazil's carbon dioxide emissions jumped 7.8 percent in 2013 due to rising deforestation and fossil fuels use, according to data released by Observatório do Clima (Climate Observatory), an alliance of Brazilian and international non-profits.

WWF-Peru | 21/11-14
El Gobierno Regional de Madre de Dios y WWF Perú presentarán los avances y lecciones aprendidas del proceso de REDD+ en Madre de Dios, la capital de la biodiversidad, como un modelo para la Amazonía peruana y otras regiones.

Journal Articles & Publications

WWF | 20/11-14
(Now in multiple languages.) This policy brief provides an overview of WWF's asks and expectations for REDD+ at the upcoming COP20 in Lima, Peru

Climate Advisers | 11-14 
This paper by Michael Wolosin and Donna Lee analyzes how various interests, constituencies, and concerns have shaped U.S. financial commitments to REDD+, and opportunities and constraints on future forest-related funding in the broader context of U.S. climate finance.


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WWF | 11-14
In this learning session archive, Josefina Braña-Varela, Policy Director of the WWF Forest and Climate Programme, discusses the challenges and opportunities for REDD+ at the upcoming UNFCCC COP20 in Lima, Peru with a focus on technical policy matters. 

CIFOR | 26/11-14
Will policy makers' gaze shift from mitigating climate change to adapting to it? Will the rights of local and indigenous people be respected in financial initiatives to curb carbon emissions from deforestation? Will the money be in place to invest in them?