kate dooley fern

Kate DooleyFERN

Copenhagen, November 8, 2012

Une ONG œuvrant pour une plus grande justice sociale et environnementale, en se focalisant sur les forêts et les droits des populations de ces régions au sein des politiques et des pratiques de l'Union européenne.

REDD+: expectations for

Doha

UNFCCC – Durban to Doha• MRV and National forest monitoring

Measuring, reporting, verification• Reference levels - Country led; review

panel expected to further define review process

• Safeguards

System for providing information (SIS)• Finance

Variety of finance sources anticipated

REDD+ Finance

‘’a wide variety of sources, public and private, bilateral and multilateral, including alternative sources.’

‘appropriate market-based approaches’ and ‘non-market based approaches could be developed.

Consensus‘Parties should collectively aim to slow, halt and reverse forest cover and carbon loss… consistent with the ultimate objective of the Convention, as stated in its Article 2’

To achieve lasting reduction in deforestation/degradation:

• good governance• address drivers of deforestation and degradation• protect natural forests• strengthen land tenure, respect rights

REDD+ today: what is happening?

• Establishing systems for MRV of carbon (~40% of readiness costs + human resources)

• Lack of action on “consensus” topics • “Conditionality” concerns over safeguards• Land tenure reforms not given priority• Rights not upheld

FCPF Readiness Plan Budgets

27%

6%

16%

3%

10%

39%REDD Strategy

Implementation Framework

Management & Consulta-tions

Social & Environmental

Reference Scenario

MRV System

Results based actions5 years of REDD+ in UNFCCC: Reassess our approach?

• Incentive structure and expectations of future funding streams guide action today

• Future demand for VERs sufficient to get adequate REDD+ funding?

• How accurate MRV of emissions do we need?

Mis-allocation of scarce resources

• Carbon MRV does not contribute towards achieving result – only a tool for assessing performance

Proposal: align performance to ‘consensus’ actions

REDD+ results based payments should be built on the actions we know will work

Define performance as a wider set of parameters – reflecting areas where we need progress• governance• social• environment – incl. reduced emissions

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Broader incentive structure• A package of performance• Nationally developed indicators• Low-cost approach; synergies with

existing systems– Harmonise with existing reporting

requirements: such as HR, CBD, FAO– Integral part of National Forest

Monitoring System; builds on Safeguards Information System

Thank you

kate@fern.org

Une ONG œuvrant pour une plus grande justice sociale et environnementale, en se focalisant sur les forêts et les droits des populations de ces régions au sein des politiques et des pratiques de l'Union européenne.