REDD after Copenhagen – The way forward.

EARLY LESSONS FROM THE UN-REDD PROGRAMME Mar 2 2010

1. About the UN-REDD Programme2. Early Lessons3. Way Forward

Acknowledgement to the UN-REDD team especially Tim Clairs and Timothy Boyle (UNDP)

• A response to Bali Action Plan call for REDD instrument in post-2012 climate change agreement

• Builds on the convening power and expertise of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

• It works in partnership with other REDD+ initiatives, especially those hosted by

the World Bank, and supports the implementation of the decisions of UNFCCC.

• Set up to assist developing countries to build capacity to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) and to participate in a future REDD-plus mechanism. REDD-plus includes conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stocks.

UN-REDD Programme

• Current funding: US$75 million

• Donor countries:– Norway– Spain– Denmark

• Governed by Policy Board – Meets 2 times per year

The UN-REDD Programme Funding &

Governance

Participating Countries

Additional countries as observers (standard membership procedure)

Argentina, Cambodia,

Ecuador, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

8 more countries join in

Feb 2010– Costa Rica,

Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria,

Phillipines, Rep of Congo,

Solomon Islands and Sudan

UN-REDDP R O G R A M M E

• build awareness and consensus about the importance of REDD+ in post-2012 agreement

• More than US$10 million in funding approved

• Focus on capacity building, measurement, reporting and verification (MRV), stakeholder engagement and multiple benefits of REDD

• In close partnership with the FCPF

National Support

• For country-led REDD initiatives

• More than US$23 million in funding approved

• Nine member countries in Africa, Asia & Latin America

• Strong focus on country ownership and Indigenous Peoples’ & Civil Society involvement.

International Support

The UN-REDD Programme:

Two Levels of Support

Readiness Components – National

Component 1: Organize and Consult

National Readiness Management Arrangements

Stakeholder Consultation and Participation

Component 2: Prepare the REDD Strategy

Assessment of Land Use, Forest Policy and Governance

REDD Strategy Options

REDD Implementation Framework

Social and Environmental Impacts

Component 3: Develop a Reference Scenario

Component 4: Design a Monitoring System

Component 5: Workplan & Budget

Component 6: Monitoring & Evaluation

Early Insights

Getting Organized

MRV for Carbon, MRV for

Governance, Social and

environmental impacts, multiple

benefits, REDD strategic options

Developing REDD+ Strategies

Stakeholder Engagement

•The establishment of engagement mechanisms early in the process is very important. Validation meetings before submission of proposals support this process

•The establishment of a broad-based multi-stakeholder consultation mechanism can dramatically increase confidence in the process among all stakeholders.This has been the experience, for example, in Viet Nam

Organizing and Consulting Organizing and Consulting

Start-up Activities

•The formulation of REDD “roadmaps” has greatly helped to clarify required interventions, and those for which UN-REDD has a comparative advantage.

•This has been done in Papua New Guinea, Viet Nam and Zambia

•Strong emphasis on stakeholder engagement mechanisms

Readiness Management ArrangementsReadiness Management Arrangements

• Government ownership • Decree of 28th Nov 2009 in DRC which sets out the

framework for a national coordination body• Coherence with national planning• Current programmes in the forests sector and other

sectors, lessons learnt from the forestry sector • Co financing • Commitment towards a national strategy

Getting organized Readiness Management ArrangementsReadiness Management Arrangements

Consensus Building

•The process of developing a REDD+ Strategy is as important as the end product

•Identifying the drivers of deforestation needs to be done in a way that leads to national consensus; otherwise no strategy or implementation plan will work. This is important for the reference scenario development

•DRC is devoting time to ensure the assessment of drivers of deforestation serves to unite stakeholders around forest issues

Addressing usufruct rights, understanding tradeoffs, opportunity costs

•Alternatives, compensation for local communities who currently access forest goods such as firewood, charcoal, bushmeat, from natural forests. (and analysis of use, access and ownership regimes).

Preparing REDD+ Strategies Preparing REDD+ Strategies

The other ‘D’

Identifying and promoting co-benefits

Ecosystem based co-benefitsSocial, institutional and economic aspects Livelihood benefits

Preparing REDD+ Strategies Preparing REDD+ Strategies

Strategy Options

•It is important to position a REDD strategy in the context of a broader process.

•For example, in PNG a low-carbon development strategy is being prepared;

•in Viet Nam, REDD is contained within the “National Target Programme” to address CC

•Other government initiatives; DRC, PnFOCO , Land Tenure reform, decentralization processes

•Early action on MRV is critical•Key initial elements are:- remote sensing for forest area data- the role of the national forest inventory with regards to emission factors

• In DRC, both components would in turn support the country’s national greenhouse gas inventory.

Designing a Monitoring System Designing a Monitoring System

Proposed MRV System for DRC

Training of local folks to meet international MRV standards.

How will the different parts of the strategy be monitored, social, environmental, governance.

Minimization of risks to ensure that a reliable and effective programme monitoring system is put in place and use to provide real time feedback on problems ( and benefits) as they occur and accrue.

MRV

Benefit Distribution

Options

Governance Structures

Environment and Social Principles

Emerging Areas of Focus for 2010 -2012

Benefit Distribution

Transformat-ion to low

carbon pathways

MRV for Governance

and payment distribution

Engagement of

stakeholders

Ecosystem co-benefits

Knowledge Network:UN-REDD Workspace

Visit www.un-redd.orgEmail un-redd@un-redd.org

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