· Meeting international climate change commitments of reducing carbon emissions by 80 % (from the 1990 baseline). (politics.co.uk)
A key opportunity in tropical regions is the reduction of carbon emissions from deforestation and degradation. (science.sciencemag.org)
So far, climate change policies on the tropics have effectively been focusing on reducing carbon emissions from deforestation only, not accounting for emissions coming from forest degradation. (sciencedaily.com)