Reducing
emissions from deforestation in developing countries: approaches to stimulate actio...
Parties are invited to submit their views on issues relating to reducing
emissions from deforestation in developing countries, focusing on relevant scientific, technical and methodological issues, and the exchange of relevant information and experiences, including policy approaches and positive incentives.
The paper concludes that, in order to facilitate efficient negotiations and implementation, as well as streamlined future reporting, Parties to UNFCCC might consider, ex ante, a comprehensive set of definitions for the negotiations on reducing
emissions from deforestation in developing countries.
Parties, in their submissions, noted the need to address reducing
emissions from deforestation in developing countries as part of mitigation efforts to achieve the ultimate objective of the Convention.The SBSTA decided that the workshop should provide an opportunity for Parties to share experiences and consider relevant aspects relating to reducing
emissions from deforestation in developing countries.
The Government of Papua New Guinea, by its communication dated 28 July 2005, requested the secretariat to add an item entitled «Reducing
emissions from deforestation in developing countries: approaches to stimulate action» to the provisional agenda of the Conference of the Parties at its eleventh session.
The environmental group Greenpeace says it has the solution: An initiative called Forests for Climate that would aim to raise as much as $ 15 billion per year to cut
emissions from deforestation in half.
The objective of the project is to assess the economic case for reducing greenhouse gas
emissions from deforestation in Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP).
-- Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this title, the Administrator, in consultation with the Administrator of USAID and any other appropriate agencies, shall promulgate regulations establishing a program to use emission allowances set aside for this purpose under section 781 to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions from deforestation in developing countries in accordance with the requirements of this part.
«(iii) be designed to account for all significant sources of greenhouse gas
emissions from deforestation in the state or province and adjusted to fully account for emissions leakage outside the state or province.
«For the purposes of decreasing the likelihood of catastrophic climate change, preserving tropical forests, building capacity to generate offset credits, and facilitating international action on global warming, the Administrator shall set aside the percentage specified in section 781 of the quantity of emission allowances established under section 721 (a) for each year, to be used to achieve a reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions from deforestation in developing countries in accordance with part E.
«(E) be designed to account for all significant sources of greenhouse gas
emissions from deforestation in the country; and
Requires the EPA Administrator to promulgate regulations establishing a program to use emission allowances set aside to reduce GHG
emissions from deforestation in developing countries, with the objectives to: (1) achieve 720 million tons of reductions in 2020 and a cumulative emission reduction of 6 billion tons by 2025, (2) build institutional capacities in developing nations; and (3) preserve intact, native forests.
This fact sheet presents various approaches to reduce
emissions from deforestation in developing countries under the UNFCCC and the Bali frameworks.
«(E) be designed to account for all significant sources of greenhouse gas
emissions from deforestation in the country; and
«(ii) be designed to account for all significant sources of greenhouse gas
emissions from deforestation in the project or program boundary; and
«(iii) be designed to account for all significant sources of greenhouse gas
emissions from deforestation in the state or province and adjusted to fully account for emissions leakage outside the state or province.
Wildlife conservation and reduced
emissions from deforestation in a case study of Nantu Wildlife Reserve, Sulawesi: 2.
Not exact matches
Its self - starting leadership will be a key factor
in stopping
deforestation, making forest supply chains sustainable, and cutting GHG
emissions from the land sector.
«And I call for the private sector to step up and to embrace the opportunity to work with governments
in forested countries to produce raw materials
in a way that tackles rural poverty while reducing
emissions from deforestation.»
The goal includes an ambitious end - to - end approach to reduce its carbon footprint through actions to reduce
deforestation in its agricultural supply chain as well as to cut carbon dioxide
emissions from manufacturing by an absolute 15 percent,
in line with science - based targets.
We are finding, and it is pretty well know by now, that CO2 stored
in vegetation around the world represents, and its loss
from deforestation and degradation represents, 17 to 20 percent of total CO2
emissions.
But a number of key issues related to the U.N. Reducing
Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
in Developing Countries — also known as REDD — are still leading to acrimony and may get table and remain unresolved when political leaders arrive
in Copenhagen next week to finalize a general framework.
Furthermore, PES is going to play an even bigger role as the international community debates schemes to pay countries for the carbon stored by avoiding
deforestation, an approach taken by the U.N. Development Programme called REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developin
deforestation, an approach taken by the U.N. Development Programme called REDD (Reducing
Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developin
Deforestation and Forest Degradation
in Developing Countries).
The findings will help scientists disentangle inputs and outputs
in places like the Amazon rainforest, where there are both big
emissions from deforestation and big sinks
from photosynthesis.
And while Obama called the 18 December deal he brokered an «unprecedented breakthrough»
in getting developing countries to agree for the first time to voluntary reductions
in greenhouse - gas
emissions, he knew that it was missing major components that supporters had sought, ranging
from mandatory mitigation targets to
deforestation.
With this
in mind, the UN set up the REDD programme (Reducing
Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation)
in 2008, which will pay poorer countries to preserve their forests based on how much carbon dioxide they store.
Oceans play a key role
in mitigating climate change,
in part because they absorb about 25 % of global carbon - dioxide
emissions from fossil - fuel burning and
deforestation, he said.
With this
in mind, the UN set up the REDD programme (Reducing
Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation)
in 2008 to pay countries to preserve their forests.
In a major decision that the ethanol industry called «workable,» the Obama Administration ruled that carbon emissions from deforestation abroad should count in determining the carbon footprint of biofuel
In a major decision that the ethanol industry called «workable,» the Obama Administration ruled that carbon
emissions from deforestation abroad should count
in determining the carbon footprint of biofuel
in determining the carbon footprint of biofuels.
Brazil's greenhouse gas
emissions (GHG) fell 4.9 percent
in 2012 as declining
deforestation rates and a drought - induced drop
in cattle herds outweighed increased
emissions from the energy sector, an independent study showed on Thursday.
Brazil is likely to use the results to seek a bigger role
in climate negotiations, especially as regards Reducing
Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD).
Cumulative
emissions of CO2 since 1870 are set to reach 2015 billion tonnes
in 2013 — with 70 per cent caused by burning fossil fuels and 30 per cent
from deforestation and other land - use changes.
REDD + (Reducing
emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) is an UN-led programme aiming to increase carbon sequestration
in tropical forests.
Implementing key policies and investments
in those three systems —
from phasing out fossil fuels to stopping
deforestation to ramping up energy efficiency — could deliver at least half of the
emissions cuts needed by 2030 to lower the risk of dangerous climate change, said Jeremy Oppenheim, the report's program director.
While these
deforestation programs and policies proved effective, Brazil took additional action through the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation plus pro-forest activities (REDD +) program in cooperation
deforestation programs and policies proved effective, Brazil took additional action through the Reducing
Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation plus pro-forest activities (REDD +) program in cooperation
Deforestation and Degradation plus pro-forest activities (REDD +) program
in cooperation with Norway.
Considering all the attention carbon
emissions are getting
in Paris right now, it might be worth remembering where one - sixth of the world's
emissions come
from:
deforestation.
Programs and policies to reduce tropical
deforestation, and the global warming
emissions resulting
from deforestation, are seeing broad success
in 17 countries across four continents, according to a new report
from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).
Carlos Souza,
from Brazilian forest research center Imazon, a partner
in the program, said projects to reduce
emissions from deforestation and forest degradation could receive a boost due to increased data transparency.
Moutinho started his career studying ants but has spent most of his time
in recent years looking at ways to use carbon markets to stem
emissions from deforestation while protecting biodiversity and the rights of indigenous people.
Indonesia is crafting policies —
in part with external help
from Norway and other wealthy countries — to cut its total
emissions, mainly by slowing
deforestation.
-- The term «national
deforestation reduction activities» means activities
in developing countries that reduce a quantity of greenhouse gas
emissions from deforestation that is calculated by measuring actual
emissions against a national
deforestation baseline established pursuant to section 754 (d)(1) and (2).
«(B) except as provided
in paragraph (5) or (6), the quantity of the international offset credits is determined by comparing the national
emissions from deforestation relative to a national
deforestation baseline for that country established,
in accordance with an agreement or arrangement described
in subsection (b)(2)(A), pursuant to paragraph (4);
«(1) as part of a global effort to mitigate climate change, it is
in the national interest of the United States to assist developing countries to reduce and ultimately halt
emissions from deforestation;
«(C) the reduction
in emissions from deforestation has occurred before the issuance of the international offset credit and, taking into consideration relevant international standards, has been demonstrated using ground - based inventories, remote sensing technology, and other methodologies to ensure that all relevant carbon stocks are accounted;
Around 15 % of the global carbon dioxide
emissions that cause climate change come
from deforestation, and much of that occurs
in the Amazon.
In a recent comment article in Nature, leading climate scientists identified achieving zero emissions from land - use changes and deforestation as one of six milestones that must be met within the next three years if we are to meet the goals set out in the Paris Agreemen
In a recent comment article
in Nature, leading climate scientists identified achieving zero emissions from land - use changes and deforestation as one of six milestones that must be met within the next three years if we are to meet the goals set out in the Paris Agreemen
in Nature, leading climate scientists identified achieving zero
emissions from land - use changes and
deforestation as one of six milestones that must be met within the next three years if we are to meet the goals set out
in the Paris Agreemen
in the Paris Agreement.
Moreover, the program aims to enhance carbon storage
from assisted forest regeneration and restoration to 14,000 tCO2eq
in year 5 and 18,000 tCO2eq
in year 10 and reduced
emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
in project areas by 121,000 (tCO2eq)
in year 5 and 243,000 (tCO2eq)
in year 10.
Cattle Ranching Intensification
in Brazil Can Reduce Global Greenhouse Gas
Emissions by Sparing Land
from Deforestation, A. S. Cohn, A. Mosnier, P. Havlik, H. Valin, M. Herrero, E. Schmid, M. O'hare, M. Obersteiner, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, doi: 10.1073 / pnas.1307163111, April 30, 2014.
Reductions
in emissions from deforestation,
in particular
in the Amazon, have made a major contribution to global efforts to control global warming; since 2005 the Amazon has seen its
deforestation rate drop 77 % below the historic average.
Nearly 15 % of the global carbon dioxide
emissions that cause climate change come
from deforestation, much of which occurs
in the Brazilian Amazon.