CARE International and Rights and Resources Group

Location: Siedemnastka, 1st floor, Collegium Minus

The rights of Indigenous People and local communities are a critical concern if REDD actions are to be effective, efficient and socially just. This event examines why this is the case, the social safeguards that are required to provide the necessary protection and strengthening of rights, and the policy options that exist for building these social safeguards into the UNFCCC framework and related international and national REDD policy.  This event will address this issue in the context of the range of different REDD financing mechanisms that are under discussion but with particular emphasis on market-based financing where the risks of negative social impacts are likely to be greater. 

Chair: Phil Franks, CARE International
Time	Title of presentation	Speaker & Institution	File(s)
16:30 – 16:35	Introduction by the Chair	Phil Franks, CARE International
16:35 – 16:55	Rights: An essential precondition for effectiveness, efficiency and equity in REDD	William D. Sunderlin, Arild Angelsen and Timmons Roberts, Rights and Resources Group
16:55 – 17:10	Guiding principles for social justice in REDD	Representative of the Accra Caucus on Forests and Climate Change
17:10 – 17:30	Incorporating social safeguards into an UN REDD framework	Dr. Charlotte Streck, Climate Focus
17:30 – 17:40	Social safeguards for market-based REDD financing: a private sector perspective	Bill Farmer, Uganda Carbon Bureau
17:40 – 18:00	Discussion: what would REDD social safeguards look like and how can they be built into UNFCCC and related policy frameworks