Moving Ahead with REDD


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Moving Ahead with REDD: Issues, Options and Implications of MRV, Financing and Other Items Under Negotiation

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Location: 323, 3rd floor, Collegium Maius

REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) is based on a simple idea: pay countries (and projects) to reduce CO2 emissions from the forest sector. Nevertheless, moving ahead with REDD raises many hard questions: How are emissions reductions monitored, reported and verified (MRV)? How are REDD activities funded? How are reference levels set? How are non-permanence and leakage accounted? How can REDD co-benefits be achieved?

This side event presents the options and reviews their implications on Effectiveness in reducing emissions, cost Efficiency and Equity (the 3E criteria). Anyone involved in the REDD debate and negotiations would benefit from our concise presentation of key REDD issues.

Chair: Yoshiki Yamagata, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan
Time	Title of presentation	Speaker & Institution
16:30 – 16:36	Opening Session	Frances Seymour, CIFOR
16:37 – 16:44	Presentation 1: Overview of REDD	Arild Angelsen, CIFOR and Norwegian University of Life Sciences
16:45 – 16:52	Presentation 2: Measuring carbon from forests	Louis Verchot, CIFOR
16:53 – 17:00	Presentation 3: Financing REDD	Michael Dutschke, BioCarbon Consult
17:00 – 17:50	Panel Discussion	Dan Zarin, Packard Foundation Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff, CIFOR Louis Verchot, CIFOR Michael Dutschke, BioCarbon Consult
17:50 – 18:00	Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks	Hans Brattskar, Norwegian Climate Forest Initiative

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
CIFOR advances human wellbeing, environmental conservation and equity by conducting research to inform policies and practices that affect forests in developing countries. CIFOR is one of 15 centres within the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).