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Forest Day 3 Learning Events

Forest Day 3 will feature eight Learning Events on forests and climate change.

The objectives of the Learning Events are to explore in depth some of the key issues raised in the Sub-plenary Sessions; discuss the practical implementation of the Copenhagen outcomes at national and sub-national level; and inform the process of further refining and defining the modalities of the Copenhagen outcomes.

Each Learning Event will focus on one of the following eight topics.

1.

Scope of the global climate agreement
How will REDD+ work in the real world? How can we put into operation all the elements (e.g. conservation, forest management, and enhancement of carbon sinks)?

Co-hosts: World Bank (WB), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), UN-REDD programme

2.

Boreal and temperate forests and climate change
Boreal and temperate forests have been a major sink of atmospheric carbon. Now, with climate change advancing, are they becoming a source of emissions? How can we adapt boreal and temperate forests to climate change and how can their mitigation role be sustained and enhanced?

Co-hosts: International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), European Forest Institute (EFI)

3.

Governance and institutional capacity for adaptation and mitigation
What are the minimum governance structures and institutions for successful climate change adaptation and mitigation at national and local levels? What have we learned from other processes (e.g. FLEGT)?

Co-hosts: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Transparency International (TI), SNV Netherlands Development Organization

4.

Rural livelihoods
What are the potential social impacts of REDD initiatives, and how can such initiatives recognise the rights and roles of Indigenous Peoples and local communities?

Co-hosts: UN Development Programme (UNDP), Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

5.

Financing REDD+
What are the risks and benefits of using carbon markets to finance REDD+? What other options do we have? What is the role of the private sector in REDD+?

Co-hosts: Secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), Ministry of the Environment of Norway, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

6.

Landscape approaches to adaptation and mitigation
What is ecosystems-based adaptation? How do we implement it? How do we strengthen links between climate change adaptation and mitigation in landscapes?

Co-hosts: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), World Bank (WB), The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

7.

Measuring and monitoring, baselines and leakage
What are the lessons learned from ongoing activities in testing methodologies, baseline settings and monitoring approaches? How do we bring the knowledge and full engagement of Indigenous Peoples and local communities into measuring, monitoring and reporting?

Co-hosts: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), ONF International (ONFI), UN-REDD programme, Ministry of the Environment of Norway

8.

Forest biodiversity and climate change
How can sustainable management and conservation of biodiversity contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation? How can we prioritise biodiversity conservation as a co-benefit of REDD initiatives?

Co-hosts: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), UN-REDD programme, Conservation International (CI)

All Learning Events will relate to the context of the COP 15 climate negotiations in Copenhagen AND address the practical implementation of the outcomes of the negotiations.

Learning Events will include representatives from a range of forest and climate change stakeholders, including (but not limited to): Indigenous Peoples and local forest communities, government, intergovernmental organisations, nongovernmental organisations, civil society and the private sector. Panelists will be announced soon.

Forest Day 3 Learning Events should NOT be used to promote specific institutional initiatives or viewpoints. 

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).