REDD after Copenhagen – The way forward.

1. REDD after Copenhagen – The way forward. EARLY LESSONS FROM THE UN-REDD PROGRAMME Mar 2 2010

2. 1. About the UN-REDD Programme2. Early Lessons3. Way Forward Acknowledgement to the UN-REDD team especially Tim Clairs and Timothy Boyle (UNDP)

3. UN-REDD Programme • A response to Bali Action Plan call for REDD instrument in post-2012 climate change agreement • Builds on the convening power and expertise of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). • It works in partnership with other REDD+ initiatives, especially those hosted by the World Bank, and supports the implementation of the decisions of UNFCCC. • Set up to assist developing countries to build capacity to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) and to participate in a future REDD-plus mechanism. REDD-plus includes conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stocks.

4. The UN-REDD Programme Funding & Governance • Currentfunding: US$75 million • Donor countries: • Norway • Spain • Denmark • Governed by Policy Board • Meets 2 times per year

5. Participating Countries

6. Additional countries as observers (standard membership procedure) Argentina, Cambodia, Ecuador, Nepal and Sri Lanka. 8 more countries join in Feb 2010– Costa Rica, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Phillipines, Rep of Congo, Solomon Islands and Sudan

7. The UN-REDD Programme:Two Levels of Support International Support National Support • build awareness and consensus about the importance of REDD+ in post-2012 agreement • More than US$10 million in funding approved • Focus on capacity building, measurement, reporting and verification (MRV), stakeholder engagement and multiple benefits of REDD • In close partnership with the FCPF • For country-led REDD initiatives • More than US$23 million in funding approved • Nine member countries in Africa, Asia & Latin America • Strong focus on country ownership and Indigenous Peoples’ & Civil Society involvement.

8. Readiness Components – National

9. Early Insights Getting Organized Developing REDD+ Strategies MRV for Carbon, MRV for Governance, Social and environmental impacts, multiple benefits, REDD strategic options

10. Organizing and Consulting • Stakeholder Engagement • The establishment of engagement mechanisms early in the process is very important. Validation meetings before submission of proposals support this process • The establishment of a broad-based multi-stakeholder consultation mechanism can dramatically increase confidence in the process among all stakeholders.This has been the experience, for example, in Viet Nam

11. Readiness Management Arrangements • Start-up Activities • The formulation of REDD “roadmaps” has greatly helped to clarify required interventions, and those for which UN-REDD has a comparative advantage. • This has been done in Papua New Guinea, Viet Nam and Zambia • Strong emphasis on stakeholder engagement mechanisms

12. Getting organized Readiness Management Arrangements • Government ownership • Decree of 28th Nov 2009 in DRC which sets out the framework for a national coordination body • Coherence with national planning • Current programmes in the forests sector and other sectors, lessons learnt from the forestry sector • Co financing • Commitment towards a national strategy

13. Preparing REDD+ Strategies • Consensus Building • The process of developing a REDD+ Strategyis as important as the end product • Identifying the drivers of deforestation needs to be done in a way that leads to national consensus; otherwise no strategy or implementation plan will work. This is important for the reference scenario development • DRC is devoting time to ensure the assessment of drivers of deforestation serves to unite stakeholders around forest issues • Addressing usufruct rights, understanding tradeoffs, opportunity costs • Alternatives, compensation for local communities who currently access forest goods such as firewood, charcoal, bushmeat, from natural forests. (and analysis of use, access and ownership regimes).

14. The other ‘D’

15. Identifying and promoting co-benefits Ecosystem based co-benefits Social, institutional and economic aspects Livelihood benefits

16. Preparing REDD+ Strategies • Strategy Options • It is important to position a REDD strategy in the context of a broader process. • For example, in PNG a low-carbon development strategy is being prepared; • in Viet Nam, REDD is contained within the “National Target Programme” to address CC • Other government initiatives; DRC, PnFOCO , Land Tenure reform, decentralization processes

17. Designing a Monitoring System • Early action on MRV is critical • Key initial elements are:- remote sensing for forest area data- the role of the national forest inventory with regards to emission factors • In DRC, both components would in turn support the country’s national greenhouse gas inventory.

18. Proposed MRV System for DRC

19. MRV • Training of local folks to meet international MRV standards. • How will the different parts of the strategy be monitored, social, environmental, governance. • Minimization of risks to ensure that a reliable and effective programme monitoring system is put in place and use to provide real time feedback on problems ( and benefits) as they occur and accrue.

20. Benefit Distribution

21. Options

22. Governance Structures

23. Environment and Social Principles

24. Emerging Areas of Focus for 2010 -2012 Engagement of stakeholders Benefit Distribution MRV for Governance and payment distribution Ecosystem co-benefits Transformat-ion to low carbon pathways

25. Knowledge Network:UN-REDD Workspace