December 18, 2009
The Copenhgen Accord
December 14, 2009
As climate change negotiations in Copenhagen drew to a screeching stop, nations of the world made unprecedented progress to tackle deforestation. The latest UN text on reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries (REDD) made enormous strides since earlier versions of the agreement last week.“We needed two critical pieces of text to catapult into a world where developing nations could see real value for saving tropical forests” said John O. Niles, director of the Tropical Forest Group. “Forests and forest peoples worldwide needed “early action” language to fast track financing to save forests immediately. And the agreement needed clarity that national forest reference emissions levels would be discussed and decided with concrete timelines. Both of these critical dimensions of a new global forest paradigm are now very much in play.” ..More
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Yesterday, I walked the complex maze of halls and booths at the Bella Center with Odigha Odigha, Tunde Morakinyo, both part of the Nigerian delegation, and John Niles of the Tropical Forest Group. More...
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| The Two Big REDD Events at COP 15 |
The two big REDD events are both being held on December 16th. AD Partners is hosting a gathering from 2 to 5 pm on December 16th with an A-List of big names, including the Hon. Jens Stoltenberg, Tom Vilsak, Robert Zoellick, Burt Reynolds, and Richard Branson. The Rainforest Coalition is hosting a REDD Gala from 6-9pm, with attendees schdeulde to include Presidents Bharrat Jagdeo (Guyana) and Ali Bongo Ondimba (Gabon) and Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare (Papau New Guinea).
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At COP15, TFG is also meeting with participants and projects to design an improved system of forest carbon measurements. We're doing this with support from Morrison Foerster LL http://www.mofo.com/and other partners. |
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