REDD Touted as Solution for Business and EnvironmentIndonesia urgently needs the Reductions of Emission from Deforestation and Degradation, or REDD, program to preserve its forests, an environmentalist said on Monday.
REDD is aimed at developing... + Full Story
Disaster looms for rich WallaceaLong before climate change had become the hot issue it is today, British biogeographer Alfred Russel Wallace had foreseen the correlation between deforestation and environmental disaster.
In his... + Full Story
Reversing forest decline can combat climate changeThe future of the planet's forests must play a big part in efforts to combat climate change says Lester Brown in this latest assessment of the continuing decline in tropical forests - and how that... + Full Story
Report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties. Revised note by the secretariat. The Conference of the Parties (COP), by its decision 12/CP.2, adopted and th...
Daily programme no. 8 for Tuesday, 9 December 2008, covering COP14, CMP4, AWGKP6, AWGLCA4, SBSTA29 and SBI29.
Full Document - PDF (845 kb)
Source: unfccc.int
Daily programme no. 7 for Monday, 8 December 2008, covering COP14, CMP4, AWGKP6, AWGLCA4, SBSTA29 and SBI29
Full Document - PDF (520 kb)
Source: unfccc.int
UNFCCC Bali Roadmap
Thanks for all our hard work at COP 13, CMP 3, SBSTA 27 & AWG 4, we now have the Bali Roadmap. The hard works in the negotiation and supporting the negotiation now paid. But still, the fight for better climate must continue.
It is now recognized that the science of climate change is unequivocal. And that the measures to address the uncontrollable climate change must be acted immediately. Both of developed and developing countries together join the action with the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities.
Important decision has also agreed on forest role in climate. It is now accepted that reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries
(REDD) is an important mitigation efforts and incentives should be given to preserve the tropical rainforests.
