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Lessons from REDD for Agriculture
Christine Negra and Eva Wollenberg 2 December 2010
What can we learn from the technical and poli-cal evolu-on of REDD that can help in catalyzing technical investment and poli-cal progress for agricultural mi-ga-on…within the UNFCCC?
o Interviewed 32 close observersand ac-ve par-cipants in the evolu-on of REDD for their insights about the most pivotal developments, instrumental investments and impac9ul partnerships that led REDD to become the COP-‐15 “success story.”
o Literature review and historical Ameline o Rapid assessment – not comprehensive!
Did REDD “take off like a rocket”?
o Reframing by CfRN: potenAal economic gains o Stern Review: forest miAgaAon is efficient, cost-‐effecAve o Norway’s ~USD 3B: analysis, policy, tesAng o Events (Forest Day) o Technical progress (IPCC, GOFC-‐GOLD, methodologies) o Readiness programs (FCPF, UN-‐REDD, NGOs) o Concept development (addiAonality, baselines, safeguards)
What can we learn from REDD?
1. Interna-onal policy support o PreparaAon period: technical / financial confidence, consensus o On-‐the-‐ground demonstraAon informs policy processes
2. Implementa-on mechanisms and governance o Strategy in poliAcal negoAaAons (technical details for experts) o Provide informaAon + capacity building
3. MRV o Global framework: accessible, affordable, ag + forestry o Balance rigor and cost o Independent, credible verificaAon and standards
What can we learn from REDD? (cont’d)
4. Finance and incen-ves o Early donor support: “anchor”, pilots o Coordinated, integrated with sustainable development
5. Capacity o Experience: conservaAon, inventories, pilots, markets o Readiness programs: effecAve; need coordinaAon, mulA-‐scale
engagement
6. Co-‐benefits o Standards and safeguards o Mechanisms for parAcipaAon o Depends on factors external to UNFCCC (eg, tenure rights)
Is agricultural mi-ga-on “taking off like a bumble bee”?
More complex: o variable across landscapes, Ame scales, pracAces, ownership o MRV for belowground C, CH4 and N2O o poliAcally hot: food / global security, agri-‐business, consumers o trade-‐offs with adaptaAon, producAvity, trade? o lower miAgaAon potenAal / area
• aggregate large # of farmers? • miAgaAon as a co-‐benefit?
In the UNFCCC: o “where REDD was in 2005”
• need principles, credibility, poliAcal capacity, coaliAons o potenAally broader base of countries can benefit o mulAple approaches: REDD++, NAMAs, adaptaAon (confusion?)
Is there a sunny side?
o Policy windows: • Kyoto Protocol, current negoAaAng texts , SBSTA • Beyond UNFCCC: bilateral / naAonal acAon, supply chains, trade policy
o Growing awareness: interdependence between agriculture and forestry and global security
o Early indicaAons of leadership • Donors, research
o Build on exisAng / emerging efforts • Standards, methodologies, naAonal accounAng • Translate REDD concepts to agriculture or innovate
Shared vision
Analysis Coordina-on Money flow
Developing a shared vision
Basis for self-‐interested acAon Common language Technical / policy fluency Framing policy opAons Top-‐down + boiom-‐up
Tackling high-‐priority analysis
SyntheAc modelling MeeAngs / plajorms for
technical convergence AuthoritaAve independent
review Mandate for future research
Coordina-ng efforts
Avoid divisive policy blocs and fragmented responses
Fill key gaps in communicaAon Agreement on insAtuAonal roles
and policy strategy
GeNng the money to flow
Support readiness, acAon on-‐the-‐ground
Build confidence / momentum Diverse approaches to gain
experience Synthesize and feed into policy
process
Thank you