Abstract
The program, ‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation’ (REDD), which operates within the international climate change policy framework, is projected to emerge as one of the key climate change mitigation mechanisms for developing countries. The existing Afforestation/Reforestation (A/R) mechanism, operating under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, may prove useful for drawing lessons for the emerging REDD program, since both mechanisms represent flexible means for developed countries to achieve compliance with their mitigation targets under the Kyoto Protocol. The possible means include CDM as the basis for a project-based approach for the implementation of REDD (if adopted) or the inclusion of REDD within CDM. This article compares the features of A/R CDM and REDD, identifies similarities and differences, and analyses the extent to which the former can provide guidance for the development of a carbon governance mechanism for REDD.
Highlights
The program, ‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation’ (REDD), which operates within the international climate change policy framework, is projected to emerge as one of the key climate change mitigation mechanisms for developing countries
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which is defined in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol, provides Annex I Parties with a cost-effective mechanism to meet a percentage of their quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments (QELRCs) under the Protocol by implementing an emission reduction project in developing countries (Non-Annex I Parties)
The limited scope of A/R CDM projects precluded concerns relating to governance of forests in developing countries but forest governance reform is critical for the success of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD)+ activities
Summary
The program, ‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation’ (REDD), which operates within the international climate change policy framework, is projected to emerge as one of the key climate change mitigation mechanisms for developing countries. The other terms that require definition include ‘sustainable management of forests’ and ‘enhancement of carbon stocks’, which form the building blocks of any REDD+ framework.[32] Given the differences in the nature of forests in different countries, these definitions are more likely to evolve at the national level rather than at the international level, as was the case for CDM.
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