By Chris Lang In August 2020, the Green Climate Fund approved US$28.2 million for “results-based” funding to Colombia, for the period 2015 to 2016. In the presentation of the proposed REDD payments, the Green Climate Fund Secretariat acknowledged that deforestation in Colombia, particularly in the Amazon, had increased since the Peace Agreement in 2016.
REDD notes: 14 September 2020
By Chris Lang This week’s REDD notes. Follow @reddmonitor on Twitter for more links to news about forests, the climate crisis, natural climate solutions, the oil industry, greenwash, carbon offsetting, etc.
A critical revision of REDD from an intersectional gender perspective
By Chris Lang “As a thoroughly socially and gender just approach, sustainable development requires addressing the socio-economic, political and ecological inequalities and power asymmetries through an intersectional gender lens. Intersectional feminist perspectives enable to see that indigenous and other marginalized rural women play a crucial role in engaging with climate change, reducing deforestation and sustainable…
Colombia is evaluating Winrock International’s Architecture for REDD+ Transactions standard
By Chris Lang In December 2019, the governments of Colombia, Norway, Germany, and the UK signed a Joint Declaration of Intent on REDD and promoting sustainable development in Colombia. In August 2020, Ricardo José Lozano Picón, Colombia’s minister for Environment and Sustainable Development wrote to Mary Grady at Winrock International, to tell her that Colombia…
REDD notes: 7 September 2020
By Chris Lang This week’s REDD notes. Follow @reddmonitor on Twitter for more links to news about forests, the climate crisis, natural climate solutions, the oil industry, greenwash, carbon offsetting, etc.