Last night at 21:00 a new version of the Draft Paris Outcome was released at COP21 in Paris. It’s down to 27 pages and has only 50 pairs of square brackets. That’s the good news. The rest is practically all bad news.
Author: Chris Lang
Will carbon markets ever deliver for southern governments, forests and people?
“Carbon trading does not reduce emissions, will not deliver money where it is needed on the ground and will not recognize the important role that communities play in protecting forests.”
Indigenous Environmental Network: “REDD is a contradiction and violation of the sacred”
Last week, the Indigenous Environmental Network held a press conference at COP21 in Paris. Tom Goldtooth, Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, said, “REDD and other carbon market regimes violate our traditional beliefs”.
COP21: What’s happened so far?
Today marks the start of the second week of the UN climate change negotiations in Paris. After a week of negotiations we have a Draft Paris Outcome.
Per Fredrik Pharo: The “hopes raised for the future of Indonesian peatland management” are “very encouraging”
Yesterday REDD-Monitor wrote about the fires this year in Indonesia and the lack of any response from Norway. The post featured a comment from Per Fredrik Pharo, Director of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative that Indonesia’s peatland management was “very encouraging”.