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Some questions for Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, DRC’s lead negotiator, about his comments on REDD projects during COP23: “Quality isn’t clear”; “outcomes are sometimes unfairly distributed”; and project proponents “disappear with the carbon assets”

Posted on 28 November 2017

Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu is a big cheese at the UN climate meetings. He was the Democratic Republic of Congo’s lead negotiator at COP23 in Bonn. He is the chairman of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations. He is the ex-chair of the Africa Group at the climate negotiations, and last year he was the chair of the…

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Jerry Brown tells indigenous activists at COP23: “Let’s put you in the ground so we can get on with the show here”

Posted on 23 November 201713 November 2018

California’s governor, Jerry Brown, travelled to Bonn for COP23. On 11 November 2017, he launched “America’s Pledge”, a proposal for states, municipalities and businesses to meet the US commitments under the Paris Agreement. Brown’s presentation was interrupted by climate justice protesters, including indigenous people, chanting “Keep it in the ground”.

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Response from Kevin Conrad: “Neither of the individuals you identify were authorized as advisors to the CfRN”

Posted on 22 November 2017

Last week, REDD-Monitor wrote about the Democratic Republic of Congo’s delegation to COP23 in Bonn. The questions in the headline pretty much sum up the post: “Why did the Democratic Republic of Congo send 340 delegates to COP23 in Bonn? And who paid?ā€

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Why did the Democratic Republic of Congo send 340 delegates to COP23 in Bonn? And who paid?

Posted on 17 November 201717 January 2022

According to the UNFCCC’s provisional list of registered parties, just over 19,000 people travelled to Bonn for this year’s climate negotiations, COP23. While that’s a huge number of people, it’s only about half of the number that travelled to Paris for COP21. Ovais Sarmad, Deputy Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, says that 28,800 people took…

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Response from Kevin Conrad: “The objective simply is to register a REDD+ logo to distinguish REDD+ actions that are compliant with UNFCCC decisions”

Posted on 9 November 2017

Earlier today, REDD-Monitor wrote a post about the Coalition for Rainforest Nations’ application to register “REDD+” as a trademark. The post ended with a series of questions for Kevin Conrad, the Executive Director of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations.

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