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Tag: Poznan

Papua New Guinea plans to scrap REDD safeguards

Posted on 11 June 20102 June 2015

On 27 May 2010, Sir Michael Somare, the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, gave a speech at the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference. Much of his speech amounted to little more than a request for Norway’s money. But the speech included the outlines of Papua New Guinea’s new plans for REDD – a plan…

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Why Brazil is interested in “forests in exhaustion”

Posted on 6 April 200916 February 2017

During the climate negotiations in Poznan, Brazil pushed for “forests in exhaustion” to be included under the Clean Development Mechanism. Currently, any plantation established on land that was forested after 1 January 1990 is excluded from the CDM.

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Brazil’s National Plan on Climate Change and the Amazon Fund: “This plan does not create any carbon credits or right to emissions”

Posted on 23 January 200930 September 2015

On 11 December 2008, the Brazilian government organised a side event in Poznan to explain the National Plan on Climate Change and to present the Amazon Fund.

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Why is Brazil so interested in carbon credits for “forests in exhaustion”?

Posted on 15 January 200930 May 2013

On the final day in Poznan, a dispute took place between Saudi Arabia and Brazil over the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Saudi Arabia wants carbon capture and storage to be included in the CDM. Brazil wants carbon credits for “forests in exhaustion”. Saudi Arabia’s motivation is obvious. It wants to continue extracting and selling oil….

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“The REDD train is going pretty fast and it’s left us at the station”: Interview with Tom B.K. Goldtooth

Posted on 14 January 200918 August 2015

Interview with Tom B.K. Goldtooth, the executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, co-chair and co-founder of the Environmental Justice Climate Change initiative and co-chair of the Honor The Earth campaign in the U.S. December 2008, Poznan

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