REDD+ and Green Growth

Challenges and opportunitiesBonn, June 2011

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REDD+PwC

REDD+: Challenges and opportunities

What I am going to talk about:

•PwC experience of advising on REDD+ and Green Growth

•Challenges and complexities

•Delivering results

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REDD+PwC

REDD+: Challenges and opportunities

What I am going to talk about:

•PwC experience of advising on REDD+ and Green Growth

•Challenges and complexities

•Delivering results

What I am not going to talk about!

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UK Government: REDD+ funding options

Balancing objectives

UK government project, not just DFID or DECC:

• Reducing emissions

• Poverty alleviation

• Biodiversity protection

Other considerations:

• Payment for results

• Private sector engagement

• Donor coordination and leadership Slide 4

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Forest Governance

Risk sharing

Delivery partners

Public Private Partnerships

MultilateralGlobal scope,

multi-donor participation,knowledge sharing & capacity building

Private SectorInnovation, scale, speed and finance

BilateralStrategic focus,

aligned to green growth plans, underpinned by

senior political engagement

PwC

PwC Approach to Green Growth

• Five dimensions of green growth all of which are measurable

• Transparency and collaboration in the modelling process

• Training of policy-makers and beneficiaries in the development and implementation of green growth strategies

• Extensive stakeholder engagement

• Implementation - green growth financing and institutional arrangements

PwC

A Roadmap for achieving Green Growth

PwC

The Heart of Borneo - a flagship opportunity

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World Bank: REDD+ benefit sharing mechanisms

Benefit sharing is the poor relation of REDD+

Our study will provide guidance for FCPF (Forest Carbon Partnership Facility) countries:

• Case studies

• Typology of mechanisms

• Options assessment framework

• Enabling action

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Challenges and complexities

Call for caution, but not inaction

• Uncertainty

• Complexity

• Challenges of implementation

• Risk of leakage

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Delivering results

Key components of the PwC approach seek to address these challenges and complexities

• Integrated approach

• Transparent and collaborative approach

• Focus on capacity building

• Appropriate and effective benefit sharing

• Importance of safeguards

Political commitment is key

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