financing the world's forests: integrating markets and stakeholders
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Fourth keynote speaker presentation by Jessica Brown (Overseas Development Institute) 3rd August 2009 - Imperial College (CEP)TRANSCRIPT
Options for REDD and for reducing the financial gap
Presentation by Jessica Brown (ODI)Imperial College conference: Financing the World’s Forests
3 August 2009
Presentation overview
1. Setting the context for REDD finance2. Phased approach for REDD3. Matching the phases with finance options4. Filling the financing gap for REDD5. New and innovative revenue raising
mechanisms for REDD6. Challenges ahead
Setting the context• A financing mechanism for REDD is under negotiation, to take
effect after 2012. • Mechanism will draw on public and private financing sources
to respond to diverse needs of different developing countries.• Examples of financing needs include:
• capacity building• monitoring system• forest inventories• land tenure reform• policies and measures (e.g., incentives to encourage
forestry, regulated infrastructure expansion)• ongoing emission reductions
• Financing for upfront capacity building (‘readiness’) is likely to rely on public funds; financing ongoing emission reductions is likely to come from funds and/or carbon markets
Phased approach to implementation
Phase 1: National REDD strategy development, including national dialogue, institutional strengthening, and demonstration activities.
Phase 2: Implementation of policies and measures (PAMs) proposed in those national REDD strategies.
Phase 3: Payment for performance on the basis of quantified forest emissions and removals against agreed reference levels.
Recommendations from the Norwegian government’s REDD Options Assessment Report (REDD-OAR)
An initial support instrument that allows countries to access immediate international funding.
A fund-based instrument that allows countries to access predictable REDD finance. Continued funding under would be results-based, but performance would not necessarily be monitored only on basis of emission reductions.
A GHG-based instrument that rewards performance on the basis of emissions reductions.
• Phase 1: National REDD strategy development, demo activities
• Phase 2: Implementation of PAMs proposed in national REDD strategies.
• Phase 3: Payment for emissions reduction performance
Matching the phases with finance
An initial support instrument that allows countries to access immediate international funding.
• Phase 1: National REDD strategy development, demo activities
Matching Phase 1 with finance
• Activities should continue to be supported by voluntary contributions that are immediately availableo Ex: World Bank’s FCPF, UN REDD, bilateral arrangements.
• Eligibility for access to funds should be based on a demonstrated national commitment to REDD strategy development.
A fund-based instrument that allows countries to access predictable REDD finance.
• Phase 2: Implementation of PAMs proposed in national REDD strategies.
Matching Phase 2 with finance
• Activities should be supported by predictable funding from a global facility supported by an internationally binding finance instrument with enforceable commitments
• Eligibility based on demonstration of cross-sectoral commitment to REDD strategy implementation within national government
• Continued access to funding based upon performance
Matching Phase 3 with finance
A GHG-based instrument that rewards performance on the basis of emissions reductions.
• Phase 3: Payment for emissions reduction performance
• Could be financed on large scale
• Transition from global funding facility to integration with compliance markets (or non-market compliance mechanism)
• Eligibility contingent on compliance-grade monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) and accounting of emissions.
How do we fill the financing gaps?
Most promising avenues for meeting financing shortfalls in post-2012 context is from ‘new and innovative’ forms of finance.
Innovative financing options for REDD
Revenue raising options1.Auctioning of emission allowances; 2.A uniform global levy/tax on CO2 emissions;
3.Levies/taxes on emissions from international maritime and air transport;4.A levy on market-based mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol;5.Bonds6.Currency transaction tax7.Hybrids
Proposals on the table
Proposal Source of funds Amount of funds generated
AUCTIONS OF EMISSIONS ALLOWANCES
Norway’s auctioning of AAUs Annex I allowances withheld, auctioned internationally
$20-30 Bn annually
A UNIFORM GLOBAL TAX ON CO2 EMISSIONS
Swiss Global Carbon Tax Tax ($2/t CO2) on emissions; ≤1.5/t CO2 per capita exempt
$30-40 Bn annually
LEVIES ON EMISSIONS FROM INTERNATIONAL MARITIME AND AVIATION
International Air Passenger Levy, International Maritime Emission Reductions Scheme, Tuvalu’s Burden Sharing Mechanism, Oxfam International, etc
$6 per ticket fee (economy class), $62 per ticket fee (business/first class); or a straight charge on emissions (not based on ticket); or levy on international airfares, maritime transport charges
$8-10 Bn annually, for first five years of operation
Proposals on the table (cont’d)
Proposal Source of funds Amount of funds generated
CARBON MARKET-BASED LEVIES
Extending the levy to JI and/or IET
Levy on JI and/or IET 2008–2012: $5.5–8.5 Bn p.a.2013–2020: $3.5–7.0 Bn p.a.
Pakistan’s CDM levy 3-5% levy on CDM $0.2–0.5 Bn p.a. at levy of 5%
BONDS
EC GCFM High rated bonds $1.3 Bn annually for next five years
CURRENCY TRANSACTION TAX
Currency transaction tax small levy (0.005%) on foreign currency exchange transaction
$15-20 Bn annually
HYBRIDS
Mexico’s World Climate Change Fund
Multiple sources Initially $10, scaling up to $95 in 2030
Other considerations for REDD finance
• Funding integrated into the overall financing architecture developed under UNFCCC
• International REDD financing should be predictable, verifiable, with firm funding commitments
• International finance should complement domestic funding
• Disbursement based on five-year national REDD implementation plans, or left to the responsibility of national decision-making processes
Challenges ahead
• Uncertainty over how much of the new finance sources would be channelled to REDD – many competing priorities for other sectors and mechanisms (adaptation, technology transfer, etc)
• Challenges depending on the structure of the international financing facility
• Challenge of vertical funds – • Difficult to maintain national ownership• Difficult to align international fund support with national
strategies and institutions.
Thank you
Contact: Jessica [email protected]
Visit: www.climatefundsupdate.orgwww.odi.org.uk/climatechange