negra - lessons from redd for agriculture
Upload: ccafs-cgiar-program-climate-change-agriculture-and-food-security
Post on 18-Dec-2014
467 views
DESCRIPTION
Christine Negra (Heinz Center) Lessons from REDD for agriculture (presentation from Mitigation session at CCAFS Science Workshop, December 2010)TRANSCRIPT
Lessons from REDD for Agriculture
Christine Negra and Eva Wollenberg 2 December 2010
What can we learn from the technical and poli-cal evolu-on of REDD that can help in catalyzing technical investment and poli-cal progress for agricultural mi-ga-on…within the UNFCCC?
o Interviewed 32 close observersand ac-ve par-cipants in the evolu-on of REDD for their insights about the most pivotal developments, instrumental investments and impac9ul partnerships that led REDD to become the COP-‐15 “success story.”
o Literature review and historical Ameline o Rapid assessment – not comprehensive!
Did REDD “take off like a rocket”?
o Reframing by CfRN: potenAal economic gains o Stern Review: forest miAgaAon is efficient, cost-‐effecAve o Norway’s ~USD 3B: analysis, policy, tesAng o Events (Forest Day) o Technical progress (IPCC, GOFC-‐GOLD, methodologies) o Readiness programs (FCPF, UN-‐REDD, NGOs) o Concept development (addiAonality, baselines, safeguards)
What can we learn from REDD?
1. Interna-onal policy support o PreparaAon period: technical / financial confidence, consensus o On-‐the-‐ground demonstraAon informs policy processes
2. Implementa-on mechanisms and governance o Strategy in poliAcal negoAaAons (technical details for experts) o Provide informaAon + capacity building
3. MRV o Global framework: accessible, affordable, ag + forestry o Balance rigor and cost o Independent, credible verificaAon and standards
What can we learn from REDD? (cont’d)
4. Finance and incen-ves o Early donor support: “anchor”, pilots o Coordinated, integrated with sustainable development
5. Capacity o Experience: conservaAon, inventories, pilots, markets o Readiness programs: effecAve; need coordinaAon, mulA-‐scale
engagement
6. Co-‐benefits o Standards and safeguards o Mechanisms for parAcipaAon o Depends on factors external to UNFCCC (eg, tenure rights)
Is agricultural mi-ga-on “taking off like a bumble bee”?
More complex: o variable across landscapes, Ame scales, pracAces, ownership o MRV for belowground C, CH4 and N2O o poliAcally hot: food / global security, agri-‐business, consumers o trade-‐offs with adaptaAon, producAvity, trade? o lower miAgaAon potenAal / area
• aggregate large # of farmers? • miAgaAon as a co-‐benefit?
In the UNFCCC: o “where REDD was in 2005”
• need principles, credibility, poliAcal capacity, coaliAons o potenAally broader base of countries can benefit o mulAple approaches: REDD++, NAMAs, adaptaAon (confusion?)
Is there a sunny side?
o Policy windows: • Kyoto Protocol, current negoAaAng texts , SBSTA • Beyond UNFCCC: bilateral / naAonal acAon, supply chains, trade policy
o Growing awareness: interdependence between agriculture and forestry and global security
o Early indicaAons of leadership • Donors, research
o Build on exisAng / emerging efforts • Standards, methodologies, naAonal accounAng • Translate REDD concepts to agriculture or innovate
Shared vision
Analysis Coordina-on Money flow
Developing a shared vision
Basis for self-‐interested acAon Common language Technical / policy fluency Framing policy opAons Top-‐down + boiom-‐up
Tackling high-‐priority analysis
SyntheAc modelling MeeAngs / plajorms for
technical convergence AuthoritaAve independent
review Mandate for future research
Coordina-ng efforts
Avoid divisive policy blocs and fragmented responses
Fill key gaps in communicaAon Agreement on insAtuAonal roles
and policy strategy
GeNng the money to flow
Support readiness, acAon on-‐the-‐ground
Build confidence / momentum Diverse approaches to gain
experience Synthesize and feed into policy
process
Thank you