UN REDD

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UN REDD a collaborative programme of UN agencies
on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and
Forest Degradation to support developing
countries FAO-UNDP-UNEP July 2008
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UN REDD

• Response to
• FCCC Decision 2/CP.13 Reducing emissions from
  deforestation in developing countries.
• Coalition for Rainforest Nations and donor
  requests for joint UN action
• Country requests for support for REDD programmes

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Guiding Principles

• Country-driven
• One national REDD programme bringing together
  multiple initiatives
• Demonstration activities to feed into UNFCCC
  process
• Flexible and adaptable to reflect UNFCCC
  decisions for long-term REDD activities
• Delivering as One UN
• Build on existing national and international
  processes and experiences, including FCPF
• Avoid parallel structures

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Institutional Arrangements

• Utilising the UN Country Team mechanisms
• Linked with UNDAFs agreed to by countries
• Building on comparative advantages of FAO, UNDP
  and UNEP and to include partners
• Multi-donor Trust Fund

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Country Programming

• Identified and led by the government
• Vary from country to country
• Establish cross-sectoral multi-stakeholder
  responses
• Support national processes that facilitate the
  involvement of national stakeholders, including
  forest-dependent local communities
• Help countries to build their own capacities

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Indicative Country Actions

• REDD dialogue consultations
• REDD assessment and monitoring (data collection
  and management, monitoring, reporting, capacity
  building etc.)
• National REDD strategy development (readiness
  strategies, needs assessments, co-benefits etc.)
• REDD payment structuring and distribution
• REDD demonstration activities (testing out the
  above)

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Indicative International Support

• Assessment, monitoring, accounting and
  verification (development and testing of
  standards, methods, guidelines)
• Co-benefit and Trade-Off Tools
• Knowledge Sharing between Countries
• REDD Awareness
• Data availability and interpretation

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Types of Coordination with FCPF

• International Support Structure
• Strategic Planning and Financing
• Joint Readiness Approach
• Methodology Development
• Country-level Actions
• Quick Results Actions

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Possible avenues for Coordination

• Work within the UN processes set up for better
  coordination on climate change including REDD
• Regular coordination meetings with WB FCPF team
• Mutual representation in FCPF and UN REDD MDTF
  Governance
• Partnership Agreement with Facility Management
  Team
• Role in Participants Committee
• More?

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