Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative, our partnership and joint agenda with Indonesia.

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Norway's International Climate and Forest
Initiative, our partnership and joint agenda with
Indonesia.
Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta 19 April
2011
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Why a climate and forest initiative?

• Stern Review (2006) and IPCC (2007) confirm the
  potential of REDD as the most significant and
  cost-effective opportunity to stay within 2
  degrees of global warming
• Early action is necessary. Identify significant
  mitigation opportunities and test promising
  approaches, including payment for performance and
  low-carbon development strategies
• Help set up international architecture to support
  developing countries efforts, provide strong
  incentives, address leakage, ensure permanence
  and global additionality
• Include REDD in UNFCCC climate regime,
  additional to deep cuts at home, no offsets
  involved for Norway.
• REDD can bring multiple benefits (alternative
  livelihoods and poverty reduction, forest peoples
  rights, biodiversity)

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Background and main objectives of the
International Climate and Forest Initiative
Launched at COP13 at Bali in December 2007,
established 2008 Project Team at the Ministry of
Environment cooperates with the Norwegian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norad and other
relevant ministries Aims to contribute to reduced
global warming by reducing emissions from
deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) in
developing countries Promoting sustainable
development and poverty reduction is an
overriding goal for the initiative, as with all
Norwegian foreign development policy
To work towards the inclusion of emissions from
deforestation and forest degradation in a new
international climate regime To take early action
to achieve cost-effective and verifiable
reductions in greenhouse gas emissions To promote
the conservation of natural forests to maintain
their superior carbon storage capacity
SOURCE The Norwegian Ministry of Environment
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Financing A coordinated approach creating
knowledge fast actions
Allocation to Size (USD) Timing
The UN-REDD Programme National REDD strategies in forest countries International methodology development Sharing of experiences and lessons learned 82 mill 2008-2010
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility National REDD strategies in forest countries Sharing of experiences and lessons learned 40 mill 2008-2010
Forest Investment Programme Transformational change in pilot countries 50- 150 mill 2010-2012
Congo Basin Forest Fund Support to COMIFAC countries 83 mill 2008-2010
International Tropical Timber Organization Support to ITTO developing member countries 8 mill 20092010
Brazil (Amazon Fund) Results based Up to 1 bn 2008 -2015
Indonesia Results based Up to 1 bn 2010 -
Guyana Results based Up to 280 mill 2010-2015
Tanzania Support to national REDD efforts Pilot experiences and methodology development 83 mill Over 5 years
Mexico REDD methodology development (MRV) 15 mill 2010-2012
Civil Society Pilot experiences and methodology development 60 mill 2009 2010
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Why partner up with Indonesia, bilaterally and on
the Global Climate and Forest Arena?

• Bilateral strategic partnership, founded on
  mutual respect, confidence and shared interests,
  experience from working together on multilateral
  issues.
• Shared belief in the UN, in multilateral
  arrangements and solutions, in the rule of law,
  and a democratic system with consultations and
  involvement.
• Indonesia being a regional power, with a global
  outlook, member of G20 and leading player within
  ASEAN working for poverty allivation and
  democracy.
• Indonesia has the worlds 4th biggest population,
  3rd biggest forest and is the worlds 3rd biggest
  emitter of greenhouse gases.
• Indonesias emissions come predominantly from
  deforestation and forest degradation,
  particularly from vast peatlands.
• Indonesia did in Pittsburg in 2009 demonstrate
  extraordinary political and international
  leadership with president Yudhoyono pledging to
  reduce greenhouse gas emissions with 26, and up
  to 41 with foreign assistance by 2020.

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The REDD Partnership Established in Oslo May
27th 2010 Why a global climate and forest
partnership?

• An action track to supplement the UNFCCC
  negotiation track
• More than 55 member countries, including most
  ASEAN countries
• around 4 billion USD pledged
• Agreed principles
• Coordination of actions, financing and results
• Learn lessons and share best practice
• The way forward
• Brazil and France current co-chairs
• Secretarial services by Forest Carbon Partnership
  Facility and
• the UN-REDD Programme
• The global climate and forest partnership is
  the first of its kind

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Indonesia-Norway Partnership on REDD and beyond

• Indonesia committed to reduce their 2020
  emissions as estimated by a business-as-usual
  trajectory by 26 out of their own funds and 41
  with international assistance
• In recognition of the global significance of
  these commitments, Norway contributes USD 1
  billion to assist Indonesia in realising them
• Part of a broader strategic partnership,
  involving cooperation on energy, human rights,
  trade and economy, and global climate policy
• A phased approach

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Phase 1 Preparation/2010-11

• Indonesia has identified 6 early deliverables for
  its REDD efforts, current status
• REDD Task Force appointed by President to
  implement LoI and prepare REDD Agency to
  coordinate all REDD and land use policy
• UNDP interim financial instrument, workshop at
  Bali to start work on longer-term arrangements
  for disbursement
• Draft REDD Strategy prepared by Bappenas through
  a multi-stakeholder process, Task Force to
  continue process
• Presidential instruction on two year suspension
  on new licenses for natural forest and peatland
  conversion imminent
• Independent institution for monitoring, reporting
  and verification (MRV) of reduced emissions from
  deforestation to be developed
• Central Kalimantan identified as first pilot
  province
• Independent Third Party Review to assess delivery
  of results for the first phase, and level of
  disbursement for 2011

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How can Indonesia spend the funds from Norway?

• Indonesia responsible for implementation and
  making the spending decisions, in accordance with
  internationally recognised safeguards
• Norway contributes according to the deliverables
  from Indonesia, whether in the form of enabling
  policies and reforms (2010-2013), or
  independently verified emissions reductions
  (2014-). Most of the funds will be disbursed in
  the latter phase
• Expenditure to conform with OECD-DAC
  requirements, and in line with the Indonesian
  mid-term development strategy and low carbon
  strategies being developed integrated approach
  to poverty reduction and low carbon development

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How can Gadjah Mada University play a role?

• Indonesias REDD efforts are truly
  breaking new ground, pioneer work, and will
  require input from academia on how to proceed and
  how to make work in practice.
• The process forward will require close
  cooperation between goverment, civil sociey,
  private sector and academia, interaction between
  the domestic and international actors and
  dimensions.
• UGM has vast experience in the forest and
  climate , democracy and good governance area,
  enjoys high international reputatition and
  network, being listened to in Jakarta uniquely
  placed to provide academic input to such efforts
• Need for input on e.g
• forest management
• public administration
• remote sensing
• social effects of policies
• Long tradition for close cooperation and
  exchanges between Norwegian universities and UGM
  to be buildt on and further expanded!