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A NEW CLIMATE DEAL and the critical role of
forests Gerald Steindlegger WWF
International Manager Forest Programme XIIIth
World Forestry Congress wwf.panda.org/forests Bue
nos Aires, October 2009
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The year 2009 will be remembered as the year
of the financial crises, right?
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Wrong, we hope. 2009 needs to be remembered
as the year the world found an answer to climate
change
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The worlds financial and climate crises have
a common cause living beyound our means.
The financial crisis is a result of our living
beyond our financial means. The climate crisis is
a result of our living beyond our planets
means. Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the
United Nations Climate Convention
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Droughts, floods, hurricans, food insecurity.
Climate Change already happens.
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Scientists say, we should keep global warming
well below 2C.
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We must cut emissions of Greenhouse Gases by
at least 80 percent by 2050 compared to 1990
level.
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The World has a duty to act. There is no time
to waste. The good news is.
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We can do it.
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Six key tasks that have to be agreed upon at
the Copenhagen meeting

• Rich countries to set strong binding emission
  reduction targets 40 per cent below 1990 levels
  by 2020.
• Funds and technology cooperation must be
  established to support the implementation of
  low-carbon economies in the developing world.
• With the appropriate needs-based support,
  developing countries should commit to emissions
  30 per cent lower by 2020 than those they are
  currently projecting.

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Six key tasks that have to be agreed upon at
the Copenhagen meeting

• Actions by developing countries should include
  the halting of forest destruction and its
  concomitant emissions.
• Rich nations need to leverage support to help the
  most vulnerable countries, communities and
  ecosystems, which are hardest hit by climate
  change, and finance their adaptation work.
• All countries need to agree that global
  greenhouse gas emissions must be at least 80 per
  cent below 1990 levels by 2050.

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Copenhagen has to do better than Kyoto
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The critical role of forests
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Deforestation and Forest Degradation
contribute up to 20 of total global greenhouse
gas emission
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WWFs position on REDD

• REDD included. All governments should support the
  inclusion of a REDD mechanism within a post-2012
  UN climate treaty.
• A Global objective is needed. Countries should
  commit to reducing gross forest based GHG
  emissions by at least 75 by 2020.
• Financing commitments by industrialized
  countries. Fast start financing of approx 6 bn
  public funding for the period 2010 to 2012 to
  launch REDD. Longer term funding annually to be
  in order of 40 bn year.

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WWFs position on REDD

• Natural forests protection prioritized. REDD in
  addition or in support of REDD but not instead of
  it.
• Strong safeguards to benefit biodiversity,
  eco-system services, local communities and
  indigenous people need to be addressed in the
  treaty.
• MRV systems (Monitoring, Reporting, Verification
  on emission reduction) and mechanisms for
  reviewing national baselines and financing need
  to be approved by UNFCCC.

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WWFs position on REDD - a 3 phased national
level approach

• PLANNING (Phase 1)
• Stakeholder engagement processes established
• National government authority identified
• Plan to acquire capability to meet reporting
  requirements (MRV)
• Approved National REDD plan including assessment
  of drivers of deforestation.

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WWFs position on REDD - a 3 phased national
level approach

• PREPARING (Phase 2)
• Full MRV capability
• Authentic and documented engagement of
  stakeholders
• Testing framework (MRV,engagement, improved
  capacity through pilot activities at the
  sub-national and national level
• Approval of framework and institutional readiness
  by appropriate international body designated by
  the convention.

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WWFs position on REDD - a 3 phased national
level approach

• EXECUTING (Phase 3)
• Full functioning REDD authority to verify
  emission reductions
• Fully-functioning MRV capability operationalized
  with assessments of deforestation and forest
  degradation. Assessments independently verified
  and transparent.
• Fully-functioning dispute or conflict resolution
  capacity established.

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tck tck tck
It is irresponsible, reckless and deeply immoral
to question the seriousness of the situation we
are in. The time of diagnosis is over. Now is the
time to act Gro Harlem Brundtland Special Envoy
for the Secretary General of the United Nations
Climate Convention