Forests and Climate Change Working Paper 1


INSTRUMENTS RELATED TO THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND THEIR POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA

 


Table of Contents


Preface

Introduction

Forests and climate change

The international negotiations on climate change

Funds managed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF)

The Clean Development Mechanism: promoting investment flows from developed to developing countries

Can the instruments linked to the Convention on climate change foster a sustainable forest management in Africa?

Conclusions: combining and integrating instruments into public policies for forest management

References

Annex 1: Official texts defining economic instruments related to the UNFCCC

Annex 2: Preparatory files for activity identification

Annex 3: The lessons learnt from the AIJ pilot phase in the land-use and forestry sector