Forests as a leading front in nature-based climate solutions, was the key message of the United Nations Climate Action Summit Side Event “Catalysing forest solutions to the climate emergency” organized by the UN-REDD Programme. The event took place as a part of the four-day Nature4Climate Hub, focusing on showcasing climate solutions for forests, soils, food and agriculture, freshwater, ocean and marine ecosystems and wildlife. At the 2008 UN Climate Change Summit, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg launched the UN-REDD Programme. Precisely eleven years later, the UN-REDD Side Events marks the eve of the 2019...

Promoting zero deforestation agriculture, the case of cocoa farming (agroforestry)

L’examen des activités menées dans le cadre du projet « Transformation mondiale des forêts pour les hommes et le climat: un focus sur l'Afrique de l'Ouest » est au cœur de la première réunion du comité de pilotage du projet qui se tient le 25 septembre à Dakar (Sénégal). Soutenu par l'Agence suédoise de coopération pour le développement international (SIDA) et exécuté par l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) et la Communauté économique des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (CEDEAO), le projet quinquennal vise à protéger les forêts de l'Afrique de l'Ouest et à sauvegarder les moyens de subsistance de millions de personnes qui...

For the first time, the UN-REDD Programme is launching an Annual Report website. The website presents the results of the UN-REDD Programme between January and December 2018, in the context of the considerable cumulative accomplishments of its partner countries over the past decade. With partner countries making progress on REDD+ readiness, the UN-REDD Programme has increasingly focused on responding to country demands and needs for technical assistance in implementing REDD+ and supporting commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. As of December 2018, the UN-REDD Programme had enabled 65 partner countries across Asia and the Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the...

As Colombia steps up its efforts to fulfill commitments made under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and Agenda 2030, the cross-cutting theme of improved forest governance is at the centre of its efforts to halt deforestation and forest degradation as well as action to achieve Nationally Determined Contributions and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Recognizing forests as important components in strategies for mitigating and adapting to climate change, the international community agreed on various processes designed to address problems of deforestation and forest degradation. Two of the most well-known initiatives are reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and fostering...