The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was created under the Kyoto Protocol to enable developing countries to sell carbon credits to developed countries. According to a recent UN Panel Review, the...  Read More

Ecuador’s Socio Bosque Programme has made strides in conserving forest and delivering vital economic benefits to communities and households, via its system of private conservation agreements.

The...  Read More

This guidebook is offered as a primer to countries to enable them to better assess the level and nature of assistance they will require to catalyze climate capital based on...  Read More

Perspectives together with SouthPole, Pöyry and GERES successfully completed a study commissioned by the Department for International Development (DIFID), UK, on piloting greater use of standardised approaches in the CDM....  Read More

Adaptation can have the character of a private good, a club good or a public good depending on the nature of the action. Thus underprovision of adaptation is likely if...  Read More

Technical report for the EU Biofuel Baseline project

The Swedish research network Focali has published a new report with lessons learned from the Norwegian REDD+ interventions.
It is called "Learning from Norway - A review of lessons...  Read More

Developing forest carbon projects is complex and often daunting for project proponents, whether they are from the private sector, civil society organizations or government agencies. Successful project development requires complying...  Read More

This policy brief, published by The Nature Conservancy, argues that including forest degradation in climate mitigation strategies is essential for any successor to the Kyoto Protocol in 2012.
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The inclusion of communities in the management of state-owned or formerly state-owned forest resources has become increasingly common in the last 25 years.

Almost all countries...  Read More

The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) is assisting developing countries in their efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and to conserve, manage sustainably and enhance forest carbon...  Read More