Transcript Safeguards and Co-benefits in a REDD+ Mechanism Garanties et co-bénéfices liés au mécanisme REDD+ With support from the Norwegian Development Agency.

Safeguards and Co-benefits in a
REDD+ Mechanism
Garanties et co-bénéfices liés au
mécanisme REDD+
With support from the Norwegian Development Agency
REDD+ Safeguards in the Cancun Agreements
• REDD+ programs to include a system for providing
information on how safeguards are being addressed
and respected, while respecting national sovereignty
• Annex I sets out the safeguards to be promoted and
supported
• Annex II calls on SBSTA to develop guidance for the
information system for reporting on safeguards, for
consideration at COP 17
Safeguards for REDD+
REDD+ Safeguards included in the Cancun Agreements:
•To ensure that REDD+ actions do not cause negative social
or economic impacts
– conversion of natural forests to plantations, loss of biodiversity,
displacement and relocation of forest-dependent communities, elite
capture of benefits, leakage, lack of permanence
•If safeguards designed properly, can promote co-benefits
– biodiversity conservation, poverty alleviation, improved community
livelihoods, technology transfer
Safeguards can be viewed as the “do no harm” principle, and
co-benefits are additional benefits beyond the status quo.
Safeguards Standards
• UN-REDD Programme's Social and Environment
Principles and Criteria
• World Bank Safeguards and Strategic Environmental
and Social Assessment (SESA)
• REDD+ Social and Environmental Standards (REDD+
SES)
• Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Principles and
Criteria
System for Sharing Information
• What is the purpose of the safeguards information system?
• How will the system respect national sovereignty?
• What safeguards information should be shared?
• How often should countries report on safeguards?
• Are international minimum standards needed?
• What review and/or verification of safeguards is needed?
• How does the safeguards information system fit in the
broader REDD+ institutional framework?
Important Considerations
• Building synergies
– CBD, information gathered in SESAs, systems to MRV
changes in carbon stocks
• Cost effectiveness
– Little information available about costs, but concerns
could make REDD+ more complex and more
expensive
– Estimates of costs to set up system and undertake
initial monitoring range from US$35,000 in Costa
Rica to $600,000 in DRC in R-PPs submitted to FCPF
Outstanding Issues in the lead-up to COP 17
• Design of system for providing information on how
safeguards are being addressed and respected, while
respecting national sovereignty
• Determining how this system will link to the MRV of
REDD+ emissions and sinks
• How to encourage that REDD+ national activities go
beyond “do no harm” to encourage co-benefits
Safeguards: Example Questions
1. What lessons can be learned from activities in your
country that can inform the negotiations?
2. How can we encourage REDD+ activities that go
beyond do no harm and encourage multiple
benefits?
3. What safeguard information systems are needed for
REDD+?