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Reducing deforestation and forest degradation, and conservation of forests at the Green Climate Fund
Too much, too little, or just enough?The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has in recent years emerged as an important financial mechanism for funding REDD+ (Reducing Emissions…
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Outcomes for forests at the Bonn Climate Change Conference
It has been nearly three years since countries entered into the Paris Agreement. During that time, as was made abundantly…
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COP23 Special: Green Climate Fund payments: An explainer
In early October, at its 18th Board meeting in Cairo, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) adopted its latest policy related…
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Green Climate Fund steps up to reduce deforestation and forest degradation
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) recently adopted two new decisions intended to reduce global emissions from deforestation and forest degradation,…
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REDD+ results-based finance
As we approach the next meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), we can expect a significant…
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Getting down to business in Bonn
The 46th sessions of the UN Climate Convention Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 46) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and…
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COP22 Special: Progress in Marrakesh
Climate negotiations are now progressing into the final days in Marrakesh with a handful of outcomes established already. The 22nd…
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COP22 Special: The Medina, souks and the ‘COP of Action’
At the COP21 in Paris last year, 195 countries reached an historic agreement – the first ever universal, legally binding…
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The rush to ratification of the Paris Agreement
At the time of writing, according to the UNFCCC website tracking ratifications of the Paris Climate Agreement (PA), we currently…
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IPCC 1.5°C Special Report: More questions than answers when it comes to land use and forests
The 21st Conference of the Parties (or COP21) in Paris, France last year invited the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…
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Balancing Transparency and Non-State Actors in the Climate Negotiations
In the lead-up to the first formal UNFCCC Subsidiary Body meeting since the Paris Agreement (PA), there was palpable anticipation…
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Paris Agreement signed. Now what?
A record number of more than 170 nations attended the signing ceremony of the Paris Climate Agreement (PA) at the…
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Paris Agreement: Not perfect, but the best we could get
COP21 in Paris delivered a part legally binding, part voluntary deal on climate change that has generated a mass of…
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Climate negotiations have never looked like this
As the much-anticipated Paris climate conference draws closer, speculation is heightening over what the Paris Package might look like. In…
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The REDD+ Framework: Finally complete after almost 10 years
The annual mid-year climate talks in Bonn commenced with a fast-start as countries were eager to commence REDD+ negotiations as…
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