Environment

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WORKING PAPERS
Measurement and Monitoring for REDD+: The Needs, Current Technological Capabilities and Future Potential - Working Paper 392
Scott J. Goetz et al.
December 11, 2014
This paper presents an overview of the state of measurement and monitoring capabilities for forests in the context of REDD+ needs, with a focus on what is currently possible, where improvements are needed, and what capabilities will be advanced in the near-term with new technologies already under de...
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How Germany Copes with REDD+ Dilemmas
December 04, 2014
One of the most attractive features of the Cash-on-Delivery approach to development assistance is precisely that payments are made (only) for performance against agreed indicators of outcomes. 
WORKING PAPERS
The Politics of German Finance for REDD+ - Working Paper 390
Till Pistorius
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Laura Kiff
December 04, 2014
The concept of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) and its framing of forest protection as a climate mitigation approach mark a clear paradigm shift – after decades of up-front financing of traditional ODA projects REDD+ follows the logic of ex-post payments fo...
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Norway’s “Rainforest Billions”: How Did the Stars Align?
December 03, 2014
Seven years ago at the 2007 climate talks in Bali, then Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg shocked the world by pledging $2.5 billion over the next five years to reduce tropical deforestation. 
WORKING PAPERS
Climate Policy Constraints and NGO Entrepreneurship: The Story of Norway’s Leadership in REDD+ Financing - Working Paper 389
Erlend A. T. Hermansen
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Sjur Kasa
December 03, 2014
Norway – a small northern country with only 5 million inhabitants – is at present a global leader in REDD+ financing. In this paper, we explain why and how this happened by telling the story about the emergence of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) in 2007...
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Why Aren’t Forests More Prominent on the Agenda for COP20 Climate Talks in Lima?
December 02, 2014
Conserving the world’s tropical forests is a critical element of any global strategy to protect against climate change—and promote development, for that matter—but we haven’t heard much about it being on the agenda for the COP20  climate talks in Lima star...
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The Baker’s Dozen: A 748-Year-Old Solution for Climate Offsets
November 19, 2014
Can King Henry III’s royal decree governing bakers in 13th-century England teach us how to fight climate change, the greatest global challenge of the 21st century?  I’m pretty sure it can. Let me explain...