June 13, 2017
Key Findings
- Achieving climate stability requires conservation of tropical forests.
- Protecting tropical forests could lower the overall costs and accelerate the achievement of global climate stability.
- Forests generate many non-climate goods and services that are essential to meeting sustainable development goals.
- Advances in technology have made stopping forest loss feasible.
- Rich countries and international organizations should act now to scale up REDD+ payment-for-performance agreements.
Topics
CITATION
Seymour, Frances. 2017. Five Key Findings from Why Forests? Why Now? The Science, Economics, and Politics of Tropical Forests and Climate Change. Center for Global Development.DISCLAIMER & PERMISSIONS
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