LDC Workshop Bali

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LDC Workshop Bali

• Land Use, Land-use Change and Forestry
• Agenda Items for COP and COP/MOP

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LDC Workshop Bali

• COP 13 I. Provisional agenda
• 7. Reducing emissions from deforestation in
  developing countries approaches to stimulate
  action.
• COP/MOP3 Kyoto Protocol Provisional Agenda
• 4. Report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further
  Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto
  Protocol.
• 11. Second review of the Kyoto Protocol pursuant
  to its Article 9 scope and content.
• 13. Adaptation Fund.

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• Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological
  Advice 27th session
• 5. Reducing emissions from deforestation in
  developing countries approaches to stimulate
  action.
• 9. Methodological issues under the Kyoto
  Protocol
• (b) Implications of possible changes to the
  limit for small-scale afforestation and
  reforestation clean development mechanism project
  activities
• (d) Good practice guidance for land use,
  land-use change and forestry activities under
  Article 3, paragraphs 3 and 4, of the Kyoto
  Protocol.

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• Subsidiary Body for Implementation 27th Session
• 5. Financial mechanism of the Convention
• (a) Fourth review of the financial mechanism
• (b) Report of the Global Environment Facility to
  the Conference of the Parties and guidance to the
  Global Environment Facility.

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• Reducing Emissions from Deforestation
• Definition Deforestation and Forest Degradation?
• Market Based Mechanisms
• Type 1 Sectoral CDM (using a national baseline)
• Type 2 CDM project activity (using a project
  level baseline)
• Type 3 Voluntary targets (using a national
  baseline)

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• Step 1
  Step 2
  Step 3
• Annex 1 Non Annex I
  Annex I and Non Annex I

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• Some of these inherent problems with carbon
  markets include
• Definitional issues
• Devaluing the Market
• Over-burdening Annex I Parties
• Leakage
• Permanence
• Additionality
• Institutional and governance issue
• Measurement Difficulties
• Baseline setting
• Infringement on the rights of Indigenous Peoples
  and local communities
• Loss of sovereign rights

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• Non Market Mechanisms
• Type 4 Nation-wide non-market measures (using
  national reference scenarios)
• Type 5 Project based non-market measures
  (through the establishment of community trust
  funds)
• The greatest disadvantage on non-market
  approaches is the limit of voluntary funds that
  may be available to address RED.

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• Other Issues
• Pilot Projects
• Forest conservation or avoided deforestation
• Invitation to other institutions (e.g. World
  Bank)

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• 9. Methodological issues under the Kyoto
  Protocol
• (b) Implications of possible changes to the
  limit for small-scale afforestation and
  reforestation clean development mechanism project
  activities
• Whether or not to change the limit on small
  scale
• Issues
• Low incomes communities will they miss out?

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LDC Workshop Bali

• Subsidiary Body for Implementation 27th Session
• 5. Financial mechanism of the Convention
• (a) Fourth review of the financial mechanism
• Special Climate Change Fund
• Afforestation and reforestation

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