Christine Negra (Heinz Center) Lessons from REDD for agriculture (presentation from Mitigation session at CCAFS Science Workshop, December 2010)

1. Lessons from REDD for
Agriculture
Christine Negra and Eva Wollenberg
2 December 2010

3. What
can
we
learn
from
the
technical
and
poli-cal
evolu-on
of
REDD
that
can
help
in
catalyzing
technical
investment
and
poli-cal
progress
for
agricultural
mi-ga-on…within
the
UNFCCC?
o Interviewed
32
close
observersand
ac-ve
par-cipants
in
the
evolu-on
of
REDD
for
their
insights
about
the
most
pivotal
developments,
instrumental
investments
and
impac9ul
partnerships
that
led
REDD
to
become
the
COP-­‐15
“success
story.”
o Literature
review
and
historical
Ameline
o Rapid
assessment
–
not
comprehensive!

5. Did
REDD
“take
off
like
a
rocket”?
o Reframing
by
CfRN:
potenAal
economic
gains
o Stern
Review:
forest
miAgaAon
is
efficient,
cost-­‐effecAve
o Norway’s
~USD
3B:
analysis,
policy,
tesAng
o Events
(Forest
Day)
o Technical
progress
(IPCC,
GOFC-­‐GOLD,
methodologies)
o Readiness
programs
(FCPF,
UN-­‐REDD,
NGOs)
o Concept
development
(addiAonality,
baselines,
safeguards)

7. What
can
we
learn
from
REDD?
1.
Interna-onal
policy
support
o PreparaAon
period:
technical
/
financial
confidence,
consensus
o On-­‐the-­‐ground
demonstraAon
informs
policy
processes
2.
Implementa-on
mechanisms
and
governance
o Strategy
in
poliAcal
negoAaAons
(technical
details
for
experts)
o Provide
informaAon
+
capacity
building
3.
MRV
o Global
framework:
accessible,
affordable,
ag
+
forestry
o Balance
rigor
and
cost
o Independent,
credible
verificaAon
and
standards

8. What
can
we
learn
from
REDD?
(cont’d)
4.
Finance
and
incen-ves
o Early
donor
support:
“anchor”,
pilots
o Coordinated,
integrated
with
sustainable
development
5.
Capacity
o Experience:
conservaAon,
inventories,
pilots,
markets
o Readiness
programs:
effecAve;
need
coordinaAon,
mulA-­‐scale
engagement
6.
Co-­‐benefits
o Standards
and
safeguards
o Mechanisms
for
parAcipaAon
o Depends
on
factors
external
to
UNFCCC
(eg,
tenure
rights)

10. Is
agricultural
mi-ga-on
“taking
off
like
a
bumble
bee”?
More
complex:
o variable
across
landscapes,
Ame
scales,
pracAces,
ownership
o MRV
for
belowground
C,
CH4
and
N2O
o poliAcally
hot:
food
/
global
security,
agri-­‐business,
consumers
o trade-­‐offs
with
adaptaAon,
producAvity,
trade?
o lower
miAgaAon
potenAal
/
area
• aggregate
large
#
of
farmers?
• miAgaAon
as
a
co-­‐benefit?
In
the
UNFCCC:
o “where
REDD
was
in
2005”
• need
principles,
credibility,
poliAcal
capacity,
coaliAons
o potenAally
broader
base
of
countries
can
benefit
o mulAple
approaches:
REDD++,
NAMAs,
adaptaAon
(confusion?)

12. Is
there
a
sunny
side?
o Policy
windows:
• Kyoto
Protocol,
current
negoAaAng
texts
,
SBSTA
• Beyond
UNFCCC:
bilateral
/
naAonal
acAon,
supply
chains,
trade
policy
o Growing
awareness:
interdependence
between
agriculture
and
forestry
and
global
security
o Early
indicaAons
of
leadership
• Donors,
research
o Build
on
exisAng
/
emerging
efforts
• Standards,
methodologies,
naAonal
accounAng
• Translate
REDD
concepts
to
agriculture
or
innovate

13. Shared
Analysis
Coordina-on
Money
flow
vision

14. Developing
a
shared
vision
 Basis
for
self-­‐interested
acAon
 Common
language
 Technical
/
policy
fluency
 Framing
policy
opAons
 Top-­‐down
+
boiom-­‐up

15. Tackling
high-­‐priority
analysis
 SyntheAc
modelling
 MeeAngs
/
plajorms
for
technical
convergence
 AuthoritaAve
independent
review
 Mandate
for
future
research

16. Coordina-ng
efforts
 Avoid
divisive
policy
blocs
and
fragmented
responses
 Fill
key
gaps
in
communicaAon
 Agreement
on
insAtuAonal
roles
and
policy
strategy

17. GeNng
the
money
to
flow
 Support
readiness,
acAon
on-­‐the-­‐
ground
 Build
confidence
/
momentum
 Diverse
approaches
to
gain
experience
 Synthesize
and
feed
into
policy
process

18. Thank you