Find below policy submissions made by the Ecosystems Climate Alliance:
Closing LULUCF loopholes
The Forestry and Land Use sector (LULUCF) is responsible for at least 30% of global emissions and has huge emission reduction potential. Loopholes in coverage across land and forests of developed countries currently undermine emissions reduction and the integrity of targets. Ministers, here are your options on the table to contribute to ambitious emissions reductions with LULUCF.
The landmark REDD+ agreement reached at Cancun has significant potential to protect and restore the world’s forests. This ECA paper argues that Parties should not allow the extensive work put into REDD+ to now be undermined by the use of alternative and less stringent provisions relating to Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Activities (NAMAs).
This Wetlands International policy brief provides background and recommendations with regard to REDD+ modalities and guidelines to be developed by the SBSTA. Besides for forested peatlands, this information is also relevant for reducing emissions from non-forested peatlands which have a similarly high mitigation potential.
A submission by CDM Watch and members of the Ecosystems Climate Alliance recommending that SBSTA reject a proposal to include reforestation of lands with forest in exhaustion as afforestation and reforestation clean development mechanism (CDM) project activities. Read more...
This submission contains the input from a number of members of the Ecosystems Climate Alliance (ECA) to the REDD+ Partnership workplan, as per the invitation for input by the Chairs of the Partnership.
In this submission the Ecosystem Climate Alliance (ECA) makes recommendations and practical suggestions to the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) as it considers ways to allow observer participation in UNFCCC negotiations and processes.
In this submission the Ecosystems Climate Alliance provides its feedback to the draft text of the Interim REDD+ partnership under the so-called Paris-Oslo process.