POSTnote by Jonathan Wentworth. It was first published on Thursday, 10 July 2014. It was last updated on Thursday, 23 July 2020.
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation
The UNFCCC REDD+ scheme aims to promote sustainable forest management in developing countries in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Developed countries are expected to provide finance of approximately $20bn per year from 2020. This POSTnote summarises the extent to which REDD+ could contribute to meeting international climate targets, challenges to its implementation and technologies for tracking its performance
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- Research briefing
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- POST-PN-466
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- Climate change Developing countries International assistance Forests Monitoring Treaties Climate Change Convention Carbon emissions
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- POST
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