Mandate

The Conference of the Parties (COP), in its decision  1/CP.18, decided to undertake a work programme on results-based finance in 2013, including two workshops, to progress the full implementation of the activities referred to in decision  1/CP.16, paragraph 70. It decided that the aim of the work programme is to contribute to the ongoing efforts to scale up and improve the effectiveness of finance for the activities referred to in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 70 (hereinafter referred to as REDD-plus), taking into account decision  2/CP.17, paragraphs 66 and 67.

The work programme addresses options to achieve this objective, taking into account a wide variety of sources as referred to in decision 2/CP.17, paragraph 65, including:

• Ways and means to transfer payments for results-based actions;
• Ways to incentivize non-carbon benefits;
• Ways to improve the coordination of results-based finance.

The COP requested the co-chairs, assisted by the secretariat, to support the workshops and to prepare a report on the workshops for the consideration of the COP at its nineteenth session, with a view to the COP adopting a decision on this matter. The COP decided that the work programme shall end by the nineteenth session of the COP unless it decided otherwise.

The workshop was held in-session at the venue of the Bonn Climate Change Conference, access was open to all registered participants of this Conference. The working language of the workshop was English.

Venue and logistics  
Maritim Hotel
Bonn
Germany

Agenda  
Agenda (100 kB)
Workshop information note (108 kB)
Message to Parties from the co-chairs of the COP work programme on REDD-plus finance 29 May 2013 (172 kB)

Relevant documents  

Report on the two workshops of the work programme on results-based finance to progress the full implementation of the activities referred to in decision 1/CP.16

Views on the matters referred to in decision 1/CP.18, paragraphs 34 and 35. Submissions from Parties. (FCCC/SB/2013/MISC.3 and Add.1)
Report on the workshop on financing options for the full implementation of results-based actions relating to REDD-plus, including modalities and procedures for financing these results-based actions (FCCC/AWGLCA/2012/INF.8)
Technical Paper on Financing options for the full implementation of resultsbased actions relating to the activities referred to in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 70, including related modalities and procedures (FCCC/TP/2012/3)
Views on modalities and procedures for financing results-based actions and considering activities related to decision 1/CP.16, paragraphs 68-70 and 72. Submissions from Parties. (FCCC/AWGLCA/2012/MISC.3,Add.1, Add.2, Add.3 and Add.4)