Mandate

Through decision  1/CP.18, paragraph 35, the COP requested the SBSTA and SBI to jointly initiate a process on the need to improve the coordination of support for the implementation of reducing emissions from deforestation; reducing emissions from forest degradation, conservation of forest carbon stocks, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks (REDD-plus activities), and to provide adequate and predictable support, and to consider existing institutional arrangements or potential governance alternatives including a body, a board or a committee. The COP invited Parties and admitted observer organizations to submit views on these matters.

The COP also requested the secretariat to organize, subject to the availability of supplementary resources, an in-session workshop at SBSTA/SBI 38, taking into account the submissions by Parties and admitted observer organizations referred to above.

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

Venue 
Maritim Hotel
Bonn
Germany

Agenda  
Agenda (93 kB)

Relevant documents 
Workshop report
Workshop summary (164 kB)
Workshop information note (69 kB)

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)