Find below all the policy submissions on behalf of the Ecosystems Climate Alliance:
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.
Work undertaken by the Conference of the Parties at its fifteenth session on the basis of the report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-termCooperative Action under the Convention.
From 20 to 22 April 2010 The People’s World Conference took place in Cochabamba, Bolivia. A number of member and observers organisations of the Ecosystems Climate Alliance provided input to the Bolivia Summit to call for a review of forest defintions, terms and classifications under the UNFCCC for the purpose of the negotiated REDD+ policy (reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries). Without clear distinction between natural forests and plantations, there is a high risk that under the UNFCCC this will create financial incentives for the conversion of natural forests including their organic soils (peatlands) to wood / paper and oil palm plantations.
ECA has expressed its strong concern at the exclusion of observers and civil society constituencies during the last two days of the climate negotiations at COP 15 in Copenhagen in a letter addressed to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. Download this letter here.
This policy brief summarises the position of Wetlands International for a post-2012 climate agreement. It provides text suggestions for incorporating the emissions from peatlands in decisions on land use emissions in both developed countries and developing countries. Currently, peatland emission remain unaccounted in Annex 1 countries and are in danger to remain ignored under REDD schemes. The policy brief also emphasises the role of wetland conservation and restoration in climate change adaptation strategies.
This policy brief provides an analysis of both the REDD section in the LCA text (d.d. 22 June) and add.2 & 3 of the KP text (d.d.1 July) with regards to addressing emissions from degraded wetlands/peatland. Please download this policy brief with our comments and recommendations as input for the upcoming intersessional informal consultations in Bonn, 10-14 August 2009.
This submission covers issues relating to LULUCF in response to the call for submissions, by 24 April 2009, on the Annex to the AWG-KP Chair’s conclusions on Land use, land-use change and forestry (FCCC/KP/AWG/2009/L.3) of 8 April 2009, ‘Options and proposals on how to address definitions, modalities, rules and guidelines for the treatment of land use, land use change and forestry’.
Download LULUCF submission ECA
This submission covers issues relating to REDD, which the ECA is calling for incorporation into negotiating text for consideration at the sixth session of the AWG-LCA. It has been issued by ECA in response to an invitation for submissions by 24 April 2009 relating to the elements of paragraph 1 of the Bali Action Plan.
Download REDD submission ECA