Jurisdictional Approaches to REDD+: International trends and the

FCPF Carbon Fund

Workshop on REDD+ Architecture Design in Indonesia

Bogor, Indonesia 18 April, 2013

Werner Kornexl & André Aquino

Outline

• Introduction to a jurisdictional approach to REDD+?

• International trends on jurisdictional approaches

• FCPF Carbon Fund

Jurisdictional approach to REDD+? • What is the Jurisdictional Approach?

• An option to design the national framework (architecture) for REDD+ at the national level

• Addresses questions such as? • At what level can REDD+ activities take place? • Who leads these activities? • At what level to account for emissions reductions?

• Reaction to multiplication of stand-alone REDD+ projects + uncertainty about how these ‘nest’ into the national REDD+ framework environmental integrity

• Basic elements of the jurisdictional approach • REDD+ activities have a clear boundary: that of a legal jurisdiction (Province / State;

District, etc.) • MRV and REL should be set at an administrative level • Incentives / Performance-based also managed at that level • Multi-sectoral investments to REDD+ • Includes a policy interventions (land use planning, land tenure clarification, etc.)

International Trends • Jurisdictional approaches are gaining traction internationally

Demand-Side (Donors and markets)

• VCS (voluntary markets) • Jurisdictional and Nested

REDD+ guidelines

• California market • Jurisdictions in Brazil and

Mexico

• Germany (REM)

• FCPF Carbon Fund

Supply-side (REDD+ countries)

• Brazil • Acre state

• Costa Rica • DRC • Ethiopia • Mexico

FCPF Carbon Fund: Introduction and Update

• FCPF Carbon Fund aims to pilot large scale performance-based payments against verified emissions reductions • Reward countries’ efforts to reduce deforestation and degradation • Different scales / levels of action (district, province, national), but

always within the national framework for REDD+ • Five Emissions Programs Programs expected

• Each at around US$60-70 million • FCPF Methodological framework under construction

• First draft of Methodological framework by June 2013

• Costa Rica has been selected by the Fund as a first Program

Readiness Fund

Capacity building

Committed: $258 million

Carbon Fund

Emission reductions (2011-2020)

Committed: $390 million

- 36 REDD countries - 18 donors - 6 categories of observers

The FCPF Carbon Fund

Emission Reduction Programs

• Compared with REDD+ projects, ER Programs happen at a jurisdictional level and typically propose multiple activities, policies and investments, as a coordinated set.

• Main elements include: • Institutional arrangements • Strategy to reduce deforestation • REL & MRV • Social and Environmental Safeguards and Co-benefits • Financial structure

FCPF: Link between National and Sub-National Level

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ER-PIN selection criteria into the FCPF

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• Signed a Readiness Preparation grant agreement • Reasonable and credible timeline to submit a Readiness Package

Progress towards Readiness

• High-level and cross-sectoral political commitment to the ER Program, and to implementing REDD+ Political commitment

• Consistent with the emerging Methodological Framework Methodological

Framework

• National level or at a significant sub-national scale. Jurisdictional • Generates a large volume of Emission Reductions Scale

• All the sections of the ER-PIN template are adequately addressed Technical soundness

• Generates substantial non-carbon benefits Non-carbon benefits

• Contains innovative features • Adds diversity and generate learning value for the Carbon Fund

Diversity and learning value

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