ROW MRV Workshop

ROW MRV Workshop

Stanford University

February 5, 2023

This workshop discussed the key environmental considerations in the development of a REDD offset program including the establishment of reference levels against which emissions reductions should be measured, systems to monitor, report and verify avoided deforestation and degradation, and ways to ensure that programmatic emissions reductions are in addition to those that would have otherwise taken place.

Video

Slides

State of Acre - Poverty alleviation and environmental conservation from greentechleadership

MRV – SISA from greentechleadership

Monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of activities for reducing forest related GHG emissions (REDD+) from greentechleadership

REDD Offset Working Group - Overview of Recommendations from greentechleadership

Agenda

California Climate Policy & Tropical Forests:

A Stakeholder Dialogue on REDD+ Monitoring, Carbon Accounting, and Architecture

February 5, 2023

MacKenzie Room, Huang Engineering Building, Stanford University

8:30 – 9:00

Coffee & Registration

9:00-9:30

Tony Brunello (Executive Director, Green Technology Leadership) – Welcome

Christopher Field (Director, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science; Co-Chair, IPCC Working Group II)

Tony Brunello – Presentation of ROW Recommendations

9:30 – 10:15

Part I: Jurisdictional REDD+: Scope, Reference Levels, Additionality

Key Question: What is jurisdictional REDD+ and how does it achieve and account for greenhouse gas emissions reductions?

Moderator: Louis Blumberg (Director, Climate Change Program-California, The Nature Conservancy)

Speakers: Daniel Nepstad (Executive Director, IPAM International Program), Derik Broekhoff (Vice President, Policy, Climate Action Reserve), Monica de los Rios (Advisor to the President, Institute of Climate Change & Regulation of Environmental Services, Government of Acre, Brazil)
10:15 – 10:30

Break
10:30 – 12:00

Facilitated discussion & questions on Part I

12:00 – 1:30

Lunch

1:30 – 2:30

Part II: Jurisdictional REDD+: Measurement, Reporting & Verification

Key Question: Can we measure, monitor, report and verify carbon emissions reductions at jurisdiction-wide scales?

Moderator: Claudia Stickler (Staff Scientist, IPAM International Program)

Speakers: Martin Herold (Professor, Center of Geo-Information, Department of Environmental Science, Wageningen University), Gregory Asner (Staff Scientist, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science), Monica de los Rios (Advisor to the President, Institute of Climate Change & Regulation of Environmental Services, Government of Acre, Brazil)

2:30 – 3:30

Facilitated discussion & questions on Part II

3:30 – 3:45

Break

3:45 – 4:45

Facilitated questions & discussion on Relevant ROW recommendations

Moderator: Tony Brunello (Executive Director, Green Technology Leadership)

4:45 – 5:00

Closing: Nathaniel Keohane (Vice-President, Environmental Defense Fund)

Reception to Follow