Greentech Leadership Group
Forests 4 Climate (REDD Offset Working Group)
The Forests 4 Climate Initiative is the redesigned version of our REDD Offset Working Group (ROW), which was established in February 2011 as a result of a Memorandum of Understanding signed in November 2010 between the Governors of California, Chiapas, and Acre, as part of a collaborative effort to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD).
In early 2014, the GTLG, in collaboration with our nonprofit partners, will launch a website exclusively for Forests 4 Climate to focus on being an informational source for REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) and show how California could play in a role in reducing deforestation on a global stage with its cap-and-trade system. Sign up for the Forests 4 Climate email list and follow us on Twitter to get updates.
Deforestation and forest degradation account for approximately 15% of the world’s annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Comprehensive efforts to constrain the impacts of climate change will require significant global cooperation to reduce GHG emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. Based on direction in the MOU, the ROW was created with state representatives and technical experts, who serve in their personal capacities.
Final recommendations from the ROW are now available. Please click on the links below to read the ROW recommendations and the submittal letter to the California Air Resources Board.
Earlier this year, the ROW published draft recommendations, which allowed stakeholders to give feedback on the report. We reached out to stakeholders through three workshops and accepted public comments.
Download Final Recommendations:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Final ROW report executive summary
FULL DOCUMENT
Final ROW recommendations in English
Final ROW recommendations in Spanish
Final ROW recommendations in Portuguese
PRESS RELEASES
Press release for ROW recommendations from Green Technology Leadership Group
Press release for ROW recommendations from EDF, TNC, CI & IPAM
Press release for ROW recommendations from Code REDD
Press release for ROW recommendations from Chiapas State Government
ROW LETTER TO ARB
PAST WORKSHOPS
ROW MRV workshop ROW Safeguards workshop ROW Linkage workshop
These recommendations would not have been possible without the generous support of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, ClimateWorks, and the Climate and Land Use Alliance.
