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How do REDD+ projects contribute to the goals of the Paris Agreement?

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Title How do REDD+ projects contribute to the goals of the Paris Agreement?
 
Creator Atmadja, S.
Duchelle, A.E.
De Sy, V.
Selviana, V.
Komalasari, M.
Sills, E.O.
Angelsen, A.
 
Subject research projects
climate change
mitigation
monitoring
data collection
 
Description Hundreds of projects to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhance carbon stocks (REDD+) are implemented globally, many by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or for-profit companies. Yet, at the global level, the Paris Agreement focuses on jurisdictional (national and subnational) REDD+. We ask: (1) How much can REDD+ projects contribute to achieving national and international climate objectives? (2) What are the issues in integrating REDD+ projects into national carbon accounting? Our snapshot of 377 REDD+ projects covering 53 million ha in 56 countries is based on data from the International Database on REDD+ Projects (ID-RECCO) supplemented with new data on projects' accounting methods. The number of new REDD+ projects declined steadily from 45 new projects in 2011 to five in 2019. We examined 161 certified projects that started between 2007 and 2017; 96 of these could sell carbon credits in voluntary carbon markets by 2020 and spent on average 4.7 (± 2.4) years between project start and sales in voluntary carbon markets. Globally, REDD+ projects claim to reduce an average of 3.67 tCO2e/ha annually. This figure - combined with projects limited coverage - implies that projects need to be upscaled more than 40x to fulfil the potential contribution of tropical and subtropical forests towards limiting global warming to well below 2oC. Compared to the national carbon accounting methods, most projects in Colombia, Indonesia and Peru (63 of 86) use at least one different carbon accounting parameter. Carbon accounting inconsistencies across levels need to be addressed. Overall, the argument for REDD+ projects lies in the emissions reductions they can achieve, diversifying participation in REDD+ and providing non-carbon benefits to local communities, potentially leading to broader support for climate action.
 
Date 2022-04-01
2022-08-03T04:01:24Z
2022-08-03T04:01:24Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Atmadja, S.S., Duchelle, A.E., De Sy, V., Selviana, V., Komalasari, M., Sills, E.O. and Angelsen, A. 2022. How do REDD+ projects contribute to the goals of the Paris Agreement? Environmental Research Letters 17(4): 044038. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac5669
1748-9326
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120410
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac5669/pdf
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac5669
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 044038
 
Publisher IOP Publishing
 
Source Environmental Research Letters