the Forest for the Trees: Drivers & Barriers for
By Inken Reimer
FNI Climate Policy
Greater coordination amongst
donor countries is required in order to secure environmental and social
standards and to monitor the readiness of host countries to move from the
preparatory phase of REDD to generating actual reductions in emissions.
Clear and binding environmental and social safeguards must be
implemented to ensure equal credible standards for all REDD actors.
Alternatives to public financing of REDD are necessary to secure long-term
effectiveness of the mechanism.
Demand for REDD is dependent on
internationally agreed compliance obligations to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions; demands from individual national emissions trading systems may
impair the environmental quality of emission reduction units.