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 Climate Documents

 
 
A key component of CI's work is liaising with governments and participating in global dialogues to advance effective solutions to climate change. Below are our latest materials.


Policy briefs


REDD+
Performance-based REDD+ (PDF - 68 KB)
REDD+ Monitoring and MRV text analysis (PDF - 150 KB)
REDD+ MRV Case Studies (PDF - 150 KB)
Safeguard Information Systems (SIS): An Opportunity for REDD+ Countries and Donors Alike (PDF - 209 KB) (日本語)
REDD+ Technical Assessment for Reference Levels (PDF - 66.4 KB)
Financing results-based actions for REDD+ (PDF - 150 KB)
Addressing drivers of emissions from deforestation (PDF - 155 KB)
CAN Submission: Addressing drivers of deforestation (PDF - 604 KB)
Forest monitoring systems for REDD+ (PDF - 677 KB)

Adaptation
Adaptation Policy Brief (PDF - 424 KB)
Nairobi Work Program Submissions

Cambodia (PDF - 255 KB)
Colombia (PDF - 462 KB)
IKI (Brazil, Philippines, South Africa) (PDF - 420 KB)
Madagascar (PDF - 408 KB)

Agriculture
Agriculture in the UNFCCC (PDF - 161 KB)

Finance
Climate Finance Policy Brief (PDF - 328 KB)


Upcoming UNFCCC Meetings
Policy recommendations for COP18, Doha, Qatar (PDF - 166 KB)

Readout of Recent UNFCCC Meetings — Learn more about the most recent meeting »
Outcome of Doha Climate Negotiations - CI Analysis (PDF - 242 KB)
Outcome of Bangkok Climate Negotiations - CI Analysis (PDF - 196 KB)
Outcome of Bonn 2012 Climate Negotiations - CI Analysis (PDF - 203 KB)
Outcome of Durban Climate Negotiations - CI Analysis (PDF - 208 KB)

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Reports and Strategy

REDD Lessons Learned
Celia A. Harvey, Olaf Zerbock, Stavros Papageorgiou and Angel Parra

DOWNLOAD: What is needed to make REDD+ work on the ground? Lessons learned from pilot forest carbon initiatives. (PDF - 1.78MB)

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Climate Change & the Role of Forests: A Community Manual
Susan Stone and Mario Chacón León

This document is part of a series of products created to provide training to indigenous peoples' organizations and local NGOs to support their efforts to bring information to indigenous peoples and local communities on the basics of climate change and REDD+. Download this manual in:

Natural Solutions to Climate Change

We have outlined our five approaches to identifying the natural solutions to climate change. They are: REDD+, Ecosystem-Based Adaptation, Policy, Climate-Friendly Land Use and Blue Carbon. Learn more about these specific approaches »

DOWNLOAD: Natural Solutions to Climate Change (PDF - 572 KB)


Textbook

Climate Change Biology

CI biologist Lee Hannah has written the first undergraduate textbook on the effects climate change on nature and biodiversity — Climate Change Biology (Elsevier).
ISBN: 978-0-12-374182-0

To learn more about this unique text and supporting course materials, visit:

WEBSITE: Climate Change Biology Textbook

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