Progress on the New York Declaration on Forests – An Assessment Framework and Initial Report: Technical Annexes

The document evaluates the status of land-use and forestry commitments within the UNFCCC framework ahead of the December 2015 Paris Agreement. It finds that while the REDD+ methodological framework is largely complete, the final text of the Paris Agreement remained under intense negotiation. Analysis of 122 submitted INDCs reveals that most countries set economy-wide targets, with 40 including specific forest actions and 18 explicitly excluding the land-use sector.

• As of November 1, 2015, the negotiating text for the post-2020 climate agreement contained various options for including land-use and REDD+, but the overall structure remained under intense debate, making it too early to determine the final framing of these elements.
• The methodological framework for REDD+ is considered essentially complete following the adoption of three new methodological decisions by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice in June 2015.
• The Green Climate Fund had not yet finalized the modalities for results-based payments for REDD+, which is described as a prerequisite for making REDD+ operational, though the Fund was expected to be operational by the end of 2015.
• An analysis of 122 INDCs submitted by October 2, 2015, shows that most states established quantified economy-wide targets rather than sectoral ones, leaving it unclear if emission reductions would specifically be achieved in the forest sector.
• Among the submitted INDCs, 40 parties included specific actions on forests and land-use, while 18 countries specifically excluded these sectors from their targets.
• There is some convergence on accounting methodologies among countries that addressed land use in their INDCs, with a majority referring to the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change Guidelines, though they differ on whether to use the 1996 or 2006 versions.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (2015). Progress on the New York Declaration on Forests – An Assessment Framework and Initial Report: Technical Annexes. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2015Goal7.pdf

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. Progress on the New York Declaration on Forests – An Assessment Framework and Initial Report: Technical Annexes. 2015. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2015Goal7.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessment2015progress, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{Progress on the New York Declaration on Forests – An Assessment Framework and Initial Report: Technical Annexes}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2015}, month = nov, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2015Goal7.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }