NEW YORK DECLARATION ON FORESTS PROGRESS ASSESSMENT

This report assesses progress toward Goal 7 of the New York Declaration on Forests, which focuses on integrating forest-related mitigation measures into post-2020 global climate agreements. It specifically evaluates the operationalization of REDD+ financing through the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the inclusion of land-use targets in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement.

• The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is implementing a "two-track approach" to REDD+ financing. The first track is a pilot program for results-based payments with a proposed price of USD 5 per tCO e, expected to be finalized in October 2017. The second track provides funding for the readiness phase (Phase 1) and the implementation of national policies and strategies (Phase 2) through standard GCF funding modalities, including the Private Sector Facility.
• As of September 2017, 25 countries had submitted at least one Forest Reference Level (FRL) or Forest Reference Emission Level (FREL), which are preconditions for receiving results-based finance. Of these, 13 countries had at least one approved. The submissions included 21 national and four sub-national FRLs/FRELs.
• Analysis of NDCs shows that 116 out of 165 countries proposed a quantified emission mitigation target including land use. Within this group, 91 countries plan for an economy-wide or multi-sector target, 20 plan for a specific land-use emissions target, and five plan for both. Additionally, 63 countries proposed non-emissions targets or actions on land use, such as goals for forest cover or protected areas.
• While land-use targets are widely included in NDCs, 105 countries have made at least some part of these targets conditional on international financing. Furthermore, a report indicates that if all conditional and unconditional NDCs are implemented, land-use reductions would account for 10 to 30 percent of total reductions by 2030, which is insufficient to meet the 1.5°C or 2°C goals of the Paris Agreement.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (2018). NEW YORK DECLARATION ON FORESTS PROGRESS ASSESSMENT. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2017Goal7.pdf

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. NEW YORK DECLARATION ON FORESTS PROGRESS ASSESSMENT. 2018. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2017Goal7.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessment2018new, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{NEW YORK DECLARATION ON FORESTS PROGRESS ASSESSMENT}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2018}, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2017Goal7.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }