2018 Progress Assessment Goal 7 Update

The 2018 Progress Assessment Goal 7 Update reports that Goal 7, which sought to include forest-related mitigation in a post-2020 global climate agreement, was achieved through the 2015 Paris Agreement. The report evaluates progress based on the operationalization of REDD+ financing and the inclusion of land-use targets in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

• Goal 7 was successfully met via the Paris Agreement, which entered into force in November 2016 and includes Article 5, a section specifically dedicated to forests and land use to support overall mitigation goals.
• As of September 2017, 116 of the 165 countries that submitted NDCs included land use in a quantified emissions target. Among these, 91 countries used economy-wide or multisector targets, 20 used specific land-use emissions targets, and five used both. Additionally, 63 countries proposed non-emission targets or actions regarding land use, such as forest cover goals or the creation of protected areas.
• The land-use sector has significant potential for climate mitigation, potentially contributing approximately 25 percent of global emissions reductions needed by 2050 to limit warming to 1.5°C. If all current conditional and unconditional NDCs are implemented, land-use reductions would represent 10 to 30 percent of total reductions by 2030, though higher ambition is required to meet the 1.5°C or 2°C goals.
• The operationalization of the REDD+ framework depends on financing modalities for results-based payments through the Green Climate Fund (GCF). In late 2017, the GCF Board approved two proposals: one for a results-based payments pilot program and another covering the readiness phase (Phase 1) and the implementation of national policies and strategies (Phase 2).
• Financial constraints are a major barrier to achieving land-use targets, with 105 countries making at least some of their land-use targets conditional on receiving international financing as of September 2017.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (2018). 2018 Progress Assessment Goal 7 Update. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2018Goal7.pdf

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. 2018 Progress Assessment Goal 7 Update. 2018. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2018Goal7.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessment20182018, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{2018 Progress Assessment Goal 7 Update}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2018}, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2018Goal7.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }