PROGRÈS SUITE À LA DÉCLARATION DE NEW YORK SUR LES FORÊTS

This October 2021 report evaluates progress toward Goal 7 of the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF), focusing on national climate action for forests. While it acknowledges the Paris Agreement's confirmation of the role of forests in the international climate agenda, it concludes that current efforts are insufficient to end deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The document provides a comprehensive set of recommendations for governments to strengthen ambition, increase financing, and implement six specific strategies to protect and manage forests sustainably.

• Goal 7 of the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) has been achieved in that the Paris Agreement has confirmed the critical role of forests within the international climate agenda.
• Despite some progress, such as the creation of over 50 national REDD+ programs and the establishment of robust forest monitoring systems by over one hundred governments, overall efforts have failed to address the complex drivers of deforestation and unsustainable land use.
• The world is unlikely to reach the NYDF 2030 goal of reducing forest loss in the short term, as all assessment indicators show either insufficient progress or a movement away from the objectives regarding deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions.
• Many governments lack quantitative forest mitigation targets in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement, and those that do exist are often insufficiently ambitious or dependent on international funding.
• Current financial flows for forest mitigation are a tiny fraction of what is required; governments are urged to increase national investment, international support, and reform 'grey' finance (subsidies with negative forest impacts) to make it 'green'.
• The report outlines six essential strategies for governments: strengthening forest and land use governance; guaranteeing the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities; aligning fiscal and economic incentives with mitigation goals; promoting multi-stakeholder collaboration via jurisdictional approaches; ensuring reliable forest monitoring and accounting; and expanding demand-side measures for importing governments.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (2021). PROGRÈS SUITE À LA DÉCLARATION DE NEW YORK SUR LES FORÊTS. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021NYDFReport_Recs_FR.pdf

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. PROGRÈS SUITE À LA DÉCLARATION DE NEW YORK SUR LES FORÊTS. 2021. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021NYDFReport_Recs_FR.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessment2021progrs, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{PROGRÈS SUITE À LA DÉCLARATION DE NEW YORK SUR LES FORÊTS}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, year = {2021}, month = oct, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021NYDFReport_Recs_FR.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }