Simplified Approval Process DIRECTRICES TECNICAS DEL PROCESO DE APROBACIÓN SIMPLIFICADO (SAP) REDD+

The document outlines the technical guidelines for the Simplified Approval Process (SAP) for REDD+, designed to help countries meet UNFCCC requirements and implement innovative demonstration activities to access results-based payments (RBP). It specifies a mandatory two-component project structure: one focused on UNFCCC compliance (such as national forest monitoring systems and strategies) and another on innovative field-level demonstrations (such as private sector investment and sustainable forest management). The guide emphasizes a landscape approach to address deforestation and forest degradation while ensuring minimal environmental and social risk.

• The SAP REDD+ is designed for countries in the early phases of REDD+ (preparation and implementation) that need support to meet UNFCCC eligibility requirements for results-based payments (RBP), or for those who have met them but need to update or expand their efforts.
• To accelerate funding through the SAP REDD+, proposals must include two fixed components: compliance with UNFCCC requirements for REDD+ RBP and innovative REDD+ demonstration activities.
• Component 1 focuses on meeting five specific UNFCCC requirements: a national REDD+ strategy or action plan; a forest reference level or forest emission reference level; a national forest monitoring system; a system for safeguards information; and fully measured, reported, and verified results-based measures.
• Component 2 allows for innovative demonstration activities across five REDD+ areas: reducing emissions from deforestation, reducing emissions from forest degradation, conserving forest carbon stocks, sustainable forest management, and increasing forest carbon stocks.
• Demonstration activities in Component 2 can include innovative financial instruments like blended finance and impact investments, sustainable financial structures for public and private sectors, and technological solutions integrating local knowledge.
• Projects under the SAP must ensure that demonstration activities generate almost no environmental risk, falling into category C or mediation 3 of the GCF's social and environmental policy, and must still implement stakeholder engagement and a grievance redress mechanism.

APA

Galmez, V., Dumas-Johansen, M., & Chang, J. (n.d.). Simplified Approval Process DIRECTRICES TECNICAS DEL PROCESO DE APROBACIÓN SIMPLIFICADO (SAP) REDD+. Green Climate Fund. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/directrices-te-cnicas-del-sap-redd.pdf

Chicago

Galmez, Veronica, Marc Dumas-Johansen, and Juan Chang. Simplified Approval Process DIRECTRICES TECNICAS DEL PROCESO DE APROBACIÓN SIMPLIFICADO (SAP) REDD+. Green Climate Fund, n.d. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/directrices-te-cnicas-del-sap-redd.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{galmezndsimplified, author = {Galmez, Veronica and Dumas-Johansen, Marc and Chang, Juan}, title = {{Simplified Approval Process DIRECTRICES TECNICAS DEL PROCESO DE APROBACIÓN SIMPLIFICADO (SAP) REDD+}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/directrices-te-cnicas-del-sap-redd.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }