Choices in Quantifying Carbon for Jurisdictional REDD+ : Overview from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
The Carbon Fund of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) is set up to pilot performance-based payment systems for emission reductions generated from REDD+ efforts in developing countries.. The piloting efforts include setting a good practic...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/943271622124145242/Overview-from-the-Forest-Carbon http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35707 |
| Summary: | The Carbon Fund of the Forest Carbon
Partnership Facility (FCPF) is set up to pilot
performance-based payment systems for emission reductions
generated from REDD+ efforts in developing countries.. The
piloting efforts include setting a good practice benchmark
for robust carbon quantification that is fit for the purpose
of attracting performance-based payment. An analysis of the
choices that the country programs in the Carbon Fund make in
quantifying carbon shows an emerging picture of what is
currently feasible in terms of quantifying emissions and
removals for REDD+. The impact of the Carbon Fund on the
larger REDD+ process is only just beginning to be visible.
The good practice benchmark set by the Carbon Fund can also
inform the carbon quantification choices of countries that
do not participate in the Carbon Fund. The data sets and
approaches described in this paper represent what countries
had been able to achieve by early 2020 with ample access to
technical support, strong motivation from the prospect of
results-based payments, and when working at the scale of
subnational jurisdictions. The lessons learned from the
Carbon Fund’s work in this area can help raise the standard
for all countries in their efforts to attract results-based
payments for REDD. |
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