Forests and climate change: an update on the global debate about forests within the climate change context (REDD+)

course outline

Deforestation is the second largest contributor to human induced carbon emissions, after fossil fuel consumption. This course introduces participants to the role of forests in regulating the climate and possible effects of climate change on forests, the impacts of deforestation and forest degradation on global atmospheric carbon, the rapidly changing framework of policy and tools for managing forest carbon, and implications of for conservation and forest-dependent peoples.

The course will look in detail at the place of forests in the United Nations Climate Change Convention including the renewed focus on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) following the Bali UN conference, and the influence of forestry standards and certification schemes, carbon markets and multilateral investment, and forest law-enforcement, governance and trade initiatives. The course will use case studies to illustrate key topics and create a space for

Outcomes

By the end of the course participants will be familiar with the role of forests in the carbon cycle and climate change, and understand the ways in which climate change is affecting forest management and governance.

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