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Forests for climate
The Fly River, near Lake Murray in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. The run-off from destructive and illegal logging pollutes these waterways.
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Tropical deforestation is responsible for about 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, more than the entire international transport sector. Forest destruction in Indonesia and Brazil make these countries the third and fourth highest greenhouse gas emitters in the world, behind only the US and China.
Many countries with large tracts of tropical forest do not have sufficient funds available to protect their forests.
Greenpeace has the solution. Forests for Climate is a landmark proposal for an international funding mechanism to protect the world’s remaining tropical forests.
Forests for Climate is designed to fit into the Kyoto Protocol agreements on climate change. The proposal would raise funds to protect these forests by requiring industrialised countries to make a “tropical deforestation commitment”, which would be additional to crucial deeper cuts in their domestic energy and industrial emissions. The billions raised would then be given to developing countries that commit to ending the destruction of their tropical forests.
Tropical forests are essential to life itself; they keep climate in check, regulate water flow, and maintain the healthy ecosystems on which humanity depends.
Forests contain half of all life on earth, orangutans, elephants, tigers and jaguars are just some of the animals who make their homes in tropical forests. Up to 150 million indigenous people live in forests worldwide, they need to have their futures secured so they can remain guardians of the forests.
If countries commit to Forests for Climate, we can achieve win-win-win benefits for climate, biodiversity, and local communities and forest peoples.
Key documents:
Tropical Deforestation Emission Reduction Mechanism (TDERM): A Discussion Paper - 52 pages
Forests for Climate - brochure - 11 pages
Forests for Climate fact sheet - 2 pages
Many countries with large tracts of tropical forest do not have sufficient funds available to protect their forests.
Greenpeace has the solution. Forests for Climate is a landmark proposal for an international funding mechanism to protect the world’s remaining tropical forests.
Forests for Climate is designed to fit into the Kyoto Protocol agreements on climate change. The proposal would raise funds to protect these forests by requiring industrialised countries to make a “tropical deforestation commitment”, which would be additional to crucial deeper cuts in their domestic energy and industrial emissions. The billions raised would then be given to developing countries that commit to ending the destruction of their tropical forests.
Tropical forests are essential to life itself; they keep climate in check, regulate water flow, and maintain the healthy ecosystems on which humanity depends.
Forests contain half of all life on earth, orangutans, elephants, tigers and jaguars are just some of the animals who make their homes in tropical forests. Up to 150 million indigenous people live in forests worldwide, they need to have their futures secured so they can remain guardians of the forests.
If countries commit to Forests for Climate, we can achieve win-win-win benefits for climate, biodiversity, and local communities and forest peoples.
Key documents:
Tropical Deforestation Emission Reduction Mechanism (TDERM): A Discussion Paper - 52 pages
Forests for Climate - brochure - 11 pages
Forests for Climate fact sheet - 2 pages
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