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| COP21 in Paris |
$9.8 billion has been committed to the policy so countries around the world need to agree to it in Paris this month.
A further benefit of this policy is that indigenous people will benefit from REDD+ with the project offering support local communities in maintaining their forests and sustain their livelihoods.
Brazil is one of the leaders, poised to reduce deforestation emissions by 80% by 2020.
The urge to do something about deforestation goes beyond the metropolitan borders of Paris to corporate giants such as Marks and Spencer and Unilever who today (1st December) pledged support to reduce deforestation. The companies announced the initiative today and will develop sustainable palm oil, beef, paper and other commodities - but will this mean prices will go up?
42 other companies have pledged to be more sustainable in an article published by Business Green.
It will be interesting to see if the pledges made at these climate talks will actually be followed through in years to come.
This is just a short post to keep up to date with the current COP21 talks in Paris, the next full post will explore the complex politics of deforestation. I will keep my blog updated with news from the COP21 talks.
Hi Max, such an interesting and excitingly optimistic blog post today! COP21 is such an important international negotiation of our present and future and it's great to see that deforestation is such a massive feature. I feel that due to its size, Brazil's contribution to deforestation will make a massive difference, but what other countries with expansive forests are pledging? Also, can we argue that because forests act as carbon sinks that countries will be less inclined to significantly reduce emissions elsewhere and allow the forests to hide it? It's also encouraging to see that corporate giants are engaging with COP21 developments, hopefully this will aid the public awareness and responses to COP21, bringing it more into the public arena?
ReplyDeleteGreat post, I look forward to the next one!
Thanks for your comment! Yes its such a big thing and I think combating deforestation is much easier than perhaps other environmental problems but when so much can be made from logging we can never tell. It will be really interesting to see the outcomes of this - I know Prince Charles is trying to lead the summit in reducing deforestation. Hopefully some of it will pay off!
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