Ceres Launches “Engage the Chain” Case Studies on Business Risks from Deforestation
December 11, 2017 | Climate Advisers | Financial Markets
CASE STUDY: Companies that fail to manage their environmental performance expose themselves to business risks. Rising consumer and investor awareness about the environmental and social impacts of deforestation is placing increased scrutiny on companies that source commodities from high-risk deforestation, to ensure that their products are not sourced with illegal or questionable environmental practices. Companies [&hellip
CORSIA Offers Opportunities for REDD+ Programs in Indonesia and Ethiopia
November 22, 2017 | Climate Advisers | Diplomacy, Energy, Forests & Lands
CASE STUDY: The Carbon Offsetting Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) is a mechanism for airlines to achieve international aviation’s target of carbon neutral growth post-2020 by purchasing emission reductions achieved outside the sector. This is an opportunity for countries to finance programs that reduce emissions from airlines investing in those reductions. Throughout 2017 Climate [&hellip
Aviation Climate Plans Could Pay Anti-Deforestation Dividends in Colombia
August 23, 2017 | Climate Advisers | Diplomacy, Forests & Lands
PRESS RELEASE : The nation of Colombia could potentially attract hundreds of millions of dollars in investment to protect its forests through a system currently under consideration by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and its 191 member states, according to a new analysis by the firm Climate Advisers. The analysis finds that the benefits [&hellip
By the Numbers: Linking the ICAO Global Market-Based Mechanism to REDD+ in Colombia
August 14, 2017 | Climate Advisers | Forests & Lands
The nation of Colombia could attract hundreds of millions of dollars in investment for protecting its forests through a plan currently under consideration by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and its 191 member states, according to new analysis by the firm Climate Advisers. The analysis finds that the benefits of the plan would dramatically [&hellip
Cooperative Approaches for REDD+: Linking Articles 5 and 6 of the Paris Agreement
June 16, 2017 | Climate Advisers | Diplomacy, Forests & Lands
REPORT: The 194 signatories to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change ensured that it highlighted the importance of forests in reaching the 2° goal and encouraged each other to take action through the framework they had agreed to in 2013 – the Warsaw Framework for REDD+ (WFR). While many countries have included some consideration of the forest sector in [&hellip
REDD+: A Transparent Option for CORSIA
June 13, 2017 | Climate Advisers | Diplomacy, Forests & Lands
The Carbon Offset Reduction for International Aviation (CORSIA) is an opportunity to generate emission reductions in sectors that require additional investment. This can include the forest sector, through national REDD+ programs to tackle deforestation
Transparency is Key to Reducing Aviation Pollution
June 12, 2017 | Climate Advisers | Diplomacy
POLICY PAPER: Amid the recent gloom that surrounds climate change policy, one positive development from last year has flown under the radar. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) agreed to launch a Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). Their plan would cap the carbon dioxide pollution from flights between participating countries starting [&hellip
Statement of Nigel Purvis On Reports of Donald Trump Withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement
May 31, 2017 | Climate Advisers | US Policy & Politics
STATEMENT: “Donald Trump appears ready to announce that the 21st Century will belong to China. If it happens, Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement will hurt future generations, will undermine every aspect of U.S. foreign, trade and security policy
Introducing the Trump BackTracker | April 2017 Edition
April 20, 2017 | Climate Advisers | US Policy & Politics
PRESS RELEASE: The Trump BackTracker is a new, regularly updated analysis of all of climate policies on the books and in the pipeline at the end of the Obama administration – ranked by how vulnerable they are to backtracking by the Trump administration, and what that means for U.S. climate pollution trajectory
Using Aviation Emission Reduction Markets to Reduce Deforestation in Peru
April 3, 2017 | Climate Advisers | Diplomacy, Forests & Lands
REPORT: In October 2016, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and its 191 member States agreed to implement a Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA)to limit future increases in greenhouse gas emissions from the sector. This market-based scheme creates a potential global demand of over two billion tonnes of investment-ready emissions reductions [&hellip