Research handbook on REDD+ and International law / edited by Christina Voigt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Voigt, Christina, editor.

Series:

Research handbooks in climate law.

Research handbooks in climate law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (Program)--Research.

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (Program).

Forest conservation--Law and legislation.

Forest conservation.

International law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (496 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

The REDD+ initiative for Reducing Emissions of greenhouse gases from Deforestation and Forest Degradation is an important tool, established under the UNFCCC, for incentivizing developing countries to adopt and scale up climate mitigation actions in the forest sector and for capturing and channeling the financial resources to do so. With contributions from legal experts, international relations scholars, climate change negotiators and activists, this Handbook eloquently examines the emerging governance arrangements for REDD+, analysing how and to what extent it is embedded in the international

Contents:

Front matter; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Table of cases and legislation; Introduction: the kaleidoscopic world of REDD+; PART I REDD+ IN THE UN CLIMATE REGIME: HISTORY, DESIGN, GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE; 1. History and future of REDD+ in the UNFCCC: issues and challenges; 2. The Warsaw Framework for REDD+: implications for national implementation and results-based finance; PART II REDD+ LINKAGES TO OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

3. The institutional complex for REDD+: a 'benevolent jigsaw'?4. REDD+ and interacting legal regimes; 5. The legal status and role of safeguards; 6. The human rights of Indigenous Peoples and forest-dependent communities in the complex legal framework for REDD+; 7. The Convention on Biological Diversity and REDD+; PART III GLOBAL GOVERNANCE FOR REDD+; 8. Addressing drivers of deforestation and forest degradation through international law; 9. REDD+, tenure and indigenous property: the promise and peril of a 'human rights-based approach'

10. REDD+ and multilevel governance beyond the climate negotiations11. Seeing the forest for the trees: getting post-Earth Summit forest protection back on track; PART IV REDD+ FINANCE, MARKETS AND INVESTMENT; 12. Managing fiduciary risk in REDD+; 13. REDD+ instruments, international investment rules and sustainable landscapes; PART V FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AND LEGAL CHALLENGES; 14. Rediscovering ambition, implementation and operationalization; 15. Adjudicating disputes across scales: global administrative law considerations for REDD+; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78347-831-4