Can you review the current draft text on markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, and APA agenda items 12(a) and (b), cooperative approaches and sustainable development mechanism, respectively, and suggest additions and/or amendments to ensure the protection and management of forests will be part of future discussions? Advice: Some parties are …

How likely is it that REDDplus (or REDD+) can be registered as a trademark in the US? Who can object? What would this mean for the use of the term by others? Advice: 1. How likely it is – in your view – that the application will be approved? The application has been initially refused […]

What are the advantages and disadvantages of including REDD+ activities in the sustainable development mechanism established under Article 6 para.4 of the Paris Agreement? Advice: Introduction 1. The inclusion of REDD+ activities in the sustainable development mechanism under Art 6(4) of the Paris Agreement would allow for REDD+ activities to be traded …

How does Article 3bis of the draft agreement incorporate or build on previous work on REDD+ under the Convention? Advice: Article 3 bis incorporates the relevant decisions related to REDD+ from prior COP decisions. The reference in #1 of Article 3 bis makes reference to the decisions made in the Warsaw COP (i.e., 9/CO.19 to […]

The text for the proposed REDD-plus mechanism under the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has recently developed as follows: 15 December 2009 – draft REDD text as at the end of COP 15; 11 February 2010 – draft REDD text as amended by the AWG-LCA; 17 May 2010 – Advance Version of […]