Climate Change TV » Forestry / forestation

Davyth Stewart (June 2011)

francesca — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 04:41:19 +0000

Davyth Stewart, Senior Campaigner for Global Witness, discusses the problems in carbon markets and REDD, where the devil has proved to be in the detail. He considers other creative financing and governance reform, explaining how,although this is a sovereign issue, there are ways to encourage it.

Duncan Marsh (June 2011)

francesca — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:09:56 +0000

Duncan Marsh, from The Nature Conservancy, considers forestry and adaptation. He explains how rules for REDD for developed countries may not be the same for developing countries. He touches on the oppotunity to use insurance in adaptation measures. He also alludes to the in-fighting last week, and speculates on why this happened.

Kailash Vijayvargiya (June 2011)

francesca — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:53:25 +0000

Kailash Vijayvargiya, Minister for the Government of M.P (Madhya Pradesh) in India, connects this negotiations with his state. He explains how, because of its history, Bhopal is uniquely placed to prioritise environmental issues. He discusses the forestry initiatives they are undertaking and hopes for the talks.

***This interview is in Hindi and English***

Vasco de Araújo (June 2011)

francesca — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:42:33 +0000

Vasco de Araújo (June 2011), Deputy Secretary of the Environment for the city of Belo Horizonte, talks about the effects of climate change they are facing already, such as landslides, and how they dealing with them. He talks about deforestation, transport and public engagement across the region, referring to their policy and action on reforestation and bans of plastic bags. ***This interview is in Portuguese and English***

Andrew Steer on making Durban a success (June 2011)

francesca — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 17:32:58 +0000

The World Bank’s Special Envoy on Climate Change, Andrew Steer, summarises what it will take to make Durban a success. He starts with moving forward on the Cancun Agreements, looking at the technology mechanism, progress on the Green Fund, making the Adaptation Committee operational, the small island developing states, reforming the CDM (to make it easier for Africa to join) and fully endorsing REDD. Beyond that, he refers to the need to look at agriculture. He also discusses integration across countries, citing as an aim a unified electricity grid for Africa, and finishes on the urgent need for creative thinking over finance.

Agus Sari (April 2011)

climatechangetv — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:35:20 +0000

Agus Sari from the Indonesian delegation and CEO of Sustainable Conservation discusses forestry, REDD and related issues. He explores the developing countries concerns over the safeguards currently proposed over financing and alludes to the responsibilities of industrially developed counties.

Audun Rosland (April 2011)

climatechangetv — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:19:03 +0000

Audun Rosland, head of the delegation from Norway, discusses the REDD arrangements. He says Cancun was better than expected. He agrees the issue of safeguards is blocking movements, but that SBSTA has been mandated to move forward on this. He outlines what these safeguards are (such as permanence and leakage) and why they are in place. He moves on to financing and carbon markets and explains where we are now.

Davyth Stewart (April 2011)

climatechangetv — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:55:33 +0000

Davyth Stewart, Senior Campaigner for Global Witness, brings us up to date on REDD, looking at the detail for its implementation. He mentions how it is “being held hostage to the broader negotiations” and how this is not necessarily the best forum for REDD.

Erik Solheim (December 2010)

francesca — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:02:55 +0000

Erik Solheim, Minister of the Environment and International Development, Norway, discusses the Norway-Brazil forestry discussions. He also discusses issues of corruption and finance and how Norway punches above its weight in the negotiations.

Frances Seymour (December 2010)

francesca — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:59:14 +0000

Frances Seymour, Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research, talks about the 13 million hectares of forests lost annually, and the state of REDD+ negotiations, the impact an agreement could have on deforestation rates and the challenges of implementing a future pact.