1. Briefing to the Permanent Missions to the United Nations in Geneva May 9th 2011 Andreas Tveteraas - Senior Adviser - at@md.dep.no Norway´s support to REDD+ and the UN-REDD Programme

2. The Norwegian Climate and Forest Initiative | Bali, 2007. Prime Minister Stoltenberg says: …Therefore I am pleased to announce that the Norwegian government is prepared to increase its support to prevent deforestation in developing countries… …we have to work out systems that ensure that emission reductions are real. We are going to pursue this together with the UN, the World Bank and partner countries….

3. The Norwegian Climate and Forest Initiative | REDD+: Emissions reduction Low-carbon development Livelihoods Biodiversity Ecosystems Rights Photo: Tom Schandy Photo: Thomas Marent Sources: IPCC; WRI/CAIT

4. The Norwegian Climate and Forest Initiative | 3 Allocation toSize (~USD)Timing The UN-REDD Programme National REDD strategies in forest countries International methodology development Sharing of experiences and lessons learned 125 mill 2008-2012 Forest Carbon Partnership Facility National REDD strategies in forest countries Sharing of experiences and lessons learned 40 mill Up to 100mill 2008-2010 2011- Forest Investment Programme Transformational change in pilot countries 50- 150 mill 2010-2012 Congo Basin Forest Fund Support to COMIFAC countries 83 mill 2008- International Tropical Timber Organization Support to ITTO REDDES ProgrammE 8 mill 2009+2010 Brazil (Amazon Fund) Results based Up to 1 bn 2008 -2015 Tanzania Support to national REDD efforts Pilot experiences and methodology development Up to 83 mill Over 5 years Indonesia Results based Up to 1 bn2010 - Guyana Results based Up to 250 mill 2010-2015 Mexico REDD methodology development (MRV) Up to 15 mill 2011-2013 Civil Society Pilot experiences and methodology development 60 mill 2009 +2010 Our portfolio: Going wide + going far + creating experience Multilateral Bilateral Multi-bi

5. The Norwegian Climate and Forest Initiative | Why the UN-REDD Programme? Launched September 2008: Norway initial contributor (12 mill USD) Why? Strong UN involvement in developing REDD+ is a must (national+international levels) Provide normative development and legitimacy Increase likelihood of lasting and sustainable results The combined strengths /the collaboration between: FAO: MRV (monitoring, reporting, verification of emissions, forest governance sustainable management of natural resources) UNDP: country presence human & sustainable development and poverty eradication UNEP: integrate climate responses into national development ecosystems approach environmental governance 4

6. The Norwegian Climate and Forest Initiative | Very positive developments since 2008 Increasing numbers of participating forest countries (13+16) Increasing number of donors (Denmark, Spain, EU, Japan) New UN-REDD strategy from 2011: Targeted support to countries in 6 areas: MRV, governance, stakeholder engagement, multiple benefits, transparent, equitable and accountable management, sector transformation “Direct“ support to countries or areas possible Cancún-developments the UN-REDD Programme even more relevant: safeguards related to stakeholder engagement, indigenous peoples rights, governance, protection of natural forests... Increased coordination between international REDD+ initiatives: Avoiding overlap - comparative strengths – support country strategies Forest Carbon Partnership Facility: Joint templates, aligned processes, secretariat functions for the REDD+ partnership 5