In this section you will find updates from the meeting, interviews with some of the participants and IUCN's press releases.
News from Bangkok
Who will pay for REDD?
If you found the acronym REDD, which stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, confusing, prepare yourself for a new one; REDD-Plus. Consuelo Espinosa, IUCN's Senior Forest and Climate Change Officer, explains what the terms means and examines how REDD-Plus financing will work. She says that if developed countries are going to foot the bill, developing countries must be prepared to prove exactly what the funding they received achieved. …
01 Oct 2009 | Audio
Make sure REDD rewards right people
Ghan Shyam Pandey, from the Federation of Community Forest Users in Nepal, speaks to Wild Talk about the community-managed forests in his region. He says Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) will have to compensate the communities who actually protect the forests, rather than the governments and state agencies, if it is to be sustainable. …
01 Oct 2009 | Audio
Natural solutions for climate change - IUCN
Governments meeting in Bangkok at the UN Climate Change talks must recognize that managing nature better helps people adapt to climate change and can actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to IUCN. …
28 Sep 2009 | International news release
UNFCCC negotiations doomed to failure without gender
Millions of lives will be lost if governments fail to recognize the importance of gender in the text currently under negotiation at the UNFCCC climate change talks. …
28 Sep 2009 | News story
Gender and climate change capacity strengthened
Forty five of Asia’s foremost sustainable development and climate change practitioners are currently attending the Asia chapter of a global capacity drive on gender and climate change convened by the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) in Bangkok, Thailand. …
24 Sep 2009 | News story
