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Forests and Climate Change Toolbox PDF Print E-mail

This Forests and Climate Change Toolbox has been developed to build understanding and technical proficiency on issues of climate change and forests including mitigation, adaptation, carbon accounting and markets, and biofuels.

Topic 1 - Integrating climate change into forestry
 
Topic 2 - Climate change and forests – exploring the interlinkages
 Section A - A brief introduction to climate change and forests
 Section B -Integrating climate change into forestry: mitigation
 Section C -Integrating climate change into forestry: adaptation
 Section D -Integrating climate change into forestry: exercise on a conceptual framework
 
Topic 3 – All you need to know about adaptation
 Section A - Introduction to adaptation
 Section B -Forests for adaptation
 Section C -Adaptation for forests
 Section D -Adaptation: examples and case studies
 
Topic 4 – Why is carbon counting important?
 Section A - Carbon accounting: introduction
 Section B -Carbon accounting: quick steps
 Section C -Carbon accounting: field measurements
 Section D -Forest carbon calculator
 Section E - Carbon accounting: modelling
 Section F -Carbon accounting: monitoring
 
Topic 5 – Climate change mitigation mechanisms, markets and projects
 Section A - Introduction to mitigation mechanisms and markets
 Section B -Introduction to payments for ecosystem services (PES)
 Section C -Forest and carbon mechanisms: major issues
 Section D -The Clean Development Mechanism: overview
 Section E - The Clean Development Mechanism: in depth
 Section F -Example of an afforestation/reforestation Clean Development Mechanism project in Sirsa, Haryana, India
 Section G -The Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation Programme (REDD & REDD-plus)
 Section H -Preliminary results from the survey of emerging
REDD demonstration and readiness activities
 Section I -Voluntary markets for afforestation, reforestation and avoided deforestation
 
Topic 6 – The role of biofuels
 Section A - Introduction to biofuels
 Section B -Biofuels – impact on climate change
 Section C -Biofuel policy issues related to economic development and environmental sustainability