Guiding Principles for Delivering Coastal Wetland Carbon Projects
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The document discusses the importance of coastal wetland ecosystems in carbon sequestration and their potential for climate change mitigation and adaptation. It highlights the need for effective strategies to synergize these dual objectives and improve stakeholder engagement. Key speakers include experts from Indonesia, UNEP, and ESA, who share insights on best practices and emerging opportunities in coastal wetland carbon projects.
Guiding Principles for Delivering Coastal Wetland Carbon Projects
- 1. Moderator: Daniel Murdiyarso Principal Scientist, CIFOR Rapporteur: Kristell Hergoualc’h Scientist, CIFOR
- 2. Background • Coastal wetland ecosystems play a significant role in sequestering and storing carbon in biomass and soils. • These ecosystems are under tremendous pressure and the lost stocks may never be fully replaced. • Restoring coastal wetland may use ecosystem services the provide to engage wider stakeholders to participate. • Synergizing the dual objectives of climate change mitigation and adaptation could be a powerful tool for interventions.
- 3. Key questions • What are the options for finding synergies between mitigation and adaptation strategies? • How might policy and project interventions be refined to improve effectiveness? • How could best practices be documented and shared for wider stakeholders to encourage sustainable practices?
- 4. The speakers Heru Prasetyo Head, National REDD+ Agency – Indonesia Coastal blue carbon in Indonesia Tim Christophersen Senior Programme Officer, Forests and Climate Change, UNEP – Kenya From principles to practice: Achieving coastal mitigation and adaptation outcomes through demonstration projects and upscaling Steve Crooks Climate Change Program Manager, ESA – USA Principles and lessons learned from wetlands and carbon project Moritz von Unger Silvestrum VoF – The Netherlands Emerging opportunities for coastal wetland carbon projects development
- 5. Heru Prasetyo. Head of the REDD+ Agency of the Republic of Indonesia. Tim Christophersen. Coordinates the work on forests and climate change at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), including UNEP's role within the UN-REDD Programme, a collaborative initiative of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and UNEP to reduce deforestation in developing countries. He previously worked for the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Danish Ministry of the Environment, and the European Commission Stephen Crooks. Climate Change Program Manager at Environmental Science Associates (ESA). He is a wetland scientist, restoration practitioner and geomorphologist specializing in integrated climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies for coastal systems. He is a Lead Author of the IPCC 2013 Wetland Supplement (Coastal Wetland Chapter), one of the first Verified Carbon Standard AFOLU Expert for the Wetland Restoration and Conservation Category (WRC) and a founder of the Blue Carbon Initiative. Steve is the lead author the UNEP & CIFOR report: Guiding Principles for Coastal Wetland Carbon Projects. Moritz von Unger. Director and Atlas Environmental Law Advisory and Partner at Silvestrum VoF. Senior counsel and attorney specializing in international climate and environment law, with a particular focus on land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) and wetlands intervention. He has extensive experience in advising governments and the private sector on regulatory matters and investments in low carbon interventions. As a former member of the European Commission staff, he is a first-hand authority on public and administrative law and brings a deep sensitivity to working with multi-party international organizations.