ENHANCEMENT OF AFRICAN NATIONAL FOREST GOVERNANCE

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ENHANCEMENT OF AFRICAN NATIONAL FOREST GOVERNANCE TO RESPOND TO THE PARIS AGREEMENT AND RELATED GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES AND INITIATIVES Presented by FOKABS: Dieudonne Alemagi/Ngwa Elvis Suh 27/08/2021 1 CONTENT Introduction and justification of the study Objectives of the study Methodology and analysis approaches Results on key result areas, discussion, conclusion and recommendations Key messages and policy implications 27/08/2021 2 1. INTRODUCTION AND JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY The PA adopted in 2015 during the UNFCCC COP 21 as a legally binding framework to tackle climate change outlines key commitments towards climate change mitigation and adaptation (Streck et al., 2016 and Ecbi, 2018). Member states’ actions towards the achievement of the Paris Agreement goal are pledged using INDC-NDC approach (individual), and are to communicate progress of the implementation every 5 years (Articles 4.2, 4.8 and 4.9, UNFCCC Paris Agreement) In parallel, world leaders also adopted the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development with the objective to produce a set of universal goals to meet the urgent environmental, political and economic challenges facing the world. The NDC and the 2030 agenda for SD represent a great potential for synergy and complementarity (Ecbi, 2018). Forest among the main GHG sinks/resevoirs need protection. The PA encourages parties to take actions toward ER from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation and sustainable management of forest carbon sinks (PA article 4.1 &2) which involves Mit & Adapt. The forest sector globally represents the world’s most important carbon sink with an estimated 77% of all carbon stored in vegetation and 39% stored in soils (GIZ, 2017). 27/08/2021 3 1. INTRODUCTION CNT’D FLULUC contributed to 23% of GHGs from 2007 to 2016 caused by DD in the tropical belt (IPCC, 2014 and Federici et al., 2015) The importance of the forest sector to meet global and national ambitions let to the adoption of the first ever United Nations Strategic Plans for the Forest for 2017-2030 which forged the special session of the UN Forest Forum in January 2017 (UNFF, 2019) mong other initiatives. The forest sector continuously witness increasing conversion to other land uses and degradation (FAO, 2018). Many International Forest Governance and Policy Arrangements (IFGAs) to strengthen the protection and sustainable management of forest presents limiting (Sotirov et al, 2020) Deforestation and forest degradation tends continue to increase and the global community is far from attaining agreed sustainable development targets (Pokorny et al, 2019) Fig.1