Year: 2018
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Key messages• A REDD+ theory of change is expected to outline pathways using conditional incentives to achieve reduced emissions.But as practised, REDD+ has evolved into a diversity of measures, while the core element, conditionality, has rarely been applied.• Confusion arises when actors fail to distinguish between REDD+ as the outcome of reduced emissions and the framework to achieve them.Convoluted objectives, unclear donor commitments, and competing ideas about what REDD+ is and should pay for (compensation level, beneficiaries), complicate its implementation.• The way forward lies in recognising ideological differences for more constructive debates, clarifying technical objectives and embracing pragmatism in implementation. A theory of change is a roadmap that outlines how to build a successful transformationBut traditional REDD+ definitions miss or poorly define key components of a functional theory of change.These include 'power' of incentives, compensation nature and level, who beneficiaries are, and permitted offsetting.Implementation must be more realistic and pragmatic, based on diagnosis and actioned through evidence-based policy-making.?
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2904055936