The current annual rates of tropical deforestation from Brazil and Indonesia alone would equal four-fifths of the emissions reductions gained by implementing the Kyoto Protocol in its first commitment period, jeopardizing the goal of Protocol to avoid “dangerous anthropogenic interference” with the climate system. We propose the novel concept of “compensated reduction”, whereby countries that elect to reduce national level deforestation to below a previously determined historical level would receive post facto compensation, and commit to stabilize or further reduce deforestation in the future. Such a program could create large-scale incentives to reduce tropical deforestation, as well as for broader developing country participation in the Kyoto Protocol, and leverage support for the continuity of the Protocol beyond the 2008–2012 first commitment period.
Apresentação Javier Arribas Quintana – Diálogo sobre a sustentabilidade e a rastreabilidade da cadeia da carne bovina e do couro
Apresentação Javier Arribas Quintana – Diálogo sobre a sustentabilidade e a rastreabilidade da cadeia da carne bovina e do couro
Apresentação de Javier Arribas Quintana, da Direção Geral do Meio Ambiente da Comissão Europeia, sobre a Nova Proposta da União Europeia para a importação de commodities livres de desmatamento, exibida no evento Diálogo sobre a sustentabilidade e a rastreabilidade da cadeia da carne bovina e do couro.