🌍🌳 On the sidelines of the United Nations Forum on Forests in New York, UN Environment Programme, led by Martin Stefan Krause, Director of Climate Change Division, met with Indonesia’s Minister of Forestry Raja Juli Antoni and his team to advance discussions on high-integrity forest carbon cooperation and jurisdictional #REDD+ readiness.
The discussions focused on Indonesia’s efforts to strengthen alignment with the ART-TREES framework and unlock long-term, high-integrity forest finance opportunities through initiatives such as Green Riau and JREDD.
A major topic was “nesting”, aligning project-level activities within national and jurisdictional REDD+ accounting systems to improve:
✅ Transparency
✅ Consistency
✅ Environmental integrity
🌱 Key discussion areas included:
➡️ Strengthening high-integrity carbon markets and investor confidence
➡️ Addressing technical and governance challenges related to nesting frameworks
➡️ Advancing implementation arrangements linked to jurisdictional initiatives
➡️ Responding to El Niño-driven forest and peatland fire risks
➡️ Expanding knowledge sharing through the Global Forest Hub, developed by UNEP and FAO
UNEP reaffirmed its commitment to continued technical support and knowledge exchange as countries move from #REDD+ readiness toward implementation at scale.
The meeting reflects growing international collaboration to strengthen credible jurisdictional approaches to REDD+, while supporting:
🌳 Forest protection
🌍 Climate ambition
🤝 Sustainable development outcomes
Source: #ClimateFinance #CarbonMarkets #ClimateAction #UNFF