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July 3, 2021
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At the recently concluded Leaders’ Summit on Climate,  the LEAF coalition came up with a $1 billion fund plan that shall be offered to countries committed to arrest the decline of their tropical forests by 2030.

About Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest Finance (LEAF) Coalition 

  • The LEAF Coalition was launched on April 22nd by an initial group of governments and leading companies. 
  • LEAF is a collective of the United States, United Kingdom, Norway governments & others
  • The coalition aims to mobilize at least $1 billion in financing, kicking off what is expected to become one of the largest ever public-private efforts to protect tropical forests.
  • It would also be to the benefit of billions of people depending on them, and to support sustainable development.
  • LEAF was supported by transnational corporations (TNCs) like Unilever plc, Amazon.com, Inc, Nestle, Airbnb, Inc as well as Emergent, a US-based non-profit. 
  • The LEAF coalition initiative is a step towards concretising the aims and objectives of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) mechanism. 

REDD+

  • REDD+ was created by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
  • It monetised the value of carbon locked up in the tropical forests of most developing countries, thereby propelling these countries to help mitigate climate change.
  • According to the UN-REDD programme, after the energy sector, deforestation accounts for massive carbon emissions close to 11 per cent in the atmosphere.
  • A country willing to participate would need to fulfil certain predetermined conditions laid down by the Coalition. 
  • It is a unique initiative as it seeks to help developing countries in battling the double-edged sword of development versus ecological commitment.    
  • Emergent, a US non-profit, is providing a platform to facilitate the transactions to provide finance to these programs, and will serve as LEAF’s administrative coordinator.
  • Performance will be measured against the TREES standard. 
  • TREES is a high-integrity standard building on over a decade of progress in international support for reducing deforestation and ensuring social and environmental integrity. 
  • TREES is managed by ART, a voluntary global initiative hosted by Winrock International. 
  • ART also maintains the registry on which Emissions Reductions are issued, transferred and retired.
  • ART will issue verified Emissions Reductions (called “TREES credits” under the TREES standard) to participating jurisdictions that reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. 
  • Each of these represent one tonne of CO2.
  • Companies are invited to participate in the LEAF Coalition by purchasing high-quality emissions reductions as part of broader voluntary commitments to global climate action.

Role of LEAF protecting forests

  • The initiative comes at a crucial time. 
  • The tropics have lost close to 12.2 million hectares (mha) of tree cover year last year according to global estimates released by Global Forest Watch, an independent monitoring platform.
  • Of this, a loss of 4.2 mha occurred within humid tropical primary forests alone. 
  • Most of these lost forests were located in the developing countries of Latin America, Africa and South Asia.  
  • Brazil has fared dismally on the parameter of ‘annual primary forest loss’(1.7mha) among all countries. 
  • India’s estimated loss in 2020 stands at 20.8 kilo hectares.
  • Between 2002-2020, Brazil’s total area of humid primary forest reduced by 7.7 per cent while India’s reduced by 3.4 per cent. 
  • Such a financial impetus by LEAF is crucial as it incentivises developing countries to capture extensive deforestation and provide livelihood opportunities to forest-dependent populations
  • Implementation of the LEAF Coalition plan will help pump in fresh rigour among developing countries.
  • The LEAF Coalition can help reverse the trend by providing unprecedented financial support to tropical forest governments implementing forest protection, contributing to green and resilient growth through sustainable investments. 
  • The LEAF Coalition empowers tropical and subtropical forest countries to move more rapidly towards ending deforestation, while supporting them in achieving their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. 
  • Reductions in emissions are made across entire countries or large states and provinces (“jurisdictions”) through programs that involve all key stakeholders, including Indigenous peoples and local communities.
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