Although no legally-binding agreement concerning emissions targets is expected to come out of the Climate Summit beginning in Copenhagen next week, negotiators will want to claim as many achievements as possible to maintain the momentum of talks into next year.
Environmentalists are hopeful that a program to reduce deforestation will become a rallying point. The program known as REDD reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation) reportedly has widespread support.
"I think it’s a foregone conclusion that REDD will be part of the new agreement" Tony La Vina, chairman of the REDD negotiations within the U.N. climate talks, told Reuters.
The broad idea of REDD is to reward developing countries with valuable carbon offsets for every tonne of CO2 that is saved from being emitted by protecting forests and rehabilitating them through replanting or sustainable management.
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