| Letter to the European Commission on the implementation of the EU Biofuel Directive |
This is a letter from a long list of NGOs and sent by Wetlands International to the European Commission on the implementation of the EU Biofuel Directive. In the letter the coalition wishes to express its deep concern and alarm over the draft Commission Communication on the practical implementation of the EU Biofuels and bioliquids sustainability schemes. |
| Policy brief to UN climate negotiations 2-6 November Barcelona |
The drainage of peatlands leads to huge CO2 emissions. Wetlands International advocates for a new Climate Agreement to include a decision for efforts to halt these emissions. Wetlands International has therefore prepared a policy brief for negotiators which shows text proposals to enable this. This policy brief focuses on the inclusion of peatlands in the proposed REDD policy (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest degradation). |
| Submission Bali Action Plan - Ecosystem Climate Alliance (ECA) |
This submission to the UNFCCC covers the position of the Ecosystem Climate Alliance (ECA) for the fulfillment of the Bali Action Plan. Wetlands International is one of the initiators of ECA, a newly established network of Environmental and Social NGOs committed to keeping natural terrestrial ecosystems intact, on and in the ground, and out of the atmosphere, in an equitable and transparent way. |
| Advice to the UNFCCC Contracting Parties (COP 14, 2008) |
This brief was used by the team of Wetlands International attending COP 14 in Poznan, Poland (December 2008). The aim is to advice delegations on the different issues on the agenda in different committees of the COP. |
| Pérdida de turberas alimenta el cambio climático |
Las emisiones globales producto de la pérdida de suelos orgánicos de turba suman más de 3000 millones de toneladas de dióxido de carbono (Tm/CO2) por año; esto representa cerca del 10% de todas las emisiones antropogénicas globales. |
| Moratorium on deforestation for palm oil production |
This is a call of global company Unilever for a moratorium on deforestation for palm oil. Wetlands International, as a member of the Round Table of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), supports this call. |
| Options for improving the treatment of LULUCF in a Copenhagen agreement |
This discussion paper discusses options for improving the options for improving the treatment of LULUCF in a Copenhagen agreement: forest and wetland degradation, factoring out, harvest wood products, and approaches for fuller accounting. This working paper aims to contribute to the discussion by Parties and other relevant organisations and individuals, in the process leading up to and in Accra, Poznan (COP14) and Copenhagen COP15). |
| Advise to the Contracting Parties of CBD COP 9 |
This paper presents our views on the issues on the agenda of the Convention of Biological Diversity, COP 9, in Bonn, May 2008. Wetlands International had an active presence at this convention (see the section with all our events on this). |
| Policy paper for the UN-FCCC meeting in Accra, august 2008 |
In this paper, Wetlands International presents its agenda for the new climate treaty that is being discussed in Accra, Ghana (August 2008). The paper focuses on the giant carbon dioxide emissions from degraded peatlands. These emissions are so far ignored.
Wetlands International provided this paper to the delegations at the meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (UNFCCC), Accra, Ghana. |
| Submission to the UN-FCCC on wetlands and climate change |
This is the submission of Wetlands International to the "Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action under the Convention"; the working group working on a post-Kyoto climate treaty. |