1.
APEC Japan 2010 Economic Leaders’ Meeting
2.
Prime Minister Kan’s Visit to the G20 Seoul Summit
3.
The First Meeting of States Parties to the
Convention on Cluster Munitions
4.
The Aichi-Nagoya Ministerial Meeting of the REDD+ Partnership
5.
COP10 to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
6.
ASEAN related Summit Meetings
7.
The PALM Ministerial Interim Meeting
8.
The Eighth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 8)
9.
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) |
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JICC
Newsletter
No.1, January 2011 |
4. The
Aichi-Nagoya Ministerial Meeting of the REDD+ Partnership

The Aichi-Nagoya Ministerial Meeting
of the REDD+ Partnership: Creating Momentum to Advance Negotiations
at COP16
The Aichi-Nagoya Ministerial Meeting of the REDD+ Partnership was
held in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture in Japan on October 26, 2010, under
the co-chairmanship of H.E. Mr. Seiji Maehara, Minister for Foreign
Affairs of Japan and H.E. Mr. Samuel T. Abal, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, Trade and Immigration of the Independent State of Papua New
Guinea.
This Ministerial Meeting was held under the “REDD+ Partnership,” a
mechanism designed to enhance the international coordination and
cooperation on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest
degradation in developing countries (REDD+). The REDD+ Partnership
was established in response to the widely held idea that reducing
emissions from REDD+ has a crucial role to play in the tackling of
global warming, which was broadly recognized by the international
community at the COP15 meeting of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held at the end of the last
year. The Ministerial Meeting was attended by Ministers and the
heads of delegations from 62 countries participating in the REDD+
Partnership. Representatives from various international
organizations, the UNFCCC Secretariat and non-government
organizations (NGOs) also attended the meeting.
Japan actively led discussions, as a co-chair, and
also as a top donor in the forestation area. The Ministerial Meeting
confirmed the achievements of the past forest preservation
activities under the REDD+ Partnership, such as the creation of
databases on REDD+ actions, finance and results, and mechanisms to
share information. The Meeting also released a Co-Chairs’ Summary
that presents the outcome of activities under the Partnership and
the directions of future activities to be taken by the international
community. Ministers were able to strongly appeal to the
international community by sharing the view that they should
accelerate the initiatives of REDD+, a key pillar of climate change
commitments, and create the momentum to further advance negotiations
on climate change just a month before COP16.
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