DAY 1 – June 14

PLENARY SESSION:

09:00-09:45
Welcoming remarks and first round of voting

09:00-09:45
Plenary 1: REDD+ Post-Paris: National implementation
Panel to feature high-level public and private sector leaders and civil society from selected REDD+ countries to discuss how to achieve and maintain political momentum for reducing deforestation 

Speakers to include:

• Ministers from forest-rich countries
• Representative of domestic private sector
• Representative of domestic civil society
• Representative of Governors Climate and Forest Task Force (TBC)

Moderator: Frances Seymour (Center for Global Development)

11:00-11:30
Break

11:30-12:45
Plenary 2: REDD+ Post-Paris: International partnerships and alliances
Panel to feature high-level international public and private sector leaders and civil society to discuss options for supporting REDD+ implementation, including through finance, public-private partnerships, and civil society networks

Speakers to include:

• Ministers from donor countries
• Representative of international private sector
• Representative of international civil society
• Representative of international indigenous peoples network

Moderator: James Astill (The Economist) TBC

12:45-14:00
Lunch (extra 15 minutes for networking)

PARALLEL SESSIONS:

14:00-15:30
National REDD+ initiatives:  Results to date and challenges ahead with  reference to experience in selected countries

Parallel 1 A: Brazil:  Can the miracle be maintained into a second decade?
Objectives: To explore the potential for transformational change in land-use systems, and how different stakeholders, policy approaches, and financing streams can come together to achieve reductions in emissions from deforestation, with particular reference to the case of Brazil.

Parallel 1 B: Indonesia: Can business-as-usual deforestation be confronted and reversed?
Objectives: To explore the potential for transformational change in land-use systems, and how different stakeholders, policy approaches, and financing streams can come together to achieve reductions in emissions from deforestation, with particular reference to the case of Indonesia.

Parallel 1 C: REDD+ in the Green Economy:  Transforming the forest sector in Ethiopia and Liberia
Objectives: To illustrate how REDD+ and forests can be integrated in green economy development.

15:30-16:00
Coffee break

16:00-17:30
Specific issues and opportunities related to national-level REDD+ implementation in comparative perspective

Parallel 2 A: Domestic and international options for results-based finance: Reasons for optimism?
Objectives: To understand the current state-of-play with respect to the current availability and future prospects for generating significant results-based finance from REDD+ from public and private international sources, as well as the potential for mobilizing domestic resources.

Parallel 2 B: REDD+ and Peace Processes: How can they be mutually supportive?
Objectives: To explore (i) how to ensure reduced deforestation in a post-conflict scenario, (ii) how REDD+ can be effective in a post-conflict scenario and (iii) how to ensure that REDD+ is conflict-sensitive.

Parallel 2 C: Advancing IP’s Rights though REDD+
Objectives: To explore the use of safeguards mechanisms of REDD+ to advance IP rights,
share examples and lessons learned, and inform the NDCs.

19:00-22:00 
Conference dinner.  Venue: Oslo City Hall