PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT, CITES COP, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR WOOD IMPORTERS

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1 PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT, CITES COP, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR WOOD IMPORTERS IWPA Convention 2016 Linda Walker, Director, Responsible Forestry & Trade, WWF-US April 7, 2016

2 WHY WAS PARIS SO IMPORTANT? 195 nations agreed to limit temperature rise to well below 2 0 C unprecedented political support Developed and developing countries committed to take action (INDCs) Forests featured prominently only economic sector with separate Article. Forests role in climate change mitigation and adaptation highlighted

3 Paris Climate agreement Role of Forests in climate change mitigation and adaptation highlighted

4 Paris Climate Agreement Highlighted deforestation and forest degradation (15% of global GHG emissions)

5 PARIS AGREEMENT ARTICLE 5: FORESTS & LAND States that all Parties should take action to conserve and enhance reservoirs of GHG including forests. Encourages Parties to support and/or implement REDD+ and other ways to increase carbon storage (e.g., conservation, restoration, responsible forestry)

6 WHAT ARE CHALLENGES WITH THE AGREEMENT? INDCs submitted so far not enough to keep temperature risk below 2 0 C. Non-binding but still powerful Competing economic, development, population pressures remain Policy and governance reform essential to achieve success

7 OUTSIDE THE NEGOTIATIONS

8 CATALYZING ACTION BEFORE 2020: LIMA-PARIS ACTION AGENDA Objective: catalyze public/private action before 2020 LPAA Forest pledges: Countries: Germany, Norway, UK $5B USD for REDD+ Companies: Marks and Spencer (M&S), Unilever other companies committed to preferentially source ag/paper commodities from D-free regions. Indigenous communities pledge: protect 400 M ha

9 PRIVATE-SECTOR PLATFORMS AND INITIATIVES TRACKING DEFORESTATION- FREE COMMITMENTS Platforms Tracking Initiatives

10 Deforestation: implications for wood importers Without urgent action, 170 million hectares of forests will be lost by 2030

11 Forest Degradation: implications for wood importers At current rates, >1 billion hectares could be affected by 2030, affecting future wood supply

12 CITES Momentum growing for more/stronger timber listings Likely COP focus: Hongmu (Rosewood) species Asia marketst Likely COP focus: NGOs advocating for stronger protections for Afrormosia Potential COP focus: annotations exempting finished or semi-finished items may be removed for some species

13 Congo Basin Species of concern African Teak/Afrormosia (Pericopsis elata) CITES Appendix II Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) CITES Appendix I

14 Greater Mekong Species of concern Siamese rosewood (Dahlbergia cochinchinensis) CITES Appendix II Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) CITES Appendix I

15 Indonesia species of concern Ramin (Gonostylus spp.) CITES Appendix II Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) CITES Appendix I

16 Amazon species of concern Brazilian rosewood (Dahlbergia nigra) CITES Appendix I Spanish cedar (Cedrela odorata) CITES Appendix II Bigleaf Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) and other Meliaceae CITES Appendix II Jaguar (Panthera onca) CITES Appendix I

17 Russian Far East species of concern Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica) CITES Appendix III Manchurian ash (Fraxinus mandschurica) CITES Appendix III Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) CITES Appendix I

18 Recommendations for Wood Importers Due Care is essential esp for high-risk CITES-listed species Legal, deforestation-free and degradation-free timber sourcing is KEY to climate and to your future supply Source FSC best assurance of legality, highest social and environmental standards Tap into expert resources: IWPA, WWF offices can help

19 THANK YOU! More on WWF s Forest and Climate efforts: More on WWF s responsible sourcing tools: