The international financing mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation in developing countries (REDD+) plays a key role in the negotiations on a post-2020 climate agreement, as well as in other processes (e.g. the Convention on Biological Diversity). This project, commissioned by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, supports the German Government in the development of REDD+ and complementary policy approaches (REDD+ Partnership, Bonn Challenge). The main objective is to identify approaches for more coherent and efficient governance of forest-related processes and policy instruments in a fragmented institutional landscape. UNIQUE supported the Federal Ministry for the Environment as a member of the German delegation in these United Nations processes.

• Support REDD+ negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
• Support REDD+ negotiations under the Convention on Biological Diversity.
• Integration of biodiversity-relevant elements into the post-2020 climate agreement negotiations.
• Development of concepts for alternative governance approaches (REDD+ Partnership, Bonn Challenge).
• Propose approaches for integrating private sector in the restoration of forest landscapes.
• Scientific policy analyses on process fragmentation and environmental governance.