Don Henry says we are slowly moving toward and emissions agreement

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on Henry says the mid-year Bonn climate negotiations in Germany have unexpectedly agreed a mechanism to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+) after 10 years of effort.

Don Henry.

Writing on The Conversation, the Public Policy Fellow from the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne says the agreement lays the groundwork to get assistance to countries to help them save forests and reduce potential greenhouse gas emissions.

He writes, “The negotiations represent another step on the road to a potential global agreement at the major summit in Paris at the end of the year.

“What progress is being made? What are the challenging issues that may end up being a focus of negotiations in Paris? What does the roadmap from here look like?”

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