Coordination and cross-sectoral integration in REDD+: experiences from seven countries

Korhonen-Kurki, Kaisa; Brockhaus, Maria; Bushley, Bryan R.; Babon, Andrea; Gebara, Maria Fernanda; Kengoum, F.; Pham, T.T.; Rantala, Salla; Moeliono, M.; Dwisatrio, B.; Maharani, Cynthia

doi:10.1080/17565529.2015.1050979

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“…Furthermore, various cross-sectoral challenges continue to exacerbate the conflict between the goals of avoided deforestation and business-as-usual investment. There has also been an alignment problem with other policy sectors (see more in Korhonen-Kurki et al, 2015;Di Gregorio et al, 2017). In addition to this, earlier, rather radical changessuch as the establishment of the REDD+ Task Force by presidential decree, outside of the structure of government bureaucracyfaced resistance and conflict, as we describe in the next section.…”

Section: Overview Of the Redd+ Policy Arena: Transformative Factors Amentioning

confidence: 97%

“…The task force is an effort to support certain states and provinces around the world that are 'experimenting' to build robust jurisdictional programs for REDD+ and low-emissions development, thereby bolstering the overall momentum and enhancing national and international efforts to demonstrate how this can work in practice. Novel bodies have also been created to facilitate horizontal coordination and break ministerial silos, for example in Indonesia, Nepal and Papua New Guinea (Korhonen-Kurki et al, 2015). These bodies cut across the whole national government by including representatives from all of the relevant ministries.…”

Section: Policy Experiments In Redd+mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Analyzing REDD+ as an experiment of transformative climate governance: Insights from Indonesia

Korhonen-Kurki

Brockhaus

Muharrom

et al. 2017

Environmental Science & Policy

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A B S T R A C TThis paper contributes to an emerging body of literature on policy experimentation and governance transformation processes. We use the example of REDD+ as consisting of policy experiments in an emerging domestic policy domain to understand obstacles to transformations in forest and climate governance. We ask two interlinked questions: to what extent did the establishment of the REDD+ Agency challenge 'business as usual' in Indonesia's forest and climate policy arena?; and what does this mean for a transformation away from policies and governance that enable deforestation and forest degradation? We draw on the transformation literature to better understand the role of REDD+ to achieve a transformative shift in climate governance. As an experiment of transformative climate governance, the study of REDD+ provides important insights for other forest or climate programs. Our analysis shows that the REDD+ Agency was successful in some extend in introducing an alternative governance mechanism and in shaking the governance structures but we also note that some of the key actors thought that greater ownership was achieved when the REDD+ Agency was dissolved and the mandate was returned to the ministries. We conclude that policy experimenting is a process, and while the creation of novel policies and their experimentation is important, also their assimilation may lead to new opportunities.

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Section: Overview Of the Redd+ Policy Arena: Transformative Factors Amentioning

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Section: Policy Experiments In Redd+mentioning

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Analyzing REDD+ as an experiment of transformative climate governance: Insights from Indonesia

Korhonen-Kurki

Brockhaus

Muharrom

et al. 2017

Environmental Science & Policy

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“…Participation is considered necessary for sound REDD+ policies and good governance [42] and the argument has been that the more inclusive REDD+ policies processes are, the more room there should be for considering equity and reducing the risk of conflict among policy actors and stakeholders [11]. Researchers have emphasized the need to engage with REDD+ actors both vertically and horizontally [3,9]. Creating mechanisms and processes for participation of different stakeholders can be complex and resource intensive.…”

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Revitalizing REDD+ Policy Processes in Vietnam: The Roles of State and Non-State Actors

Thu

Keenan

2017

Forests

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The results can contribute to the discussion on how policy actors can effectively influence policy processes in the evolving context of REDD+ and in the types of political arrangements represented in Vietnam. We examined the influence of state and non-state actors on the 2012 National REDD+ Action Program (NRAP) processes, and explored factors that may have shaped this influence, using a combination of document analysis and semi-structured interviews with 81 policy actors. It was found that non-state actors in REDD+ are still on the periphery of decision making, occupying "safe" positions, and have not taken either full advantage of their capacities, or of recent significant changes in the contemporary policy environment, to exert stronger influence on policy. We suggest that REDD+ policy processes in Vietnam need to be revitalized with key actors engaging collectively to promote the possibilities of REDD+ within a broader view of social change that reaches beyond the forestry sector.

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“…In light of this context, the theory indicates the need to improve vertical and horizontal coordination in REDD+ through Joint actions between actors and groups, with some degree of centralization at the national level. Policy coordination problems and the need to build coalition between different actors in REDD+ are challenging issues also pointed out by Brockhaus and Angelsen (2012), Schroeder (2011), Fatorelli et al (2015), Gebara et al (2014), Korhonen-Kurki et al (2015), and Pahl-Wostl (2009).…”

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Experimentalist governance in climate finance: the case of REDD+ in Brazil

2019

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I am also grateful to FAPESP (Processes 2014/11950-2 and 2014/21877-0) and CAPES (Pró-Adm Project) for granting the scholarships and for the financial support to carry out this study. These scholarships allowed me to devote myself full-time to this research and academic activities at FEA/USP. Thank you to my parents, Dirce and Leonardo, for teaching me the value of hard work, honesty, and for always supporting me in everything that was possible, despite the difficulties.I am very proud of everything they have done for me. Thank you for all your encouragement! And last but by no means least, thank you to Daniel, the father of my two little boys and my life partner, who was the most enthusiastic person during my PhD journey. He has always believed in my ability, often more than myself, and always gave me full support and encouragement. He was also a major contributor to this study by several times reviewing my research model, making suggestions, reading and editing. Thank you! ABSTRACT Pinsky, V. C. (2017). Experimentalist governance in climate finance: the case of REDD+ in Brazil (PhD thesis). Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade. Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo.Climate change is a daunting problem that results in actions-interactions from a number of actors in complex global systems, which require multi-level governance and a myriad of national policies. Academics and policy makers alike have been grappling with how to devise effective strategies on the international coordination of climate change policies. It is challenging because climate change problems involve actors with different positions, interests and motivation to cooperate due to the risks involved, the uncertainty and the high costs of adaptation and mitigation. Deforestation is the second largest source of GHG emissions. Success in this area can have a large impact on mitigation. This study focuses on the case of REDD+, a large scale governance experiment in climate finance and a promising costeffective mitigation mechanism to motivate developing countries to implement policy approaches to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. REDD+ is considered a breakthrough mechanism in international cooperation under the UNFCCC regime as it was designed to be performance-based. Brazil is the world's largest recipient and has the most important REDD+ experiment -the Amazon Fund. The lack of developed theory in this domain led to the use of grounded theory methodology to understand the REDD+ governance process in Brazil. The 'REDD+ Governance Theoretical Framework' emerged from the data. It is a substantive theory formed by seven major categories (Governance, Strategy, Financing, Implementation, Participation of stakeholders, Joint action and Collective learning) that are related to each other and explain the phenomenon. This study suggests that the lack of institutional arrangements to stimulate collective learning and incorporate lessons learned from the ground experience has been a major constraint on improving its g...

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Coordination and cross-sectoral integration in REDD+: experiences from seven countries

Cited by 35 publications

References 29 publications

Analyzing REDD+ as an experiment of transformative climate governance: Insights from Indonesia

Analyzing REDD+ as an experiment of transformative climate governance: Insights from Indonesia

Revitalizing REDD+ Policy Processes in Vietnam: The Roles of State and Non-State Actors

Experimentalist governance in climate finance: the case of REDD+ in Brazil

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