Forest carbon scheme faces difficult hurdles.

• Author: Block, Ben
• Position: EYE ON EARTH - Brief article

Negotiators at last December's Copenhagen climate summit agreed on the "immediate" need to sequester more greenhouse gases in forests through a mechanism known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, or REDD. The nonbinding Copenhagen Accord was the first international pact to recommend that financial resources support the approach, and countries pledged some US$3.5 billion in funding.

REDD is considered a relatively affordable emission-reduction strategy that could...