Impact on the ground
Over 13.6 billion tCO2 of forest emission reductions or enhancements have been reported to UNFCCC between 2006-2023.
Technical innovation, demonstrated by FAO's Open Foris and platforms, like Collect Earth and SEPAL, has enabled over 90% of UNFCCC submissions during the last 10 years, enabling accurate forest measurement, monitoring, and reporting. 70% of the countries have received Technical Assistance from FAO.
60 countries submitted a reference level (it means 84 submissions)
21 countries submitted REDD+ results through 30 BUR technical annexes (or 35% of countries with reference level)
What 13.6 billion tCO2 (or 0.85 billion tCO2/year on average) for results achieved means?
- That is more than the annual GHG emissions from the transport and buildings sectors combined
- That is more than the annual GHG emissions from the US, India and the European Union combined.