deforestation contributes to global climate change and how forest carbon offsets propose to staunch this problem. Through case … studies, I explain the major players in both the Clean Development Mechanism and the voluntary market in forest carbon offsets … analysis of forest carbon offsets, and I propose how to use the law to foment genuine adaptation in the global South. I point …

debate so far. Section 3 focuses on research to assess the cost-effectiveness of avoided deforestation as a strategy to … policy and institutions. Section 5 looks at policy design, with a focus on overcoming additionality and leakage constraints … and maximising the efficiency and effectiveness of potential avoided deforestation schemes. The main findings are analysed …

change contributes 15 % of current global anthropogenic CO2 emissions, largely as a result of forest conversion to other land … uses. To make forests part of the solution, a steep reduction in deforestation emissions is required, as well as policies … landscape of multilateral initiatives promoting forest protection and restoration. It provides concrete options to improve …

nearly all of the carbon emitted due to deforestation and conversion of land into agricultural uses. Society appears already …