Climate Protection through Avoided Deforestation (CliPAD)

OBJECTIVE
The project aims to:
- provide policy advice and capacity development supporting national and provincial REDD+ framework and REDD+ plan processes
- pilot mitigation activities
- develop pro-poor REDD+ mechanisms and sustainable financing models
SITUATION
The Climate Protection through Avoided Deforestation (CliPAD) Programme was initiated in 2009 to support the Lao Government in its REDD+ Readiness Process on national and sub-national level. The programme provides policy advice and capacity development supporting the establishment of the national and provincial REDD+ framework and REDD+ planning processes. At the local level, mitigation activities are piloted and pro-poor REDD+ mechanisms and sustainable financing models are developed. GIZ works in close cooperation with the financial component, financed by the federal Republic of Germany through KfW Development Bank.
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PUBLICATIONS
COUNTRY
Laos
DURATION
January 2009 - December 2018
Commission Agency
BMZ