Multi-level governance, REDD+ and synergies between climate change mitigation and adaptation
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leeds
Department Name: School of Earth and Environment
Abstract
It is only recently that the international community has recognised the importance of exploring the linkages between climate change mitigation and adaptation. Investigating such complementarities is particularly relevant for forest-based mitigation and adaptation in the developing world, because forests serve both as carbon sinks and as a source of livelihood for local communities. Despite this until recently, forest mitigation and adaptation have been considered separately by global negotiators and national policymakers. The main mechanism for forest mitigation is a market mechanism called REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation - plus). At the moment a number of developing country governments are developing national REDD+ strategies. At the same time the same governments are formulating national policies for climate change adaptation. A study that investigates the synergies between forest mitigation and adaptation and how policy processes should be integrated is therefore timely and important.
This research project seeks to understand the extent to which policy processes related to forest mitigation and adaptation should be integrated at different scales (global, national and local) in order to deliver effective emission reductions and development compatible outcomes. It will identify existing governance constraints to such integration and explore how they can be overcome.
Policy processes addressing forest mitigation and adaptation of forest dependent communities to climate change operate at multiple scales. In addition, the scale dimension differs across the two policy domains. REDD+ policies are developed at the national level, yet need to be informed by local level realities in order to be effectively implemented. Adaptation of local communities occurs locally, yet national policies need to be in place in order to support adaptive capacity of these communities and reduce their vulnerability. In investigating multi-level governance processes, this research contributes originally to the interdisciplinary literature on multi-level forest governance as well as the literature on climate change mitigation and adaptation. In examining the governance constraints and opportunities for integration, this project will inform ongoing global and national policy processes about how to improve effectiveness of policy formulation and implementation.
The study will be undertaken in two countries - Brazil and Indonesia - that are at the forefront of REDD+ policy formulation and that contain among the most extensive remaining tropical forests in the world.
Methods include: a) a multi-level policy network analysis of the forest mitigation and adaptation domains; b) discourse analysis of semi-structured interviews with policy actors at different scales; c) the analysis of policy documents. The discourse analysis will be used to understand the meaning of network relations among policy actors and identify policy coalitions. The integration of social networks and discourse analysis will help to understand the complexity of political relations among actors, and the interaction between political and institutional structure and agency. These elements will allow opportunities for and constraints to policy integration to be identified.
The project will be the first comparative political study investigating how to better integrate national forest mitigation and adaptation strategies in Brazil and Indonesia. It will inform global and national policies that aim to deliver effective carbon emission reductions from forests as well as reduce the vulnerability of forest dependent communities. The study will shed new light on the synergies in these two policy areas and will help to identify how to overcome current political constraints and take advantage of existing opportunities to deliver more effective carbon emission reductions while enhancing adaptive capacity of forest dependent communities.
This research project seeks to understand the extent to which policy processes related to forest mitigation and adaptation should be integrated at different scales (global, national and local) in order to deliver effective emission reductions and development compatible outcomes. It will identify existing governance constraints to such integration and explore how they can be overcome.
Policy processes addressing forest mitigation and adaptation of forest dependent communities to climate change operate at multiple scales. In addition, the scale dimension differs across the two policy domains. REDD+ policies are developed at the national level, yet need to be informed by local level realities in order to be effectively implemented. Adaptation of local communities occurs locally, yet national policies need to be in place in order to support adaptive capacity of these communities and reduce their vulnerability. In investigating multi-level governance processes, this research contributes originally to the interdisciplinary literature on multi-level forest governance as well as the literature on climate change mitigation and adaptation. In examining the governance constraints and opportunities for integration, this project will inform ongoing global and national policy processes about how to improve effectiveness of policy formulation and implementation.
The study will be undertaken in two countries - Brazil and Indonesia - that are at the forefront of REDD+ policy formulation and that contain among the most extensive remaining tropical forests in the world.
Methods include: a) a multi-level policy network analysis of the forest mitigation and adaptation domains; b) discourse analysis of semi-structured interviews with policy actors at different scales; c) the analysis of policy documents. The discourse analysis will be used to understand the meaning of network relations among policy actors and identify policy coalitions. The integration of social networks and discourse analysis will help to understand the complexity of political relations among actors, and the interaction between political and institutional structure and agency. These elements will allow opportunities for and constraints to policy integration to be identified.
The project will be the first comparative political study investigating how to better integrate national forest mitigation and adaptation strategies in Brazil and Indonesia. It will inform global and national policies that aim to deliver effective carbon emission reductions from forests as well as reduce the vulnerability of forest dependent communities. The study will shed new light on the synergies in these two policy areas and will help to identify how to overcome current political constraints and take advantage of existing opportunities to deliver more effective carbon emission reductions while enhancing adaptive capacity of forest dependent communities.
Planned Impact
The research aims to impact policy debates, policy processes and the implementation of REDD+ activities.
A number of different stakeholder groups at different scales will directly benefit from this research:
1. Researchers and practitioners working on REDD+ and ecosystem-based adaptation.
This study will produce new knowledge about the policy constraints to and opportunities for exploiting existing synergies between forest-based climate change mitigation and adaptation at different scales. It will contribute to reframe academic debates on forest governance by including local adaptation concerns in the REDD+ governance literature. In doing so, it will also contribute a new multi-level analytical approach to forest governance. In addition, the empirical evidence from the four local cases will inform practitioners working on REDD+ and adaptation projects at the local level about how to better integrate the objectives of forest-based mitigation and forest-based adaptation in Indonesia and Brazil. This will be achieved through participation in conferences and the publications of the findings of the research in high-impact academic journals and two more extensive working papers that explore the application of the results.
2. International negotiators involved in UNFCCC policy processes and government funding agencies (e.g. DFID, NORAD etc.)
The research will inform advisory bodies to the UNFCCC (such as the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice), international negotiators and funding agencies on how to better support the integration of REDD+ and forest-based adaptation in national settings that are engaging in the development and implementation of REDD+ strategies. This will facilitate a more supportive global policy environmental for the integration of mitigation and adaptation and improve the effectiveness of aid used in climate compatible development projects. UNFCCC side-events and international conferences that bring together researchers, international negotiators and development agencies will provide the venues to present, discuss and disseminate the findings of the research.
3. National policy actors, in particular government agencies and civil society organisations in Brazil and Indonesia
At the national level the research will inform national policy actors about the constraints and opportunities to better integrate policy processes across sectors and scales. A policy workshop in each country will provide the venue to present findings and to discuss ways to improve such integration with a variety of national and sub-national level agencies working on REDD+ and forest-based adaptation, environmental and development NGOs and producer organizations that are engaging in REDD+ schemes. The workshop will provide a forum where policy actors working on REDD+ and adaptation can explore these synergies and apply research findings to improve the effectiveness of national REDD+ strategies and future REDD+ activities and schemes.
4. Local authorities, local NGOs in the 4 municipalities/districts where the local fieldwork.
At the local level the study will benefits the work of local authorities and NGOs involved in supporting REDD+ and forest-based adaptation projects. These actors will be addressed through interviews and an interactive workshop. Local workshops will provide the venue for these actors to reflect on the research findings from the study, on existing synergies and obstacles they have observed and how to better integrate REDD+ and local adaptation projects. In particular the workshop will provide an important opportunity for civil society organisations to access state actors and contribute to shaping more effective, inclusive and equitable policies. In the final instance, the research will indirectly benefit local communities living in the forest margins, as it will inform future REDD+ schemes on how to account for and enhance local forest-based adaptation outcomes.
A number of different stakeholder groups at different scales will directly benefit from this research:
1. Researchers and practitioners working on REDD+ and ecosystem-based adaptation.
This study will produce new knowledge about the policy constraints to and opportunities for exploiting existing synergies between forest-based climate change mitigation and adaptation at different scales. It will contribute to reframe academic debates on forest governance by including local adaptation concerns in the REDD+ governance literature. In doing so, it will also contribute a new multi-level analytical approach to forest governance. In addition, the empirical evidence from the four local cases will inform practitioners working on REDD+ and adaptation projects at the local level about how to better integrate the objectives of forest-based mitigation and forest-based adaptation in Indonesia and Brazil. This will be achieved through participation in conferences and the publications of the findings of the research in high-impact academic journals and two more extensive working papers that explore the application of the results.
2. International negotiators involved in UNFCCC policy processes and government funding agencies (e.g. DFID, NORAD etc.)
The research will inform advisory bodies to the UNFCCC (such as the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice), international negotiators and funding agencies on how to better support the integration of REDD+ and forest-based adaptation in national settings that are engaging in the development and implementation of REDD+ strategies. This will facilitate a more supportive global policy environmental for the integration of mitigation and adaptation and improve the effectiveness of aid used in climate compatible development projects. UNFCCC side-events and international conferences that bring together researchers, international negotiators and development agencies will provide the venues to present, discuss and disseminate the findings of the research.
3. National policy actors, in particular government agencies and civil society organisations in Brazil and Indonesia
At the national level the research will inform national policy actors about the constraints and opportunities to better integrate policy processes across sectors and scales. A policy workshop in each country will provide the venue to present findings and to discuss ways to improve such integration with a variety of national and sub-national level agencies working on REDD+ and forest-based adaptation, environmental and development NGOs and producer organizations that are engaging in REDD+ schemes. The workshop will provide a forum where policy actors working on REDD+ and adaptation can explore these synergies and apply research findings to improve the effectiveness of national REDD+ strategies and future REDD+ activities and schemes.
4. Local authorities, local NGOs in the 4 municipalities/districts where the local fieldwork.
At the local level the study will benefits the work of local authorities and NGOs involved in supporting REDD+ and forest-based adaptation projects. These actors will be addressed through interviews and an interactive workshop. Local workshops will provide the venue for these actors to reflect on the research findings from the study, on existing synergies and obstacles they have observed and how to better integrate REDD+ and local adaptation projects. In particular the workshop will provide an important opportunity for civil society organisations to access state actors and contribute to shaping more effective, inclusive and equitable policies. In the final instance, the research will indirectly benefit local communities living in the forest margins, as it will inform future REDD+ schemes on how to account for and enhance local forest-based adaptation outcomes.
People |
ORCID iD |
| Monica Di Gregorio (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Brockhaus M
(2021)
The forest frontier in the Global South: Climate change policies and the promise of development and equity.
in Ambio
Di Gregorio M
(2017)
Climate policy integration in the land use sector: Mitigation, adaptation and sustainable development linkages
in Environmental Science & Policy
Di Gregorio M
(2019)
Multi-level governance and power in climate change policy networks
in Global Environmental Change
Locatelli B
(2020)
Climate change policy networks: connecting adaptation and mitigation in multiplex networks in Peru
in Climate Policy
Locatelli B
(2015)
Integrating climate change mitigation and adaptation in agriculture and forestry: opportunities and trade-offs
in WIREs Climate Change
| Description | The key findings of this research project relate to three main domains. First, they refer to whether mitigation or adaptation is considered a key policy priority in the land use sector. Second, they pertain to the extent to which policies effectively integrate distinct climate change and development objectives. And third, they refer to the main challenges linked to multi-level governance processes. Mitigation and adaptation focus and priority: In both Brazil and Indonesia there is a much stronger policy focus on climate change mitigation compared to adaptation in the land use sector. Much more resources, policy initiatives, expertise and skills are found in the mitigation domain, and there is a clear - at times recognised - need to increase capacity on climate change adaptation at all governance levels. Such discrepancy also hampers the realisation of joint approaches to mitigation, adaptation and development. In terms of differences between agricultural and forestry sectors, in the former climate change impacts and the importance of adaptation are somewhat recognised, but are completed neglected in the latter. Climate Policy Integration: Climate Policy Integration in the land use sector requires not just mainstreaming climate change into development policies, but also reconciling climate change mitigation and adaptation goals. Yet, little attention is given to such integration in national policy processes. In particular, the findings indicate that more attention needs to be given to address possible trade-offs between climate change mitigation and development objectives. And finally, more knowledge and capacity on climate change adaptation is required in order to support more effective climate policy integration. Multi-level Governance Challenges: In both Indonesia and Brazil the project found that there are major obstacles to collaboration and communication across governance levels. In fact, working at different governance levels (national, sub-national) results in distinct understanding (discourses) and priority setting with regards to climate change mitigation, adaptation and development objectives. In addition, dominant policy coalitions at the national level, led by state actors, treat climate change mitigation and adaptation as separate domains. As a consequence, limited attention is given to opportunities for integrated policy action. It is local policy actors and national level domestic NGOs that make most efforts to reach across levels of governance. They also tend to have a more integrated view of climate and development problems compared to central state actors, but again capacity at local level on climate change issues remains limited overall. Further research questions: This study has focused primarily on understanding multi-level policy processes around the design and integration of climate change mitigation and adaptation policies in the land use sector. Thanks to this research, today we have better knowledge about what facilitates or hampers integrated policy design. There is, however, a need to investigate further policy implementation processes and the particular challenges that are linked to translating climate policies into effective integrated practices in the land use sector. This study has focused primarily on multi-level processes between national and sub-national levels of governance, and there is scope to further explore linkages and mutual influences between national and supra-national processes. |
| Exploitation Route | The next step in terms of research is to investigate further climate policy integration implementation processes and the particular challenges that are linked to translating climate policies into effective integrated practices in the land use sector. Multi-level governance processes will change as policy design and formulation moves more clearly into implementation and challenges will differ between policy processes stages. |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Description | The research project has led to ongoing dialogues with researchers and policy makers in Indonesia and Brazil at different governmental levels about the opportunities and challenges to integrate climate change mitigation and adaptation approaches in the land use sector. The project has created new opportunities to debate, learn and exchange innovative ideas that support the design and implementation of more effective climate and development policies in the land use sector. Awareness was raised about the importance of reconciling climate mitigation, adaptation and development objectives, including highlighting the importance of addressing existing and potential trade-offs between them. One example refers to the realization of policymakers working in one of three areas - climate mitigation or climate adaptation or development - of how a specific policy decision might impact the other two objectives, and the subsequent need to consider such interactions when decisions among policy alternative are made. Another example refers to policy makers becoming advocates of joint policy approaches to mitigation and adaptation in the land use sector and referring to research produced by partners collaborating in the project to support their statements. Engagement has occurred in particular with ongoing policy developments related to climate change policies in the land use sector through international face to face meetings, presentations, research publications and policy workshops. In the year following the grant, greater awareness about the importance of integrating mitigation and adaptation actions in the land use sector has been observed at a number of international and national climate change meetings. While this reflects a broader awareness among the international community about existing linkages fostered by a multiplicity of initiatives and research findings, such as those published in the latest IPCC reports, this research raised awareness among sub-national actors about such developments. |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal |
| Title | Synergies survey outputs |
| Description | This database contains survey data related to interviewed organizations involved in climate change and land use policy network processes from Indonesia and Brazil at different levels of governance, about the understanding, perceptions and priorities regarding climate change mitigation and adaptation in the land use sector, and networking data about communication and collaboration among policy actors. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The data will be posted at the end of reporting period in the ESRC Depository and will be publicly available thereafter |
| Description | Collaboration in outreach in relation to ESRC grant |
| Organisation | University of Brasilia |
| Department | Department of Ecology |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Joint organization of science and policy workshop in Brasilia bringing together key climate and environmental scientist, national and local policy makers and civil servants and civil society actors |
| Collaborator Contribution | Co-sponsored the workshop and provided keynote presentation by IPCC lead author, facilitated networking between scientists, policymakers and practioners |
| Impact | The collaboration is multi-disciplinary covering ecological and environmental social sciences. The collaborator is from University of Brasilia. The workshop had 16 presentations and around 100 invited participants facilitating networking between researchers, policymakers and practioners, and produced a workshop summary with policy recommendations for dissemination. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Collaboration in outreach in relations to ESRC grant |
| Organisation | University of Tanjungpura |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Joint organization of outreach seminar featuring presentations of University of Leeds, University of Tanjungpura, and Asian Development Bank to disseminate research and policy findings from out project to academics, policy makers and civil servants and civil society in the region. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner organization hosted and helped to organize and academics from the institutions presented their research outputs in the workshop. |
| Impact | The seminar produce 3 presentations that are available on the project website. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary bringing together Forestry and Environmental Governance experts. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Research Collaboration in relation the ESRC Grant |
| Organisation | Blumenau University |
| Department | Faculty of Forestry |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration on ESRC research at national and local level in Indonesia, joint conference session, guest lecture at Bogor Agricultural University, joint publications |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to analysis and publications, such as co-authorship of research outputs |
| Impact | Di Gregorio, M., Nurrochmat, D.R., Fatorelli, L., Pramova, E., Sari, I.M., Locatelli, B. & Brockhaus, M., 2015. Integrating mitigation and adaptation in climate and land use policies in Indonesia: a policy document analysis. CCCEP Working paper no. 245. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, Leeds, UK. [Available online: http://www.cccep.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Working-Paper-245-Di-Gregorio-et-al.pdf ] |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Research Collaboration in relation the ESRC Grant |
| Organisation | Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration on research on climate policy integration in Peru |
| Collaborator Contribution | Co-authorship on climate policy integration in Peru, Indonesia and Brazil |
| Impact | Di Gregorio, M., Fatorelli, L., Pramova, E., May, P., Locatelli, B. & Brockhaus, M., 2016. Integrating mitigation and adaptation in climate and land use policies in Brazil: a policy document analysis. Leeds, UK: Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP). Di Gregorio, M., Nurrochmat, D.R., Fatorelli, L., Pramova, E., Sari, I.M., Locatelli, B. & Brockhaus, M., 2015. Integrating mitigation and adaptation in climate and land use policies in Indonesia: A policy document analysis. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy Working Paper No. 245, Sustainability Research Institute Paper No. 90, CIFOR Working Paper No. 199. Leeds, UK and Bogor, Indonesia Center for Climate Change Economics and Policy; Sustainability Research Institute; Center for International Forestry Research. Locatelli, B., Pavageau, C., Pramova, E., Di Gregorio, M. 2015. Integrating climate change mitigation and adaptation in agriculture and forestry: Opportunities and trade-offs, WIREs Clim Change, 6(6):585-598. doi: 10.1002/wcc.357 Pramova, E., Di Gregorio, M., Locatelli, B. 2015. Integrating adaptation and mitigation in climate change and land-use policies in Peru, CIFOR Working Paper 184. Bogor, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research. doi: 10.17528/cifor/005624 Pham, T.T., Moeliono, M., Locatelli, B., Brockhaus, M., Di Gregorio, M., Mardiah, S. 2014. Integration of adaptation and mitigation in climate change and forest policies in Indonesia and Vietnam, Forests, 5, pp.2016-2036. doi: 10.3390/f5082016 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Research Collaboration in relation the ESRC Grant |
| Organisation | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Joint organizations of research workshop in Rio the Janeiro, research collaboration, joint publications, support for conference attendance, sharing of information |
| Collaborator Contribution | Sponsor organization in Brazil, participation in research and workshops, support for videos of research workshop, collaboration in analysis and publication of research output |
| Impact | Di Gregorio, M., Fatorelli, L., Pramova, E., May, P., Locatelli, B. & Brockhaus, M., 2016. Integrating mitigation and adaptation in climate and land use policies in Brazil: a policy document analysis. CCCEP Working Paper no. 257. Leeds, UK: Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP). [Available at: http://www.cccep.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Working-Paper-257-Di-Gregorio-et-al-2016.pdf ] |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | 2016 Berlin Conference on Global Environmental Change - |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Two papers presented at the 2016 Berlin Conference on Global Environmental Change on Transformative Global Climate Governance "après Paris". One of Brazil and one of Indonesia climate change mitigation and adaptation policy networks. Important opportunity to network with and colleagues and global climate governance experts and develop ideas to push research agenda on the importance of climate justice with colleagues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.berlinconference.org/2016/?page_id=502 |
| Description | Asia LEDS Forum 2014 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited to participate in LEDS ASIA meeting: USAID organized workshop on Low Emission Development in Asia. This led to interact and network extensively with Indonesian policy makers, practitioners and donor organizations working on LEDs. It was at a key event to recruit participants for the research study and it was very successful in this regards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://forum2014.asialeds.org |
| Description | Conference SUNBELT 36 - International Sunbelt Social Network Conference - April 2016, Newport |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Two presentations, one by the PI and one by the post-doctoral fellow on the Brazil and Indonesia policy network analysis case studies. Important opportunity to engaged with colleagues and explore further collaborative research opportunities. Very useful discussions after the presentations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://insna.org/sunbelt2016/ |
| Description | EUSN 2nd European Conference on Social Network Analysis, June 2016 Paris |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on Indonesia climate change policy network case study results and discussion and engagement with colleagues working on environmental and governance policy networks. Very well attended panel, which very useful and interesting discussion on presentation of evidence and ideas for further analysis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://eusn2016.sciencesconf.org |
| Description | Invitation for PI to give a Seminar at the International Development Department, University of Birmingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture at the University of Birmingham: Talk by PI on 'Policy integration and synergies between climate change mitigation and adaptation in forest and agriculture: Evidence from an ongoing study from Brazil and Indonesia'. Very good feedback from PhD students working in Indonesia in particular. Very interesting discussion on challenges with implementation at the local level in Brazil with academic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | National Seminar on Working Groups on REDD+, Jakarta, Indonesia Nov 2014 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invitation for the PI to participate in National Seminar on REDD+ Networking organized by the REDD+ Agency of Indonesia in Jakarta. Important opportunity to network with Indonesian policy makers and academics working on REDD+ and climate change related issues. Useful contract for follow up for future research were developed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Outreach workshop, Tanjungpura University, Indonesia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This was a outreach event with presentations of research and ongoing policy initiatives related to the project topic in West Kalimantan Province. There were research and policy presentations by different universities and an Intergovernmental Organization. Some fifty people from policy makers and civil servants, civil society organizations, business and students participates in the outreach event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/research/sri/research/environment-and-development-research-group/researc... |
| Description | Participation and presentation at the International and Multi-disciplinary Scientific Conference: Forest-related policy and governance: Analyses in the environmental social sciences (IUFRO) 4-7 October, 2016, Bogor, Indonesia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The activity was the presentation of research results are the conference, and participation in conference discussions of other presentations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://iufroforpolbogor2016.ipb.ac.id/ |
| Description | Participation in 44th Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), Bonn 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The participation of the PI in the 44st SBSTA meeting was an opportunity to follow up on progress with national policy makers and follow up on interviews, and engage with practitioners, donors and other practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://unfccc.int/meetings/bonn_may_2016/in-session/session/9393/php/view/documents.php |
| Description | Policy and Science Workshop on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation for Sustainable Development in the Land Use Sector, Brasilia, 8th and 9th December 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This science and policy workshop was coorganized with the University of Brasilia. It brought together around 100 between academics, international organizations, policy makers, civil servants, students, civil society representatives, practioners from different levels of governance (municipality, state and federal level). It features around 100 invited participants, who engaged in debates and discussions around climate change policy and development. The workshop produced recommendation for policy makers that were posted on the project website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/research/sri/research/environment-and-development-research-group/researc... |
| Description | Presentation at Ecological Economics ECO-ECO Conference, September 2015 in Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of Brazil policy analysis results and preliminary results of the policy network analysis at the Conference on Ecological Economics ECO-ECO. Particular interest from civil servants from the state of Mato Grosso, who investigate the researcher to present the results in Mato Grosso. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/fileadmin/Documents/research/sri/Multi-level_governance/5_EcoEco_presenta... |
| Description | Presentation at King's College London, 30 November 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation at the seminar series in the Department of Geography of King's College London. Around 50 people, between academics and post-graduate students attented the seminar. It provides new networking opportunities with colleagues working of similar issues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/geography/research/Research-Domains/Contested-Development/news... |
| Description | Presentation at PECS - Social and Ecological Dynamics in the Anthropocene - conference, November 2015, South Africa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by colleague on the results of the policy network analysis that compared Brazil and Peru at PECS - Social and Ecological Dynamics in the Anthropocene - conference, November 2015, South Africa |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Presentation at XXXV Sunbelt Conference (INSNA) - 23th to 28th June 2015, Brighton, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by post-doctoral fellow at the XXXV Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) - 23th to 28th June 2015, Brighton, UK. Very good attendance and interested by academic and practitioner audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/fileadmin/Documents/research/sri/Multi-level_governance/3_Sunbelt_Leandra... |
| Description | Special Session 11th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE) - 30th June - 3rd July 2015, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Special Session 11th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE) - 30th June - 3rd July 2015, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. The session was on: 'Transformational Change, REDD+ and Synergies between Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Forest and Agriculture' and brought together 4 experts to present research results from Brazil, Indonesia, and Burkina Faso. There was also a poster contribution on policy network analysis in Brazil by the Post-doctoral fellow working on the project. A very good discussion ensued after the presentations with questions and interesting comments for the audience of academics, PhD students and practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/?id=4982 |
| Description | Two Seminars on research design and methods: 1. at the Sustainability Research Institute and 2. at the School of Geography, University of Leeds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Two distinct Presentations of the research design of the ESRC study : 1. By the PI at the 'Governance' research meetings at the Sustainability Research Institute (School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds). These research meetings bring together academics and research students to share knowledge on various aspects of research on Governance in June 2014. 2. By Post-doctoral fellow at the School of Geography, University of Leeds in July 2014, also to academics and research students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | https://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/research/sri/research/environment-and-development-research-group/researc... |
| Description | Workshop on forests, climate change mitigation and adaptation: Exploring evidence, synergies and governance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Over 30 participants among researchers, policy makers and practioners in the workshop organised by the PI (University of Leeds) and Brazilian sponsor organisation (Universidade Rural Federal de Rio de Janeiro). 9 invited speakers from across Brazil and Uni of Leeds, question and answer sessions and 3 working groups discussion. The working group session produced: a) evidence of synergies in forest/agric related climate change mitigation and adaptation actions; and identified b) advantages, disadvantages (or challenges) in addressing M&A in an integrated way in policy and practice; and c) governance challenges to integrated approaches in mitigation and adaptation in forest and agricultural systems Networking links have been established with Brazilian government agencies (e.g. Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Science and Technology), academic institutions (e.g. UFRRJ, UFRJ, UNEMAT) and NGOs (WWF, COEP etc) that participated in the workshop. The aim is to maintain this dialogue as research results from the study are produced and disseminated. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |