Warsaw Framework on REDD-plus

The Warsaw Framework on REDD-plus (also called the Warsaw Framework for REDD-plus) is a package of decisions on REDD+ adopted by the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at its nineteenth session (COP 19) in Warsaw, Poland, in November 2013. Seven COP 19 decisions (Decisions 9-15/CP.19) form the core of the framework, complemented by three related decisions adopted at COP 21 in 2015 (Decisions 16-18/CP.21).

The framework provides methodological guidance and related institutional arrangements for implementing REDD+ activities by developing countries, including national forest monitoring systems, forest reference emission levels and forest reference levels, safeguards information, and monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV), as well as procedures for assessment and analysis of reported information that support results-based finance. Under the Paris Agreement, Article 5 encourages Parties to implement and support the existing REDD+ framework under the convention, including results-based payments for verified reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and forest-related removals. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has identified the Warsaw Framework among the elements that link REDD+ implementation to access to results-based finance.

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