Country Approaches to Safeguards

As agreed in Cancun in 2010 at the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC-COP16), a set of seven safeguards are to be promoted and supported when undertaking REDD+ activities. These are known as the Cancun safeguards. The UN-REDD Programme has developed a framework and tools to assist countries to take flexible “country approaches” that reflect their national circumstances, in responding to the Cancun safeguards and other related UNFCCC decisions. Such a flexible approach helps to reduce REDD+ social and environmental risks and enhance the benefits.