ABSTRACT
Mitigation and adaptation to climate change are still largely approached as separate types of activity. We examine here the case of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) given its relevance for both climate change mitigation and adaptation. This evolving mechanism as part of a post-Kyoto agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) expanded in 2009 from an earlier narrower focus on deforestation and degradation (REDD) to also include conservation, sustainable forest management, and enhancement of carbon stocks, which is what the “+” in REDD+ now stands for (Campbell 2009). The aim of this chapter is to examine the social justice dimensions of REDD+ and how these complicate our understanding of successful adaptation.
