Fact Sheet: The Government of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative
The Initiative shall work for the inclusion of mechanisms for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. It shall also contribute to early, verifiable emissions reductions and the protection of natural forests. The initiative is financed by development cooperation funds (up to 3 billion Norwegian Kroner per year). The evaluation will go on for several years. It will assess the extent to which the initiative achieves its climate-related goals, as well as whether it contributes the general goals of Norwegian development cooperation (such as sustainable development and poverty reduction).