【COP30 Side-Event】Integrating Peatland Restoration and FOLU within the Global Carbon Market Framework
Day：2025.12.10
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Person in charge
| Name | Organization | Position |
| Ryunosuke Kataoka | Forest and Nature Conservation Group, Global Environment Department, JICA | Deputy Director |
Overview
Date：2025/11/21
Host：Indonesian Tropical Peatland Center (ITPC)
Location（Pavilion Name)：Indonesian Delegation Office (Originally scheduled to be held at the Indonesia Pavilion, but the venue was changed following a fire the previous day)
Moderators and panelists
| Name | Organization | Position |
| Martin Krause | UNEP | Director of Climate Change Division |
| Amy Duchelle | FAO | Senior Forestry Officer and Team Leader Forest & Climate |
| Simon Lewis | University of Leeds | Head of Congo Peat Project and Professor of Geography |
| Mitsuru Osaki | JICA and Japan Peatland Society (JPS) | Expert of JICA and President of JPS |
| Franziska Tanneberger | Greifwald Mire Center | Director |
| *Dian Novarina (Pre-recorded) | Indonesian Forest Concessionaies Association (APHI) | Staff |
Primary objectives and outcomes
Tropical peatlands serve as essential long-term carbon reservoirs that play a critical role in global climate regulation. However, their contribution to climate mitigation and adaptation is increasingly threatened by degradation, limited financing, and uncertainties surrounding transparency, credibility, and measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) within emerging carbon market mechanisms. In response, many countries—including Indonesia—have integrated peatland management and carbon reduction efforts into national climate strategies, with Indonesia placing these actions at the core of its Forestry and Other Land Use (FOLU) framework.
Despite this progress, challenges related to methodology, governance, and regulatory clarity persist.
This session aims to address these issues by facilitating an informed exchange on tropical peatland restoration and the role of global carbon markets. By examining the experiences of Indonesia, Peru, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of the Congo, the session seeks to identify pathways to strengthen credibility, enhance permanence, and expand sustainable financing. Ultimately, the objective is to promote cross-country learning and international cooperation that can support peatland protection, FOLU implementation, and global climate goals
Content of the discussions
The session will begin by reviewing ongoing efforts in tropical peatland restoration, carbon management, and the implementation of Forestry and Other Land Use (FOLU) strategies across Indonesia, Peru, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of the Congo. By comparing progress and challenges among these countries, participants will gain insights into diverse approaches to safeguarding peatland ecosystems and reducing emissions. The discussion will then turn to strengthening credibility within carbon market frameworks, focusing on best practices for ensuring additionality, permanence, leakage prevention, and transparency. Particular attention will be given to financing needs, recognizing that achieving Indonesia’s FOLU Net Sink 2030 target requires sustained resources that carbon markets can help mobilize.
The session also includes key collaboration milestones: the signing of a Joint Declaration among the Indonesian Tropical Peatland Center (ITPC), the Peatland Restoration Acceleration Program (P2HB), and the Greifswald Mire Centre, followed by a Memorandum of Understanding on a public–private partnership concerning the carbon value of peatlands and carbon project development under the ITPC–FOLU framework with Team Carbon Private Company. These actions aim to strengthen networks for knowledge exchange and foster international partnerships that support climate mitigation and adaptation. Overall, the session seeks to identify actionable opportunities for cooperation, financing, and scaling solutions that advance sustainable peatland management within global carbon market mechanisms.
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