2011 climate change year in review

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Dear Colleagues,

Across the Conservancy, 2011 was an amazing year. We completed the largest cam-

paign for conservaon in history, raising an astounding $1.6 billion. And we rened

our strategic direcon with the Global Challenges/Global Soluons framework,

while clarifying our mission.

Against that backdrop, I am very excited to share highlights of the Global Climate

Change Programs2011 accomplishments. Over the past year, we landed huge pub-

lic funding opportunies in Indonesia and Mexico, began ramping up our work to

building a constuency for climate change acon in the US, and expanding our net-

work of adaptaon projects for the benet of people and nature.

If I had to pick one word to describe 2011 from a climate perspecve, it would be

extreme. Floods ravaged Thailand. Hurricane Irene devastated the Caribbean and

Northeast US. Texas suered through its worst one-year drought in history, as crops

were destroyed and wildres burned millions of acres. And the IPCC Special Report

issued in November conrmed that more economically-crippling weather disasters

are to come.

While these challenges are immense, a big part of the Conservancys Climate

Change program is about demonstrang soluons, and we did so in many innovave

ways in 2011. Our forest carbon pilot projects are creang models for protecng

tropical forests while fostering sustainable economies. From Long Island to the Solo-

mon Islands, we are engaging nature to help people adjust to changing condions

and reduce risks. Working with a small group of crical countries, we began to lay

the foundaon for policy soluons and transformave nance that will turn ideas

into reality. And we set out to change the conversaon about climate change in the

Unites States by showing people how climate change aects their daily lives.

I hope youll enjoy reading about these eorts in the pages that follow. Thank you

for all you have done to help The Nature Conservancy nd climate soluons for na-

ture and people.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF 2011 Trading Debt for Nature in

Indonesia

Building Momentum to Pro-

tect Mexicos Rainforests

Protecng Island Communi-

es in a Changing World

Climate Wizard Tool Takes o

New Life

Building a Climate Change

Constuency

Invesng in Key Countries

A Look Ahead

Climate Change Update2011 Year in Review

Sarene Marshall
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The Nature Conservancy and WWF joined

the Indonesian and U.S. governments to

sign a debt-for-nature swap agreement

that will result in a $28.5M investment to

help protect tropical forests and reduce

climate-changing carbon polluon from

Kalimantan the Indonesian part of the

island of Borneo.

The deal focuses on creang models for

forest conservaon and sustainable eco-

nomic devel-

opment in

Berau and

two other

districts in

Borneo all

three of

which contain

carbon-rich

tropical forest

and vast biodi-versity to demonstrate how economic

and climate objecves can be achieved.

Reducing carbon emissions from the forest

sector is crical for Indonesia, as defor-

estaon and degradaon account for more

than 60 percent of Indonesias total carbon

emissions. For the past three years, the

Conservancys Asia-Pacic Forest Program

and the Global Climate Change Team have

been working with governments, business-

es, local communies and other NGOs to

develop the Berau Forest Carbon Program

as a model to address major threats to the

forests and biodiversity of Borneo, such as

expansion of oil palm plantaons, illegal

and unsustainable logging pracces and

coal mining.

The nancial agreement, made possible by

the U.S. Tropical Forest Conservaon Act,

allows Indonesia to redirect a poron of its

foreign debt to investments in forest con-

servaon eorts. Under the terms of the

swap, the Conservancy and WWF each

must contribute $2M towards the $28.5M

deal. Over the

next eight

years, approxi-

mately $12M

of this will

ow to the

Berau Forest

Carbon Pro-

gram. With

addional

funds going toother REDD+ acvies in Indonesia, the

goal is to accelerang the development of

similar forest carbon programs throughout

the country.

Trading Debt for Nature in Indonesia FOREST CARBON Building on a $2M investment by Disn

in 2010to reforest areas in Inner M

golia, a corporate partner provided $

to develop a reforestaon project

Sichuan, China, which will expand c

cal panda habitat by restoring degrad

lands adjacent to exisng nature p

serves.

The Tensas River Basin and Bayou B

tholomew reforestaon projects

Louisiana became the rst Conserva

projects, and among the rst land-

projects of any kind in the U.S., to

validated under the Veried Carb

Standard, the leading standard in

voluntary carbon market.

The TNC Rio Bravo project in Be

recently became one of the rst valid

ed and veried REDD projects un

VCS globally, with 1.6 million tons

osets available for sale.

The Conservancy raised over $40collecvely, from a major publish

company and a leading outdoor adv

ture company to fund forest carb

oset projects in Louisiana. Through

Voluntary Online Oset Program, De

Air Lines customers connued th

support of our forest projects to o

the impact of their ights, resulng

over $250K having been raised throu

this program since 2008.

The World Bank-administered For

Carbon Partnership Facility which

Conservancy co-founded in 2007

lidied its status as the worlds lead

vehicle for naonal REDD+ capac

building (aka, readiness). The Rea

ness and Carbon Funds have been f

capitalized, surpassing $440M, and

Carbon Fund opened for business t

year.

The Conservancy received over $1

from USAID for REDD+ eorts in t

Amazon Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador a

Peru. In Brazil, we will help Para a

Mato Grosso develop state-wide RED

programs and demonstrate how

implement key aspects of those p

grams on the agricultural froner.

In April, Conservancy trustees, don

and close friends who share an inter

in climate change came together in N

York City for REDD+ AHEAD, a one-

advisory session focused on the C

servancys course forward in mak

REDD+ a truly catalyc approach

addressing climate change, protec

forests and creang alternave e

nomic opportunies in develop

countries.

Building Momentum to Protect Mexicos Rainforests

The Nature Conservancy received a $29M USAID grant in July to conserve diminishing

rainforests and promote Mexicos sustainable development. The consorum, led by the

Conservancy, with sta from the Mexico Programand Global Climate Change Team, in-

volves partners such as Rainforest Alliance, Fondo Mexicano para la Conservacin de la

Naturaleza, the Carnegie Instuon for Science and Woods Hole Research Center, with

over 60 years of combined global experience and on-the

-ground presence in Mexico.

The $29M is part of a larger, ve-year $70M USAID investment, to support Mexican ini-

aves to reduce emissions and address climate change. The program will support: a low-

emissions development strategy focused on monitoring, reporng and verifying levels of

carbon polluon, and a REDD+ strategy to protect forests and improve forestry manage-

ment for its climate benets.

Consorum members bring solid science and nancial analysis capacity, experience in

building sustainable livelihoods for forest dependent communies and demonstrated

capacity to deliver policy results at local, naonal and global scale. We will collaborate

with other local organizaons and communies to support the Mexican governments

eorts to strengthen policies and nancing for REDD+ preparedness, low -carbon devel-

opment and climate change soluons.

This deal will demonstrate how Indonesia can grow

and create jobs in a smarter way that minimizes impact

on the forest, improves the livelihoods of local commu-

nies and ulmately allows the government to achieve

its twin goals of 7 percent economic growth and up to a

41 percent reducon in carbon emissions by 2020,says

Greg Fishbein, Managing Director of the Global Climate

Change Teams Forest Carbon Program.
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This year, the Global Climate Change Team

launched the Climate Wizard Custom web

applicaon to give people the opportunity

to analyze historic climate informaon and

future climate change projecons for any-

where in the world. Users can input their

specic locaon of interest, me period

and climate variables, and the tool pro-vides a custom webpage for exploring the

results.

This applicaon, which is free and available

to the public, has already been used in a

number of studies: assessing the dangers

of extreme oods to dam operaons in

Chile; helping the U.S. Department of De-

fense determine the future water balance

of the Tigris and Euphrates River systems;

predicng vegetaon shis in southeastern

Colorado; and developing climate resilient

irrigaon schedules in southern Spain.

To increase the access and use of cung-

edge climate change analyses that will help

people in developing countries adapt to

the impacts of climate change, the Con-

servancy has partnered with the World

Bank. The new Climate Wizard projecons

will be integrated into The World Banks

Climate Change Knowledge Portal a cen-tral hub of informaon, data and reports

about climate change around the world.

The World Bank notes that the hope is to

help policymakers worldwide priorize

acons, along with developing a robust,

integrated approach for greater resilience

to climate risks. First up, Climate Wizard

will power World Bank regional analyses

that assess and model changes in ood and

drought stresses aecng agricultural

producvity, food security and water avail-

ability in Africa.

Climate Wizard Tool Takes on New Life

The arid US Southwest is a bellwet

of climate change in North America.

Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico a

Utah temperature rise and droug

have led to devastang res, ins

outbreaks and forest dieback. The Glo

al Climate Change Team is working w

these state chapters to increase t

resilience of healthy forests to h

reduce impacts on nearby cies. Earesults show promise: in the dev

tang Arizona re this year, sound f

est management likely saved ma

homes and dollars.

In partnership with the Global Clima

Change Team, the China Program

veloped a comprehensive clim

change business plan for greater imp

at the site, naonal and internao

level. Following Conservancy presen

ons on nature-based adaptaon

Chinese ocials in Beijing, a Conserv

cy alliance with the Naonal PoveAlleviaon Oce is underway

demonstrate how natural soluons c

help improve the wellbeing of people

2011 saw an important addion to t

Conservancys collaborave partners

with the Forest Service, Interior Depa

ment and Bureau of Land Manageme

a new Adaptaon Learning Netw

designed to spread nature- based ad

taon approaches across the US in k

federal agencies, provide support a

funding to our adaptaon eld wo

and link on-

the-

ground eorts to tfederal guidance that calls for all age

cies to implement nature-based

proaches.

TNC is working around the world

help communies understand, prep

and respond to future climate scena

os. In 2011, ten communies in Co

neccut used data and analysis fro

the Conservancys Coastal Resilien

programfor voluntary evacuaons a

emergency preparedness planning

fore Tropical Storm Irene. The Conse

ancy also hosted a Chinese delega

that visited sites on the US Atlan

Coast and the Gulf of Mexico to s

coastal resilience in acon.

Our organizaon-wide eorts

demonstrate soluons on the grou

and encourage governments, commu

es and corporaons to embrace na

ral soluons to reducing climate i

pacts was strengthened as the Glo

Climate Change and Global Mar

Teams integrated our eorts into

single strategy.

Protecng Island Communies in a Changing WorldLow-lying, cash-strapped small Island states are among the most vulnerable nations in the

world to climate change. Real-life impacts of increased storm surges, changes in seasonal

weather patterns and king tides that wash over whole islands present everyday challenges,

while small islands have a unique exposure to sea -level rise, from which they cannot

run. With funding from the German governments International Climate Initiative (ICI),

the Conservancy is helping build the resilience of island people in the Asia-Pacific Regionby

blending local knowledge and cutting-edge science to inform plans for the fu-

ture. Through this project, several communies in the Marshall Islands, Papua New Guin-

ea and the Solomon Islands have taken their desny into their own hands. They are cre-

ang parcipatory videos developing 3D models , and reenergizing me-honored tradi-

ons to raise awareness about climate impacts, visualize their lands and waters and iden-

fy soluons ranging from solar energy and oyster farming to beer sheries and marine

management, mangrove restoraon and forest and reef conservaon.

Generating and capturing funds from bilateral, multilateral and innovative sources to ex-

pand the use of nature-based strategies for responding to climate change is a key goal of

the Global Climate Change Team. Informed by this work in Asia-Pacific - and other pro-

jects, especially in the Caribbean - we are reaching out to policy-makers and funders to

educate them about the role forest and reef conservation can play in supporting resilient

ecosystems and communities. At the UN climate talks in Durban South Africa, the Con-

servancy utilized its strong political relationships and real-world experience with nature-

based strategies to convene several key small island governments and public funders. The

goal was to foster interest in creating Debt for Adaptation swaps or other new fundingstreamsto support climate-resilient coastal development through smart planning and in-

vestments in natural infrastructure.

PREPAREDNESS AND RESPON
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Building a Climate Change ConstuencyThe Nature Conservancy has a tremendous

stake in avoiding the most negave im-

pacts of climate change and a responsibil-

ity to help shape soluons. We also have a

unique set of assets on our side to play a

producve role in forging responses. Our

biparsan base, our science-based ap-

proach, the inuence of our network of

sta and supporters and our credibilitywith the business community and with the

public make us an important inuencer,

convener and messenger on climate

change. To achieve our climate goals, we

must have in place strong and smart U.S.

and internaonal policies geared toward

reducing emissions, protecng natural sys-

tems and safeguarding human well-being.

Given the current U.S. polical environ-

ment regarding climate change, we recog-

nize how crical it is to lay a beer founda-

on for a comprehensive policy soluon inthe future by building a climate constu-

ency of supporters who can let their elect-

ed ocials and other inuencers know just

how important it is to respond to this chal-

lenge.

We took steps in 2011 toward laying that

foundaon, meeng with Ohio chapter

sta and trustees to explore what a pilot

campaign in that state would look like. The

campaign will be focused on winning

hearts and minds with polically im-

portant constuencies by illustrang how

carbon polluon directly impacts the econ-

omy and lives of Ohios cizens. We hope

to launch similar eorts in other strategic

states, with a long-term goal of building

support for federal climate legislaon.

Naonally, these eorts will be supported

by enhanced media outreach, messaging

and tools that are aimed at taking climate

change out of the atmosphere and con-

necng it with issues of mainstream con-cern.

Invesng in Key Countries

POLICY AND OUTREACH The Conservancy is parcipang in

SmarterSafer coalion, with nat

partners such as American Rivers

Defenders of Wildlife, free-market t

tanks such as the Compeve Enterp

Instute and insurance interests

Swiss Re.Through the coalion, we

promong nature-based strategies

reduce impacts to people and na

from ood hazards, with a key goareforming the Naonal Flood Insura

Program to incorporate nature-ba

soluons on the ground.

The California Air and Resource Bo

voted unanimously to adopt the

regulaons of its cap and trade progr

which takes eect in January 2012. C

fornias cap and trade program is an

pated to be the second largest glo

greenhouse gas market. The prog

includes a robust role for domesc

est osets reecng a decade of w

by the Conservancy and colleagueand provides a pathway for future in

sion of REDD+ osets.

The White House Council on Envi

mental Quality released instrucon

US federal agencies in March that m

date every federal agency to develo

climate adaptaon plan by June 2

and to use ecosystem-based adapta

as a guiding principle in that plan.

Conservancy had strong input into

decision and connues to inform

process.

A strong Conservancy team aended

UN COP-17 climate negoaons in D

ban, South Africa. Durban produce

major polical advance by brea

down the historical paradigm from

Kyoto Protocol and requiring new c

mitments from all major emiers

2015. This means that China, India

Brazil will be included alongside the U

Europe and other rich countries for

rst me. Outside the negoaons,

Conservancy showed its strength a

convener and thought-leader, espec

on REDD+, climate adaptaon and in

vave nance.

To support our eorts to incre

awareness and support for climate

on, the Global Climate Change Te

invested in some refreshed tools. Se

al new brochures on our work w

created. In addion, we comple

redesigned the Planet Change sit

which has seen a 300% increase in tr

- to align with the latest internet te

nology and enable us to engage a w

audience to share their stories and le

about soluons.

In June, the Global Climate Change Team launched an iniave to create enhanced inter-

naonal momentum for climate acon by supporng key countries in pung soluons

into pracce. Six inial countries form the nucleus of this eort: Brazil, China, Indonesia,

Mexico, the Solomon Islands and the United States.

Conservancy sta from each country convened for a two-day meeng in Berlin, Germany

in July to esh out the strategy and develop a sense of shared ownership. We outlined avision for success by creang a network of acons across countries that collecvely have

the potenal to aect climate policy at the regional and internaonal levels. This will be

done rst by working within each country to build a line of sight from on -the-ground pro-

jects (especially around REDD+, adaptaon and climate nance) to naonal policy change,

and then linking these domesc eorts by country-to-country dialogues, exchanges and

other acvies that could accelerate the knowledge transfer and trust essenal for mul -

lateral soluons (e.g., in the UN process).

This strategy is already having a

posive impact. During COP-17 in

Durban, the Conservancy orga-

nized and facilitated a working

dinner, hosted by the governmentof Mexico, to informally discuss

and share experiences and chal-

lenges about REDD+ nancial ar-

rangements and benets sharing

mechanisms with the governments

of Indonesia, Brazil and Peru. The

parcipants expressed the value of

this kind of seng and recognized

the role the Conservancy can play

in this process, nong that it

should become an ongoing dialogue and deciding to meet again in February in Braslia.
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The Global Climate Change Team has a busy 2012 planned, with an emphasis on sharing knowledge, informing decision -makers

and maximizing our impact by linking our on-the-ground work to strategies that aect public understanding, policy and nance on

a global scale. Specic goals for the coming year include:

With an elecon year in the U.S. upon us, we are rening our own internal message framework so the Conservancy speaks with one

voice about climate impacts and risks and the role we can play in addressing them. We will be connuing our focus on securing pub-

lic funding for climate acon, launching the pilot phase of our eort to build a climate constuency in the U.S. and strengthening

our eorts to inject nature-based approaches into disaster risk reducon plans. Finally, we will be asking YOU to share your stories

of how climate change is aecng you through our blog Planet Changeand a number of outreach acvies.

POLICY AND OUTREACH

We will build our network of adaptaon proof-of-concept iniaves around the world to demonstrate adaptaon soluons that

work for people and nature. We will connue to rene and develop online tools like Climate Wizardto give people robust, accessi-

ble ways to visualize climate impacts and prepare responses. And we will connue to export our most valuable resource,

knowledge, by engaging our conservaon partners, private land managers and public agencies to bring nature-based soluons into

mainstream thinking about addressing climate change impacts.

PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

We will connue to develop our REDD+ pilot projects in Indonesia and Brazil while pung lessons learned in these places into prac-

ce in our burgeoning Mexico project. We will sharpen our focus on community involvement in our forest carbon eorts to ensure

that forest-dependent people have a voice and share in the benets of REDD+. In the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, we will

develop methodologies for the Carbon Fund to invest in innovave emissions reducon programs, helping to shape strong incen-

ves and rules for protecng tropical forests and the communies that depend upon them.

FOREST CARBON

A LOOK AHEAD
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2011 climate change year in review

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