Since October, 2007, supported by the Union of Concerned Scientists, we have been supporting the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) group, a part of Climate Action Network (CAN). We have supported the REDD group in their preparation and team-building meeting leading up to the Bali UNFCCC Summit held in December 2007 and in June 2008 in preparations for work leading up to Copenhagen in 2009.

The Climate Action Network (CAN) is a worldwide network of over 365 Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels. Member organisations range from large NGOs such as WWF, Greenpeace, FOE, and the Nature Conservancy, to smaller, grassroots NGOs. Deforestation contributes to around 20% of global greenhouse emissions. The CAN-REDD group is pushing for the inclusion of a number of policy recommendations around deforestation as part of the UN framework