14 October 2014: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published the report of an expert meeting held to discuss the information hub to be created for activities related to REDD+ (FCCC/SBI/2014/INF.13). According to the report, meeting participants concluded that a significant degree of flexibility for adjustments should be built into the hub. The experts noted that parties may wish to revise the hub as experience tracking results is gained or to link it with other information systems that may be created under the UNFCCC.

The experts, who met in Bonn, Germany, on 2-3 September 2014, shared their knowledge of national and intergovermental REDD+ information portals and offered proposals for the hub, which will be created and hosted by the UNFCCC Secretariat. The hub is expected to be a centralized, transparent repository for recording and displaying REDD+ results and results-based payments. Participants presented and discussed ideas on the design, functions, data entry and management of the hub.

In decision 9/CP.19 parties decided “to establish an information hub on the web platform on the UNFCCC website as a means to publish information on the results of the activities referred to in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 70 [REDD+], and corresponding results-based payments.” [Publication: UNFCCC Report on the Expert Meeting on an Information Hub] [IISD RS Story on the Expert Meeting on an Information Hub for REDD+]