# Warsaw Framework for REDD+ MRV
*methodology . standards*

Multilateral methodology framework adopted at COP 19 (Warsaw, December 2013) governing how developing countries measure, report, and verify forest emission reductions to access results-based payments. Comprises seven decisions (9/CP.19 through 15/CP.19) covering results-based finance, national forest monitoring systems, forest reference emission levels, safeguards information, and MRV modalities. Decision 11/CP.19 mandates national forest monitoring systems combine remote sensing with ground-based inventory, making satellite-derived forest area change data an obligatory input to national REDD+ reporting. Integrated under Article 5 of the Paris Agreement; in force as of 2026.

## Specifications
- **version**: Warsaw Framework, 2013
- **authority**: unfccc
- **url**: https://redd.unfccc.int/
- **last verified date**: "2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z"
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-verified

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