REDD+ Investment Program Phase II Ethiopia is moving from REDD+ phase I to phase II of the climate partnership agreement where Ethiopia will work on the investment protifolio to achieve results(carbon emission reductions). The current agreement is the continuation of the REDD+ investment phase I of the result based payment for Ethiopia to achieve  result based payment. RIP phase II has an overarching goal to contribute to enhanced forest conservation to avoid deforestation and forest degradation and increased forest cover through tree planting and restoration of degraded forest areas.