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article / Thu, 15 Dec, 2022

How REDD+ benefit distribution delivers rapidly at scale

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(Pic @ UNDP) It is well known that vastly scaled up finance is needed to accelerate climate action and realize the full emissions reduction potential of forests. According to the recent Forest Declaration Assessment report, up to 200 times the...

article / Thu, 15 Dec, 2022

All roads lead to Rome: finding pathways through the complexity of REDD+ finance

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On November 28 and 29, some 25 country representatives from Latin America, Africa and Asia Pacific gathered in Rome and virtually with UN-REDD experts and invited guests for a REDD+ dialogue on strategic finance pathways for forest solutions. This...

article / Thu, 15 Dec, 2022

Harnessing Carbon Markets: a conversation with African Women Leaders

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@ Photo by Ken kahiri on Unsplash Huddled in the dedicated interaction space at the UNDP Pavilion at COP 27, our team participated in an event to discuss harnessing carbon markets with other African women leaders. The conversation unfolded alongside...

article / Thu, 15 Dec, 2022

How open science and open data support forest climate action

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The Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Change Conference (COP 27) opened with a shared sense of urgency, as speakers underscored the devastating climate impacts that have occurred this year. During the opening ceremony, speakers shared pressing messages from...

article / Thu, 15 Dec, 2022

Ecuador’s new deforestation-free certification scheme turns the coffee and cocoa trade into an ally for forests and climate

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Ecuador launched its national certification scheme for deforestation-free coffee and cocoa production at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt in November. The certification scheme creates a bridge between Ecuador’s foreign commodity...

article / Tue, 01 Nov, 2022

Taking stock of forest-based climate ambition in a time of crisis

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With catastrophic floods in Bangladesh and Canada, historic droughts in Western Europe and the Horn of Africa, and wildfires raging around the world, we enter the COP 27 Climate Change Conference face-to-face with the global climate crisis. Decision...

article / Tue, 01 Nov, 2022

The value of assessing the effectiveness of REDD+

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Assessing the efficacy of REDD+ measures is critical to ensuring REDD+ efforts lead to the maximum positive climate impact while also enabling improvements. However, establishing links between policy or technical measures and impacts on deforestation...

article / Tue, 01 Nov, 2022

No pathway to Paris without 1 gigaton of forest emissions reductions by 2025

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Measuring trees in Uganda (@UN-REDD) The climate change and biodiversity crises, combined with challenges presented by food insecurity and pandemics, are pushing us to the brink. Fortunately, actions to protect, sustainably manage and restore forests...

article / Wed, 21 Sep, 2022

A peek into the life of a climate activist

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Morris on the streets of Kampala (Photocredit @Morris Nyombi) When you lose your farm due to flooding, you understand that climate change is a big threat Morris Nyombi grew up in Eastern Uganda. When he was ten years old, his family broke up, largely...

article / Wed, 21 Sep, 2022

Could emerging entrepreneurship save our forests?Â

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Forest conservation is in itself one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time and yet one of the most threatened by illegal business practices and corrupt activities. Yearly the world loses around 5 million hectares of forest, 95% of...

article / Thu, 08 Sep, 2022

Africa Climate Week: going for mitigation or adaptation?

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Participants of the Africa Climate Week in Gabon (@UNEP) There are burning topics in the news right now and climate change is undoubtedly one of them. It has been identified as the leading human and environmental crisis of the 21 st century. The...

article / Thu, 08 Sep, 2022

Inicia proyecto Paraguay + Verde de REDD+

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Luego de recibir USD 50 millones del Fondo Verde para el Clima (GCF, por sus siglas en inglés), por reducir emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI) entre 2015 y 2017, inicia Paraguay + Verde, un proyecto REDD+ que busca generar nuevas...