Carbon markets have gained significant traction in recent years, but largely leave out Africa, without which global climate goals cannot be achieved.
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Switching to bamboo charcoal not only brings significant environmental benefits, but also creates local jobs and new income opportunities.
Japan became the first bilateral partner to fund the new re-afforestation and land restoration programme through the Climate Promise FLaRAK project.
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Adopting electricity as the primary source of energy for cooking helps reduce carbon emissions and deforestation.
The new funding will be key in sustaining resilient forest ecosystems that benefit local economies, protect biodiversity, and address climate change.
To tackle climate change, Ecuador has taken pioneering steps for reducing deforestation and forest degradation.
UNDP and Defra aim to demonstrate the potential of nature to help tackle the climate crisis and reach the goals of the Paris Agreement.
With new climate financing support from Japan, UNDP will assist Georgia to protect forests and reduce emissions.
UNDP is committed to support the government in exploring new financing instruments, particularly thematic bonds that take into account ESG criteria.
Young Kenyan entrepreneurs are tackling deforestation and shifting to a circular economy through innovation.
In celebration of International Forests Day, students from the Kalinago community in Dominica came out to plant fruit trees on their school compounds
Costa Rica is confronting the climate crisis with agroforestry.
Increasing climate resilience, enhancing social cohesion, and creating income and economic opportunities