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About Climate focus

Climate Focus is a pioneering international advisory company and think tank that provides advice to governments and multilateral organizations, non-governmental and philanthropic organizations, and to companies across the globe. We support our clients with shaping and navigating through international and domestic climate policies, accessing climate finance, and engaging with new climate mechanisms and cooperative approaches.

Highlighted publications

NYDF 2018 Progress Assessment: Goal 10 Report

The 4th edition of the NYDF Progress Assessment, focusing on forest governance, rule of law, and empowerment of indigenous peoples, reveals that crime counteracts commitments to end deforestation.

Guide to Communicating Carbon Pricing

Effective communications are integral to designing and implementing a carbon price. The Guide to Communicating Carbon Pricing provides guidance on designing and implementing effective carbon pricing.

Landscape of Article 6 Pilots – A closer look at initial cooperative approaches

This study maps Article 6 pilots and provides a first comprehensive look at the landscape of initial cooperative approaches worldwide.

Highlighted projects

Identifying drivers for soy and cattle producers to become more sustainable

Climate Focus, on behalf of the Meridian Institute, conducted a study to identify major incentives and drivers for soy and cattle producers to make their operations more sustainable.

Implementing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement in the Solid Waste Sector in Peru

Climate Focus supports the governments of Perú and the Nordic countries in assessing opportunities for the Peruvian waste sector under Articles 6.2 and 6.4 of the Paris Agreement.

Driving Private Sector Action in the Cocoa & Forests Initiative

Climate Focus and partner Meridian Institute are supporting the World Bank, World Cocoa Foundation, and Cocoa/Chocolate companies as part of the Cocoa and Forests Initiative (CFI).

Highlighted initiatives

Zon in de Stad - Sun in the city

"Seeing is believing" is the idea behind the Sun in the City initiative that encourages city dwellers to power their houses and apartments with solar panels.

NYDF Progress Assessment

Climate Focus annually leads a network of civil society groups and research institutions in undertaking a progress assessment towards the 10 goals formulated by the New York Declaration of Forests.

Rotterdamse Klimaatoproep – Rotterdam Climate Call for Action

Dozens of Rotterdam-based companies and organisations have joined forces to accelerate the leap to a low carbon economy in Europe’s largest port city.

News

19 July 2019

Reducing the climate impact of travel: Climate Focus travel policy

Travel more wisely, pick a train and clean up air travel emissions: Climate Focus is committing to minimize the impacts of our travel. And we seek to mobilise our partners and clients to join us.

28 May 2019

New research identifies drivers for soy and cattle producers to become more sustainable

Corporate supply chain commitments are insufficiently addressing producer barriers to sustainable production in the beef and soy sectors in Brazil and the beef and dairy sector in Colombia.

06 February 2019

Webinar with Lead Authors of Guide to Communicating Carbon Pricing

Watch the recording of the webinar with lead authors of the Guide to Communicating Carbon Pricing, George Marshall and Darragh Conway, presenting key findings and answering questions.

11 January 2019

Climate Focus opens new office in Rotterdam

We have started 2019 by opening a branch office in Rotterdam. It is Climate Focus’s fifth office and the second one in the Netherlands, besides Amsterdam.

09 January 2019

COP24 - Setting the Paris Agreement in Motion

COP24 marked a deadline to produce a rulebook on how to implement the provisions of the Paris Agreement that will apply from 2020 onwards. In this brief you can find our assessment of the conference.

22 December 2018