Global progress on reducing deforestation and restoring natural forests has not kept pace with the scale of commitments and the need for climate mitigation.
Leading NGOs call on companies to follow the Accountability Framework to end ecosystem destruction and human rights violations in the production and trade of beef, palm oil, pulp, timber and soy.
A workshop on developing a sustainable institutional system for GHG inventories and Measuring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system in Jordan was held from 2 to 4 November, 2015 at the Dead Sea
Join us at this side event that will bring together representatives from governments, UNFCCC, CDM project developers and climate advisory firms in Africa to discuss CDM relevance in Africa.
Climate Finance is pleased to announce the timely publication of this brief commissioned by KfW that aims to shed light on the current landscape of results-based REDD+ finance.
Climate Focus will be co-hosting this side event at COP 21 in Paris. Read about their African CDM pipeline project under:
www.climatefocus.com/projects/
strengthening-african-cdm-pipeline
Climate Focus is pleased to announce the publication of their report, the first analysis of a multi-year effort to track progress towards the 10 goals laid out in the New York Declaration on Forests.
Climate Focus is happy to announce Gold Standard registration of the African Biogas Carbon Programme of Activities (ABC PoA) supporting the implementation of the African Biogas Partnership Programme.
A suite of studies focusing on drivers of forest change in the Greater Mekong Subregion has been published by the FAO and USAID LEAF program as countries commit to forest cover expansion efforts.
Charlie Parker will be presenting Climate Focus' paper on land use finance entitled 'Three Tools to Unlock Finance for Land-Use Mitigation and Adaptation' at the Standing Committee on Finance Durban.
Adriaan Korthuis will be attending and speaking at the African Regional Workshop on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions, in Kigali, Rwanda from 17 – 19 August, 2015 .
The Mogli MRV+ smartphone app has been developed by Climate Focus and its partner Tact L3C to facilitate online/offline monitoring, reporting and verifying (MRV) reductions in greenhouse gases.
Bamshad Houshyani will be in Uganda 24-28 August 2015 to conduct the final capacity-building workshop for wastewater sector stakeholders and support the Designated National Authority.
Charlotte Streck, Charlie Parker, & Alemayehu Zeleke contributed to a new U.S. Dept. of State-funded report that provides guidance to decision-makers seeking to finance sustainable land use activities
Climate Focus launches report on Voluntary Sustainability Initiatives (VSIs) produced for USAID's LEAF Program at the Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use (AFOLU) Working Group regional forum, Bangkok.
Adriaan Korthuis, Climate Focus, is a presenter at this event, which will further explore innovative financing instruments for project development and investment opportunities in East Africa.
This article, written by Adriaan Korthuis of Climate Focus and Jos Cozijnsen of emissierechten.nl, is published in the daily Dutch financial and business newspaper, the "Financieel Dagblad" (fd.nl).
The CARBON EXPO 2015 is tailored to discuss the urgent needs of development clients, partners and of the international community leading up to the climate negotiations at COP 21 in Paris.
Climate Focus will be assisting the Azito Energie single to combined natural gas power plant (420MW) project in the Ivory Coast with post-registration changes.
