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The Climate Q&A… with Kurt Krapfl: Investing in natural climate solutions in North America
March 20, 2024
ACR Forestry Director Kurt Krapfl has overseen the issuance of more than 150 million metric tons of high-quality forest carbon credits. He has led and supported the development and publication of innovative methodologies at ACR related to improved forest management, afforestation and reforestation, avoided conversion of forests, wetland and grassland restoration, and new quantification tools […]
Entering 2024 with wind in our sails: ACR outlines three priorities for the year ahead
February 9, 2024
This story was originally published on acrcarbon.org. I have become a firm believer in the power of carbon markets to drive increased climate ambition and action, and the voluntary carbon market is a vital tool to keep 1.5C in reach. Let’s not waste any more time or let the perfect be the enemy of the […]
USAID Asia CTIP: Evidence2Action conference collaborates on survivor-centered approaches
January 16, 2024
By the USAID Asia Counter Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) project team at Winrock International. Have you ever wondered how survivor narratives are able to not just inspire, but actively reshape the landscape of counter-trafficking interventions? This increasingly salient theme was at the core of a series of workshops, dialogues and conversations at the 2023 Evidence2Action […]
How can regenerative grazing for dairy production provide wins for cows, farmers and climate change?
January 3, 2024
By Jonathan Winsten Jon Winsten is an agricultural and environmental economist at Winrock International. Jon works at the interface of agriculture and the environment, focused on climate change and water quality. He pioneered some of the outcome-based incentive mechanisms that help farmers find the most cost-effective strategies to reduce impact on water quality and climate […]
Op-ed: Return climate politics to the art of the possible
December 7, 2023
On November 30, 2023 – ahead of COP28 in Dubai, Mary Grady (ACR Executive Director) published the following op-ed in Marketwatch. Politics has been called the art of the possible. Yet, when it comes to climate change, this adage is flipped on its head – the art of the impossible. As the world prepares for the […]
The total eclipse is coming. Winrock’s Innovation Hub is ready. Are you?
November 27, 2023
The following story was originally published on thepathoftotality.org, an initiative of the Simons Foundation. For over 20 years, Errin Stanger, director of the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, has been driven by her love of community organizing and serving others. So when she learned that her town of North Little Rock, Arkansas, was in the path […]
10 reasons the world needs carbon markets
November 27, 2023
This story was originally published on ACRcarbon.org. The world is not on track to meet Paris Agreement goals and current policies put us on the path for 2.7°C of warming, well beyond what climate scientists say is safe for humanity. Even if every country met its current commitments, the world would still be 24 gigatons of emissions short of […]
Committing to a child labor-free world
June 14, 2023
I want to share an update on some of the U.S. Department of Labor-funded MATE MASIE project’s inspiring successes as we work with communities, government and other important stakeholders in Ghana to better understand the complex drivers of child labor in the cocoa industry, and to develop solutions to prevent it. It is important for […]
Cleaning up global cooling systems with carbon markets
May 1, 2023
Refrigerants are the chemicals used in our air conditioning and refrigeration systems to keep people, food and medicine cool. In an increasingly warming world, they are being utilized more and more to help people adapt to rising temperatures. Unfortunately, the most common chemical compounds we use as refrigerants, such as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), are extremely potent […]
How Winrock International supports impact investment in sustainable development and climate action
April 20, 2023
As a mission-driven organization focused on sustainable international and domestic development, Winrock International recognizes the massive amount of work that lies ahead to fill the estimated investment gap between where the world is, today, and the amount of money needed in order to hit the goals set in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. I’ve […]