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White House statement highlights role of ART-TREES standard in groundbreaking deal to protect Amazon rainforest
November 19, 2024
A statement issued by the White House during President Joe Biden’s recent trip to Brazil cites new initiatives aimed at combating climate change and protecting forests, including in the Amazon, and highlights the importance of the ART-TREES standard in the future verification of high-integrity forest carbon credits sought by the Brazilian state of Pará. Winrock […]
Reducing waste and supporting a circular economy in the Dominican Republic
November 14, 2024
To read the U.S. Embassy Santo Domingo’s announcement about the project launch, please click here. The USAID/Dominican Republic Solid Waste Reduction Program was launched at a dynamic event in Santo Domingo on Nov. 6, 2024, attended by the Dominican minister of Environment and Natural Resources and the USAID/Dominican Republic mission director. Implemented by Winrock with […]
Decentralizing power in Nepal: Distributed generation strategy reduces new risks from climate breakdown
November 5, 2024
This column by Bikash Pandey was originally published in Nepali Times. Nepal’s national electricity grid is supplied with power from a remarkably decentralised array of 162 hydropower projects and 14 solar photovoltaic schemes spread across 43 districts, supplying power over the grid to 30 million people. Another 249 hydropower projects and 14 solar projects are […]
Environmental Finance features ACR’s Mary Grady
October 21, 2024
This column was originally published on Environmental-Finance.com on Sept. 6, 2024. “Carbon removals vs. reductions misses the moment,” an essay by ACR Executive Director Mary Grady, was published in Environmental Finance, an online news and analysis service that reports on sustainable investment, green finance and environmental markets. “When you’re in a hole, the first rule is […]
Friends of clean air: A #thaiRAIN success story
October 17, 2024
Too hard to breathe Air pollution has topped Thailand’s environmental challenges over the past decade. According to the State of Global Air Report, toxic haze was linked to 32,200 deaths in 2019 — higher than those caused by COVID. Thailand’s average PM2.5 concentration in 2023 was 4.7 times above the World Health Organization’s air quality […]
Silent heroes: Partnering with informal waste collectors to reduce plastic pollution
October 14, 2024
Each day, massive amounts of plastic waste continue to be generated in cities across Vietnam. With 1.8 million tons of plastic discarded annually, the recycling rate of just 27% feels alarmingly inadequate. Each year, between 280,000 and 730,000 tons of plastic waste end up in the ocean — equivalent to the weight of about 2,000 […]
The Climate Q&A…with Winrock International climate leaders
October 9, 2024
This year marked the 15th annual convening of Climate Week NYC, an event held alongside the U.N. General Assembly in New York City that brings together leaders from across sectors to champion inclusive climate action. Three common and interconnected threads at this year’s event were: 1) The urgency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare […]
Southeast Asia “center of excellence” in the making: a #thaiRAIN success story
September 19, 2024
We need to talk about agri-food climate-smart innovations Southeast Asian farmers are facing the concrete effects of climate change, such as unusual weather, rising temperatures, water shortages, increasing pest infestations and devastating floods. The region has invested in R&D and innovations for many years, but the results have been unsatisfactory. Crop yield increases have stalled […]
The Climate Q&A… with Krysla Lima: A transformational shift in community-based conservation and management of peatlands
September 12, 2024
Krysla Lima, senior specialist with Winrock International’s Ecosystem Services team, is a natural resources and climate-smart agriculture specialist focusing on improving economic and environmental outcomes through innovative, market-based approaches and evidence-based policy and program implementation. With over 10 years of experience in sustainable agriculture and climate change mitigation program implementation in Asia, Africa and Latin […]
Community partnerships and action to reduce pollution from open burning in Vietnam
September 10, 2024
Open burning, both of household waste and agricultural straw, is a major source of air pollution in rural and urban Vietnam, contributing to deteriorating air quality and increasing public health risks. To tackle this pressing issue, the USAID Reducing Pollution project, implemented by Winrock International, is supporting community-driven solutions aimed at reducing open burning and […]