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Winrock CEO Addresses Carbon Pricing and Net Zero at FT Climate Capital Live 2022
March 30, 2022
Limiting global warming to the 1.5 degrees threshold target established by the Paris Agreement seems harder to reach with each passing day. “Unless governments, businesses and investors instigate rapid, sustained and large-scale reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, the goal … will very soon be beyond reach,” the Financial Times wrote in the introduction to its […]
Land, Water, Life: Supporting Communities to Improve Water Security and Resource Management as the Climate Changes
March 14, 2022
The people of Burkina Faso and Niger, two landlocked countries in West Africa, live in one of the hottest regions in the world: the Sahel. These days, it’s getting hotter – and drier – making survival increasingly challenging. In the arid band just below the Sahara Desert, Burkinabe and Nigeriens are coping with crises both […]
Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) 2021: The Year in Review
February 11, 2022
The progress ART achieved in 2021 with collaborators significantly broadened opportunities to unlock inclusive, large-scale solutions from forests that support achievement of the ambitious climate and sustainable development goals of the Paris Agreement. We would like to acknowledge the continued leadership from ART’s independent board of directors, who provide ongoing strategic guidance and help to […]
USAID Uses a Collective Impact Approach to Help Vietnam Tackle Air Pollution
January 19, 2022
Every winter, northern Vietnam struggles with air pollution, with ten provinces experiencing unhealthy levels of air pollution. To help Vietnam develop effective solutions to improve air quality, on January 7th, USAID’s new Reducing Pollution project and the Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) held a Scoping Workshop on “Collective Impact for Air Pollution Reduction” for the Northern Region of […]
The Climate Q&A
January 10, 2022
What is an engineered solution for climate change? An engineered solution is a technological intervention to address a specific problem or challenge associated with climate change. Most engineered solutions usually focus on reducing or preventing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or removing GHGs already in our atmosphere. One good example is the methodology that the American Carbon […]
Preserving Peatlands: A Hidden Key to Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
January 5, 2022
For more than a decade, Winrock International has been delving into Indonesia’s dirt ─ or more specifically, into the fascinating ancient soil type known as peat. Comprising partially decomposed organic matter, peatlands form over centuries through the arrested decay of billions of plants, the breakdown of which is delayed by the absence of oxygen in […]
The World’s Forgotten Forests: Stable Forests as a Climate Solution
January 4, 2022
Forests truly are the lungs of our planet. They absorb massive amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) and release oxygen (O2). Their protection is vital to regulate our climate, but also to maintain biodiversity, filter and regulate water, and form the soil and clouds that feed our fields and pastures. At the U.N.’s 2021 Climate Change […]
ICAO Expands Approval of art Credits for global aviation’s carbon market
December 3, 2021
ARLINGTON, Virginia, December 1, 2021 – The Secretariat of the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) welcomes the approval by the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to extend the eligibility of ART-issued TREES Credits for compliance under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). Initially approved to supply units generated between 2016 and […]
Winrock’s ONE-SL Project Highlighted in U.S. Plan to Conserve Global Forests
November 11, 2021
At COP26 during the World Leaders Summit Forest Day session on November 2, 2021, the United States announced the Plan to Conserve Global Forests: Critical Carbon Sinks, which includes an inventory of new and existing programs that support the implementation of the Plan including the Department of State-funded, Winrock-executed Offsetting National Emissions from Sustainable Landscapes Plus […]
LEAF Coalition Announces $1 Billion Mobilized, Intent for REDD+ Transactions and New Participants
November 9, 2021
GLASGOW — November 8, 2021 – The Secretariat of the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART), hosted by Winrock International, welcomes the series of announcements last week at COP26 by the LEAF (Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance) Coalition. At the World Leaders’ Summit, LEAF announced it has mobilized $1 billion USD for forest country governments […]