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ACR Presents annual awards celebrating outstanding environmental achievements
April 7, 2022
ANAHEIM, Calif. ─ April 7, 2022 – Last night, the American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, hosted its annual gala reception to recognize and thank its members and partners. ACR Executive Director Mary Grady welcomed guests, presented highlights from the last two years and described the awards to be presented, including the individual Climate […]
USAID and Oasis Partner to Provide Direct Assistance to Survivors of Trafficking in Person
April 6, 2022
The Oasis Foundation has launched a new project to help survivors of human trafficking. Under the “Care for One – Care for All” project survivors will receive humanitarian, legal, psychological, and medical assistance. Oasis will also support survivors to obtain education, shelter, employment and other opportunities. The project is supported by USAID’s Safe Migration in […]
Winrock’s ECO Game Climate Change Adaptation and Learning Tool Comes to the Caribbean
April 5, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) named Winrock International a partner in the new Climate-Smart Caribbean project, an innovative collaboration between two Caribbean universities, the USDA Caribbean Climate Hub and the Climate Science Alliance. Partners will share information on climate change science, observed trends, expected future scenarios, and climate adaptation and mitigation solutions both across […]
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 […]
Winrock CEO Rodney Ferguson Appointed to Advisory Board of The Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy
March 29, 2022
Winrock International President and CEO Rodney Ferguson has been appointed to the advisory board of The Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy. The Vanderbilt Unity Project has appointed advisory board members as part of its long-term strategy to create a more united states by elevating factual, respectful, and evidence-based national dialogues. The advisory board […]
Winrock Welcomes New Board Member Michaela Edwards
March 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — March 15, 2022 — Winrock International, the U.S.-based national and international economic development organization, today announces the appointment of Michaela Edwards to its board of directors. “Winrock works to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity and sustain natural resources,” said Michaela Edwards. “I am thrilled to join the board of Winrock International […]
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 […]
Gender Equality Today Means a More Sustainable Tomorrow for All
March 8, 2022
The implications of not providing women with equal voices, choices and opportunities affect not just their lives, but the future of the planet. Efforts to promote inclusive sustainable development and fight climate change are inextricably linked. At Winrock, we understand the urgency in engaging with women in the pressing threat that climate change poses, today, […]
Female agribusiness owner sprouts success for other women in Nepal
March 4, 2022
In 2004, Mira DC opened her first agricultural tools store, Janata Agrovet, where she sells vegetables, maize, and rice seeds as well as rice, insecticides, fertilizers and other farming equipment. At first, sales were slow, in part because she had few relationships with farmers, wholesalers, traders, other organizations and the local municipality – and many […]
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 […]