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“Justice For All” must include voices of those impacted by environmental degradation and the actions taken to repair it
August 10, 2022
Photo by: Hannah Butler for Winrock International
Financing Renewable Energy: Supporting Low-Carbon Economic Development and Fighting Climate Change
August 4, 2022
Kathmandu perches at an elevation above 4,300 feet in Nepal inside a valley rimmed by the Himalayas. Its population of 1.4 million is growing at about 4% each year. As the teeming city expands, its energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions are also rising. At one point in 2021, Kathmandu ranked among the top 10 […]
Acting together: Understanding and fostering collective impact are key to the USAID Reducing Pollution project in Vietnam
June 30, 2022
In 2020, when I received my master’s degree in climate change from Vietnam National University in Hanoi, I had already been working in the environmental sector on and off for over 10 years. My experiences in health, tourism and education during those years were valuable for many reasons, including that they crystallized for me that […]
The Climate Q&A…
June 21, 2022
You are Winrock’s first senior advisor for climate change. What’s included in your remit? Winrock has a long history of thought leadership and program implementation that empowers local communities, governments, civil society, and the private sector to mitigate and adapt to climate change. So, the good news is that although I am technically “the first” senior […]
ACR Updates Program Rules for Tokenization of Carbon Credits
May 31, 2022
May 31, 2022 – The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, has announced updated program rules, effective immediately, that prohibit the tokenization of ACR carbon offset credits unless explicitly authorized by ACR. The updated rules, detailed in the legal Terms of Use agreement with ACR account holders, are designed to protect carbon asset […]
Partnering with Vietnam on Environmental Protection, Pollution Reduction and Climate Action
May 17, 2022
Winrock’s collaboration with communities, businesses and government in Vietnam on environmental initiatives ranging from forest and water protection to policy development and pollution prevention stretches back two decades. Today, as Vietnam pursues ambitious new environmental goals including its recent public commitment to achieve net zero by 2050, continued and deepened engagement is more important than […]
“The Journey to Net Zero” and Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Agricultural Supply Chains
April 20, 2022
The inaugural Concordia Lexington Summit, held April 7-8 at the University of Kentucky, convened thought leaders to address the future of technology, trade, environmental sustainability and other issues of urgent concern to the U.S. Winrock’s Senior Director of Private Sector Engagement Steve Brunn participated in a panel at the summit focused on carbon reduction and […]
ACR launches Innovative Registry Infrastructure for Removal Credits
April 18, 2022
April 18, 2022 – The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, has pioneered new registry functionality to label credits verified as removals for project types including afforestation/reforestation (A/R), Improved Forest Management (IFM) and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). The announcement coincides with the publication of a first-of-its-kind, industry-leading approach for distinguishing verified […]
ACR Carbon Markets 101: Additionality and Baselines for Improved Forest Management Projects
April 16, 2022
ACR is launching a blog series to explore and explain carbon markets and how ACR tackles various issues in our ongoing mission to set the bar for carbon credit quality. Our first post is on additionality and baselines for Improved Forest Management (IFM) projects. Demand for voluntary carbon credits has doubled in recent years and […]
Winrock ECO Pilot: EPcs used consistently by low income households in peri-urban nepal
April 11, 2022
While transitions to electric cooking (eCooking) in more affluent and urban Nepali communities have been documented, a recent MECS Electric Cooking Outreach (ECO) challenge fund pilot study in Nepal has demonstrated clear uptake of eCooking by low-income peri-urban households – even those which collect firewood for free. Fifty households in Katahariya Municipality (Rautahat District) participated in […]