# gst_objectives

axis_name: Key objective 6
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Efforts to conserve, protect, and restore nature and ecosystems with solutions for climate, biodiversity and desertification


axis_name: Key objective 26
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Governance, state capacities and institutional strengthening for climate action, planning and preparedness


# targets

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Pursuing an emissions reductions trajectory consistent with achieving net zero emissions by 2050 as a Coalition


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Enable the production 16 Mt of heavy fuel oil equivalent (HFOe) well-to-wake zero-emission fuels by 2030


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20 key ports covering at least three continents offering well-to-wake zero-emission bunkering by 2030


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Our goal is that the Mission will work with a cohort of 50 ambitious cities worldwide to demonstrate integrated pathways towards holistic, people-centred urban transitions built around clean energy and innovative net-zero carbon solutions


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Bring together a cohort of 300 cities by 2024 and integrate innovative solutions into a net-zero urban transition roadmap framework


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Unlocking emissions reductions at the end of their next refurbishment cycles could prevent nearly 60Gt CO2 and help put industrial sectors on a pathway to net zero emissions by 2050


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In line with the global objective of net zero CO2 emissions by 2050 and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.


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Accelerating the transition of all industry sectors to low carbon pathways to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.


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HCCC aligns with the Paris Agreement by promoting emission reductions that contribute to limiting global warming to well below 2°C, with a focus on achieving net-zero emissions by 2050


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Aligning high-emitting industries with the Paris Agreement by 2030, and reaching net-zero emissions by 2050


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Joining the FMC provides companies with a high-leverage method to take climate action by creating a market for the emerging technologies crucial to reach net zero by 2050.


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Transition the operational and attributable greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lending and investment portfolios to align with pathways to net-zero by 2050 or sooner


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Investment consultants will help their clients prioritise real economy emissions reductions, reflecting the interim target of 50% global emissions reduction by 2030 or sooner


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Commit to work together with the aim of reducing cooling-related emissions across all sectors by at least 68% globally relative to 2022 levels by 2050, consistent with limiting global average temperature rise to 1.5°C and in line with reaching global net-zero emissions targets with significant progress and expansion of access to sustainable cooling by 2030


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All members of IWCA commit to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050 at the latest in their company (across Scopes 1, 2, and 3), without relying on offsets.


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Targets for signatories: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in line with 1.5 climate change scenario, by setting a science-based carbon reduction targets


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Implement zero-deforestation commitments by eliminating agricultural commodity-driven deforestation from investment portfolios and centrally integrating deforestation action into net zero transition plans


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Electric vehicle technology allows the global fleet to achieve approximately 40% lower carbon emissions than a highly efficient conventional combustion fleet (and 70% lower carbon than a business-as-usual fleet) in 2050


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All members commit to keeping global temperature rises to well below 2°C with efforts to reach 1.5°C


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35 states and regions in the Coalition have committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2050 or earlier


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Reduce global emissions by 5.6 GtCO2 equivalent annually in 2050 compared to a business-as-usual trajectory


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Initiative aims to contribute to the 2014 New York Declaration on Forests target to reduce between 4.5 and 8.8 billion tons of carbon emissions every year


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enable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies to achieve a net reduction of 100 million metric tons of CO2 per year globally by 2030


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Realising a portfolio of at least 50 large-scale demonstration projects in energy intensive industry and mobilising private finance, including public-private partnerships


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By 2030, all CCAC partners collectively ensure that agricultural SLCPs are fully considered in national climate policy and that many countries contribute to achieve the 20-25% methane reduction goal


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100 carbon-neutral airports in Europe by 2030. There are 327 accredited airports, accounting for 45 percent of global air passenger traffic in 71 countries across the world. In addition, there is a long-term commitment for 100 carbon neutral airports in Europe by 2030.


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By 2020 zero emissions transport is the preferred form of all new mobility in the world’s major cities and transport routes


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By 2020 heavy industry, including iron & steel, cement, chemicals and oil & gas, whilst committing to being Paris compliant


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By 2030, the operational portfolio emissions of the Commitment signatories will be at net zero, saving approximately 3.4 million tonnes of CO2 (tCO2e) that year


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The goal of the initiative is to accelerate the climate work of companies and bring them to a 1.5C pathway and reduce GHG emissions by 50% until 2030.


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absolute CO2 emissions reduction for 2030 range has been defined as 49% to 65%, compared to the base year 2020


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Support efforts to hold global temperature rise to within 1.5\xa0°C above pre-industrial levels, in line with reaching net-zero emissions well before 2050


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Increase sale of electric vehicles by 30% by 2030 to achieve a 30% reduction of CO2 emissions in urban areas by 2050


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Asserting our intention to strive toward carbon neutrality by 2050 or before to help limit the increase in global average temperature to 1.5˚C in accordance with the latest reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change


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50% absolute aggregate GHG emission reductions in scope 1, 2, and 3 of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Standard, by 2030 against a baseline of no earlier than 2019


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Embodied carbon must be reduced by at least 40 per cent, with leading projects achieving at least 50% reductions in embodied carbon by 2030


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The Climate-Smart Agriculture Booster aims to reduce and sequester the equivalent of 10 million metric tonnes of CO2 annually by 2020


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OGCI companies reduce the collective average methane intensity upstream gas and oil operations to below 0.20% by 2025 and near zero by 2030


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Reduce the average carbon intensity of our aggregate upstream operated assets to 17 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent per barrel of oil equivalent by 2025.


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The mission is to ensure that nature provides around a third of the climate solution needed by 2030, i.e.. about 10 gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent a year.


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To make zero emission vehicles the new normal, accessible, affordable, and sustainable in all regions by 2030.


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Reduce the emissions intensity of hydrogen production by nearly 50% by 2030, resulting in a 10% reduction in total emissions from hydrogen production


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For ZEVTC members, heavy duty zero emission vehicles sales share targets of 45% by 2030 and 100% no later than 2040


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All sales of new cars and vans to be zero-emission globally by 2040, and by no later than 2035 in leading markets


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50% or more reduction in emissions (PM2.5, CO, BC) from stoves in affected homes by the adoption of clean cooking solution


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Companies in the aviation sector commit to using sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) that reduce lifecycle GHG emissions by at least 85% by 2050


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Reduce agricultural methane (CH4) emissions by at least 10.3 Mt CH4 from 2020 levels by 2030 and 28.2 Mt CH4 in 2050


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Reduction in carbon emissions through reduced deforestation, reduced degradation, natural re-growth and reforestation.


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4 pour 1000 Initiative: Aims for a 0.4% annual increase in soil carbon sequestration in cultivated landscapes.


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Restoration of 350 million hectares of degraded land over the next 10 years could remove between 13-26 gigatons of CO2-e from the atmosphere.


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 Urban forests can capture between 0.5 to 5 gigatonnes of CO2 annually, significantly reducing urban heat and energy consumption.


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The target they have is to reduce 18 million tons of CO2e by 2021, and the annual report for 2016-2017 includes the tons they achieved in this period.https://visionamazonia.minambiente.gov.co/remi-documentos-contractuales-y-convenios/


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All IWCA members must meet intermediate emissions reduction targets (reductions in emissions per liter of wine produced) between their baseline year and 2050, to ensure gradual progress towards the Net Zero 2050 target.


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Participants must measure community emissions inventory using the GPC, a consistent and robust standard


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Signatory cities pledge action to support implementation of the EU 40% greenhouse gas-reduction target by 2030 and the adoption of a joint approach to tackling mitigation and adaptation to climate change.


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Within 1.5 years after signing the pledge, publish the organisation’s pathway to achieve net zero by 2050 at the latest, with an interim target in line with the Paris Agreement’s requirement to reduce global GHG emissions by 50% by 2030


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50% of their participants to be net zero by 2030. A further 10% to be net zero by 2040. Remaining 40% to be net zero by 2050


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Up to a 10% fuel efficiency gain for each new type of developed from 2020, relative to the average of current production aircraft types


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Save the equivalent energy and associated emissions output of 500 large (1 GW) coal fired power stations by 2040


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Support 75 developing countries and emerging economies to switch their markets to energy-efficient products to save 20% of their electricity consumption


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Twelve Chinese solid-state lighting companies committed to deploy 3.29 billion LED Lamps and 5.77 million LED Street Lights by the end of 2018


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develop and demonstrate innovative solutions to accelerate the commercialisation of integrated biorefineries, with a target of replacing 10% of fossil-based fuels, chemicals and materials with bio-based alternatives by 2030


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SIDS will need support to achieve as much as 100% renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) targets, in particular in the power sector, by 2030 within the framework of the SIDS Lighthouses Initiative (LHI).


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Aim to achieve 100% renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) targets, in particular in the power sector, by 2030


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Member companies commit to doubling its economic output from every unit of energy it consumes globally within 25 years, with a baseline year of 2005 at the earliest


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Efficient use and near-zero emission steel production established and growing in every region by 2030


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Member companies make a public commitment to source 100% renewable electricity throughout their entire operations by 2050 at the latest


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Five-fold growth in the global installed capacity for geothermal power generation by 2030 (Two-fold growth in the global installed capacity for geothermal heating by 2030


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 Increase the cost-competitiveness of clean hydrogen by reducing end-to-end costs to a tipping point of 2 USD/kg by 2030


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 demonstrate that by 2030 power systems in different geographies and climates are able to effectively integrate up to 100% Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) in their generation mix while maintaining a cost-efficient, secure and resilient system


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At least 70% of Renewable Energy installed capcity for the production of electricity in Latin America in the Caribbean by 2030


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The cities that are part of the initiative will incorporate over 160,000 buses in their fleet by 2020, of which they have committed to switching 42,000 buses to low emission


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Secure 100% of electricity from renewable sources with minimal other environmental or  social impacts, for owned and operated (scope 2) emissions by 2030


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All new and existing assets must be net zero across the whole life cycle, including operational and embodied emissions by 2050


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By 2025, at least 100 national governments to set clear targets and enabling policy frameworks for transiting to 100% clean power by the 2040


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Increase renewable and low-carbon hydrogen production to between 70-125 million tonnes per year by 2030


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To achieve IWCA Gold Membership, wineries must self-generate onsite renewable energy equivalent to at least 20% of all energy that the company consumes.


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 11.2 TW Global renewable power capacity target by 2030, from 3.9 TW in 2023 & 1,044 GW/yr Renewable power additions required (2024–2030), at a 16.4% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)


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 68% Renewables in electricity generation, from 28% today∞ 35% Renewables in primary energy supply, from 14% in 2022.


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All African countries have translated their National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and their NDC Adaptation into investment plans, and fundable pipeline of projects by 2025


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Implementation of at least one regional flagship programme in each of the 5 regions in Africa, addressing the critical sectors (and drivers) of the African economy: agriculture, water, disaster reduction, cities and local communities, coastal protection, health and biodiversity and ecosystems


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The initiative aims to reach 1.4 million households with integrated climate risk management in 25 countries by 2025


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Ensure 40% participation by women in climate change decision-making processes at all levels--local, national, multilateral negotiations and meetings


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2018-2021 Strategy: Expand its efforts to build safer schools in at least 10 additional countries to make an estimated 200,000 classrooms safer from disasters, benefitting up to 7 million students


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GFDRR will seek to influence policy and disaster risk management and climate adaptation governance, ensuring by 2025, that its funding influences policies aligned with the Sendai Framework in at least 80 countries.


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Increase our reach and impact by listening to and engaging with 1 million people annually through an integrated and inclusive approach to digital communications


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By 2030, the top ten agricultural burning nations commit to eliminate unnecessary agricultural burning, with detailed implementation plans and buy-in at the subnational level


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Increase the resilience of 7-10 million persons and households vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on their food security and nutrition


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Increase climate resilience for 8 million smallholder household members, including 4 million women and girls by 2020


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Engage 1200 individual and community groups and institutions engaged in climate risk management, environment and natural resource management or disaster risk reduction activities by 2020


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Increase water efficiency or availability to 100,000 households, production and processing facilities by 2020


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Assess hotspots of plant diversity in the Arabian Peninsula and designate the most important as Important Plant Areas (IPAs)


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Extend implementation into Bahrain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Qatar


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Drive significant progress on reducing air pollution in at least 8 countries and 55 cities  between 2021 and 2026


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Establish a multi-region platform for e-bus deployment in 500 cities by 2025, particularly in the Global South


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1 billion people are covered by financing and delivery mechanisms connected to effective early action plans by 2025


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50 countries have reviewed and integrated their crisis or disaster risk management and climate adaptation laws, policies, national frameworks for climate services and/or plans to ensure that they reduce climate change exposure on people and the environment


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Blue communities established in 5 target countries and resource stewardship with 30% improved livelihoods


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In phase II, as an expansion to Urban-LEDS, with local governments joining the project in 4 new countries: Bangladesh, Colombia, Lao PDR, and Rwanda


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The multi-institutional network comprises of 73 forest research sites across the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.


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More than 15 countries outlined quantitative targets and significantly enhancing the forest elements of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NCDs) in the 2020-2025 cycle.


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Emission Reductions Payment Agreement (ERPA) signed by Chile, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, and Mozambique, the cumulative value of signed payment agreements amounts to USD 181 million.


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The other 14 Carbon Fund participants are expected to finalize their emission reductions (ER) programs and follow suit with ERPA signings valued in excess of USD 800 million in 2020.


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This cycle will act like a flywheel, with economies of scale and their brand influence, propelling them to reach 100 million people in farming and forest communities by 2030.


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All OECD countries to have phased out coal in their power sectors by 2030, with all other major carbon-emitting countries to have followed by 2040


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They ultimately envision a worldwide network of largescale land-based coral farms in the nearly every country and territory with coral reefs, and are building relationships for future farms in places including (but not limited to) Mexico, British Virgin Islands, Seychelles, Maldives, Egypt, Australia, and USA.


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 Capacity Development: 830 people (55% men, 45% women) from Amazon communities received training to strengthen their capacities and knowledge of conservation, restoration and climate change


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Alliance for Food Sovereignty (AFSA): Trained 180 technical agents in Burkina Faso and 30 women leaders in Senegal to enhance soil health and fertility, indirectly contributing to carbon sequestration through improved agricultural practices.


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Urban greening initiatives could generate approximately 30,000 jobs per million inhabitants, improve public health, and enhance social equity.


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Enhancing the resilience of 10 million people to climate risk, poverty, conflict and displacement while benefiting biodiversity by 2030


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Safeguarding the food security and livelihoods of over 120 million reef dependent people over the next decade


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The target for benefited families was 14,500, including 11,000 indigenous families, by 2021.https://visionamazonia.minambiente.gov.co/remi-documentos-contractuales-y-convenios/


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Enhanced protection and resilience of at least 1 billion vulnerable people (including at least 500 million women and girls)


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Restore Africa aims to directly support 1.5 million smallholder farming families across six countries in Africa – Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia


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The overall goal of our current Grant Programme is to create or improve marine protected areas that cover more than 360,000 km2 and directly benefit more than 350,000 people.


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Early Warnings for All aims to ensure that everyone on Earth is protected from hazardous weather, water, or climate events through life-saving early warning systems by end 2027


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Expansion of membership by at least 50% and diversifying members across sectors and relevant expertise


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All member companies have made public commitments on OP2B's 3 pillars of action before COP15/by 2022


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Encourage at least 75 multinational companies to commit to ambitious plans to reduce their air pollution footprints across their value chains between 2021 and 2026


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Top 100 global shippers in carriers are members of all major programs (from global green freight) by 2025


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They aimed to include 10 European based companies by 2023, and they aim to double that by the end of 2025


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Focus on 20 companies with either the highest owned emissions or those responsible for combined 65% owned emissions in a member’s portfolio


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At least 20 developing or emerging countries commit to elaborate and implement a National Urban Mobility Policy (NUMP)


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50 cities globally will commit to develop and implement quantifiable plans of action to reduce SLCPs from the waste sector with support from national and partner city governments by 2020


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Expand the global city network to reach an additional 100 cities to build capacity and utilize the networks tools and resources to mainstream SLCP-considerations in waste management practices by December 2020


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Enlist 100 % of country parties at the UNFCCC, members or partners of the «4 per 1000» Initiative by 2030


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Ensure that 100% of all UNFCCC country parties include soil health and SOC in their NDCs and development programs in 2025


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Build a global collaborative network of 50 actively engaged members, diversified by geographies and sectors by 2024


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To increase the speed and scale of change, they aim to grow their alliance from 7.5 million to 100 million farmers and workers by 2030.


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Leveraging at least USD 5 billion in funding and financing to implement strategic and innovative projects in 100 African cities by 2032


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By 2028: Extend the geographical areas and territories prioritized by the FTM, involving more partners and strategic allies and expanding its support to other organizations beyond the AMPB membership.


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The first Phase of the FFF (from December 2012 to December 2017) has focused on strengthening FFPOs as a primary unit, delivering major impacts through support to 937 FFPOs on the ground in 10 countries: Bolivia, Guatemala, Liberia, Kenya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, The Gambia, Vietnam and Zambia.


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FFF has facilitated the establishment of (or greater FFPO representation) in 51 policy platforms at national or regional level, and contributed directly to 30 significant policy changes.


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FFF support has directly reached 947 FFPOs: three global, three regional, 10 national and 931 local or provincial (comprising 21-79 percent women depending on country/region) and indirect support to many hundreds more


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At least halve the rate of loss of natural forests globally by 2020 and strive to end natural forest loss by 2030


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The Bonn Challenge is a global effort to restore 150 million hectares of the world's deforested and degraded lands by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030


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All relevant SIDS and LDC are expected to have at least early warning systems and risk information by 2020


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2018–2021 Strategy: 100 million people in low income countries and small island states will get access to climate early warning services


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By 2020 large-scale deforestation is replaced with large-scale land restoration and agriculture shifts to earth friendly practices


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Sustainably manage 100% of the ocean area under national jurisdiction, guided by Sustainable Ocean Plans by 2025


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Create more than one million square kilometers (km 2 ) of new protected areas, specifically assist countries meet the United Nations target of protecting ten percent of their coastal and marine waters by 2020


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In 140 ‘hotspot’ cities in 50 developing countries, the initiative is meant to support climate smart resilient spatial planning, infrastructure improvement, enhance means of livelihoods.


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Ecosystem degradation reversed in the target countries and 10% ecosystems restored in 4 target countries within 5 years


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Encourage agro-ecological practices that increase the quantity of organic matter in soils and meet the 4 % target per year


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Aims to restore 100 million hectares of deforested and degraded landscapes across the African continent by 2030 with baseline year 2011


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ForestGEO monitors the growth and survival of nearly 13,000 species that occur in the forest research sites.


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Increased adoption of best practices for conserving & restoring biodiversity by 50 percent on all farms by 2024


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5,000 hectares with habitat area introduced for pollinators and beneficial insects (insect refugia) by 2024


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They are transforming more than 40 million hectares in over 120 countries. Their combined expertise spans all staple commodities and over 300 crops within the food and fiber industries.


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By 2020, promote the implementation of sustainable management of all types of forests halt deforestation restore degraded forests and increase afforestation and reforestation by x% globally


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By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains forests wetlands rivers aquifers and lakes


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By 2020, ensure conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements


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Through 3 strategies and 12 goals, FSC aims to grow its reach within the next years, so that by 2026 the value and benefits of forest stewardship are demonstrated in 300 million hectares of FSC-certified area, of which 50 million hectares are natural tropical forests and areas managed by smallholders


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By 2030, at least 30% of terrestrial areas are inside protected areas or other effective area-based conservation measures


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In 2018, PROAmazonia achieved the following milestones: \uf0b7 Ecosystem Protection: 157,000ha of native forest protected under long-term conservation agreements, through of Socio Bosque program


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 \uf0b7 Watershed Protection: Established four new Municipal Hydrological Protected Areas covering 136,000 ha for long-term watershed conservation


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 2 \uf0b7 Forest Restoration: Restoration of 2,447 hectares in the southern dry forest, including active replanting and fencing from stock as well as allowing for natural regeneration processes


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The Great Green Wall for Cities (GGWC) initiative aims to enhance urban ecological continuity by creating 500,000 hectares of new urban forests and restoring 300,000 hectares of existing natural forests by 2030 across 30 countries


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The mitigation potential through improved land use to 15 Gt of CO2 per year, with natural forest restoration contributing to almost half of this.


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Up to 2.4 billion hectares of healthy natural ecosystems secured through protection of 45 million ha, sustainable management of 2 billion ha, and restoration of 350 million ha


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Restore Africa aims to restore 1.9 million hectares of land in Africa – Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia


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In Kenya alone, Restore Africa will work with 250,000 households to grow more trees, with the aim of restoring 250,000 hectares of land.


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Improve management of approximately 50 million hectares of landscapes and seascapes in biodiversity hotspots and wilderness areas


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We aim to source significant public and private funding to finance a diverse portfolio of 30+ outstanding protected areas by 2030.


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37% can be contributed through nature-based solutions to to mitigate climate change and meet the Paris climate goal


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In 2022, the Facility achieved significant milestones under its four outcomes, including the ongoing restoration of 161 993 ha of forested landscapes


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Commit to doubling the industry investment in climate-smart investments from the current $42 billion to $84 billion by end of 2015


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Develop and initiate adoption of standards for risk evaluation that subjects portfolios and assets to a 1-in-100 year stress test and integrate these standards into financial instruments by 2015


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Scaling up access for at least 100 million small-scale producers to reach insurance, markets, finance and productive safety nets


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Almost all SIDS have set indicative national renewable energy targets coupled with strong political commitments which resulted in 12 LHI SIDS partners targeting for more than 80% RE penetration in the power sector


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Double share of new investments in environment and natural resource management in IFAD's 9th replenishment compared to its 8th replenishment


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Green Freight financing programs established to accelerate fleet turnover and retrofits in all regions by 2022


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Members make individual commitments to switch their fleets to EVs and/or install charging for staff and/or customers by 2030


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Member companies commit to owning, occupying and developing buildings that operate at net zero carbon emissions by 2030


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Regularly increasing the level of carbon pricing in our economies to better reflect the ever-increasing cost of abatement action and the social cost of carbon to ensure that strong price signals are sent throughout our economies at the pace and scale required for transformational change


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Reduce by 10% the amount of untreated organics being disposed in landfills in cities participating in CCAC MSWI by 2025


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To double the market share of public transport by 2025, which would prevent half a billion tons of CO2 equivalent in 2025


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Developing 40 large-scale CCUS hubs around the  world, which have the potential to remove up to 300 million tonnes of CO2 a year by 2030


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Freeing up USD 5 billion to be mobilized for REDD+ from results-based payment (RBP) schemes, carbon markets and other transactions under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement


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Provide the necessary investment and market incentives to achieve electrification levels of 20% in passenger vehicles, 50% in buildings, and 30% in industry and heavy transport by 2030


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deployment of ZE-MHDVs and related infrastructure that enable ZE-MHDVs to reach 30% of sales of new MHDVs by 2030, as well as enable a full transition to ZE-MHDVs in new fleets by 2040 to facilitate achievement of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050


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Aluminum purchasers set a target to meet at least 10% of their annual primary aluminum procurement volumes by 2030


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The project will have significant positive social impact in communities with high-poverty rates by generating increased family income from improved production and access to incentives for sustainable land practices and green credits to support new bio-enterprises to commercialize in specialized markets


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Investments in urban forests yield a return of at least $2.25 for every $1 spent, contributing to local economies and reducing infrastructure costs.


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Challenge participants (municipalities, groups of municipalities, or regional governments). Pledging to increase or enhance the proportion of high-quality nature-based cooling solutions within their cities by 2030, with demonstrable progress by 2025.


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Support the provision and diversification of school meals that, in addition to playing a critical role in child nutrition, can support local agriculture and markets while simultaneously improving health, nutrition and education, making communities more resilient


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Strengthen early warning systems for food crises, incorporating indicators such as child wasting and food prices


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Ensure proper safety nets for vulnerable groups and integrate climate and nutrition-sensitive considerations, including gender-specific issues


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Scale-up key nutrition interventions, including food diversification, fortification, availability and affordability


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 and the delivery of about 25 percent more to grassroots organizations in 2022 (a total of USD 5.29 million) than in 2021 (USD 4.23 million).


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Action 1 – Assessment of geothermal resources and market for heating and cooling applications and projects USD 200,000


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Action 2 – Assessment of needs and obstacles to develop geothermal heating and cooling applications and projects USD 200,000


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Action 3 – Enabling frameworks for geothermal heating and cooling applications and projects USD 200,000


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USD 1 Billion be invested in African countries by 2025 to ensure adequate climate information services (including early-warning systems and observational infrastructure) to support robust policy and decision-making on adaptation


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Doubling baseline of adaptation finance accessed and mobilized by African countries by 2025 for their urgent priorities


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2021-2025: GFDRR aims to leverage at least an additional US$30 billion in resilience investments from the World Bank Group and other development partners over the five years of this strategy


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2021-2025: GFDRR aims to support the mainstreaming of disaster risk management in the financing it leverages across eight sectors. It anticipates leveraging at least US$500 million in each sector, including, but not limited to, agriculture, education, health, transport, energy, water, and urban.


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Coordinate at least $100 million annual investment into public science research by the global insurance industry from 2016 onward


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WFP estimates that it will need to secure between US$200 and $400 million to enable full operationalization of the facility


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US$750 million to enhance resilience to climate shocks and extreme events for 300 million small-scale farmers


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USD 75 million to be mobilized by the Bhutan government over a 14-year period to support this new program


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By 2020 investment in climate action is beyond USD 1 Trillion per year and all financial institutions have a disclosed transition strategy


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The efforts would be scaled up, in a second phase, to reach the estimated 600 million urban poor who are currently at risk of the impacts of climate change, with an estimated budget USD 60.8 Billion, within the framework of Agenda 2030


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USD 500 million invested in early warning system infrastructure and institutions to target early action in 'last/first mile' communities.


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The ACEC requires up to USD 25 billion per year of investments in power generation until 2030, with an additional USD 15 billion per year for grid infrastructure


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Secure the initiative's own funds to facilitate the implementation process of the 5 components in order to reach the expected goal for 2030 and 2040 by 2023


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Multilateral development banks will pledge 30% more investment in infrastructure to support cities in attaining the aforementioned goals


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Mobilising USD 100 million annually for mitigation actions and operationalise the Green Climate Fund.


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To date, USD 2.457 billion have been earmarked. Out of this amount, initial self-reported data indicates that at least USD 414 million has been invested.


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USD 2.5 Billion financial ambitions by private sector impact investors to fund restoration projects in the region


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SAN is a force for transformational global impact through local specialization and grassroots empowerment. Their growing and diverse membership of 33 cross-cutting organizations from across six continents mobilize over USD 500 million annually.


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The CMM aims to commit $500 million annually for ten years, totaling $5 billion, to support clean technology projects in low- and middle-income countries


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The project is financed with $53 million USD from GCF and GEF and co-financing of $92 million USD from MAE and MAG and other partners, along with additional in-kind support and partnership-agreements with a number of institutional, academic and community collaborators.


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Use $125M in Grants to leverage US $500 for investments in coral reef conservation and reef-dependent communities


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$31.5 trillion Investment needed in renewables, grids, flexibility, efficiency, and conservation by 2030 and $1.5 trillion/yr Investment needed in renewables (2024–2030), from $570 billion/yr in 2023


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By 2028: Increase funding to an annual average of 30 to 40 donations with amounts starting at USD 50 thousand.


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Founded in 1996 by Craig Cogut, Pegasus has invested over $2 billion across five private equity funds.


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The Green Climate Fund committed up to $150 million to the Investment Fund for a junior tranche which is intended to further de-risk investment, and help mobilize additional public and private capital that have limited access to opportunities with attractive risk-reward profiles in developing countries.


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The Coalition will develop case studies to build the business case and identify the critical enabling environments for climate resilient infrastructure investmen by the end of 2019


target:
By COP26 in 2020, analytical tools including a physical risk pricing framework and methodology to prioritise national resilient investment needs, will be developed


target:
By 2021: (1) Train more than 500 government officials in financial protection and enable direct and indirect insurance programs that will´eventually cover more than 100 million people


target:
USD 140 million was secured to expand and effectively manage nearly 42 million acres of the Peruvian Amazon


target:
Establishment of 10 national GMA chapters that not only work locally to implement GMA objectives but provide valuable feedback to the GMA related to needs on the ground


target:
Sharing their experience on energy efficiency finance and strive to learn from best practices in the sector to enhance their activity of financing energy efficiency


target:
All by 2020: Mobilize USD 500 million, Deploy 100 MW of new solar PV, Deploy 20 MW of new wind power, Ensure all participating islands develop renewable energy roadmaps


target:
Goal of 40 international and country dialogues on climate issues where ASAP-supported projects or project partners make an active contribution by 2020


target:
By 2020 cities and states are implementing policies and regulations with the aim of fully decarbonizing buildings and infrastructure by 2050


target:
Reducing the amount of municipal solid waste disposed to landfill and incineration by at least 50% by 2030 compared to 2015 and increase the diversion rate away from landfill and incineration to at least 70% by 2030


target:
City, State and Region: Enact regulations and/or planning policy within jurisdictional control to ensure new buildings operate at net zero carbon by 2030 and all buildings by 2050 and/or Commit to owning, occupying and developing only assets that are net zero carbon in operation by 2030


target:
Business, Organisations: Commit to owning, occupying and developing only assets that are net zero carbon in operation by 2030


target:
Their leadership helps inspire governments to set more ambitious targets towards a future where driving is 100% electric


target:
Member companies commit to implementing an energy management system (EnMS) in each of its facilities within 10 years and commit to an energy productivity target


target:
Science-based global standard for corporate net-zero targets, to ensure that companies’ net-zero targets translate into action that is consistent with achieving a net-zero world by no later than 2050


target:
By 2023, commit to not installing new coal-fired boilers/ other sources of coal-fired heat and power generation


target:
Develop climate accountability standards for all high emitting sectors (identified by TCFD) as well as a generic methodology so any companies including from supply chain can use ACT methodologies to assess their decarbonisation strategies and progress towards well below 2°C economy. Target value: 16, base year 2015, target year 2022.


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Develop a progress methodology to support any companies with no low carbon strategies (unmatured regarding climate accountability) including step by step process and hands on tools to apply methodology from diagnosis analysis to new low carbon strategy development and implementation. Target value: 1. Base year 2019. Target year: 2021.


target:
Involve 150 Training advisers (national and regional) and 170 innovative farmers, to build a common knowledge/base


target:
Create a LIFE BEEF CARBON demonstrative farm observatory composed of 2,000 beef farms, taking part in the 1st beef carbon assessment actions operated at such a large scale, covering several production contexts


target:
Construct a network of 172 innovative farms to test/apply/promote innovative techniques to reduce GHG emissions and increase carbon storage


target:
initial 150 cities that join the initiative by 2020 will motivate and lead to up to 1,000 cities undertaking action by communicating, sharing, disseminating, mentoring, and scaling around the world their own successful best practices, supported by partners


target:
Ensure a minimum of 5% of investment portfolios are made up of renewables and clean technology through divesting and moving assets into clean energy investments


target:
Through its network of restoration champions and technical and financial partners AFR100 aims to restore health to the African continent’s land, so that people and nature can thrive


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JCI is a network committed to strengthening communication and exchange of strategies and solutions among all actors that are implementing climate actions in Japan.


target:
ETM will raise the financial resources required to accelerate the retirement of five to seven coal plants in Indonesia and the Philippines while facilitating investment in alternative clean energy options within these countries


target:
 fast-tracking the development to TRL 8 of radical breakthrough low-emission technologies and reducing the capital expenditure of low-emission innovative technologies by more than 15%.


target:
Develop common principles for definitions that are net-zero compatible with a view to adopting low and near-zero emission thresholds within national policies by the end of 2025


target:
Scaling the number of pilot and commercial-scale demonstration projects for near-zero emission steel technologies and supporting their delivery well in advance of 2030


target:
Develop and harmonize standards and certification for renewable and low-carbon hydrogen to facilitate global trade and adoption


target:
Integrated energy planning, delivering energy needs in a way that maximises cost effectiveness, efficiency, socioeconomic benefits and emissions reductions.


target:
Utility-scale renewables, which require long-term commitments to the energy transition, adequate regulatory frameworks, bankable contracts, investments in modern grid infrastructure and management capacity, and mobilisation of investment from the private sector.


target:
Coal and fossil fuel transition, countries require support and exit options on mechanisms and solutions to retire coal plants early and no longer build new coal power capacity.


target:
Investment (policy and instruments) capital does not readily flow to countries with growing energy demands where significant investment is needed. Accelerating the energy transition will require a substantial increase of investment which cannot come from public finance alone.


target:
Green Grids, managing renewables intermittency, sharing of resources across a wide geographic area and upgrading domestic power grids to integrate renewables. The UK-India Green Grids Initiative. One Sun One World One Grid (GGI-OSOWOG), launched at COP26, can support the political and technical cooperation required to achieve progress.


target:
Energy efficiency increase could deliver more than 40% of GHG emission reductions over the next 20 years, across end-use sectors, including buildings, equipment and vehicles.


target:
Distributed renewable energy, technologies including small-scale solar PV, mini-grids, stand-alone lighting systems and wind generators play a crucial role in achieving energy access goals alongside energy transitions.


target:
The signatories of the Declaration are to support the establishment of green shipping corridors – zero-emission maritime routes between 2 (or more) ports.


target:
It is the collective aim to support the establishment of at least 6 green corridors by the middle of this decade.


target:
Zero emission vehicles in line with achieving 100% new car and van sales being zero emission in leading markets by 2035


target:
At least 10% of the volume of cargo owners' goods shipped via deep-sea-shipping will be on ships using zero-emission fuels by 2030


target:
Trucking owners and operators also set a target that at least 30% of their heavy-duty and 100% of their medium-duty truck purchases will be zero-emission trucks by 2030


target:
Retailers & manufacturers set a target that they will require all of their trucking service providers to meet the trucking owners and operators’ commitment by 2030


target:
Insetting projects deliver wide ranging positive impacts which help companies achieve their sustainability targets and deliver against commitments made on climate, nature and communities.


target:
Average daily kcal consumption per capita is higher than the minimum requirement (MDER) in all countries by at least 10% and limited to 50% in all countries by 2030 onward


target:
N use < 69 Tg N yr-1 total Industrial and agricultural biological fixation (52-113 Tg N yr-1) by 2050


target:
The Agenda for Transforming Production in the Amazon Region (ATPA), supports beneficiaries to establish Farm Integrated Management Plans (IMP) and seeks to transform 300,000 hectares of grassland to traditional systems (chakra and Ajashuar)


target:
The pledge includes a commitment to contribute to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)


target:
Improving the quantity and quality of climate finance contributions to transform agriculture and food systems by 2030, to support adaptation and maintain a 1.5-degree pathway whilst supporting food and economic security


target:
The holistic coalition sets the ambition to treat and recycle at least 50% of the solid waste produced in Africa by 2050.


target:
To eliminate agricultural commodity-driven deforestation risks (from cattle, soy, palm oil, pulp, and paper) in their investment and lending portfolios by 2025


target:
80 million km Transmission lines to be added or refurbished by 2040 and 1,500 GW Energy storage capacity needed by 2030, a sixfold increase


target:
Reduce the impact of the shipping industry on marine biodiversity by 30% by 2030, 40% by 2040 and 50% by 2050


target:
In 2022, the Facility achieved significant milestones under its four outcomes, includingcthe improvements in 125 subnational or national policies, processes and decisions in favour of forest and farm producer organizations.


# actors

actor_name:
APEE Associations pour la Protection de lEnvironnement et lEncadrement des enfants pour la scolarisation Asbl


actor_name:
GIERI asbl/Landcare Network DRC - Groupe dIntervention pour lEncadrement et la Réhabilitation Intégrale


actor_name:
Salviamo il Paesaggio - Difendiamo i Territori Forum Italiano dei Movimenti per la Terra e il Paesaggio


actor_name:
South African Comprehensive Agroecology National Initiative (Agroecology Sector of the National MAGIC Initiative)


actor_name:
University of Basilicata - Department of European and Mediterranean Cultures: Architecture Environment Cultural Heritage (DiCEM)


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Association of African Electricity Companies (APUA/ASEA - Association of African Electricity Companies)


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Southern Africa (SACREEE - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency )


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All Russia Research Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Land Reclamation Russian National Committee on irrigation and drainage


actor_name:
Bavarian Ministry of the Environment and Consumer ProtectionDepartment of Water Management and Consumer ProtectionNational and international River Basin Management


actor_name:
Centro del Agua para Am erica Latina y el Caribe (CdA) Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)


actor_name:
European Regional Centre For Ecohydrology Under the Auspices of Unesco International Institute Of Polish Academy of Science


actor_name:
Ministre Wallon de l Environnement de l Am enagement du territoire de la Mobilite et des Transports des Aeroports et du Bien etre animal


actor_name:
Permanent Secretariat of the Action Plan for Integrated Water Resource Management Ministry of Agriculture Hydraulics and Fisheries (PAGIRE)


actor_name:
Scientific and technical association for water and the environment Association Scientifique et Technique pour l Eau et l Environnement (ASTEE)


actor_name:
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization International Hydrological Programme (UNESCOIHP)


actor_name:
Agence Nationale de Conseil Agricole et Rural (ANCAR) - National Agency for Rural and Agricultural Assistance


actor_name:
Agence Nationale pour l’Aviation Civile et de la Météorologie (ANACIM) - National Meteorological and Civil Aviation Agency


actor_name:
Compagnie Nationale d’Assurance Agricole du Senegal (CNAAS) - National Agricultural Insurance Company of Senegal.


actor_name:
Australasian Performing Right Association and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (APRA/AMCOS)


actor_name:
Instituto das Religiosas do Sagrado Coração de Maria (Religious Institute of the Sacred Heart of Mary)


actor_name:
MACIF (Mutuelle assurance des commerçants et industriels de France et des cadres et des salariés de lindustrie et du commerce)


actor_name:
SICSAL - Servicio Internacional Cristiano de Solidaridad con los pueblos de América Latina «Óscar Romero»


actor_name:
Ministry for Territorial Cohesion and Local Authorities and Ministry for Ecological and Inclusive Transition


actor_name:
CIB - International Council for Research and Innovation in Buildling and Construction (Conseil International du Batiment)


actor_name:
Colombia Green Building Council (Colombia GBC, or Consejo Colombiano de Construcción Sostenible, CCCS)


actor_name:
France Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive Transition (METS) and Ministry of Territorial Cohesion (MCT)


actor_name:
Ministry of Energy and Mineral resources MEMR Jordan Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fund JREEEF


actor_name:
EDEKA ZENTRALE Stiftung &Co.KG (Netto Marken-Discount Stiftung & Co. KG, BUDNI Handels & Service GmbH)


actor_name:
United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UNOHRLLS)


actor_name:
AMAN - Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara - Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (Indonesia)


actor_name:
ANAPAC-RAC- National Alliance of Support and Promotion of the Aboriginal Areas and Communities Conserved in the Democratic Republic of the Congo


actor_name:
CADPI - El Centro para la Autonomía y Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas/The Center for Autonomy and Development of Indigenous Peoples


actor_name:
COICA - Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica/Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin


actor_name:
ECMIA - Enlace Continental de Mujeres Indígenas de las Américas/Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas


actor_name:
REPALEAC- Network of Indigenous and Local Communities for the Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa


actor_name:
Association pour la Promotion de lEnseignement et de la Recherche en Amenagement et Urbanisme (APERAU)


actor_name:
Escacena del Campo Paterna del Campo Villalba del Alcor Manzanilla Chucena Villarrasa Niebla Rociana del Condado Lucena


actor_name:
Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIFICEN)


actor_name:
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (IOC-UNESCO)


actor_name:
Intergovernmental Oceanographic CommissionThe United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (IOC UNESCO)


actor_name:
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Covenant of Mayors in Sub Saharan Africa component III


actor_name:
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ - Covenant of Mayors in Sub Saharan Africa component III


actor_name:
The Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea & Gulf of Aden (PERSGA)


actor_name:
United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and the Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS)


actor_name:
Community Oriented Investment Generating New Enterprise (Community Oriented Investment Generating New Enterprise)


actor_name:
Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UNOHRLLS)


actor_name:
Institut technique et scientifique de l’apiculture et de la pollinisation (Istap) – Institut de l’abeille


actor_name:
China Electronic Energy Conservation Technology Association Low Carbon Economy Professional Committee


actor_name:
Sindicato Interempresa de Trabajadores de la Empresa Forestal Mininco S.A. y Filiales de Empresas CMPC


actor_name:
Sindicato de Industria de los Trabajadores de la Madera Construcción Inmobiliarias y Sectores Afines


actor_name:
Unión de Permisionarios de la Unidad de Conservación y Desarrollo Forestal No4 La Victoria-Miravalles, S.C.


actor_name:
UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Forests Governance Markets and Climate (FGMC) Programme


actor_name:
Cooperativa Multifuncional de Productores ,Exportadores de Cafe de San Juan del Rio Coco PROCAFE R.L


actor_name:
FUNDACION PARA LA ASISTENCIA SOCIAL, RECUPERACION Y MANEJO ORGANICO DE PLANTACIONES CACAOTERAS, INC.


actor_name:
Société Coopérative Agricole Yorokagni de Gueménédou avec Conseil d’Administration SOCOOPAYG COOP-CA


actor_name:
The Philippine Council for Agricultural and Aquatic Resources Research and Development - Department of Science and Technology


actor_name:
University of the Philippines Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs under the Emerging Interdisciplinary Developing Research Program


actor_name:
German Federal Ministry for the Environment Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)


actor_name:
Congregación Hermanas de la Caridad Dominicas de la Presentación de la Santísima Virgen - Provincia Bogotá/Clínica Palermo


actor_name:
Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land based Activity (GPA)


actor_name:
EDEKA Zentrale Stiftung &Co.KG (Netto Marken-Discount Stiftung & Co. KG, BUDNI Handels & Service GmbH)


actor_name:
IRENA’s Collaborative Framework on “Enhancing Dialogue on High Shares of Renewables in Energy Systems”


actor_name:
Association des Exploitants Miniers Artisanaux pour la Pacification et la reconstruction de lIturi (AEMAPRI asbl)


actor_name:
Green Transformation in Industry, Adaptation to Climate Change and Bioeconomics Research Association


actor_name:
Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences


actor_name:
China Academy for Rural Development and Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Zhejiang University.


actor_name:
Network of Indigenous and Local Populations for the Sustainable Management of Central African Forest Ecosystems (REPALEAC)


actor_name:
CIRCASA, Coordination of International Research Cooperation on Soil Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture/ INRA


actor_name:
CRISP Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale sulla Earth Critical Zone per il supporto alla Gestione del Paesaggio e dellAgroambiente


actor_name:
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Research Unit, Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahasarakham University


actor_name:
Coordinacion General de Inforamacion Nacional Agropecuaria del Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia del Ecuador (CGINA)


actor_name:
Departamento de Investigación en Ciencias Agrícolas del Intituto de Ciencias de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla


actor_name:
Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Soils, Water and Environment Research Institute (SWERI), Agricultural Research Center (ARC)


actor_name:
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food - Skopje Institute of Environment Department of Soil Sciences


actor_name:
Instituto Amazonico de Investigaciones Cientificas - Amazonian Scientific Research Institute (SINCHI)


actor_name:
Instituto de Investigación en Gestión de Riesgos y Cambio Climático de la Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas


actor_name:
Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma (KSKV) Kachchh University, Department of Earth and Environmental Science


actor_name:
Laboratorio de Ecología de Agroecosistemas, Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela


actor_name:
The Institute of Plant Nutrition, Resources and Environment, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences


actor_name:
Turkish Foundation for combating soil erosion, reforestation and the protection of natural habitats (TEMA)


actor_name:
Voluntary Association of Agricultural General Development Health and Reconstruction Alliance (VAAGDHARA)


actor_name:
International Climate Initiative of the Germany Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)


actor_name:
Alliance Nationale des Aires du Patrimoine Autochtone et Communautaire en République Démocratique du Congo (ANAPAC-RDC)


actor_name:
Programa de Desarrollo Integral Interdisciplinario (PRODII) - (Integral Interdisciplinary Development Program)


actor_name:
SEDEC - Secretaria Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Civil (National Secretariat for Protection and Civil Defense)


actor_name:
Asociación para la Conservación, Investigación de la Biodiversidad y el Desarrollo Sustentable (SAVIA)


actor_name:
International Climate Initiative of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conser-\nvation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)


actor_name:
Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City Office of Municipal Executive, Dhangadhi, Kailali, Sudurpaschim Province, Nepal


actor_name:
Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States


actor_name:
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Comisión Económica y Social para Asia y el Pacífico)


actor_name:
Ocean Decade Collaborative Center on Ocean-Climate Nexus and Coordination Amongst Decade Implementing Partners in P.R.


actor_name:
Coordinadora Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones para la Defensa de la Naturaleza y el Medio Ambiente (CEDENMA)


actor_name:
Nairi Awari Territory Integral Development Association (Asociación de Desarrollo Integral del Territorio Nairi Awari)


# gbf_targets

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name:
Increase the Sharing of Benefits From Genetic Resources, Digital Sequence Information and Traditional Knowledge


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name:
Reduce Harmful Incentives by at Least $500 Billion per Year, and Scale Up Positive Incentives for Biodiversity


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name:
Mobilize $200 Billion per Year for Biodiversity From all Sources, Including $30 Billion Through International Finance


colour: #b3a88f
name:
Strengthen Capacity-Building, Technology Transfer, and Scientific and Technical Cooperation for Biodiversity


colour: #e08475
name:
Ensure Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice and Information Related to Biodiversity for all


# cci_overview

name: The International “4 per 1000” Initiative
alt_names: 4pour1000,4per1000,4/1000 Initiative,4/1000 Initiative: Soils for Food Security and Climate
web_url: https://www.4p1000.org/
description:
The International “4 per 1000” Initiative, launched by France on 1 December 2015 at COP 21, aims to show that agriculture can provide concrete solutions to the challenge posed by climate change while meeting the challenge of food security through the implementation of agricultural practices adapted to local conditions: agroecology, agroforestry, conservation agriculture, landscape management, etc.\nThe initiative facilitates the development of concrete actions on the ground and encourages stakeholders to engage in a transition towards a regenerative, productive, highly resilient agriculture, based on appropriate land and soil management.  \nThe initiative consists of federating all voluntary actors from the public and private sectors (States, local authorities, companies, professional organisations, NGOs, research establishments, etc.) within the framework of the Lima-Paris Action Plan. 


name: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program
alt_names: WACA,Adaptation of West African Coastal Areas
web_url: https://www.wacaprogram.org/
description:
The WACA program was developed in partnership with the West African people who live on the coast and depend on it for their livelihoods, nutrition, food security, and prosperity. The program supports countries’ effort to improve the management of their shared coastal resources and reduce the natural and man-made risks affecting coastal communities. \n\nWACA boosts the transfer of knowledge, foster political dialogue among countries, and mobilize public and private finance to tackle coastal erosion, flooding, pollution and climate change adaptation. The WACA Program consists of country projects, regional integration and support activities, and a WACA Platform as mechanism to scale-up knowledge, dialogue and finance.


name: Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI)
alt_names: AREI
web_url: https://www.arei.info/
description:
Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) is an African-led policy decision for Africa to increase and accelerate the domestication of the continents renewable energy potential.\nUnder the mandate of the African Union, approved by the Heads of State, AREI has a Board of Directors, chaired by H.E. President Alpha Condé, President of the Republic of Guinea, President Coordinator of Energy for the Continent. The initiative aims to achieve at least 10 GW of new and additional renewable energy production capacity by 2020, and to mobilize all partners to develop Africas potential to produce at least 300 GW by 2030.


name: Breakthrough Energy Coalition
alt_names: Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV),Break Through,Breakthrough Energy
web_url: https://www.breakthroughenergy.org/
description:
Breakthrough Energy aims to inspire the world to develop and scale the critical solutions we need to reach net-zero emissions so everyone can enjoy affordable, abundant clean energy. The initiative builds on the proven model of public-private partnerships that Gates has already used to transform health, education, and public welfare around the world. Breakthrough Energy is a network of entities and initiatives, including investment funds, nonprofit and philanthropic programs, and policy efforts linked by a common commitment to scale the technologies needed to achieve a path to net zero emissions by 2050. The initiative is encouraging the development of new net-zero energy technologies, championing policies that speed innovation from lab to market, and bringing together governments, research institutions, private companies, and investors to expand and enhance clean-energy investment.


name: Business Alliance for Water and Climate
alt_names: BAFWAC
web_url: https://bafwac.org/
description:
Launched in 2015 at COP21, the Business Alliance for Water and Climate (BAFWAC) initiative demonstrates the crucial role of companies in addressing the issue of sustainable management of water resources in the context of a changing climate. The long-term monitoring of commitments is ensured through the endorsement of the ‘CEO Water Mandate’ and reporting to CDP Water. The Alliance is led by the UN Global Compact’s CEO Water Mandate, CDP (ex-Carbon Disclosure Project) Water, WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) Water and the French company SUEZ. All companies and private-sector-related organizations/networks can join the initiative. Each year, BAFWAC tracks and reports the progress of signatory companies towards the commitment at the UNFCCC Conference of Parties. COALMA is an initiative uniting the public and private sectors around the sustainable management of water resources, particularly in Morocco. During the 8th World Water Forum in Brasília in 2018, the Business Alliance for Water and Climate (BAFWAC) signed an agreement with the Moroccan Coalition for Water (COALMA) to collaborate on water and climate, in particular around knowledge sharing and policy engagement.\nNote: the provided link to the website of the initiative is no longer active. Please find more information on the initiative (here)(https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/business-alliance-water-and-climate)


name: Global Lighting Challenge: A Clean Energy Ministerial Campaign
alt_names: Global Lighting Challenge,GLC
web_url: https://www.globallightingchallenge.org
description:
The Global Lighting Challenge is a race to reach cumulative global sales of 10 billion high- efficiency, high-quality, and affordable advanced lighting products, such as light-emitting diode (LED) lamps. This race will showcase the ways businesses, governments, and other public-sector leaders are taking action to accelerate this transition. Representatives from 12 countries and the European Commission endorsed the launch of the Challenge at the Sixth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM6) in May 2015. The Global Lighting Challenge is now seeking commitments from public- and private-sector leaders to speed us toward the 10 billion goal. (Note: Initiative ended in 2018)


name: Cities and Regions' 5-year vision
alt_names:
Cities and Regions' Five year vision,Cities & Regions' 5-year vision,Cities & Regions' Five year vision

web_url:
https://unfccc.int/news/lpaa-focus-cities-regions-across-the-world-unite-to-launch-major-five-year-vision-to-take-action-on-climate-change

description:
Through the Five year vision, cities and regions collectively commit to support local and regional climate action by further deploying resources by 2020. \nThe vision  recognise  that  investments  in low-emission  and  climate-resilient  urban  infrastructure  and services  are  now  essential  to  reduce  global  greenhouse  gas  emissions  and  to  reduce  the  risk  of harmful climate impacts locally, while simultaneously delivering significant social and economic benefits such as job creation, resource efficiency and public health gains. \n \nTo accelerate long term climate action, the cities and regions agree to work altogether, in accordance with their respective mandates, towards four key objectives by 2020: (1) To increase the scale and number of cities and regions’ climate action and plans to reduce emissions from high-emitting sectors and enhance adaptation to climate change. Specifically: (a) Coverage should include diverse local and regional contexts across all continents; (b) Ambition will be set with a view to contribute to a below 2°C pathway;  \n(c) Special emphasis will be placed on the metropolitan areas facing rapid urbanisation to \nleverage their capacity to design and implement ambitious resilient, resource efficient \nand low carbon planning strategies. (2) To  build  climate  resilience  in  as  many  cities  and  regions  as  possible  with  special attention paid to the most vulnerable cities, regions and populations;  (3) To scale up financing for local and regional investments; Specifically: \n(a) Accelerate  financial  support  to  local  integrated  policies,  infrastructure  strategies  and programmes towards climate mitigation and resilience across all continents; (b) Improve access to sustainable finance for cities and regions. (4) To reinforce action-oriented dialogue, partnerships and new policies between all levels of government (national, regional, provincial, urban and community-levels). Specifically: (a) Promote the scaling-up and acceleration of relevant subnational sectorial alliances; (b) Develop new multi-level international partnerships; (c) Enhance national government participation in existing international initiatives; (d) Support the exchange of knowledge and technology transfer between cities and regions around the world, including through decentralised cooperation.


name: Great Green Wall Initiative
alt_names: Great Green Wall,GGWSSI,Great Green Wall Initiative,Great Green Wall Accelerator
web_url: https://www.unccd.int/our-work/ggwi
description:
The Great Green Wall is an African-led movement with an epic ambition to grow an 8,000km natural wonder of the world across the entire width of Africa. A decade in and roughly 15% underway, the initiative is already bringing life back to Africa’s degraded landscapes at an unprecedented scale, providing food security, jobs and a reason to stay for the millions who live along its path. The Wall promises to be a compelling solution to the many urgent threats not only facing the African Continent, but the global community as a whole – notably climate change, drought, famine, conflict and migration. Once complete, the Great Green Wall will be the largest living structure on the planet, 3 times the size of the Great Barrier Reef.


name: International Zero-Emission Vehicle Alliance
alt_names: ZEV Alliance
web_url: http://www.zevalliance.org/
description:
ZEV alliance strives to make all passenger vehicle sales in the member juristictions (subnational and national governments) as fast as possible and no later than 2050. Long-term climate stabilization will require continued reductions in vehicle emissions. Achieving climate goals requires accelerating ZEV adoption over time; and requires attention to upstream emissions. ZEV alliance works to fully realize the climate change benefits of ZEVs, and want to raise its ambition as ZEV technology and markets advance. They will achieve these goals by various policy methods including: (1) Provide incentives to encourage the purchase of ZEVs, and use fiscal policy on vehicles to aid environmental objectives. (2) Plan for and invest in growing ZEV infrastructure. (3)Perform public outreach to increase consumer awareness and acceptance. (4) Remove any government barriers to ZEVs. (5) Implement policies that require the deployment of ZEVs. (6) Lead by example through the inclusion of ZEVs in government and public sector fleets. (7) Deploy ZEVs when possible in medium- and heavy-duty transportation, including public transit. (7) Perform and commission research and development in ZEV technology and social science.


name: Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR)
alt_names: CPMR,Maritime Regions in Action against Climate Change
web_url: https://cpmr.org/
description:
Representing about 200 million people, the CPMR campaigns \u202fin favour of a more balanced development of the European \u202fterritory. It operates both as a think tank and as a lobby\u202ffor Regions.\n\nThrough its extensive network of contacts within the EU \u202finstitutions and national governments, the CPMR has been targeting its action towards \u202fensuring that the needs and interests of its Member\u202f Regions are taken into account in policies with a high\u202fterritorial impact.\n\nIt focuses mainly on social, economic and territorial \u202fcohesion, maritime policies and blue growth, and\u202f accessibility. European governance, energy and climate\u202fchange, neighbourhood and development also represent\u202fimportant areas of activity for the association.


name: Megacities Alliance for Water and Climate (MAWaC)
alt_names: MAWaC,EauMega
web_url: https://en.unesco.org/mawac
description:
The Megacities Alliance for Water and Climate (MAWaC) aims to provide an international cooperation forum for dialogue on water to help megacities adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change. It will involve all stakeholders in the water sector, national and local governance leaders, civil society representatives, researchers, urban planners, decision makers, utility operators and service providers, providing a forum in which they can learn from each other’s experience, exchange best practices, collaborate with technical, academic and financial institutions, and design and implement individual responses to the challenges of climate change and urban growth. MAWaC was announced at the Eaumega 2015 conference. \nNote: the provided link to the website of the initiative is no longer active. Please find more information on the initiative (here)(https://mawac-ena.com)


name: Mission Innovation (MI)
alt_names: MI
web_url: http://mission-innovation.net/
description:
Mission Innovation is a global initiative catalysing a decade of action and investment in research, development and demonstration to make clean energy affordable, attractive and accessible for all. This will accelerate progress towards the Paris Agreement goals and pathways to net zero.


name: The Paris Declaration on Electro-Mobility and Climate Change and Call to Action
web_url:
https://unfccc.int/news/the-paris-declaration-on-electro-mobility-and-climate-change-and-call-to-action

description:
The Declaration was launched at COP21 during the Lima-Paris Action Agenda Transport Focus. It is a collaborative initiative between LPAA founding partners (the Governments of France and the United Nations Secretary-General Executive Office in particular) in close coordination with The Paris Process on Mobility and Climate, the International Energy Agency, and other transport partners. The aim of the declaration is gather the different transport initiatives on Electro-Mobility (Taxis4SmartCities, C40 Clean Bus Declaration, International Zero-Emission Vehicle Alliance) under a single objective: committing to broaden efforts towards sustainable transport electrification, including that at least 20% of all road vehicles (cars, 2 and 3-wheelers, trucks, buses and others) are to be electrically powered by 2030.


name: Remove Commodity-Driven Deforestation
alt_names: Commit to Remove Commodity Driven Deforestation from all supply chains by 2020
web_url:
https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/commitment/remove-commodity-driven-deforestation-from-all-supply-chains-by-2020/

description:
Under the “Commit to Remove Commodity Driven Deforestation from all supply chains by 2020” initiative, companies can reduce a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions whilst making their supply chains more sustainable and resilient.\nThe commodities soy, palm oil, beef, timber and pulp are wealth generators that feature in the supply chains of companies across economic sectors. By leading the agenda on how these commodities can be sustainably produced, forward-looking businesses are driving innovation, competitiveness and growth.\nBusiness has the power to alter global demand for the agricultural commodities that are the primary drivers of deforestation and forest degradation. And with deforestation accounting for approximately 15% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, the need for action has never been more urgent.\nBy endorsing this initiative, companies commit to removing commodity-driven deforestation from their supply chains, combating a significant source of emissions and making their supply chains more sustainable and resilient.\nNote: the provided link to the website of the initiative is no longer active. Please find more information on the initiative (here)(https://unfccc.int/news/removing-commodity-driven-deforestation-from-all-supply-chains-by-2020)


name: Save Food Initiative
alt_names: Global Initiative on Food Loss and Waste Reduction,SAVE FOOD
web_url: https://www.save-food.org/
description:
Save Food is an initiative founded by Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, interpack and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It brings together industry, research, policymakers and civil society to reduce food loss worldwide and advance sustainable solutions across the entire value chain. The initiative aims to drive innovation, promote interdisciplinary dialogue and spark debates to generate solutions across the entire value chain, “from field to fork”. This initiative has developed a technical platform to measure and reduce food loss and waste. Altogether, this should allow a major reduction in agriculture emissions, as global food waste and loss account for 3.3Gt of CO2 equivalent per year.


name: Statement by Finiancial Institutions on Energy Efficiency Finance
web_url:
http://climateinitiativesplatform.org/index.php/Statement_by_Financial_Institutions_on_Energy_Efficiency_Finance

description:
Launched in September 2015 by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the UN Environment Program Financial Initiative (UNEP FI), the ‘Statement by Financial Institutions on Energy Efficiency Finance’ aims at informing banks from all regions, and at mobilizing them to express their interest in financing energy efficiency. It contributes to increasing the visibility and awareness on the topic, while highlighting the key contribution of banks.The objective is for banks to embed energy efficiency finance into their strategy and business operations and further promote the topic to their clients, therefore initiating an in-depth transformation of those institutions. This initiative is open to a broad range of financial institutions including commercial banks, micro finance and leasing companies.The Statement encompasses nine points through which banks recognize the importance of energy efficiency and the opportunity it represents, and commit to contribute to scaling up energy efficiency investments.\nNote: the provided link to the website of the initiative is no longer active. Please find more information on the initiative (here)(https://unfccc.int/news/statement-by-financial-institutions-on-energy-efficiency-finance).


name: Taxis4SmartMobility (T4SM)
alt_names: Taxis4SmartCities,Taxis for Smart Mobility
web_url: https://taxis4smartmobility.eu/
description:
The Taxi4SmartMobility coalition intends to accelerate the development of sustainable mobility in European cities and rural areas. National authorities and European policymakers should work hand in hand with responsible taxi companies to safeguard and drive forward the sustainable, innovative and socially responsible future of the industry. \n\nT4SM aims at facilitating this collaboration while ensuring that the taxi industry continues to be regulated under local and national legislation, in line with the subsidiarity principle, as the circumstances under which it operates are context-specific to the local area – from Europe’s smallest village to its biggest metropoles.


name: The '1-in-100’ Natural Disaster Risk Initiative
alt_names: The 1 in 100 initiative,Integrating Risks into the Financial System: The 1-in-100 Initiative
web_url:
https://unfccc.int/files/adaptation/cancun_adaptation_framework/adaptation_committee/application/pdf/1-in-100_initiative.pdf

description:
The “1-in-100” is a drive by public and private sector organisations worldwide to integrate natural disaster risk into the financial system, promoting disaster resilience and protecting against climate risk.\n\nThis initiative seeks to stimulate and reward climate resilient investments and recognize the sound business models, strategies and plans that generate societal and commercial co-benefits. It will develop, test and apply incentives in the financial system. It also seeks to strengthen the support to the science and data required for analyses of risk that underpins these changes to the financial system. \n\nAs part of the ‘Integrating Risks into the Financial System’ initiative under the Resilience, Adaptation and DRR Action Area, the Climate Change Support Team, Executive Office of the Secretary-General, UNISDR and the World Economic Forum have convened a unique coalition of accounting organizations, asset managers, central banks, credit ratings agencies, risk modelers, financial regulators and science leaders to confirm these principles and support the goals of securing commitments to accelerated and ambitious action in Climate Summit 2014.


name: WWF Climate Business Network
alt_names: WWF Climate Savers,Climate Business Network, CBN
web_url:
https://wwf.panda.org/our_work/our_focus/climate_and_energy_practice/what_we_do/climatebusiness/climate_business_network/

description:
The Network allows WWF partner companies from around the world to connect and engage with other business leaders and WWF experts to gain the knowledge and guidance needed to take credible, ambitious climate action. It aims to leverage WWF’s unique expertise in climate, energy, forests, food systems, oceans and wildlife to help Network members accelerate climate action. Partners enjoy access to shared resources and can connect with each other and WWF teams, helping them to develop sector-leading climate strategies. From regular webinars on key topics to working groups and an annual summit, Network members will be able to learn and gain the support needed on their journey to net-zero.


name: Paris Pact on Water and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Basins of Rivers, Lakes, and Aquifers
alt_names: Paris Pact on Water and Climate
web_url:
https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/paris-pact-water-and-adaptation-climate-change-basins-rivers-lakes-and-aquifers

description:
The purpose of this “Paris Pact” is to provide recommendations of actions that should be undertaken without delay at the most relevant scale for water management adaptation to climate change, such as the basins of lakes, rivers, and aquifers. The Pact also calls for actions of basin organizations and other relevant institutions, like governments, international organizations, donors, local authorities, civil society and companies. It does this by synthesizing the already existing solid knowledge base on adaptation for climate change in basins. In particular with a focus on a platform of pilot project experience sharing on climate change adaptation in transboundary basins.


name: Food Security Climate Resilience Facility (FoodSECuRE)
alt_names: FoodSECuRE
web_url: https://www.uncclearn.org/wp-content/uploads/library/wfp269393.pdf
description:
The Food Security Climate Resilience (FoodSECuRE) Facility is a multilateral, multi-year, replenishable fund being developed by WFP to financially and programmatically support community-centred action to reinforce and build climate resilience. \n\nObjectives:\ni) trigger action based on climate forecasts, to reinforce community resilience before shocks occur; ii) complement early response mechanisms, and iii) provide multi-year financing to deliver high-quality resilience-building activities are undertaken during post-disaster recovery operations. \n\nActivities:\nWindow I: Anticipatory action based on climate forecasts. FoodSECuRE uses seasonal climate forecasts to trigger action for community resilience-building and for preparedness to reduce the impact of climate disasters before they occur.\n\nWindow II: Early response. FoodSECuRE will complement existing, government-led emergency response mechanisms through the African Risk Capacity to accelerate the coverage of climate risk insurance to more Africans, while building the capacity of national governments to respond to large-scale climate shocks. Window III: Post-disaster resilience building. FoodSECuRE will provide predictable multi-year funding after a climate disaster to ensure food and nutrition security are strengthened over time. 


name: InsuResilience Global Partnership
web_url: http://www.insuresilience.org/
alt_names:
InsuResilience Global Partnership for Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance, InsuResilience Climate Risk Insurance Initiative,InsuResilience,G7 Climate Risk Insurance Initiative

description:
Launched at the 2017 UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, the InsuResilience Global Partnership aims to enable more timely and reliable post-disaster response and to better prepare for climate and disaster risk through the use of climate and disaster risk finance and insurance solutions, increasing local adaptive capacity and strengthening local resilience. The Partnership, through InsuResilience Program Alliance, offers a collaborative delivery vehicle, i.e. an alliance of operational entities and programs facilitating efficient and coordinated action and providing finance, in the areas of: research, data, modelling innovation & learning, technical assistance to developing countries, solution design, concessional insurance and monitoring, reporting and evaluation. InsuResilience engages with a range of actors including international development partners, civil society and private sector entities.


name: Global Resilience Partnership (GRP)
alt_names: GRP
web_url: http://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/
description:
GRP is an inclusive and diverse Partnership of organisations joining forces towards a world where vulnerable people and places are able to thrive in the face of shocks, uncertainty and change. We believe that resilience underpins sustainable development in an increasingly unpredictable world. GRP achieves collective impact by adding value to the work of its individual partners through innovation and scaling, shared learning, convening diverse voices, and advancing knowledge.\n\nThe Global Resilience Partnership advances resilience through identifying and scaling on the ground innovation, generating and sharing knowledge, and shaping policy. With more than 90+ partners having joined forces to work together towards the shared vision, the resilience underpins sustainable development in an increasingly unpredictable world. We envisage an inclusive world in harmony with nature, that is better prepared to cope with shocks, adapt to change, and transform – all within planetary boundaries.


name: R4 Rural Resilience Initiative
alt_names: R4
web_url: https://www.wfp.org/r4-rural-resilience-initiative
description:
The R4 Rural Resilience Initiative was launched with the goal to achieve food security and build the resilience of the most vulnerable rural communities against climate and weather shocks, through a risk management-focused and market-based approach.This gives farmers and rural families a new way to manage some of the risks they face from increasingly erratic weather. The initiative offers households access to drought insurance and credit; it facilitates their work on environmental projects that strengthen their communities; and it encourages families to save. Empowered with these risk-management tools, families can develop resilience to climate change and the challenges it presents to their food security and long-term well-being.\n\nThe R4 Initiative is an innovative approach to helping communities better manage risk, one that involves a set of integrated tools: insurance, credit, savings, and disaster risk reduction. R4 is a strategic partnership between Oxfam and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) designed to enable vulnerable rural households to strengthen their food and income security in the context of increasing climate risks. The framework was designed to strengthen this through a combination of improved resource management (risk reduction), insurance (risk transfer), microcredit (prudent risk taking), and savings (risk reserves).\n\nIn addition to directly improving the lives and livelihoods of rural communities, R4 aims to catalyze long-term, structural changes extending well beyond the Initiative itself. R4 will contribute to the development of a comprehensive planning approach for food security, adaptation, and resilience by country governments and its partners. R4 links labor-based safety nets that provide cash or food in exchange for work on community projects with community risk reduction activities that protect assets against disasters and improve productivity. \n\nThe Initiatives evidence suggests that R4 participants are more likely to keep kids in school, retain household assets, and continue to buy and eat healthier food on a regular basis.\n


name: Climate Risk Early Warning Systems (CREWS)
alt_names: CREWS
web_url: https://www.crews-initiative.org/
description:
CREWS is a mechanism that funds Least Developed Countries (LDC) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) for risk informed early warning services, implemented by 3 partners, based on clear operational procedures. CREWS works directly with countries to increase the availability of, and access to, early warning systems. Country and regional projects are implemented by the countries with the support of Implementing Partners who provide technical assistance and capacity development.


name: Smart Risk Investing (SRI)
alt_names: SRI
web_url: https://www.icmif.org/news/insurance-industry-double-its-climate-smart-investment-end-2015
description:
The initiative aims to create and monitor a Climate Risk Investment Framework that will become accountable under the new UN Hyogo Framework for its adoption across the insurance industry, which will impact significantly climate and disaster risk reduction and resilience; to commit to doubling the industry investment in climate-smart investments from the current $42 billion to $84 billion by end of 2015. During the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris (November 2015) the industry will further commit to increasing the amount invested in climate-smart investments to ten times the current amount by 2020.\nNote: the provided link to the website of the initiative is no longer active. Please find more information on the initiative (here)(https://unfccc.int/news/smart-risk-investing).


name: Enhanced Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP+)
alt_names: Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme,ASAP
web_url: https://www.ifad.org/en/asap-enhanced
description:
The Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) was launched by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in 2012 to make climate and environmental finance work for smallholder farmers. A multi-year and multi-donor financing window, ASAP provides a new source of cofinancing to scale up and integrate climate change adaptation across IFAD’s approximately 1billion USD per year of new investments. The programme is joined up with IFAD’s regular investment processes and benefits from rigorous quality control and supervision systems.\n\nASAP is driving a major scaling up of successful ‘multiple-benefit’ approaches to smallholder agriculture, which improve production while reducing and diversifying climate-related risks. In doing so, ASAP is blending tried-and tested approaches to rural development with relevant adaptation know-how and technologies. This will increase the capacity of at least 8 million smallholder farmers to expand their livelihood options in an uncertain and rapidly changing environment.\n\nThe Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme is being implemented in three phases: (1) ASAP1 (2012-2025): addresses the challenges posed by climate change by providing climate-resilient agricultural practices, technologies and financing to small-scale farmers. (2) ASAP2 (2017-2025): provides technical assistance on policy and operational issues. (3) ASAP+ (from 2021): builds on the previous phases to address climate-driven food insecurity and empowers the most vulnerable small-scale producers and communities.\nThrough new financial and programming instruments that address this complex problem, IFAD helps small-scale farmers in developing countries adapt to climate change and build resilient livelihoods by providing them with knowledge, skills and technology. We promote practices that mitigate the emissions of greenhouse gases and support knowledge-sharing to foster the development of new approaches and technologies.


name: Africa Clean Energy Corridor (ACEC)
alt_names: ACEC,Clean Energy Corridors in Africa
web_url:
https://www.irena.org/cleanenergycorridors/Africa-Clean-Energy-Corridor#:~:text=The%20Africa%20Clean%20Energy%20Corridor,African%20Power%20Pool%20(SAPP)

description:
The Africa Clean Energy Corridor (ACEC) is a regional initiative to accelerate the development of renewable energy potential and cross-border trade of renewable power within the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) and Southern African Power Pool (SAPP). Recent improvements in the performance and cost of renewable energy technologies favour Africa, given the continent’s vast renewable energy potential and need to address growing demand. Development of the ACEC is guided by a communiqué, endorsed during the Fourth Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in January 2014, by ministers from Angola, Botswana, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Since then, support for the initiative has expanded, with the additional engagement of more than 30 governments, regional organisations, development partners and financial institutions. The initiative builds upon the strong political commitment of African leaders to strengthen regional institutions and transmission infrastructure, forming large competitive markets and lowering costs across production sectors. By creating a larger regional electricity market, the ACEC could attract investments to meet 40–50 percent of power needs in the EAPP and SAPP regions by 2030. The ACEC requires up to USD 25 billion per year of investments in power generation until 2030, with an additional USD 15 billion per year for grid infrastructure. Combined efforts will diversify resource availability, improve energy security and foster investment opportunities and job growth.


name: Airport Carbon Accreditation
alt_names: ACA
web_url: https://www.airportcarbonaccreditation.org/
description:
Airport Carbon Accreditation is the only institutionally-endorsed, global carbon management certification programme for airports. It independently assesses and recognises the efforts of airports to manage and reduce their carbon emissions through 6 levels of certification: ‘Mapping’, ‘Reduction’, ‘Optimisation’, ‘Neutrality’, ‘Transformation’ and ‘Transition’. \n\nAirport Carbon Accreditation is also the only global, airport-specific carbon standard which relies on internationally recognised methodologies. It provides airports with a common framework for active carbon management with measurable goalposts. The programme is site-specific allowing flexibility to take account of national or local legal requirements, whilst ensuring that the methodology used is always robust. \n\nAirport Carbon Accreditation strives to enable the airport industry to effectively reduce its carbon footprint, to benefit from increased efficiency through lowered energy consumption, shared expertise and knowledge exchange, as well as better communication of the results. The considerable number of airports certified at each level of the programme signifies clearly that regardless of size or geography, these airports are leading the way, actively lowering aviation’s carbon footprint on the ground.


name: Blue Growth Initiative
alt_names: BGI
web_url: http://www.fao.org/policy-support/policy-themes/blue-growth/en/
description:
The world’s marine and freshwater ecosystems, the Blue World, provides food and livelihoods, essential ecosystem services and biodiversity for hundreds of millions of people. Increasing pollution, over-exploitation, Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing and climate change have become major threats to these aquatic eco-systems, and underpin the need for more resource efficient, integrated and socially inclusive concepts.  FAO promotes sustainable fishery and aquaculture policies and practices to achieve sustainable use of living aquatic resources. The FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) has been in place for two decades, and continues to be the global reference framework to achieve this. In 2013, FAO launched the Blue Growth Initiative (BGI), which builds on the CCRF and focuses on fisheries, aquaculture, ecosystem services, trade and social protection. It advocates ways to balance economic growth, social development, food security, and sustainable use of aquatic living resources.


name: Bonn Challenge
alt_names: Bonn Challenge Landscape Restoration,Restore our Future
web_url: https://www.bonnchallenge.org/
description:
The Bonn Challenge is a global goal to bring 150 million hectares of degraded and deforested landscapes into restoration by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030. Launched by the Government of Germany and IUCN in 2011, the Challenge surpassed the 150-million-hectare milestone for pledges in 2017.\n\nThe inititive responds to the urgent issue of land degradation affecting over 3 billion people and over 30 per cent of Earth’s arable land. They do this by working with countries, organisations and private entities to pledge and achieve ambitious targets to restore degraded and deforested lands.\n\nThe initiative aligns their work with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) goal, and the Paris Climate Change Agreement. These initiatives together provide a roadmap for a sustainable planet. \u2028\n\nTo achieve these goals, the Bonn Challenge relies on a flexible, nuanced approach to restoration called forest landscape restoration (FLR). FLR restores ecological integrity while enhancing human well-being.


name: SEforAll: Building Efficiency Accelerator
alt_names: BEA
web_url: http://buildingefficiencyaccelerator.org/
description:
The Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) is a public-private collaboration that turns global expertise into action to accelerate local government implementation of building efficiency policies and programs. The BEA global partnership is designed to complement existing networks of cities by facilitating access to global expertise in building efficiency topics and providing a venue for engagement with private sector partners. The BEA process of engagement in a city includes guidance and technical advice to: Assess and prioritize locally-appropriate building efficiency policies and actions; Implement actions, matching city needs with available expertise, technical resources and tools; Track action and documenting progress, and share lessons learned; Increase ambition for improving the overall efficiency of the building stock. The BEA engages with cities based on the needs of the city and the activities that the partnership can provide in each location. Cities will prioritize policies and activities, and the partnership will connect them to technical resources and engagement opportunities around those priorities.


name: Business Leadership Criteria on Carbon Pricing
web_url: https://unglobalcompact.org/take-action/action/carbon
description:
The UN Global Compact, together with UNEP, the UNFCCC secretariat, and with the support of Caring for Climate strategic partners (CDP), The Climate Group, UN Foundation and the Principles for Responsible Investment, developed the Business Leadership Criteria on Carbon Pricing.\n\nThe Business Leadership Criteria on Carbon Pricing comprises of three distinct but overlapping dimensions: integrating carbon pricing into long-term strategies and investment decisions, responsible policy advocacy, and communication on progress. All three dimensions of the criteria are aligned with limiting the increase in global mean temperature to 2°C above preindustrial levels.\n\nConsistent with the 2°C global target, companies are invited to indicate alignment\nwith the following three criteria: set an internal carbon price high enough to materially affect investment decisions to drive down greenhouse gas emissions; publicly advocate the importance of carbon pricing through policy mechanisms that take into account country specific economies and policy contexts; and communicate on progress over time on the two criteria above in public corporate reports. \n\nThe Business Leadership Criteria on Carbon Pricing recognizes corporate champions and help companies maximize the internal and external impact of carbon pricing efforts. It is a platform to share best practices and showcase leadership for policymakers and\nother stakeholders. It forms one of the cooperative initiatives of the COP21 Lima to Paris Action Agenda, which brings both state and non-state actors together on the global stage to accelerate cooperative climate action now and into the future in support of the new agreement.


name: C40 Cities Clean Bus Declaration
web_url:
https://www.c40.org/news/c40-clean-bus-declaration-urges-cities-and-manufacturers-to-adopt-innovative-clean-bus-technologies/

description:
The C40 Clean Bus Declaration of Intent was officially announced during the C40 Latin American Mayors Forum in Buenos Aires in March 2015. Twenty cities had originally signed on to the Declaration, and based on the momentum out of the Mayors Forum. Cities of the C40 LEV Network collectively forged the Clean Bus Declaration to demonstrate a commitment to reducing emissions and improving air quality by incorporating low- and zero-emission buses in their fleets. The Declaration is an unprecedented action by cities; not only does it document the growing interest in adopting clean bus technologies, it also provides data that illustrates the global market potential for manufacturers. The ultimate goal is to incentivize and help manufacturers and other stakeholders, such as multilateral banks, develop strategies to make these technologies more affordable for cities. The hope is that the Declaration will be a significant step in this direction.


name: Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance
alt_names: CNCA
web_url: https://carbonneutralcities.org/
description:
The Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance (CNCA) is a collaboration of leading global cities working to achieve carbon neutrality in the next 10-20 years, the most aggressive GHG reduction targets undertaken anywhere by any city. While it is possible for cities to achieve their interim carbon reduction targets through incremental improvements to existing systems, achieving carbon neutrality requires radical, transformative changes to core city systems.\n\nCNCA is committed to a just carbon neutral future that recognizes and redresses the disproportionate burdens and the disproportionate benefits of the fossil fuel economy by prioritizing climate action that advances the well-being of low-income groups, the  indigenous, communities of color, immigrants and refugees, and other historically marginalized communities.


name: Cement Sustainability Initiative
alt_names: CSI
web_url:
https://archive.wbcsd.org/Sector-Projects/Cement-Sustainability-Initiative/Cement-Sustainability-Initiative-CSI

description:
The Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) is a global effort by 24 major cement producers with operations in more than 100 countries. CSI members believe there is a strong business case for the pursuit of sustainable development. Collectively, these companies account for around 30% of the world’s cement production and range in size from very large multinationals to smaller local producers. The purpose of CSI can be defined by 4 key pillars: 1) Explore what sustainable development means for the cement industry; 2) Identify actions and facilitate steps cement companies can take, individually and as a group, to accelerate progress toward sustainable development; 3) Provide a framework for other cement companies to become involved; 4) Create the content and context for further stakeholder engagement.\n\nUp until 2018, the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) was a flagship initiative of World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). This inittiative has been relaunched as the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA). This was the result of a formation of a strategic partnership with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) to facilitate the sustainable development of the cement and concrete sectors and their value chains. The new partnership also created synergies between work programs to benefit both the GCCA and WBCSD and their respective member companies.


name: Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA)
alt_names: Cities Climate Finance,CCFLA
web_url: https://www.citiesclimatefinance.org/
description:
The Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (the Alliance) is a multi-level and multi-stakeholder coalition aimed at closing the investment gap for urban subnational climate projects and infrastructure. The Alliance provides a platform to convene and exchange knowledge among all relevant actors dedicated to urban development, climate action, and/or financing.\n\nThe Alliance is composed of the secretariat, members, action groups, a steering committee, and city ambassadors, and is powered by the Leadership for Urban Climate Investment. \n\nLeadership for Urban Climate Investment (LUCI) is a framework that elevates and tracks commitments made by CCFLA member initiatives, helping them to implement bold and effective targets. The LUCI framework enables these ambitious targets by catalyzing action along the entire value chain of subnational climate finance from project conception through financing.


name: Collaborative Climate Action Across the Air Transport World
alt_names: Collaborative Aviation Climate Action
web_url: https://www.icao.int/newsroom/pages/collaborative-aviation-climate-action-takes-flight.aspx
description:
Aviation operations produce around 2% of human CO2 emissions, a figure set to increase as more people travel by air, particularly in emerging economies. Recognizing the need for all industries to undertake long-term climate action, the aviation sector has an ambitious and robust path to lower emissions. Governments, industry and civil society are currently working at ICAO to develop a global market-based measure which will contribute to stabilizing the sector’s net CO2 emissions from 2020. Aviation industry organizations have further committed to reducing net air transport CO2 emissions by 2050 to half of what they were in 2005.\n\nPutting these goals into action, the initiative outlines the areas on which the industry and ICAO partner to achieve the ultimate vision of a sustainable international aviation sector: supporting the development of sustainable alternative fuels for aviation; continuing the deployment of new technology aircraft and operational improvements; accelerating the transformation of global air traffic management performance; working with partners to develop a global CO2 standard for new aircraft; working with partners to design and implement a global market-based measure for international aviation; and working together to further efforts for capacity building in Member States across the world.


name: Compact of Mayors
alt_names: {Now, post-merger: EUCov & Compact of Mayors} Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy
web_url:
{archive} https://web.archive.org/web/20160505152044/http://www.compactofmayors.org\n{Old website} http://www.compactofmayors.org/\n{Redirected to} https://www.globalcovenantofmayors.org/

description:
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions, report publicly and annually on progress and prepare for the impacts of climate change.\n\nLaunched at the 2014 United Nations Climate Summit, the Compact of Mayors is the world’s largest coalition of city leaders addressing climate change by pledging to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, tracking their progress and preparing for the impacts of climate change\n\nThe Compact of Mayors was launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, Michael R. Bloomberg, under the leadership of the world’s global city networks – C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40), ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) and the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), with support from UN-Habitat, the UN’s lead agency on urban issues. The Compact establishes a common platform to capture the impact of cities’ collective actions through standardized measurement of emissions and climate risk, and consistent, public reporting of their efforts. Through the Compact, cities are: Increasing their visibility as leaders responding to climate change; Demonstrating their commitment to an ambitious global climate solution, particularly as nations convene around a new climate agreement in Paris in December 2015; Encouraging direct public and private sector investments in cities by meeting transparent standards that are similar to those followed by national governments; Building a consistent and robust body of data on the impact of city action; and Accelerating more ambitious, collaborative, and sustainable local climate action.\n\nUltimately, the Compact of Mayors provides hard evidence that cities are true climate leaders, and that local action can have a significant global impact.


name: Annual Disclosure
web_url: https://www.theclimategroup.org/search?query=Annual+Disclosure
alt_names:
States and Regions Annual Disclosure,Global States and Regions Annual Disclosure,Compact of States and Regions

description:
In partnership with CDP, the Annual Disclosure provides a transparent, global picture of the impact, progress and climate action driven by state and regional governments. All states, provinces and regions are invited to disclose to CDP, including members of the Under2 Coalition and the States & Regions Alliance.\n\nThe Compact of States and Regions reveals, in its annual report, the vision set out in the Paris Agreement is within reach.\n\nThe Climate Group and CDP are united in their firm belief in the vital role that state and regional governments play in driving climate action and delivering sustainable economies that avoid dangerous climate change and lead to a net-zero emissions world. State and regional government’s climate action is fundamental to delivering the Paris Agreement and the disclosed data drives CDP’s analytical bench-marking, commitment tracking and data management; and The Climate Group’s governments networks, peer learning, policy work and promotion of climate leadership. \n\nSummit/ Mobilisation process: United Nations Climate Summit 2014, New York. 


name: Responsible Corporate Engagement in Climate Policy
alt_names: Engage Responsibly in Climate Policy
web_url:
https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/commitment/responsible-engagement-in-climate-policy/https://unglobalcompact.org/take-action/action/climate-policy

description:
Companies play an important role in providing proactive, constructive input for governments to create effective climate policies. While making a commitment to sustainability is important, it is also critical to connect the dots between this commitment and the corporate policy positions. A number of organizations have come together to provide a framework to help companies through the process. The Caring for Climate initiative has partnered with the World Resources Institute (WRI), the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Ceres and The Climate Group. This initiative asks companies to take a leadership role and commit to engage responsibly in climate policy.\n\nA supportive policy framework is vital to give business the backing it needs in the transition to a low-carbon economy. This is why forward-looking companies are actively ensuring their policy engagement on key climate issues is aligned, transparent, and consistent. The “Guide for Responsible Corporate Engagement in Climate Policy” sets out a program of action for companies wishing to demonstrate best practice in policy engagement.\n\nNote: the provided link to the website of the initiative is no longer active. Please find more information on the initiative (here)(https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/corporate-engagement-climate-policy-2015.pdf).


name: Covenant of Mayors - Europe
alt_names: EU Covenant of Mayors,EU Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy
web_url: http://www.covenantofmayors.eu
description:
The Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy was launched in 2008 in Europe with the ambition to gather local governments voluntarily committed to achieving and exceeding the EU climate and energy targets. Not only did the initiative introduce a first-of-its-kind bottom-up approach to energy and climate action, but its success quickly went beyond expectations.\n\nThe initiative now gathers 9,000+ local and regional authorities across 57 countries drawing on the strengths of a worldwide multi-stakeholder movement and the technical and methodological support offered by dedicated offices.\n\nThe Covenant of Mayors will publish a report detailing the aggregative impact of commitments that cities have made through the initiative during COP. All cities that made commitments to the Covenant of Mayors agree to report publicly the results of a city GHG inventory and climate risk assessment, set public targets for emissions reductions and adaptation and develop climate action & adaptation plans. The city data will be published on the EU open data portal. \n\nLong term goals of the Covenant of Mayors (2020 and beyond) are to: (1) increase the number of cities making public commitments to reduce emissions, improve resilience, and enhance access to clean and affordable energy, (2) signatories commit to achieving or surpassing the EU and national targets regarding climate change mitigation and adaptation and energy access to all, (3) support multi-level governance approaches that result in more efficient achievement of results, in particular fostering the co-operation among the various government layers in each country as well as global and regional city networks and other city service providers active in this space, (4) Advance all committed cities through all steps to compliance – for mitigation,  adaptation and access to sustainable and affordable energy, (5) link reported data on city climate commitments and impact to financial investments in new, low carbon, climate resilient infrastructure in cities and local governments.\n\nThe European Covenant of Mayors Board gives local and regional leaders the opportunity to play a greater role in shaping and further guiding the initiative. Board members will also campaign for enabling frameworks for local climate and energy action from the national and European level, raising awareness about local needs among European and national decision makers. This Board of Mayors aims to discuss the strategic orientations of the initiative, to ensure it best fits cities’ needs and is further tailored to their expectations and to foster the dialogue between the European Covenant Community and the EU institutions. The Board is composed of 7 mayors or local elected representatives.\n\nFunded by the European Commission, the Covenant of Mayors Office provides support to the Covenant community in the following areas: Capacity Building, Communication & Awareness Raising, Reporting, Monitoring & Evaluation. The Office serves also as Help-desk for the community. The Covenant of Mayors Office is manged by a consortium of city networks including: Energy Cities, Climate Alliance, EUROCITIES, ICLEI Europe, FEDARENE and CEMR - Council of European Municipalities and Regions.


name: Divest-Invest Global Movement
alt_names: DivestInvest
web_url: https://www.divestinvest.org/
description:
Divest-Invest is an expanding movement of institutions (Divest-Invest Philanthropy) and individuals (Divest-Invest Individuals) that commit to divest from carbon-intensive fossil fuels, modeling and accelerating the crucial global transition to clean and affordable forms of energy. This diverse, global network is united in the belief that by using collective influence as investors to divest from fossil fuels, and invest in climate solutions, they can accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy. \n\nIn this way, the initiative supports the agreement made by governments in Paris at COP21 and protecting their own investment returns. In addition to shifting their own capital, some investors and investment advisers now provide additional support to help others make this important shift.\n\nPeople, campuses, municipalities, pension funds, foundations, faith-based and health-based groups, investment advisors, businesses and others are thinking critically about the value of fossil fuel divestment and what reinvestment in climate solutions looks like. Divest-Invest calls on institutional, family, and individual investors to hold themselves accountable for the impacts of their investments by putting their money to build an equitable and clean future.\n\nThe Divest Invest Philanthropy was launched in January 2014 with 17 foundations and $1.8 billion assets under management. Since then, 111 foundations have already joined the movement.


name: Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction
alt_names: Global ABC
web_url: www.globalabc.org
description:
Launched at COP21, the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC) works towards a zero-emission, efficient, and resilient buildings and construction sector through:\n\n(1) Raising ambitions to meet the Paris climate goals. While the sector is a major emitter, it also holds huge potential for improvement. The initiative works to raise the level of ambition in retrofitting existing buildings and future-proofing the investments going into new buildings over the next 15 years.\n\n(2) Mobilizing all actors along the value chain. Faced with a fragmented value chain, all stakeholders – from design to construction, operations and demolition in the private and public sectors – need to play their part. \n\n(3) Support countries in setting priorities and measures based on their situation. GlobalABC develops policy guidance and global and regional buildings and construction roadmaps outlining aspirational targets, timelines, and key actions for essential policies and technologies, and, offering a model for national and city-level buildings and construction roadmaps to support and raise the ambition of NDCs. \n


name: District Energy in Cities Initiative
alt_names: Global District Energy Accelerator,SEforAll: District Energy Accelerator
web_url: http://www.districtenergyinitiative.org/
description:
The District Energy in Cities Initiative is a multi-stakeholder partnership coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme with financial support from DANIDA, the Global Environment Facility, Italian Ministry of Environment and Protection of Land and Sea, and the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program (K-CEP).\nAs one of six accelerators of the Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform, the Initiative aims to double the rate of energy efficiency improvements for heating and cooling in buildings by 2030, helping countries meet their climate and sustainable development targets. The Initiative supports local and national governments to build know-how and implement enabling policies that will accelerate investment in low-carbon and climate-resilient district energy systems. It currently provides technical support to cities in four pilot countries (Chile, China, India and Serbia) and ten replication countries (Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Egypt, Malaysia, Mongolia, Morocco, Russia, the Seychelles and Tunisia).\nWe create a market for district energy by (1) increasing awareness of the potential of district energy and its role in achieving multiple socio-economic and environmental benefits; (2) demonstrating viability through pilot projects, thereby strengthening the capacities of city planners, policymakers and stakeholders to implement district energy projects; (3) creating an enabling regulatory framework that will unlock private sector investment and ensure sustainable implementation; (4) replicating our approach in different cities in the same region to foster industry growth; (5) exchanging experiences between city/country partners on district energy innovation and best practice through a cities for cities twinning process. \n\nNote: the provided link to the website of the initiative is no longer active. Please find more information on the initiative (here)(https://www.seforall.org/news/partner-spotlight-district-energy-in-cities-initiative).


name: SEforAll: Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform
web_url: https://www.seforall.org/global-energy-efficiency-accelerator-platform
description:
Doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency by 2030 is an underlying target of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7). In 2014, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) launched the Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform to help realize this objective. It does so by driving action and commitments by national and sub-national leaders at the country, city, state, region or sector level. The platform defines common elements between each of its accelerators, such as governance, performance metrics, reporting requirements, commitment management, policies, resources and tools as well as public and private sector financial support. The individual accelerators focus on specific energy efficiency sectors such as buildings, lighting, appliances, district energy systems, industry and transportation.


name: Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI)
alt_names: GFEI
web_url: https://www.globalfueleconomy.org/
description:
The Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI) is the centerpiece of the vehicle efficiency accelerator. Its primary aim is to reduce emissions and at least double the efficiency of the global vehicle fleet from an average of 8l/100 km in 2005 to 4l/100 km by 2050. It also aims to halve new light duty vehicle fuel economy (in l/100km or gCO2/km) by 2030. This could save 1Gt CO2 annually by 2025, increasing to 2Gt CO2 annually by 2050. GFEI is providing support and capacity building to over fifty countries around the world to introduce policies that can make this happen. The target of working in 100 countries which was announced at COP21 continues to drive GFEIs capacity-building objective on this issue.


name: Global Geothermal Alliance
alt_names: GGA
web_url: http://www.globalgeothermalalliance.org/
description:
Launched at COP21, the Global Geothermal Alliance (GGA) serves as a platform for dialogue, cooperation and coordinated action between the geothermal industry, policy makers and stakeholders worldwide. The GGA is a coalition for action to increase the use of geothermal energy, both in power generation and direct use of heat. It calls on governments, business and other stakeholders to support the deployment of realizable geothermal potential. The Alliance has an aspirational goal to achieve a five-fold growth in the installed capacity for geothermal power generation and more than two-fold growth in geothermal heating by 2030.


name: Global Green Freight Action Plan
alt_names: CCAC: Global Green Freight Action Plan
web_url:
https://www.ccacoalition.org/policy-database/global-green-freight-action-plan-reducing-climate-and-health-impacts-goods-transport

description:
Trade in goods and materials drives global economic growth and development, linking nations and markets through an increasingly interdependent supply chain. The Global Green Freight Project was initiated by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition as part of a large-scale effort to reduce the climate and health impacts and improve the energy and economic efficiency of transporting those goods and materials.\n\nThe Global Green Freight Action Plan (GGFAP) aims to enhance the environmental and energy efficiency of goods movement in ways that significantly reduce the climate, health, energy, and cost impacts of freight transport around the world. The three main objectives are: (1) to align and enhance existing green freight efforts, (2) to develop and support new green freight programs globally, and (3) to incorporate black carbon reductions into green freight programs.\n\nGGFAP commits to dramatically reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, black carbon and air pollutants in the freight sector by 2025 through a greener and more energy efficient multimodal global supply chain.


name: International Solar Alliance
alt_names: ISA
web_url: http://www.isolaralliance.org/
description:
The International Solar Alliance (ISA) was launched at COP21 as a coalition of solar-resource-rich countries (which lie either completely or partly between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn) to address their special energy needs. The ISA will provide a dedicated platform for cooperation among solar-resource-rich countries through which the global community, including governments, bilateral and multilateral organizations, corporates, industry, and other stakeholders can contribute to help achieve the common goal of increasing the use and quality of solar energy in meeting energy needs of prospective ISA member countries in a safe, convenient, affordable, equitable and sustainable manner. ISA has been conceived as be an action-oriented, member-driven, collaborative platform for increased deployment of solar energy technologies to enhance energy security and sustainable development, and to improve access to energy in developing member countries. The ISA has 122 sun-belt countries that lie between the two tropics as its prospective member countries and currently boasts a membership of 86 countries globally.\n\nNote: the provided link to the website of the initiative is no longer active. Please find more information on the initiative (here)(https://isa.int).


name: Life Beef Carbon
alt_names: Life Beef Carbon Initiative
web_url: http://www.interbev.fr/life-beef-carbon/?lang=en
description:
The LIFE BEEF CARBON initiative aims to better measure GHG emissions and carbon storage, identify, demonstrate and disseminate innovative good practices on farm to significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the beef carbon footprint by 15% from now to 2025.\nThe project involves 8 partner organizations and 4 partner countries, representative of the EU meat production coming from the dairy and suckler beef herds (13 livestock’s areas) and accounting for 32% of the EU cattle herd. The four countries, France, Ireland, Italy and Spain represent a large diversity of production systems. \nThe project intends to promote innovative livestock farming systems and associated practices to ensure the technical, economic, environmental and social sustainability of beef farms.To reach this overall objective, project partners aim to raise awareness among beef production actors and obtain the commitment of technicians, advisers and farmers to improve environmental performance.


name: MobiliseYourCity Partnership
alt_names: MYC
web_url: https://mobiliseyourcity.net/
description:
Only five years after being launched at COP21 in Paris in 2015, the MobiliseYourCity Partnership has established itself as the leading global Partnership of nearly 100 partners for sustainable urban mobility planning (SUMPS and NUMPS), policy development, and increasing investment for sustainable transport in developing and emerging economies. Today, the Partnership has more than 60 partner cities with a combined population of over 75 million people in 32 countries, and we have 14 partner countries. Thanks to the generous contributions of the European Union, the French Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition (MTES), the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety (BMU), and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), as of February 2020, the initiatives implementing partners have raised 36 million euros in grants to support our partner cities and countries in advancing sustainable urban mobility planning and project development. MYC main implementing partners, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), are supporting 42 cities and 13 countries with technical assistance globally to develop scalable solutions to improve mobility in complex environments. The completion of initial 8 SUMPs and 3 NUMPs in 2019 has helped mobilise an additional 811 million euros for concrete sustainable mobility projects in our partner cities and countries. With this investment MYC expects an additional 6 million people to have improved access to public, low-carbon transportation services.


name: Montreal Carbon Pledge
web_url: https://montrealpledge.org/
description:
By signing the Montréal Carbon Pledge, investors commit to measure and publicly disclose the carbon footprint of their investment portfolios on an annual basis.The Pledge was launched on 25 September 2014 at PRI in Person in Montréal, and is supported by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). Overseen by the PRI, it has attracted commitment from over 120 investors with over US$10 trillion in assets under management, as of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in December 2015 in Paris. Support for the Montréal Carbon Pledge comes from investors across Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore and South Africa. The Montréal Carbon Pledge allows investors (asset owners and investment managers) to formalise their commitment to the goals of the Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition, which mobilises investors to measure, disclose and reduce their portfolio carbon footprints. Over US$100 billion has been committed to this as of COP21.\n\nNote: the provided link to the website of the initiative is no longer active. Please find more information on the initiative (here)(https://unfccc.int/news/montreal-carbon-pledge).


name: CCAC: Mitigating SLCPs from the Municipal Solid Waste Sector
alt_names: Municipal Solid Waste Initiative
web_url: http://www.ccacoalition.org/en/initiatives/waste
description:
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition’s Municipal Solid Waste Initiative works with a network of cities around the world to advance waste sector mitigation practices in three key areas: (1) organic Waste Diversion: Minimizing the food waste sent to landfills to reduce methane generation and to avoid significant costs incurred by developing or expanding landfills to accommodate excess waste, (2) landfill Gas Capture and Use: Capturing landfill gas to prevent methane from entering the atmosphere and contributing to local smog and global climate change, (3) open Waste Burning Prevention: Promoting alternatives to open burning to reduce black carbon emissions and to prevent the release of cancer-causing compounds and other toxic substances.\n\nNote: the provided link to the website of the initiative is no longer active. Please find more information on the initiative (here)(https://unfccc.int/news/mitigating-slcps-from-the-municipal-solid-waste-sector).


name: Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition (PDC)
alt_names: PDC
web_url: http://unepfi.org/pdc/
description:
The Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition (PDC) is a multi-stakeholder initiative that will drive GHG emissions reductions on the ground by mobilizing a critical mass of institutional investors committed to gradually decarbonizing their portfolios. The PDC was co-founded in 2014 by UN Environment and its Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), the fourth national pension fund of Sweden (AP4), Europe’s largest asset manager Amundi and CDP, the most important mechanism for climate disclosure worldwide.\n


name: Promoting climate-smart agriculture in West Africa
web_url: https://www.araa.org/en/projets/promoting-climate-smart-agriculture-west-africa
alt_names:
Agriculture Intelligente pour le Climat,AIC,Promotion of Smart Agriculture towards climate change and agroecology transition in West Africa 

description:
The Promotion of Smart Agriculture towards Climate Change and agro-ecology transition in West Africa (in French, “Agriculture Intelligente pour le Climat”, or AIC) is a regional initiative focused on Africa. The global objective is to support the transition towards agro-ecology in West Africa to reinforce the resilience of vulnerable populations. The initiative aims at the adoption of practices by 25 million households by 2025.\n\nThis initiative includes two steps: firstly, the spread of best practices through public policies (involvement of public services in charge of agricultural and environmental policies) and, subsequently, farmers training and support by NGOs and producers (involvement of producer organisations and operators).


name: Protection of 400 Million Hectares of Forest
alt_names: Protection of 400 Million Hectares of Forest by Indigenous Peoples
web_url: http://climateinitiativesplatform.org/index.php/Protection_of_400_million_Hectares_of_Forests
description:
Within the initiative “Protection of 400 million hectares of forests by indigenous peoples”, a global coalition of indigenous peoples from the Amazon, Central America, the Congo Basin and Indonesia pledge to protect 400 million hectares of forests, in these regions. hese indigenous communities and local communities (colonos) sustain their livelihoods from the targeted forests, which makes it crucial to involve them in their protection. \n\nLed by the CAUCUS IP/COICA (Amazon Area), 16 organizations have joined this international coalition, including for example the Asia Indigenous Women’s Network, the Indigenous Peoples’ Global Partnership on Climate Change, Forests and Sustainable Development, and The Indigenous Peoples Foundation for Education and Environment.\n\nIt is a political declaration that brings together governments, companies and civil society actors – including indigenous peoples organizations – with the common aim of halving the loss of natural forests by 2020, and striving to end it by 2030. Meeting these goals would reduce carbon pollution by between 4.5 and 8.8 billion tons every year, about as much as the current emissions of the United States.


name: Public Transport Declaration on Climate Leadership (UITP)
web_url: https://www.uitp.org/topics/sustainable-development/
description:
UITP’s Declaration on Climate Leadership is one of a handful of transport collaborative actions recognised by the Agreement’s partnership mechanism and demonstrates the sector’s commitment to climate change and achieving net neutrality.\n\nThe Declaration wants to show that climate action with public transport is possible by implementing climate projects around the world which helps build momentum towards raising climate ambition of countries and cities towards achieving a climate-neutral and resilient world.\n\nthe advocacy work at UITP demonstrates how the public transport sector is making an essential and positive contribution to the SDG Agenda by making cities a better places to live, enhancing people’s quality of lives and protecting the environment. We encourage our members to work with us on sustainability as much as possible, from integrating sustainability principles into their business practices with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and ensuring their operations provide their citizens with access to a full range of urban opportunities open to them which enhances their quality of lives. The links between climate change and sustainable development are intertwined. By setting global initiatives and campaigns to raise awareness of public transport’s and members’ contribution to the climate agenda at the annual climate talks (COP) it not only raises the profile of the sector but highlights to key policy makers the need to invest in the sector. It’s through our work on sustainability that we find ourselves in the global spotlight more often. Most recently, by connecting our sector with the SDGs and climate action we have shown the many ways in which great public transport helps to deliver cleaner air in our cities. By encouraging decision makers to include public transport in their policy agendas, we can better meet the targets set on the SDGs and climate action at all levels. From UITP, to our members, all the way to national governments. Sustainable Development means collaborating with our members on all of the measures it takes to achieve lasting change. This includes assessing the progress being made on reducing carbon footprints, lowering emissions around the world and showing what strong urban mobility can do for achieving healthier city living. We can’t do this without our members. We can only be sustainable together.


name: Refrigerants, Naturally!
alt_names: RefNat4LIFE
web_url: http://www.refrigerantsnaturally.com
description:
The Refrigerants, Naturally! Initiative was launched in 2004 by The Coca Cola Company, Unilever and McDonalds. In 2006, Carlsberg, IKEA and PepsiCo joined the network. \n\nRefrigerants, Naturally! is a global initiative committed to combating climate change and ozone layer depletion. They promote the use of natural refrigerants and provide a platform to engage with the business community, political decision makers, NGOs and other parties. Through this initiative, they wish to raise awareness about natural refrigerants and accelerate the implementation of climate-friendly alternatives in refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump technology (RACHP). 


name: WMB: Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
alt_names: SBTi,Science Based Targets,Science-Based Targets Network
web_url: https://sciencebasedtargets.org
description:
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) drives ambitious climate action in the private sector by enabling companies to set greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets aligned with what climate science shows is required to prevent catastrophic climate change. Founded in 2015, the SBTi is a partnership between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The SBTi call to action is one of the We Mean Business Coalition commitments.\n‘Business Ambition for 1.5°C’ is an urgent call to action, led by a global coalition of UN agencies, business and industry leaders.\n\nThey are calling on companies to commit to ambitious emission reduction targets through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). By setting a science-based target in line with a 1.5°C future, businesses can make their critical and necessary contribution to limiting the worst impacts of climate change.


name: The SIDS Lighthouses Initiative
alt_names: SIDS LHI,Accelerating renewable energy transition in SIDS
web_url: http://islands.irena.org
description:
The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Lighthouses initiative (LHI) is a framework for action to support SIDS in the transformation from predominantly fossil fuel dependence to a renewables-based and resilient energy system. SIDS LHI brings together 38 SIDS as well as 31 partners, including developed countries, regional and international organisations, development and multilateral agencies, private companies, research institutes and non-profit organisations. IRENA is the coordinator and facilitator of the initiative. The SIDS Lighthouses Initiative is committed to providing its SIDS partners policy, regulatory and technical advisory services for RE roadmaps, assessments and grid stability analyses, project planning, identification, structuring and execution; Capacity building for local policymakers, utilities, private sector, financing institutions and other relevant actors; funding for early-stage transactions and project finance aiming to attract private investments in RE projects; and a platform to share information, knowledge, lessons learned and good practices.


name: The New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF)
alt_names: NYDF,Forest Declaration Platform
web_url: https://forestdeclaration.org/
description:
The New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) is a political declaration calling for global action to protect and restore forests. It offers a common, multi-stakeholder framework for forest action, consolidating various initiatives and objectives that drive forest protection, restoration, and sustainable use. Adopted in 2014, the NYDF is the major reference point for global forest action. \n\nThe NYDF established ten shared global goals; including halting natural forest loss by 2030, restoring 350 million hectares of degraded land, improving forest governance, scaling up forest finance, and reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. Endorsed by more than 200 governments, companies, Indigenous Peoples’ organizations, and civil society groups, the NYDF became a major global reference point for collective forest action throughout the 2010s.


name: Under2 Coalition
alt_names: Under 2 MOU, Under2 MOU, Under 2 Coalition
web_url: https://www.under2coalition.org/
description:
The Under2 Coalition is a global community of state and regional governments committed to ambitious climate action in line with the Paris Agreement. The Coalition brings together over 220 governments representing more than 1.3 billion people and 43% of the global economy. Their members commit to keeping global temperature rises to well below 2°C with efforts to reach 1.5°C. Nineteen states and regions in the Coalition have committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2050 or earlier. The Climate Group is the Secretariat to the Under2 Coalition and works with governments to accelerate climate action through three workstreams; pathways, policy action, and transparency.


name: United for Efficiency
web_url: http://united4efficiency.org/
alt_names:
U4E,Efficient Appliances Accelerator,Global Partnership on Appliances and Equipment,SE4All: Lighting, Appliances and Equipment Accelerator

description:
U4E is a global effort supporting developing countries and emerging economies to move their markets to energy-efficient appliances and equipment. Under the leadership of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), U4E brings together all key stakeholders active in the area of product efficiency. U4E: Informs policy makers of the potential environmental, financial and economic savings of a transition to high-efficiency products;\nIdentifies and promotes global best practices in transforming markets; Offers tailored assistance to governments to develop and implement national and regional strategies and projects to achieve a fast and sustainable market transformation.\n\nU4E builds on the success of the en.lighten initiative, which accelerates the transition to  efficient lighting worldwide. It broadens the scope to six other high-efficiency product categories, such as commercial, industrial and outdoor lighting, residential refrigerators, room air conditioners, electric motors, distribution transformers, and information and communication technologies.\n\nReducing global electricity demand and mitigating climate change  through the U4E initiative focuses primarily on developing countries and emerging economies, where electricity demand is set to more than double by 2030. An increasingly urbanized and growing middle class will require modern conveniences such as lighting, appliances and equipment. This will ultimately boost greenhouse gas emissions. A global transition to high-efficiency products will make it possible for people to enjoy the benefits of their increased incomes while minimizing their impact on climate change.


name: Urban Electric Mobility Initiative
alt_names: UEMI
web_url: https://www.uemi.net/
description:
The Action Platform: Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI) was initiated by UN-Habitat and the SOLUTIONS project and launched at the UN Climate Summit in September 2014 in New York. The UEMI aims to contribute significantly to the overall goal of limiting the increase in global mean temperature to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by decreasing urban CO2 emissions globally. As one of the Action Areas of the UN Climate Summit the UEMI aims to phase out conventionally fuelled vehicles in cities and integrate electric mobility into a wider concept of sustainable urban transport.\n\nThe Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI) aims to help phase out conventionally fuelled vehicles and increase the share of electric vehicles (2-,3- and 4-wheelers) in the total volume of individual motorized transport in cities to at least 30% by 2030. The UEMI is an active partnership that aims to track international action in the area of electric mobility and aims to initiate local action. The UEMI delivers tools and guidelines, generates synergies between e-mobility programmes and supports local implementation action. \u200b


name: Zero Deforestation Commitments by Commodity Producers and Traders
alt_names: The Lima Challenge
web_url:
http://climateinitiativesplatform.org/index.php/Zero_Deforestation_Commitments_from_Commodity_Producers_and_Traders

description:
The initiative “Zero Deforestation Commitments from Commodity Producers and Traders” aims to eliminate deforestation from the production of agricultural commodities such as palm oil, soy, paper and beef products by no later than 2020, thereby contributing to the goal of ending natural forest loss by 2030.\n\nThe initiative is primarily focussed on avoiding tropical deforestation in South East Asia, Central and West Africa and regions of Latin America. The companies that have undertaken zero deforestation commitments can show progress in the implementation of their no deforestation policies and action plans, especially in palm oil supply chains. More than 20 global food companies have already committed to deforestation-free sourcing policies of palm oil. Three of these include the world’s largest palm oil companies whom have also committed to working together on implementation. 


name: Planners for Climate Action
alt_names: P4CA
web_url: https://www.planners4climateaction.org/
description:
Planners for Climate Action (P4CA) is a cooperative initiative born at the 23rd Conference of Parties (COP-23) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in Bonn on 11 November 2017. The initiative, convened by UN-Habitat, is comprised of associations of planning practitioners and planning educators, collectively representing tens of thousands of planners worldwide, as well as other partners active in this area.\n\nP4CA is placed under the UNFCCC’s Marrakesh Partnership of non-State actors for Global Climate Action. It is registered under the NAZCA (Non-State Actors Zone for Climate Action) Platform. Through those mechanisms, urban and regional planners have a voice and seek recognition as key players to scale-up climate action. UN-Habitat that convenes the initiative plays a key role in promoting activities of the network from capacity building to research and advocate.


name: Below50
web_url: https://below50.org/
description:
below50 is a global collaboration that brings together the entire value-chain for sustainable fuels. These are fuels that produce at least 50% less CO2 emissions than conventional fossil fuels. below50 aims to create a critical mass of players (developers, users and investors) through the below50 campaign to grow the global market for the world’s most sustainable fuels.


name: Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures
alt_names: TCFD, Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force on Climate Related Disclosures
web_url: https://www.fsb-tcfd.org
description:
In 2015, The Financial Stability Board (FSB) announced today it is establishing an industry-led disclosure task force on climate-related financial risks under the chairmanship of Michael R. Bloomberg. The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) aimed to develop voluntary, consistent climate-related financial risk disclosures for use by companies in providing information to lenders, insurers, investors and other stakeholders. \n\nIn 2017, the TCFD released climate-related ﬁnancial disclosure recommendations designed to help companies provide better information to support market transparency and more informed capital allocation.\n\nThe disclosure recommendations were structured around four thematic areas that represent core elements of how companies operate: governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets. The four recommendations are interrelated and supported by 11 recommended disclosures that build out the framework with information that should help investors and others understand how reporting organizations think about and assess climate-related risks and opportunities.\n\nFollowing the publication of the TCFD recommendations, the FSB requested the Task Force promote adoption of the TCFD framework, providing further guidance, supporting educational efforts, monitoring climate-related financial disclosure practices in terms of their alignment with the TCFD recommendations, and preparing annual status reports through 2023.\n\nConcurrent with the release of its 2023 status report on October 12, 2023, and the publication of the ISSB standards, the TCFD has fulfilled its remit and disbanded. The FSB has asked the IFRS Foundation to take over the monitoring of the progress of companies’ climate-related disclosures.


name: Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy
alt_names: GCoM,Compact of Mayors,EU Covenant of Mayors,Innovate4Cities,Data4Cities,Invest4Cities
web_url: https://www.globalcovenantofmayors.org
description:
GCoM is the largest global alliance for city climate leadership, built upon the commitment of over 12,500 cities and local governments. These cities hail from 6 continents and 144 countries. In total, they represent more than 1 billion people. With climate mitigation targets that are projected to reduce global emissions by 4.1 GtCO2e in 2050, equivalent to 80 percent of USA’s yearly GtCO2 emissions, GCoM cities are demonstrating that they are already taking action. Increasingly, cities and local governments across the globe are heeding the call to act. With nations working towards the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, cities’ involvement could not be more urgent. The cities and partners of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy share a long-term vision of supporting voluntary action to combat climate change. Together, theyre working towards a resilient and low-emission society.\n\nThey support ambitious, locally relevant solutions in sectors where cities can have the most significant impact. These cities register, implement, and monitor their strategic action plans and make information on their efforts and results publicly available.\n\nBy becoming part of the alliance, cities and local governments are empowered to drive climate action in their communities by working with city/regional networks, national governments, and international institutions. GCoM helps cities maintain a long-term vision on climate action through collective ambition and achievement. GCoM seeks to amplify the visibility of signatory commitments and actions in the region and globally. GCoM serves cities and local governments by mobilizing and supporting ambitious, measurable, and planned climate and energy action in their communities by working with city/regional networks, national governments, and other partners to achieve our vision. GCoM ensures that signatories are continuously supported in their efforts. Cities receive step-by-step guidance and have access to tools, materials, and a dedicated regional/national helpdesk. GCoM works to provide value to participating cities by mobilizing the critical financing and technical assistance cities require to acces, in alliance with partners, accelerate ambitious, measurable climate and energy initiatives that lead to an inclusive, just, low-emission and climate-resilient future, helping to meet and exceed the Paris Agreement objectives.


name: WMB: EV100
alt_names: EV 100,EV100
web_url: https://www.theclimategroup.org/ev100
description:
EV100 is a global initiative bringing together companies committed to switching their owned and contracted fleets up to 3.5t and 50% of their fleet between 3.5 and 7 tonnes to electric vehicles and installing charging infrastructure for employees and customers by 2030.\n\nEV100 members are increasing demand, influencing policy, and driving mass roll-out, helping to make electric vehicles more rapidly affordable for everyone. They have also launched EV100+, an initiative focusing on zero emission medium and heavy-duty vehicles in order to build on the momentum that has been created through EV100. \n\nEV100 provides a global platform to showcase corporate leadership and enable best practice sharing between their members to overcome challenges together. They drive engagement and dialogue with governments and manufacturers to address the remaining barriers to EV uptake and infrastructure roll-out. \n\nCompanies joining EV100 make a public commitment to at least one of the following targets by 2030: Switch their fleets to electric vehicles, and/or Install EV charging for staff and/or customers.


name: Low Carbon Technology Partnership Initiative (LCTPi) (Main)
alt_names: LCTPi
web_url: https://web.archive.org/web/20180302033228/http://lctpi.wbcsd.org/
description:
The Low Carbon Technology Partnerships initiative (LCTPi) is comprised of over 235 companies and 70 partners who are committed to accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy.\n\nAt COP23, LCTPi companies and partners will connect with key policymakers to encourage stronger climate commitments through low-carbon technology. Throughout 2018, LCTPi will continue pushing for impact and increasing scale. Your company can join today.\n\nThe LCTPi consists of 9 sub-initiatives. These are the following: LCTPi Carbon Capture and Storage, LCTPi Cement Sustainability Initiative, LCTPi Chemicals, LCTPi Climate Smart Agriculture, LCTPi Energy Efficiency in Buildings, LCTPi Forests, LCTPi Low Carbon Freight, LCTPi Low Carbon Transport Fuels, LCTPi Renewables.\n\nLCTPi has evolved over its three years and now focuses on six projects: REscale, New Energy Solutions, Emobility, Transforming Heavy Transport, Natural Climate Solutions and Climate Smart Agriculture. At the same time, member companies are targeting a wider expanse of regions and sectors.


name: WMB: EP100
alt_names: EP 100,EP100
web_url: https://www.theclimategroup.org/project/ep100
description:
The Climate Group’s global EP100 initiative in partnership with the Alliance to Save Energy brings together a growing group of energy-smart companies committed to using energy more productively, to lower greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate a clean economy.\n\nBy setting ambitious targets and integrating energy efficiency into business strategy, leading companies are driving clean tech innovation while delivering on emissions reduction goals, inspiring others to follow their lead.\n\nThe Climate Group shares the compelling business case for increasing energy efficiency, encourages knowledge-sharing and peer-learning through webinars and events, and showcases member leadership through speaking slots at key events, digital media and media outreach.\n\nEP100 is delivered as part of the We Mean Business coalition. Alongside renewable power and electric vehicles, making smarter use of energy is one of three practical steps companies can take to lower their emissions, future-proof their business and demonstrate climate leadership.


name: Powering Past Coal Alliance
alt_names: PPCA
web_url: https://poweringpastcoal.org/
description:
The Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) is a coalition of national and sub-national governments, businesses and organisations working to advance the transition from unabated coal power generation to clean energy.\n\nThe PPCA aims to: secure commitments from governments and the private sector to phase out existing unabated coal power; encourage a global moratorium on the construction of new unabated coal-fired power plants; shift investment from coal to clean energy, including by working to restrict financing for coal-fired projects; achieve coal phase-out in a sustainable and economically inclusive way, including appropriate support for workers and communities.


name: Carbon Pricing in the Americas
alt_names: CPA
web_url: https://www.carbonpricingleadership.org/carbon-pricing-in-the-americas
description:
CPA is a Pan-American carbon-pricing collaborative and networking forum. We are a gathering of national and subnational governments and are supported by specialized institutions and not-for-profit organizations. CPA arose out of the “Paris declaration on Carbon Pricing in the Americas” that was endorsed in December 2017 by governments of Alberta, British Columbia, California, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Mexico, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, and Washington.\n\nCPA was launched in April 2018 at the initiative of the Governments of Canada and Mexico, who then assumed its co-chairmanship. In 2021, during COP 26 in Glasgow, most of the original CPA members as well as new governments replaced the Paris Declaration by an updated version: the “Glasgow Declaration on Carbon Pricing in the Americas”.\nIn endorsing the Glasgow Declaration members commit to the following:\n\n*Implementing or pursuing the implementation of carbon pricing as a central economic and environmental policy instrument for ambitious climate change action and as a key component of a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic;\n*Working towards applying a cost of carbon to their public investment decisions, and encouraging private companies to do the same through internal carbon pricing;\n*Regularly increasing the level of carbon pricing in their economies to better reflect the ever-increasing cost of abatement action and the social cost of carbon to ensure that strong price signals are sent throughout their economies at the pace and scale required for transformational change;\n\nThe implementation of the CPA is pursued through 3 key aspects: Strengthening regional and international cooperation in an effort to share information, expertise, lessons learned and experiences; Identifying opportunities to increase the alignment and linking of carbon pricing instruments and carbon markets; Encouraging synergies and coordination among the existing carbon pricing initiatives and forums that are active in the Americas.


name: Climate Action 100+
alt_names: Climate Action 100+ Coalition
web_url: http://www.climateaction100.org/
description:
Climate Action 100+ is an investor-led initiative to ensure the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters take necessary action on climate change. More than 615 investors, responsible for over $65 trillion in assets under management, are engaging companies on improving climate change governance, cutting emissions and strengthening climate-related financial disclosures.\n\nAcross the planet our economies and communities face systemic risks from climate change. To mitigate their exposure and secure ongoing sustainable returns for their beneficiaries, investors must ensure the businesses they own have strategies that accelerate the transition to net-zero emissions by 2050, or sooner and align with the goal of the Paris Agreement, of limiting average global temperature rise to well below two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and pursuing efforts even further to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius.\n\nClimate Action 100+ is the largest ever investor engagement initiative on climate change and is putting this stewardship into practice. By working together through Climate Action 100+, investors can accelerate the business transition to a net-zero emissions future and in turn help secure stable economies that are more resilient to the risks posed by climate change.


name: Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative
alt_names: TUMI
web_url: https://www.transformative-mobility.org/
description:
All around the world urban leaders, transport experts, planners or students strive to transform mobility for the better for all. They roll out innovations on the ground, enable leaders with profound know-how and invest in the future of urban mobility.\n\nTUMI is the leading global implementation initiative on sustainable mobility formed through the union of 11 prestigious partners with one united goal: changing mobility for the benefit of people and the environment, with a view to the future.\n\nTUMI supports transport projects all around the world and enables policy makers to transform urban mobility, believing in sustainable mobility for a better future.\n\nTUMI is based on three pillars: innovation, knowledge, investment. They support innovative pilot projects around the world, through knowledge sharing with planners about modern mobility concepts, in workshops and conferences.  They invest in the construction and modernisation of sustainable urban infrastructure.


name: Accelerate Climate Transition (ACT)
alt_names: ACT,Assessing Low-Carbon Transition
web_url: https://actinitiative.org/
description:
The Assessing low-Carbon (ACT) Transition® initiative assesses how ready an organization is to transition to the low-carbon economy using a future-oriented, sector specifïc methodology. It is the natural next step to bring accountability to the growing number of actions that organizations are taking to tackle climate change. Since the pilot project was launched in 2015 by the founders, ADEME and CDP, ACT has received the backing of companies, investors and government departments. ACT is a joint voluntary initiative of the UNFCCC secretariat Global Climate Agenda (visit ACT on the NAZCA portal).


name: Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
alt_names: GFDRR
web_url: https://www.gfdrr.org/en
description:
The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) is a global partnership that helps developing countries better understand and reduce their vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change. GFDRR is a grant-funding mechanism, managed by the World Bank, that supports disaster risk management projects worldwide.


name: North American Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance
web_url: http://www.nacsaa.net
alt_names:
NACSAA,Solutions from the Land: Adaptive Management to Meet Food, Fiber, Energy and Environment Goals

description:
The North American Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance is a platform for knowledge sharing, and application of climate science to agriculture and forestry. The Alliance enables farm, ranch and forestry leaders, while also involving their value chain partners, to collaborate in developing ways to improve the resiliency of production systems, as well as adapt and mitigate present and future risks from changing climatic conditions. The Alliance advocates solutions for agricultural landscapes, under variable weather and climate, to maintain sustainable productivity of food, feed, fiber and energy, and ensure the integrity of our natural resource base.


name: EverGreen Agriculture Partnership
alt_names: EVAP/Partnership to Create an EverGreen Agriculture
web_url: http://evergreenagriculture.net/evergreen-agriculture-partnership/
description:
The EverGreen Agriculture Partnership (EVAP) is a collective of organizations and with a shared vision of agricultural systems that can sustain a productive green cover on the land throughout the year, for the benefit of the land and livelihoods of smallholder farmers around the world. Their\xa0vision is to use EverGreen Agriculture systems to increase food and nutritional security and resilience while enabling climate change adaptation and mitigation across Africa. Their\xa0objective is to support information needs, provide capacity building and knowledge generation to assist nations around the globe in scaling up Evergreen Agriculture. to achieve this They are: Providing technical support to policy, scientific and scaling-up institutions on the adoption of relevant innovations; Building scientific research partnerships to address key knowledge gaps and issues to overcome the barriers for more rapid scaling-up; Supporting the mainstreaming of EverGreen Agriculture into the programmes of the community of United Nations organizations and development banks; Building support for greater scaling up and impact as well as into regional and sub-regional organizations; Building partnerships with non-government organizations and strengthening their technical capacity to support the spread of EverGreen Agriculture.


name: CCAC: Agriculture Hub
alt_names: CCAC Agriculture Initiative
web_url: http://www.ccacoalition.org/en/initiatives/agriculture
description:
The Agriculture Hub is a voluntary network of governments and key stakeholders working together to reduce the sectors short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP) emissions from livestock, paddy rice cultivation, open burning of agricultural residue, and food loss and waste.\n\nOur work aims to raise ambition in 2030 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to include actions to reduce agricultural SLCP emissions. To get there, we are building a group of leaders in the field and raising awareness about the actions that can be taken now. We assist countries with tools and capacity-building to identify increasingly ambitious actions, policies and targets, while also supporting strengthened coordination at the national level. To unlock the potential for scale-up, we work to marshall evidence that enables financing for large-scale climate impact.


name: Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases
alt_names: GRA
web_url: https://globalresearchalliance.org
description:
The GRA Charter provides a framework for voluntary action to increase cooperation and investment in research activities to help reduce the emissions intensity of agricultural production systems and increase their potential for soil carbon sequestration, and improve their efficiency, productivity, resilience and adaptive capacity, thereby contributing in a sustainable way to overall mitigation efforts, while still helping meet food security objectives.\n\nMembers of the GRA aim to deepen and broaden mitigation research efforts across the agricultural sub-sectors of paddy rice, cropping, and livestock, and to coordinate cross-cutting activities across these areas, including promoting synergies between adaptation and mitigation efforts. Research Groups have been set up to address these areas of work, through work plans that bring countries and partners together in research collaborations, knowledge sharing, use of best practices, and capacity building among scientists and other practitioners. The aim is to develop breakthrough solutions in addressing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.


name: Climate-Smart Agriculture Booster
alt_names: CSAb,Booster
web_url: http://csabooster.climate-kic.org/
description:
Climate-smart Agriculture Booster (“CSAb” or “Booster”) is Europe’s leading innovation hub, community and collaboration platform pioneering the transition to climate-smart agriculture across Europe, and around the world. It brings together a multi-stakeholder ecosystem of public and private sector partners including some of the leading research institutions in Europe, corporates, start-ups and international organisations to incubate and catalyse the application, adoption and scaling of innovative and sustainable CSA solutions across Europe and beyond; and to accelerate and de-risk investments into CSA.


name: Oil and Gas Climate Initiative
alt_names: OGCI
web_url: https://www.ogci.com/
description:
The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative is a CEO-led initiative that aims to accelerate the industry response to climate change. OGCI member companies explicitly support the Paris Agreement and its aims.\nAs leaders in the industry, accounting for almost 30 percent of global operated oil and gas production, they aim to leverage their collective strength and expand the pace and scope of our transitions to a low-carbon future, so helping to achieve net zero emissions as early as possible.\nTheir members collectively invest over $7B each year in low carbon solutions. OGCI Climate Investments was set up by members to catalyze low carbon ecosystems. This fund, which is over 1 billion USD, invests in technologies and projects that accelerate decarbonization in oil and gas, industry and commercial transport.


name: The Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment
web_url: https://www.worldgbc.org/thecommitment
description:
The Commitment calls upon business, organisations, cities, states and regions to take urgent, ambitious and immediate climate action towards decarbonising the built environment. The Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment (the Commitment) challenges business, organisations, cities, states and regions to reach net zero carbon in operation for all assets under their direct control by 2030, and to advocate for all buildings to be net zero carbon in operation by 2050. The Commitment provides a framework to develop globally ambitious yet locally relevant, flexible and universally viable solutions for buildings within their portfolio, city, state or regional boundary. It sets actions to reduce energy demand and achieve net zero carbon through renewable energy and offsets (as a last resort).


name: Towards Zero Waste Accelerator
alt_names: C40 Zero Waste Declaration,Advancing Towards Zero Waste Declaration
web_url: https://www.c40.org/accelerators/zero-waste/
description:
The C40 Zero Waste Declaration commits cities to advancing toward zero-waste systems through two primary targets: (1) reducing municipal solid waste generation per capita by at least 15% by 2030 compared with 2015 levels, and (2) cutting the amount of municipal solid waste sent to landfill and incineration by at least 50% by 2030, while increasing diversion from landfill and incineration to at least 70% over the same period.\n\nTo achieve these ambitious goals, the initiative outlines a range of actions. These include reducing food loss and waste at retail and consumer levels by minimizing losses across production and supply chains, limiting surplus food generation, and facilitating safe food donation and the use of by-products in food production. Cities also commit to implementing source-separated collection of food scraps and other organic materials, alongside treatment infrastructure that recovers nutrients.\n\nThe initiative further supports local and regional policies, such as extended producer responsibility and sustainable procurement, to reduce or ban single-use and non-recyclable plastics and other materials, while improving product reparability and recyclability. In addition, it promotes increased reduction, reuse, recovery, and recycling of construction and demolition materials.\n\nTo ensure broad participation, the declaration emphasizes expanding accessibility, awareness, scale, and inclusivity of waste reduction and recycling programs across all communities and neighborhoods. This includes investing in citywide communication and engagement, providing resources in multiple languages, and ensuring that benefits are distributed equitably across the population. Cities participating in the initiative publicly report every two years on their progress toward these targets.


name: International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification
alt_names: OA Alliance
web_url: oaalliance.org
description:
The International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification brings together governments and organizations from across the globe dedicated to taking urgent action to protect coastal communities and livelihoods. OA Alliance members are calling for emissions reductions and ocean adaptation actions under international climate frameworks like the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG) 13 and 14. OA Alliance members are leading discussions across climate and ocean platforms, ensuring that climate and ocean commitments, policies and communications accurately reflect their interdependence.


name: Value Chain Risk to Resilience
alt_names: Climate-Resilient Value Chains Leaders Platform
web_url: https://www.bsr.org/en/collaboration/groups/value-chain-risk-to-resilience
description:
Climate change poses severe risks to businesses and their suppliers, employees, customers, and communities along the value chain. Examples are increasingly frequent and severe: floods in Thailand disrupting electronic supply chains in 2011; drought in the U.S. forcing a global spike in food prices in 2012; and category 4 hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria destroying and disrupting major regions in the US and Caribbean in 2017. Businesses must take direct action and partner with government in new and different ways to make themselves more climate resilient. \n\nAlthough climate change poses risks to company value chains, scientific information on physical climate impacts is largely unavailable in formats that companies can use in their business processes. The few companies that have conducted climate risk assessments have found it difficult or costly to act alone. In addition, there is no standard methodology or approach for climate risk assessment, for selecting metrics for programs to build climate resilience, or for integrating climate risks into corporate governance and enterprise risk management processes. \n\nValue Chain Risk to Resilience aims to radically increase the ability to diagnose physical climate risks and the understanding, adoption, and implementation of climate resilience measures throughout corporate value chains to deliver both societal and business value. The initiative aims to see more companies carrying out climate risk assessments across their value chains using a science-based approach. This will enable them to undertake interventions to build resilience to those risks, and to design metrics to measure the success of those interventions.


name: The Step Up Declaration
alt_names: Step Up Declaration: Powering Mission 2020, Step Up Coalition
web_url: https://stepupdeclaration.org/
description:
Step Up Declaration, an alliance dedicated to harnessing the power of the fourth industrial revolution to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions across all economic sectors and ensure a climate turning point by 2020. As some of the most innovative and influential companies in the world, they are coming together for the first time in history to create a single unified force for change. Digitalization also continues to enable their path to increase and disclose the initiatives goals on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and carbon mitigation and the footprint of their operations. They look beyond four walls to activate supply chains, influence political and regulatory mechanisms, push each other as peers, partners and competitors and enable and inspire customers.


name: Climate and Clean Air Coalition
alt_names: CCAC
web_url: https://ccacoalition.org/en
description:
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) is a voluntary partnership of over 200 governments, intergovernmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations founded in 2012, and convened within UNEP. Partners who join the CCAC are working to reduce powerful but short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) such as; methane, black carbon, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), and tropospheric ozone, that drive both climate change and air pollution. The CCAC supports action to reduce short-lived climate pollutants in over 70 countries through their project funding and the individual actions of their partners. \n\nThe initiative aims to connect ambitious agenda-setting with targeted mitigation action within countries and sectors. Robust science and analysis underpin their efforts.\n\nThe partnership works to reduce global warming in the near-term to achieve Paris Agreement goals and support economic development, improved health, and environmental and food security benefits. This happens through the CCAC Trust Fund, they fund projects in developing countries to enable actions that deliver climate, air quality and development benefits. The project funding is split between national policy development and implementation of mitigation measures. \n\nThey aim to connect ambitious agenda setting with targeted mitigation action within countries and sectors. Robust science and analysis underpin their efforts.\n\nTheir work is focused on five key areas: 1) National planning and policy development; 2) Sector mitigation; 3) Science Policy; 4) and Political Leadership and coordination. \n\nBy targeting decision makers across the spectrum of government, business, development banks and other key organizations, The initiative aims to foster leadership and secure commitments for ambitious action.


name: BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes
alt_names: ISFL
web_url: https://www.biocarbonfund-isfl.org/
description:
The BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes (ISFL) is a multilateral fund, supported by donor governments and managed by the World Bank. It promotes reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the land sector, including efforts to reduce deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+), sustainable agriculture, as well as smarter land-use planning, policies and practices.\n\nThe ISFL currently supports programs in Colombia, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Mexico, and Zambia. These large-scale programs are pioneering work that enables countries and the private sector to adopt changes in the way farmers work on the ground, as well as informing policies made at the international level.


name: Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force
alt_names: GCF Task Force
web_url: https://gcftf.org/
description:
The Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force is a subnational collaboration of 38 states and provinces working to protect tropical forests, reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and promote realistic pathways to forest-maintaining rural development. They are the world’s largest platform for states and provinces committed to this mission. \n\nThe GCF Task Force’s Theory of Change starts from the premise that the key challenges facing efforts to protect forests and reduce greenhouse gas emissions at scale are political and legal fragmentation across multiple levels of governance, limited incentives and support for political leaders and civil servants to focus on sustainable forest and land use, and lack of institutional capacity. The COVID-19 pandemic has further compounded and amplified these challenges over the last several years. \n\nIn the face of these challenges, bottom-up approaches to protecting forests and reducing greenhouse gas emissions continue to offer important complements to more traditional top down approaches. The Paris agreement recognizes this, and subnational governments are now widely viewed as critical actors in implementing much of the international climate policy agenda. The challenge is to develop institutional frameworks that can motivate, support, connect, and scale these subnational efforts. The GCF Task Force provides one such framework, supporting 45 states and provinces across 11 countries that together hold more than one-third of the world’s tropical forests. \n\nGiven its scale, global reach, and multiple points of connection to other processes, the GCF Task Force offers a unique vehicle for advancing jurisdiction-wide approaches to protecting forests, reducing emissions, and enhancing livelihoods across tropical forest states and provinces. The GCF Task Force operates at both political and technical levels: it seeks to harness and support the political leadership of committed Governors in the fight against climate change and deforestation, while empowering the civil servants and their civil society partners that are so critical in the day-to-day effort to build and maintain successful jurisdictional programs. The GCF Task Force links these efforts with existing and emerging pay-for-performance opportunities, aligns them with national policies and programs, and works with public, private sector and community-level partners, including indigenous and traditional leaders. By strengthening and enhancing the multiple, overlapping networks of actors involved in building state and provincial programs for low-emissions development, the GCF Task Force plays a vital role in the broader international effort to protect forests, reduce emissions, and enhance livelihoods. 


name: Mission Efficiency
alt_names: Energy EThe Three Percent Club for fficiency,3% Club for Energy Efficiency
web_url: https://missionefficiency.org/
description:
The Three Percent Club initiative transitioned into the Mission Efficiency initiative. Mission Efficiency was rebranded from the Three Percent Club and launched during the SEforALL Forum in May 2022. The Three Percent Club on Energy Efficiency was initially launched during the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit in 2019 to promote and coordinate acceleration of energy efficiency globally.  SEforALL led the launch of the Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform in 2014 to provide sector-specific support to target countries and cities with common approaches for governance, commitment management, policies, metrics, reporting, resources and tools.\n\n"Mission Efficiency is a global collective of actions, commitments and goals on energy efficiency by a coalition of governments, organizations and initiatives. Energy efficiency represents the largest share of cost-effective actions to achieve the Paris Agreement. Mission Efficiency unites these partners and actions to accelerate the transition towards energy efficient economies worldwide. \n\nMission Efficiency is seeking to drive progress on energy efficiency across three pillars:  1) Elevate energy efficiency in personal, organizational and global agendas. Shifting the energy efficiency narrative, convening partners, matching solution offers and advocating for energy efficiency; 2) Support energy efficiency with strategic and technical assistance by partners for progress in countries on key issues in high impact sectors, across multiple sectors or economy wide; 3) Invest in energy efficiency with coordinated and actionable project funding through loans, grants and incentives for infrastructure and projects by countries, funds and financial institutions.\n\nMission Efficiency supports market readiness for energy efficiency investment through four taskforces: 1) Energy Efficiency Narrative Taskforce: To reframe key messages for a range of audiences on the benefits, experiences and feelings received from energy efficiency; 2) Widening the Net Taskforce: Identification of key partners and socializing energy efficiency investment with country/city governments, solution providers and capital markets; 3) Energy Efficiency Solution Selector Tool Taskforce: Building on years of success with the EBRD Green Technology Selector and Carbon Trust’s work to add countries, this taskforce will work to further expand the tool for use across more countries and to capture all bankable energy efficiency solutions (technologies, services) and the policies that enable energy efficiency investment; 4) Mission Efficiency Marketplace Taskforce: Supporting market readiness for energy efficiency investment, including through a facility to de-risk energy efficiency finance, through project origination and matchmaking and through collective support from partner initiatives to enable integrated investments and reduce risk, cost and time for financial institutions and investors.


name: Action towards Climate-Friendly Transport
alt_names: ACT
web_url: https://slocat.net/act-initiative-2021/
description:
ACT promotes and accelerates transport action in the fight against climate change. It is up to the initiative to signal robust support for the transformative potential of climate friendly transport and to trigger further action and investment.\n\nThe UNSG Climate Action Summit was held at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Summit was a key milestone in the international community’s work towards sincere, renewed, and ambitious climate action.\n\nGovernments at all levels, private sector organisations, civil society, UN entities and other stakeholders and platforms, come together within the Action towards Climate-friendly Transport (ACT) initiative to draw clear pathways in the complementary fields of policy framework setting, integrated transport and urban planning, non-motorised and public transport infrastructure provision and zero emission fleet replacement.\n\nACT has 4 components: 1) Connecting innovative approaches with integrated long-term planning and policy-making processes; 2) Enabling architecture for a mass rollout of electric buses; 3) Creating a mass-market for zero-emission freight vehicles; 4) Setting-up global dialogue arenas with the private sector.


name: Africa Adaptation Initiative
alt_names: AAI
web_url: https://africaadaptationinitiative.org/
description:
AAI works collaboratively with African and global partners in the public, private and development sectors to drive Africa to change and own its adaptation narrative on the global stage. AAI works across four pillars: 1) Enhancing Climate Information Services; 2) Strengthening policies and institutions; 3) Boosting on-the-ground action; Increasing access to; and 3) mobilising climate finance and investments. Our approach builds the knowledge and capacity of all African stakeholders to accelerate adaptation action, enables political advocacy at the highest levels towards meeting adaptation challenges, and develops high-potential, large-scale adaptation programs to translate political pledges into action that addresses challenges.\n\nAAI supports several flagship programs across Africa:Ecoverse Program- a highly scalable program that builds and develops climate-smart villages across Africa, starting with a prototype in Togo. The Food Security Accelerator- an initiative strategically designed to invest in climate-adaptive food system solutions, particularly nature-positive, adaptation-centric businesses in Africas emerging and frontier markets. The Adaptation Finance Academy, a comprehensive and ambitious capacity-building effort to increase the ability of African stakeholders to develop large-scale, highly effective adaptation programs and mobilize climate finance.\n\nAAI receives guidance and support from African and international leadership and works at the highest political levels. Their partners include the African Union, Environment and Climate Change Canada, the European Commission, the U.S. Department of State, the UN Capital Development Fund, the UN Development Programme, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.


name: AFOLU 2040 Regional Initiative for Central America and the Dominican Republic
web_url: https://www.sica.int/download/?128650
alt_names:
Building Resilience in the Central American Region - AFOLU sector,Central American Region Under a Synergistic Approach Between Mitigation and Adaptation focusing on the Agriculture, Forestry and other Land Use Sector (AFOLU)

description:
This initiative, Building Resilience in the Central American Region Under a Synergistic Approach Between Mitigation and Adaptation focusing on the Agriculture, Forestry and other Land Use Sector (AFOLU) Central American Integration System (SICA) Initiative, is a proposal of all 8 Central American Integration System (SICA) countries recognizing the advantages of a significant contribution to the global goal of 1.5˚C and the benefits of collective and non-isolated action. By 2030, the SICA region will establish and manage 10 million hectares of "sustainable productive landscapes that are resilient to climate change", preliminarily, with the idea of increasing ambition, with a goal of achieving Carbon Neutrality in the AFOLU sector by 2040.


name: Business Ambition for 1.5°C
web_url: https://sciencebasedtargets.org/business-ambition-for-1-5c
description:
The Business Ambition for 1.5°C campaign is now closed. The campaign enabled companies to set robust science-based targets, and reduce emissions at the pace and scale required by climate-science. Endorsed by an unprecedented global coalition of UN agencies, business groups and industry leaders, the campaign provided a clear pathway for businesses to become credible climate leaders.\n\nBusiness Ambition for 1.5°C’ is an urgent call to action from a global coalition of UN agencies, business and industry leaders. They are calling on companies to commit to set ambitious science-based emissions reduction targets. By setting a net-zero target in line with a 1.5°C future, businesses can make their critical contribution to limiting the worst impacts of climate change.


name: Clean Air Initiative
alt_names: CAI
web_url: https://www.who.int/news/item/01-06-2019-clean-air-initiative
description:
The Clean Air Initiative (CAI) calls on national and subnational governments to commit to achieving air quality that is safe for citizens, and to align climate change and air pollution policies by 2030.\nGovernments at all levels can join the Clean Air Initiative by committing to specific actions, including: 1) Implementing air quality and climate change policies that will achieve the WHO Ambient Air Quality Guideline values; 2) Implementing e-mobility and sustainable mobility policies and actions with the aim of making a decisive impact on road transport emissions; 3) Assessing the number of lives that are saved, the health gains in children and other vulnerable groups, and the avoided financial costs to health systems that result from implementing their policies; 4) Tracking progress, sharing experiences and best practices through an international network supported by the Breathelife Action Platform.\nThe announcement was made by the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Climate Action Summit, Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba, in New Delhi, India, following two days of meetings with representatives of governments, business and civil society.


name: Climate Investment Platform
alt_names: CIP
web_url: https://www.irena.org/Energy-Transition/Partnerships/CIP
description:
The Climate Investment Platform works with governments at all levels, financial institutions, project developers and the private sector to increase financing for climate action, from mitigation to adaptation, and help countries reach ambitious climate goals. \n\u200b\nAs a partnership, the Platform provides innovative ways to catalyze climate finance, channel it where it is most needed, and maximize its impact. \n \nThe CIP was jointly announced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), in coordination with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) at the Climate Action Summit in September 2019. By joining their complementary expertise and networks through the Platform, our partners are support ambitious climate targets.\n \nThe Platforms first focus is energy transition. It will then expand to facilitate investments in other key areas, such as water, agriculture, cities and transport, to build a climate-resilient future.


name: Cool Coalition
web_url: https://coolcoalition.org/
description:
The Cool Coalition is a global multi-stakeholder network that connects a wide range of key actors from government, cities, international organizations, businesses,  finance,  academia,  and  civil  society  groups  to  facilitate  knowledge exchange, advocacy and joint action towards a rapid global transition  to  efficient  and  climate-friendly  cooling.  The  Cool  Coalition  promotes  an  ‘reduce-shift-improve-protect’  holistic  and  cross-sectoral  approach to meet the cooling needs of both industrialized and developing countries through urban form, better building design, energy efficiency, renewables, and thermal storage while phasing down HFCs. Cool Coalition members are collaborating on science, policy, finance and technology to meet growing demands for cooling in a comprehensive manner, all aimed at raising climate ambition in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals while complimenting the goals of the the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol and Paris Climate Agreement.


name: Decarbonizing Shipping: Getting to Zero Coalition
web_url: https://www.globalmaritimeforum.org/getting-to-zero-coalition
description:
The Getting to Zero Coalition is a powerful alliance of more than 150 companies within the maritime, energy, infrastructure and finance sectors, supported by key governments and IGOs. The Coalition is committed to getting commercially viable, maritime shipping’s moon-shot ambition.\nInternational shipping emits 2-3 percent of global GHG emissions, transporting close to 80 percent of global trade by volume. To curb the emissions from shipping, the IMO has agreed on an ambition to reduce GHG emissions from shipping by at least 50 percent by 2050. To reach this goal and to make the transition to full decarbonization possible, commercially viable zero emission vessels must start entering the global fleet by 2030, with their numbers to be radically scaled up through the 2030s and 2040s. This will require both developing the vessels as well as the future fuel supply chain, which can only be done through close collaboration and deliberate collective action between the maritime industry, the energy sector, the financial sector, and governments and IGOs.\nThe coalition seeks to deliver the following: 1) A committed community; 2) Visible transformational leadership; 3) A shared knowledge base; 4) Demonstrations and pilots. \n\nThe Getting to Zero Coalition is intended to be a multi-year initiative that will run through 2023 in two phases, with two further phases mapped out to 2030. These are as follows: 1) Building and expanding the Coalition base (2019-2020); 2) Developing the solutions and enabling the environment (2021-2023); 3) Testing and putting the enabling environment in place (2024-2027); 4) Getting ready for roll-out (2028-2030). 


name: Climate Action for Jobs Initiative
alt_names: Climate Action 4 Jobs Initiative,Clean Jobs Initiative
web_url: https://www.climateaction4jobs.org/
description:
Climate and employment goals can and must go hand in hand. That is what the Climate Action for Jobs Initiative wants to achieve.\n\nThe Paris Agreement on climate change, adopted in 2015, highlights the imperatives of a just transition and the creation of decent work as essential dimensions of climate change. While some important progress has been made, the required scale of efforts needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 is not yet enough. The Climate Action for Jobs Initiative will contribute to a Decade of Action, accelerating climate action through a just transition.\n\nThe Initiative will enable ambitious climate action that delivers decent jobs and advances social justice. It will also support countries on bold solutions for a transition towards a sustainable future that is just and enjoys broad-based support and facilitate an inclusive and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.\n\nThis leads to the initiatives main goals: 1) Enable climate action with decent jobs and social justice; 2) Support countries in a transition that is just and founded on broad-based support; 3) Facilitate an inclusive recovery from COVID-19.


name: Leadership for Urban Climate Investment (LUCI)
alt_names: LUCI,Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (Main)
web_url: https://citiesclimatefinance.org/programs/luci
description:
Leadership for Urban Climate Investment (LUCI) is a framework that elevates and tracks\ncommitments made by Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (the Alliance) member\ninitiatives, helping them to implement bold and effective targets. The LUCI framework enables these ambitious targets by catalyzing action along the entire value chain of subnational climate finance from project conception through financing. Hosted by the Alliance, LUCI was initiated by a multi-stakeholder coalition led by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety (BMU) at the UN SG Climate Summit in 2019.


name: Leadership Group for Industry Transition
alt_names: LeadIT
web_url: https://www.industrytransition.org/
description:
The Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) provides an arena for public-private collaboration, and for sectoral and cross-sectoral learning for example when it comes to innovation opportunities and new technologies. LeadIT enables collaboration between political and industry decision makers by convening high level dialogues to catalyze leadership.\nLeadIT carries out analysis to improve the collective understanding of the opportunities and challenges in industry transitions. It looks at global examples of industry transitions, as well as at key policy and industry levers to facilitate and manage transitions.\nLeadIT also supports governments and industries to co-produce stakeholder-led pathways to low carbon industry transformation. It provides actionable measures on innovation and finance and gives a platform for sharing know-how.


name: Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment
alt_names: CCRI
web_url: https://resilientinvestment.org/
description:
The Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment develops and pilots practical tools, solutions and financial instruments to support a more efficient integration of physical climate risks in investment decision-making. CCRI is divided into three core working groups to address the different levels (systems, asset and financing) in which the mispricing of physical climate risks in investment decision-making is prevalent.\n\nWith over 130 members, in more than 115 countries, and $28 trillion in assets under management, the Coalition has spanned governments, international organisations, technical institutions, ratings agencies and private financial institutions.\n\nBy bringing together industries and leaders across the finance and investment world, the Coalition is pioneering solutions that are both innovative and practical to ensure all infrastructure investments incorporate physical climate risks and advance climate resilience.


name: One Planet Business for Biodiversity
alt_names: OP2B
web_url: https://op2b.org/
description:
One Planet Business for Biodiversity (OP2B) is a unique international cross-sectorial, action-oriented business coalition on biodiversity with a specific focus on agriculture. The coalition is determined to drive transformational systemic change and catalyze action to protect and restore cultivated and natural biodiversity within the value chains, engage institutional and financial decision-makers, and develop and promote policy recommendations for the 2021 CBD COP15 framework. Actions are focused around three pillars: 1) scaling up regenerative agricultural practices; 2) boosting cultivated biodiversity and diets through product portfolios; 3) eliminating deforestation / enhancing the management, restoration, and protection of high-value natural ecosystems.


name: Supporting smallholder farmers
web_url: https://climateaction.unfccc.int/Initiatives?id=Support_for_Smallholder_Farmers
alt_names:
Smallholder pathways towards inclusive and sustainable rural transformation; Supporting smallholder farmers and fostering a just rural transformation

description:
The Global Commission on Adaptation  (GCA) Action Track on Agriculture and Food Security focuses on building the resilience of smallholder producers to intensifying climate shocks and stresses. It incorporates an ambitious goal, diverse partnerships, a ‘Year of Action’ to build significant momentum on the five planned outcomes, and on-going implementation in the coming decade. The GCA seeks to deliver concrete and meaningful action through a set of Action Tracks that mobilize critical partners. Progress against the above goal and planned outcomes were reviewed at high-profile moments during the GCA ‘Year of Action’ including the Adaptation Action Summit in October 2020 and the UN Food Systems Summit in 2021. The GCA managing partners, Global Center on Adaptation and World Resources Institute, will provide the secretariat for the Action Track.


name: Central African Forest Initiative
alt_names: CAFI
web_url: https://www.cafi.org/
description:
CAFI catalyzes high-level policy dialogue and scaled-up funding to support ambitious reforms and on the ground action to reduce emissions and poverty. CAFI supports strategic, holistic and country-level REDD+ and Low Emission Development investments while focusing on Central African high-forest cover countries. Its objective is to recognize and preserve the value of the forests in the region to mitigate climate change, reduce poverty and contribute to sustainable development. CAFI’s objective will be attained through substantially scaled-up international support to transformational reforms and ambitious investments on the ground. CAFIs support focuses on developing and implementing National Investment Frameworks (NIFs) endorsed at the highest level by national institutions with cross sectoral mandates providing funding based on the achievement of policy and programmatic milestones that are spelled out in letters of intent encouraging donor coordination and alignment of bilateral assistance to partner countries based on NIFs promoting inclusive participation of all stakeholders.


name: Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
alt_names: AOA,NZAOA,UN-Convened Asset Owners Alliance,Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance
web_url: https://www.unepfi.org/net-zero-alliance/
description:
The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) is a member-led initiative of institutional investors. The Alliance was initiated by Allianz, Caisse des Dépôts, La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), Folksam Group, PensionDanmark and Swiss Re at the beginning of 2019. It was officially launched at the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Ambition Summit in September 2019. Shortly afterward, Alecta, AMF, CalPERS, Nordea Life and Pension, Storebrand, and Zurich Insurance joined as founding members. The Alliance is supported by WWF and Global Optimism.\n\nParticipating members commit to transitioning their investment portfolios to net-zero GHG emissions by 2050 consistent with a maximum temperature rise of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, taking into account the best available scientific knowledge including the findings of the IPCC, and regularly reporting on progress, including establishing intermediate targets every five years in line with the Paris Agreement Article 4.9. Members also commit to endorse and understand that in order to meet their fiduciary duty to manage risks and achieve target returns, their Commitment must be embedded in a holistic approach to managing sustainability considerations, incorporating but not limited to, climate change, and must emphasize GHG emissions reduction outcomes in the real economy. Members need to seek to reach their commitments, especially through advocating for, and engaging on, corporate and industry action, as well as public policies, for a low-carbon transition of economic sectors in line with science and under consideration of associated social impacts.\nThe Alliance utilises state-of-the-art tools and align with various initiatives led by Asset Owners who have demonstrated leadership on the topic of decarbonisation. In more detail, potential actions emphasise: 1) investor ambition and target-setting at portfolio level, reporting of contribution to progress in a sector-specific way; 2) impact on the real economy and emissions, to the extent methodologies can be developed for this; 3) implementation via a holistic ESG approach for measuring and managing associated impacts; 4) joint engagement, and monitoring of engagements, based on the most authoritative, credible scientific input, to ensure consistency of messaging and necessary ambition. This will build on existing active ownership best practice already under development , such as ClimateAction100+.\nThe Alliance also seeks to work with and enhance a range of other existing initiatives, including: the Science-based Targets Initiative, Climate Action 100+, the Investor Energy & Climate Action Toolkit, and the Investor Agenda. The Alliance recognized that other initiatives will benefit from greater alignment and coordination through a lasting alliance led by asset owners.


name: Zero Carbon Building Accelerator
alt_names: Zero Carbon Buildings for All
web_url: https://www.wri.org/initiatives/zero-carbon-building-accelerator
description:
The Zero Carbon Building Accelerator builds on WRI’s success with the Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) to bring new ambition and build on the lessons, expertise and resources of the BEA with a broader mandate to support decarbonizing the world’s buildings by 2050. The Zero Carbon Building Accelerator helps governments eliminate building sector CO2 emissions through five strategies: 1) exploring how to achieve zero carbon building commitments through facilitated policy dialogues with national and local governments, utilities, the private sector and civil society; 2) analyzing the social, environmental and economic costs and benefits of zero carbon building policies and investments to inform local government decisions; 3) working closely with national and local governments to develop and adopt policies and actions towards building decarbonization; 4) testing and sharing innovative methods for monitoring progress at the national and local levels; 5) developing business models for investing in zero carbon buildings with multilateral, national and local banks and in consultation with the private sector.


name: ECCA30
web_url: https://infoflr.org/bonn-challenge/regional-initiatives/ecca30
description:
ECCA30 seeks to bring 30 million hectares of degraded and deforested land in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia into restoration by 2030. ECCA30 will serve as a regional initiative to secure additional commitments and accelerate the implementation of the Bonn Challenge, a global restoration goal, the Land Degradation Neutrality and land and forest-based targets towards achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement. It will facilitate access to technical and financial support, and reinforce regional cooperation and capacity exchange on forest landscape restoration (FLR). Further, it will help countries receive international and regional recognition of their restoration ambitions connected to their domestic priorities and projects.\nNote: the provided link to the website of the initiative is no longer active. Please find more information on the initiative (here)(https://www.bonnchallenge.org/sites/default/files/resources/files/%5Bnode%3Anid%5D/ECCA30.pdf).


name: The World Team Project: Sustainable Solutions Oceans Opportunities & Small Island States
alt_names: SOS-IS
web_url: https://worldteamnow.org/blogs/sos-is/
description:
\nSOS-IS is preparing to work with Small Island Developing States by actively exploring the best island location to offer services on the ground with renewable energy projects and show community transformation. This includes alternative transportation, water, and sustainable building solutions. The initiative focuses on learning from the native culture and sharing innovation and technology. World Team plans to demonstrate change by living in balance with the planets resources to respect, preserve and restore the islands oceans and common home, with teamwork! \nOn small or remote islands, and in the ocean, the World Team project creates living experiential Eco observatories of human capital, to bring in resources and demonstrate solutions for a renewable future. The goals of the initiative includes building renewable energy microgrids toward energy independence, clean water and power, biodiversity protection, and demonstration of leading technology. This partnership contributes to scientific research, data collection, preservation; an experiential opportunity for ongoing education. Ocean cleanup, preservation, water use, net zero buildings, sustainable transportation, marine protection areas, artisanal fishing and related policy. SOS-IS creates jobs, start up new and alternative systems that lead to transformation of the oceans and islands. Partnership programs work towards innovative solutions.


alt_names: Blue Guardians,The Blue Guardians Program
name:
Small Island States (SIDS) Blue Guardians: Partnership to Protecting Oceans and Climate-resilient Blue Economies

web_url:
https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/small-island-states-sids-blue-guardians-partnership-protecting-oceans-and-climate

description:
Blue Guardians is a smart partnership between SIDS governments, private sector, civil society and intergovernmental bodies designed to make the best possible use of scientific, technical and human resources to contribute to the climate change priorities of island nations. It responds to the UN Oceans Conference call for Partnering for the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14, as well as the need to Increase the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience as stated in the UNFCCC Paris Agreement.The Blue Guardians Program will work with SIDS across three inter-related activity areas to directly increase climate resilience and contribute to their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs): (1) Nature-based Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Projects; (2) Information and Data Infrastructure for Building Climate Resilience and Addressing NDCs; (3) SIDS Regional Community of Exchange


name: Caribbean Challenge Initiative
alt_names: CCI
web_url: https://caribbeanchallengeinitiative.com/
description:
Founded in 2008 by a group of Caribbean governments eager to enhance the conservation of their marine and coastal resources, the CCI has since grown to include private sector membership and garner over USD 75 million in funding commitments. CCI Governments and territories signed a CCI Leaders Declaration in May 2013 committing them to protect and conserve 20% of their marine and coastal resources by 2020. CCI companies committed to changing business practices and supporting the conservation actions of the CCI Leaders Declaration by endorsing the CCI Corporate Compact. 


name: Earth For Life Initiative
web_url: https://www.worldwildlife.org/initiatives/earth-for-life
description:
WWF works with government leaders, public and private sector donors, NGOs, and others to securing funding that is used to cover expenses related to properly managing conservation areas, which includes protected areas, community lands and other types of land designated for sustainable use or no development. Funds are allocated to buy boats that are used to patrol coastlines to look for people fishing illegally or to buy drones that are used to spot wildfires. Funds also are used to convene workshops to teach people about ecotourism opportunities in or near protected areas. And so much more.\n\nAlthough most of the funding is used for better management of conservation areas, some is used to create new conservation areas or expand existing ones, as there simply are not enough of them in the world to combat climate change and ensure that people and wildlife live healthy, long lives. Mangroves, for example, serve as a barrier between people and large waves during coastal storms. And rivers supply us with fish, one of the most popular sources of protein around the world.\n\nTo be eligible for the funds, the national government of a given country must commit to putting in place the policies and staffing needed to make sure the conservation areas program runs smoothly. Also, a source of in-country funding must be identified to fully finance the areas after the initial funding from donors runs out. 


name: Blue Carbon Initiaitive
web_url: https://www.thebluecarboninitiative.org
description:
The Blue Carbon Initiative is a global program working to mitigate climate change through the restoration and sustainable use of coastal and marine ecosystems. The Initiative currently focuses on mangroves, tidal marshes, and seagrasses. The Blue Carbon Initiative brings together governments, research institutions, non-governmental organizations and communities from around the world. The Initiative is coordinated by Conservation International (CI), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (IOC-UNESCO).


name: ICLEI: Urban-LEDS project
alt_names: Urban-LEDS II project
web_url: https://urban-leds.org/
description:
With the increased demand for energy and other services in urban areas driven by rapid population growth, human activities are a growing proportion of global greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate challenge. We need global action that will substantially contribute to the Paris Agreement climate targets, to stay well below 1.5 degrees Celsius. The Urban-LEDS II project helps local governments to implement integrated low emission and resilient development by offering guidance, tools, and technical assistance; mobilizing cities to commit to the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM); exploring access to financing; and supporting multilevel governance. The project will also support the improvement of effective monitoring and reporting systems through an integrated MRV (Measuring, Reporting, and Verifying) process, vital to tracking progress and accelerating climate action within cities. Local governments’ planning and implementation of climate action will not only lead to regional benefits, but will also support national climate action plans that effectively contribute to global climate change mitigation and adaptation, and also provide access to secure, affordable, and sustainable energy.


name: Sports for Climate Action
alt_names: S4CA
web_url: https://unfccc.int/climate-action/sectoral-engagement/sports-for-climate-action
description:
UN Climate Change invites sports organizations and their stakeholders to join a new climate action for sport movement. This initiative aims at supporting and guiding sports actors in achieving global climate change goals.\n\nSports for Climate Action works towards two overarching goals: 1) Achieving a clear trajectory for the global sports community to combat climate change, through commitments and partnerships according to verified standards, including measuring, reducing, and reporting greenhouse gas emissions, in line with the well below 2 degree scenario enshrined in the Paris Agreement; 2) Using sports as a unifying tool to federate and create solidarity among global citizens for climate action.


name: Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action
alt_names: Fashion for Global Climate Action,Fashion Charter,The Charter,Fashion for Climate
web_url:
https://unfccc.int/climate-action/sectoral-engagement/global-climate-action-in-fashion/about-the-fashion-industry-charter-for-climate-action

description:
The Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action goes beyond previous industry-wide commitments. Work under Fashion Charter for Climate Action is guided by its mission to drive the fashion industry to net-zero Greenhouse Gas emissions no later than 2050 in line with keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees. \n\nUnder UN Climate Change, the Signatories and Supporting Organizations of the Charter will work collaboratively to deliver on the commitments enshrined in the document. This will be done through Working Groups, which will bring together relevant stakeholders, experts and initiatives in the fashion and broader textile sector.\n\nThe Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, with its Working Groups, will identify and amplify best practices, strengthen existing efforts, identify and address gaps, facilitate and strengthen collaboration among relevant stakeholders join resources and share tools to enable the sector to achieve its climate targets.


name: Blue Forests Project
alt_names: GEF Blue Forests
web_url: https://gefblueforests.org/
description:
Although many advances have been made in the last few years, there are still many challenges associated with unlocking the values of coastal carbon and ecosystem services, and then turning them into revenue and management options. The science still contains many gaps, there are very few ‘proof-of-concept’, on-the-ground examples around the world, and the international community still does not fully recognize the value of these systems for climate change mitigation or adaptation.\n\nThe Blue Forests Project aims to address these challenges through coordinated on-the-ground demonstrations where better coastal ecosystem management is achieved by harnessing the values associated with carbon and ecosystem services, addressing key knowledge gaps, and providing experience and tools for greater global application. This project is an initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and co-financed by project partners, and managed by GRID-Arendal.\n\nThe main outcomes of the Blue Forests Project are: 1) Improved knowledge and capacity; 2) Improved and replicable ecosystem management; 3) Improved understanding; 4) Improved acceptance and awareness; 5) Improved information exchange


name: International Partnership for Blue Carbon
alt_names: Blue Carbon Partnership
web_url: https://bluecarbonpartnership.org/
description:
The Partnership brings together governments, research institutions and nongovernment organisations who are collaborating to enhance understanding of coastal blue carbon ecosystems. Efforts are coordinated to increase the capacity of governments and their partners to develop and implement policies and projects. This includes: 1) Building awareness in the international community of the importance of coastal blue carbon ecosystems for climate change adaptation and mitigation, and ecosystem services; 2) sharing knowledge, expertise and experience to build capacity in blue carbon policy, science and practical action; 3) Accelerating practical action to protect and restore coastal blue carbon ecosystems in identified priority regional ‘hot-spots’. \nThe Partnership is not a funding body, but instead aims to better connect the efforts of governments, research organisations and non-government organisations. It also aims to build on the significant initiatives already under way in this area.\nAbout 50 countries have recognised the value of blue carbon in their Nationally Determined Contributions to the Paris Agreement (NDCs). The Partnership, over time, will build awareness and capacity to enable additional countries to include blue carbon in their NDCs. Future actions will include catalysing project development at larger scales in priority regional ‘hotspots’ and linking blue carbon projects with climate finance.


name: WCS Marine Protected Area Fund
alt_names: MPA Fund,Protecting 1 million sq kms through the $15 million WCS Marine Protected Area Fund
web_url:
https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/protecting-1-million-sq-kms-through-15-million-wcs-marine-protected-area-fund

description:
The WCS MPA Fund was launched in September 2016, with a goal of raising 15 million dollars for MPA initiatives in 20 countries and instituting meaningful, lasting protections for critical marine habitats and threatened marine species on a global basis. Through the MPA Fund, WCS expects to create more than one million square kilometers (km2) of new protected areas, and to specifically assist countries meet the United Nations target of protecting ten percent of their coastal and marine waters by 2020. 


name: Global Mangrove Alliance
alt_names: GMA,Taking Action to Increase Mangrove Habitat 20% by 2030
web_url: https://www.mangrovealliance.org/
description:
The goal of the Global Mangrove Alliance is to increase the global area of mangrove habitat through conservation, restoration and equitable management. To meet its goal, the Alliance utilizes the collective expertise of its members to connect and coordinate diverse initiatives into a global portfolio that leverages and amplifies best practices and pursues conservation and restoration opportunities. The initiative concentrates its strengths of on the ground presence and coordination on three main areas of focus. 


name: Initiative on Gender and Climate Change
alt_names: Commit to Climate Actions that Advance Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment
web_url:
https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/news%20and%20events/stories/2019/climatesummit-gender-en.pdf?la=en&vs=5957

description:
The Social and Political Drivers of Climate Action (SPD) Coalition is led by the governments of Peru and Spain, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Department Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). The gender task force of this coalition is supported by Costa Rica and Australia as well as Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF). Our coalition of governments, agencies and institutions aims to harness these social and political drivers to improve people’s health,\nreduce inequalities, including gender inequality, promote social justice and maximize opportunities of decent work for all – while protecting the climate for future generations.\nThe UN Secretary-General’s September 2019 Climate Action Summit will bring together commitments to climate actions that contribute to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. \n\nThis is in line with the goal of a transformational, ambitious and clean future for all where no one is left behind. To accelerate action to implement the Paris Agreement, you are encouraged by the governments of Peru and Spain, UN Women, WHO, UNDESA, and ILO to commit to one of our goals and step up climate action by signing on to the following commitment: Signatories commit to implementing climate actions that contribute to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. This commitment recognizes the differentiated impact of climate change by gender, and that ensuring women’s and girls’ agency and leadership will make climate action more effective, contributing to increased ambition in all sectors. 


name: Kwon-Gesh Youth Pledge
alt_names: Youth Climate Pledge
web_url: https://www.dfa.ie/pmun/newyork/news-and-speeches/speeches/2019/kwon-gesh-climate-pledge.html
description:
43 Governments committed to the KWON-GESH CLIMATE PLEDGE by involving youth in the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the achievement of its goals including,\n* when putting in place climate adaptation or mitigation measures;\n* communicating or updating nationally determined contributions;\n* submitting or updating national adaptation communications or\n* plans and communicating long-term greenhouse gas emission development strategies\n


name: Clean Cooking Fund
alt_names: CCF
web_url: https://www.esmap.org/clean-cooking-fund
description:
The Fund will scale up public and private investments in the clean cooking sector by catalyzing technology and business innovations and linking incentives with verified results, also known as results-based financing. It is expected to leverage at least $1 billion in investments to support a sizable number of businesses delivering clean cooking solutions. It will also help with developing an impact bond market to monetize the health, gender, and climate impacts of projects that can attract a broad range of capital.\n\nThe CCF will complement and support the High-Level Coalition of Leaders for Clean Cooking, Energy and Health, which is being convened by the World Health Organization, United Nations Development Program, United Nations Department of Economics and Social Affairs and the World Bank. The Coalition aims to demonstrate the global leadership in advocacy and action required to create political momentum, drive practical solutions, spur investments and mobilize public support and multi-stakeholder engagements for clean cooking.\n\nThe Fund draws from the World Bank’s experience and lessons learned from the past decade. The World Bank currently has an active lending portfolio of over $350 million in clean cooking and heating projects across 21 countries, helping over 3.6 million households and 18 million people with improved access to more efficient, cleaner cooking and heating solutions.\n\nAmong these projects, results-based financing has been implemented in various ways, successfully helping private companies enter the clean cooking market in 10 countries: Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Lao PDR, Madagascar, Mongolia, Rwanda, and Uganda.


name: Global Campaign for Nature
alt_names: Campaign for Nature
web_url: https://www.campaignfornature.org/
description:
The Campaign for Nature is a partnership of the Wyss Campaign for Nature, National Geographic Society, and a growing coalition of more than 100 conservation organizations around the world that is calling on policymakers to commit to a science-driven, ambitious new deal for nature at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Kunming, China. Specifically, the Campaign for Nature is calling on world leaders to: commit to protecting at least 30% of the planet by 2030, help mobilize financial resources to ensure protected areas are properly managed and approach biodiversity conservation in a way that fully integrates and respects indigenous leadership and indigenous rights.


name: Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance
alt_names: ORRAA
web_url: https://www.oceanriskalliance.org/
description:
The Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance, ORRAA, is a multi-sector collaboration between governments, financial institutions, the insurance industry, environmental organisations and stakeholders from the Global South.\nORRAA purpose to build resilience in the regions and communities most vulnerable to ocean risk, by pioneering finance and insurance products that incentivise investment in nature-based solutions. The initiatives aim is to drive 500 million dollars of investment into nature-based solutions by 2030, and surface at least 15 novel finance products by 2025 that incentivise private and blended finance into coastal natural capital.


name: Navigating a Changing Climate
alt_names: PIANC Think Climate Coalition,NavClim
web_url: https://navclimate.org/
description:
Navigating a Changing Climate is a multi-stakeholder coalition of nine associations with interests in waterborne transport infrastructure. Through an unprecedented collaboration, the partners in PIANC’s Navigating a Changing Climate Partnership have committed to work together to support the inland and maritime navigation infrastructure sector as they respond to climate change. By furthering understanding, providing targeted technical support, and building capacity, the partnership will encourage the owners, operators and users of waterborne transport infrastructure to: 1) reduce greenhouse gas emissions and shift to low carbon maritime and inland navigation infrastructure; 2) act urgently to strengthen resilience and improve preparedness to adapt to the changing climate.


name: Transformative Actions Program
alt_names: TAP
web_url: https://tap-potential.org/
description:
The Transformative Actions Program (TAP) is an innovative initiative that aims to catalyze and improve capital flows to cities, towns, and regions, and strengthen their capacity to access climate finance and attract investment. Through the TAP and its partners, local and regional governments can receive support to develop their infrastructure concepts into highly transformative, mature, robust, and bankable projects ready for financing and implementation. The TAP connects local and regional governments, technical experts, and financial institutions.\nNote: the provided link to the website of the initiative is no longer active. Please find more information on the initiative (here)(https://iclei.org/tap/).


name: WMB: RE100
alt_names: Renewable Electricity 100%,RE 100,Climate Group RE100
web_url: https://www.there100.org/
description:
RE100 is the global corporate renewable energy initiative bringing together hundreds of large and ambitious businesses committed to 100% renewable electricity.\n\nThrough policy work, the initiative supports corporates to meet their commitments to procure 100% renewable electricity. The members are the backbone of the initiatives policy advocacy work, they send a clear corporate demand signal to governments. By unlocking corporate renewable electricity sourcing, RE100 is accelerating the transition to zero carbon electricity grids. \n\nRE100 advocates for change with their partners and members in priority geographies – markets with little or no access to renewables. The initiative advocates for change in line with its six global policy messages. Policy decisions and market design are often cited by its members as reasons why renewables are hard to procure and not as cost effective as fossil fuels in certain countries. 


name: High-level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy
alt_names: The Ocean Panel
web_url: https://www.oceanpanel.org/
description:
The High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (the Ocean Panel) is a unique global initiative by serving world leaders that is working to build momentum towards a sustainable ocean economy in which effective protection, sustainable production and equitable prosperity go hand-in-hand. Since launching in 2018, 18 world leaders have joined together to realise the mission of sustainably managing 100% of the ocean area under national jurisdictions. Since its founding in September 2018, the Ocean Panel has been working with government, business, financial institutions, the science community and civil society to catalyse and scale bold, pragmatic solutions across policy, governance, technology and finance to ultimately develop an action agenda for transitioning to a sustainable ocean economy.\nThe Advisory Network\u202fhas brought\u202ftogether a diverse array of stakeholders to convert the Ocean Panel’s vision of a sustainable ocean economy into action. The group has advised the Ocean Panel on its\u202fnew ocean\u202faction agenda. It is committed to drive action forward, disseminate and amplify the Ocean Panel’s work, and help implement, accelerate and scale action. This is within\u202ftheir own\u202finstitutions\u202fand through voluntary action. The network is coordinated by three eminent co-chairs: Naoko Ishii, Director, Center for Global Commons, Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives of The University of Tokyo; Sanjiv Mehta, Chairman & Managing Director, Hindustan Unilever; and Maria Damanaki, former European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.


name: Climate Land Ambition and Rights Alliance
alt_names: CLARA
web_url: https://www.clara.earth/
description:
CLARA pursues climate solutions that work for people—at community, landscape, and national levels. These solutions include: 1) securing land rights for indigenous peoples and local communities; 2) strengthening core forest protections and ecosystem integrity: 3) restoring degraded forests and ecosystems; 4) agroecology and food sovereignty.\nCLARAs work is rooted in the latest science, in the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and the UN Convention on Biodiversity. CLARA works with scientists, farmers and indigenous leaders to show the crucial role of local solutions for building community and ecosystem resilience in the face of climate change. CLARA also fights back against false climate solutions, like monoculture tree plantations, geo-engineering, unjust carbon offset projects, and large-scale bioenergy(BECCS). 


name: Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action
alt_names: Coalition of Finance Minister,CFMCA
web_url: https://www.financeministersforclimate.org/
description:
The Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action brings together fiscal and economic policymakers from over 90 countries in leading the global climate response and in securing a just transition towards low-carbon resilient development.\nThe Coalition will help countries mobilize and align the finance needed to implement their national climate action plans; establish best practices such as climate budgeting and strategies for green investment and procurement; and factor climate risks and vulnerabilities into members’ economic planning.\nThe Coalition has prepared a cross-thematic work program built around the six core elements of the Helsinki Principles, which underpin the commitment of Finance Ministers to 1) align policy actions with the Paris Agreement; 2) promote capacity building, and mutual exchange of knowledge and expertise; 3) work towards measures that result in effective carbon pricing; 4) integrate climate change in macroeconomic management and public finance; 5) mobilize private climate finance and develop a financial sector that recognizes mitigation and adaptation; 6) engage as a key stakeholder in the preparation and implementation of the NDCs.\nThe Coalition’s vision is detailed under the Santiago Action Plan, which outlines how the initiative will make collective progress on the Helsinki Principles in 2020 and beyond. It reflects Members’ engagement to work actively towards common goals of mainstreaming climate change and lays out in detail the priority work areas and deliverables under the Helsinki Principles, keeping in mind countries’ realities and contexts. Released at the COP25 in December 2019, the Santiago Action Plan reiterates that a fundamental change is required to bring considerations of climate change into decision-making about economic and financial policies, and recognizes that Finance Ministers hold the keys to unlocking climate-fiscal reform. The Santiago Action Plan aims to help reaffirm commitments, accelerate action, and boost ambition to operationalize and implement fully the Paris Agreement.


name: Task Force for Clean Energy Transition on accelerating energy transition from coal to clean
alt_names: Task Force for Clean Energy Transition
web_url: https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/cas_report_11_dec_0.pdf
description:
As a direct response to the Secretary General’s call to end building new coal power plant after 2020, Special Envoy for Climate Action Mike Bloomberg announced an initiative to expand his work for accelerating energy transition, moving from coal to clean energy, at a global scale, building on his ongoing work to ensure the closure of all US coal power plants.\n\nThe initiative will work with countries around the world to accelerate plans for new clean energy projects. It will bring together public and private sector leaders to share technical expertise and help make the economic case for clean energy. A Task Force for Clean Energy Transition will be established which will bring together countries and partners in the lead-up to COP26 in 2020 through a three-pillared approach: 1) leveraging diplomatic channels; 2) supporting on-the-ground initiatives in key countries; and 3) building capacity in developing countries to develop viable clean energy alternatives instead of coal.


name: Clean Air Fund
web_url: https://www.cleanairfund.org/
description:
Clean Air Fund is a global philanthropic organisation working with governments, funders, businesses and campaigners to create a future where everyone breathes clean air.\nAs the world’s largest philanthropically-funded organisation dedicated to tackling air pollution, the initiative drives ambitious changes from grassroots to governments. Clearn Air Fund accelerates the clean air movement by: 1) funding and partnering with organisations across the globe that promote data, build public demand for clean air and drive action; 2) engaging and supporting decision makers to act on clean air, and bringing together funders, researchers, policy makers, businesses and campaigners to strengthen the air quality cause. \nThe initiative works with communities disproportionately affected by air pollution. They work where the need and potential for impact is greatest, including the EU, Ghana, India, South Africa and the UK. They also run global programmes to raise air pollution up the international climate and health agendas. Clean Air Fund global themes include data, health, campaigns and private sector action.


name: Call for Action: Raising Ambition for Climate Adaptation and Resilience
web_url:
https://www.adaptation-undp.org/sites/default/files/uploaded-images/call_for_action_on_adaptation_and_resilience_v_18_august_2021.pdf

description:
This initiative acknowledges that adaptation challenges require inclusive and gender sensitive global action and shares a collective ambition, in line with the SDGs, to achieve a world in which no person is left behind by the impacts of climate change.  The initiative calls to step up efforts to meet these challenges. In this context, they commit to enhance adaptation and resilience action, particularly in three areas (as relevant to governments and other organisations): 1) Acting now to respond to immediate climate impacts and to support the most vulnerable members of society, including by, as appropriate: (a) Significantly scaling up capacity to prepare and respond to disaster through increased access to mechanisms that enable early action, alongside climate risk insurance and other social safety nets, (b) Intensifying efforts to increase food and water security, particularly for smallholder farmers, (c) Prioritising and resourcing regional and country owned approaches in developing countries and communities facing climate related vulnerabilities, especially in SIDS and LDCs; 2) Building resilient futures by putting climate risk at the centre of decision making including by, as appropriate: (a) Integrating adaptation and resilience into long-term planning and allocating central capacity to oversee delivery; including through updated Nationally Determined Contributions, National Adaptation Plans, Adaptation Communications, National Development Plans, long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies, or other relevant long-term strategies , (b) Increasing the resilience of our economies and financial systems by taking steps to integrate climate risk into investment decision making and business planning, including through disclosing and pricing risk; while making every effort to avoid additional financial burdens in developing countries in a manner consistent with sustainable development, (d) Enabling and accelerating transition to resilient land use and ecosystems; emphasising the importance of protecting biodiversity and of nature- based solutions, (e) Equipping countries, businesses, youth and other stakeholders with tools to meet future challenges by sharing knowledge, data, and expertise; including through the development of metrics and encouraging sharing and dissemination of environmentally friendly technologies; 3) Urgently increasing the availability of adaptation and resilience finance including by, as appropriate: (a)Significantly scaling up international public finance for adaptation in developing countries and achieving a better balance between mitigation and adaptation flows; including through tools to reduce financial risk such as concessional and grant-based financing, (b)Providing technical assistance to strengthen policy frameworks and encouraging a greater share of financing for adaptation and resilience action at all levels, including at the local level, in line with national plans and policies, (c) Mobilising transformational investments from the private sector; including by developing innovative public/private partnerships and other tools to leverage new investment. 


name: SIDS 2020 Ambition Leadership Coalition
description:
Members of the Alliance of Small Islands States (AOSIS) committed to communicating new and/or updated NDCs by 2020 and to preparing long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies reflecting their special circumstances consistent with the latest findings of the IPCC and the Paris Agreement, including the 1.5 °C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement.


name: Accelerating renewable energy transition in SIDS
alt_names: Ambitious SIDS Climate Action
web_url: https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/cas_report_11_dec_0.pdf
description:
The ‘Ambitious SIDS Climate Action Summit Package’ was announced during UN Secretary General’s Climate Action Summit in 2019 and targets increased access to financial de-risking instruments to achieve energy transition goals by 2030. The Ambitious SIDS Climate Action Package aims to deliver on:\n1) Ambitious political action to support aims of achieving as close as possible to 100% renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) targets, in particular in the power sector, by 2030;\n2) Enhanced and targeted financing and increased access to de-risked financing solutions;\n3) The accelerated delivery of technical assistance and capacity building activities to support NDC enhancement in the energy sector;\n4) Multi-stakeholder partnerships to contribute to the development of public-private mechanisms.\n\nIRENA and the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) signed an agreement at COP26 to operationalise the ‘Ambitious SIDS Climate Action Summit Package’. The Package is being operationalised through the IRENA-coordinated SIDS Lighthouses Initiative (LHI), comprised of 38 SIDS and 31 partners including developed countries, regional and international organisations, development agencies, private companies, research institutes and non-profit organisations.\n\nIRENA and AOSIS, through this cooperation, support the enhancement and implementation of NDCs and the pursuit of sustainable development in SIDS. Other areas of cooperation include strengthened coordination of the SIDS agenda and action through information and knowledge exchange, tailored capacity building activities, assessment opportunities for renewable energy use and applications and the publication of technical papers on energy transition and climate action for the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and South China Sea (AIS), Caribbean and the Pacific regions.


name: Debt swap
alt_names: Climate/SDGs Debt Swap Mechanism
web_url: https://www.unescwa.org/debt-swap
description:
ESCWA launched the Climate/SDGs Debt Swap Mechanism (Debt Swap/Donor Nexus Initiative) to support member States (namely in the Arab Region) in their struggle with climate finance, high debt burdens, and fiscal pressures that have been exacerbated by the adverse impact of the pandemic.\n\nThe Initiative converts national debt-serving payments on foreign debt into domestic investment for implementing climate-resilient projects through collaborative arrangements between debtors, creditors and donors. For debtor countries, it provides relief from the payment of interest on external debt, while increasing sustainable public investment in climate-resilient projects that advance the SDGs and the Paris Agreement. For creditors, the amount of the debt swap allocated for climate-resilient projects increases the official development assistance disbursement/climate finance pledges that accelerate the implementation of the SDGs and the Paris Agreement, without adding extra burdens on their budgets.\n\nThe initiative helps Governments to design climate/SDGs debt swap programmes, which ensure addressing national priorities while contributing to achieving global climate objectives. The programme establishes a key performance indicators framework for monitoring and evaluation to assess impacts at the project level and programme level, with transformational impact on climate and the SDGs. The initiative provides a “win-win” opportunity to foster development cooperation between debtor, creditor and donor toward achieving progress on climate action and the SDGs.


name: Building Climate Resilience for the Urban Poor
web_url:
https://www.citiesalliance.org/newsroom/news/cities-alliance-news/building-climate-resilience-urban-poor

description:
Building the Climate Resilience of the Urban Poor, a new initiative coordinated by UN-Habitat, was presented at the Climate Action Summit in 2019, in New York. Building the Climate Resilience of the Urban Poor is placed under the Infrastructure, Cities and Local Action ‘track’ meant to deliver partnerships by and with national and local governments to unlock climate action and improve the lives of billions. Solutions are required in cities to increase adaptation putting the most vulnerable first. By 2030, 600 million urban poor will be directly exposed to climate change risks. A large majority live in inadequate housing on floodplains or clinging to slopes, at high risk of the impacts of climate change such as flooding, landslides, and extreme heat. As emphasized by scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change “Risks are concentrated in informal settlements”.\n\nThe partners of this initiative have put together a collaborative approach to help 150 million urban poor adapt to climate change in informal settlements by 2023. In 140 ‘hotspot’ cities in 50 developing countries, the initiative is meant to support climate smart resilient spatial planning, infrastructure improvement, and enhance means of livelihoods. To that end, they will mobilize USD 15.2 billion over a four-year period. This represents a small fraction of the USD 140-300 billion needed per year for global adaptation by 2030 as estimated by UN-Environment. By 2030, the initiative has the ambition to reach support to about 600 million urban poor currently at risk of the impacts of climate change.


name: Renewables in Latin America and The Caribbean (RELAC)
alt_names: RELAC,Hub de Energia America Latina y el Caribe
web_url: https://hubenergia.org/en/relac
description:
RELAC is the first initiative of its kind in LAC aiming to track and achieve a regional target in terms of sustainable energy. Given that RELACs vision consists of becoming the climate action platform of the energy sector in the region and considering that several countries are expected to join, there is the possibility that in the following years the initiative will establish goals associated with GHG emissions, which would go beyond the electricity sector.\n\nFirst of all, RELACs general objective is the following: to accelerate the carbon-neutrality of electricity systems in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region, improving the resilience, competitiveness and sustainability of the sector, generating green jobs, improving air quality and the health effects on its citizens. As the initiative was created in 2019 under the framework of the United Nations (UN) Secretary Generals Climate Action Summit, it represents an increase in climate ambition and a regional platform to discuss climate-related issues. Specifically, RELAC is aligned with SDG 7 and the 2030 Agenda by promoting an ambitious increase in the regional share of renewable energy, and enhancing coordination between the relevant international agencies and member countries, including least developed countries and small developing islands in The Caribbean. \n\nInternational organizations that participate in RELAC (called partner agencies), have a key role in the initiative. Their function is to provide both technical and financial resources, according to the most relevant needs of the countries, with a regional focus. The coordinated work when approaching the Ministries of Energy through the RELAC platform will guarantee the optimization of synergies between partner agencies. Some of the RELAC partner agencies are: OLADE, IRENA, GIZ, NREL, UN Energy and Climate, WWF, ECLAC, LEDS, and others. Moreover, private sector participation might be key in order to identify the main needs/barriers to accelerate renewable energy penetration.\n\nObjectives\nThe specific objective of the initiative is to achieve a regional target of at least 70% participation of renewable energy (RE) sources in the power matrix of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by 2030. \n\nActivities\nThe initiative includes comprehensive dialogue with national sector stakeholders and careful identification of gaps and prioritization of consultancy in order to help the countries overcome institutional, legal planning, and regulatory barriers. If common topics or needs are identified among the RELAC member countries after the first dialogue rounds a single consultancy work will be hired, thus optimizing financial resources on a regional basis. The participation of the private sector will be encouraged in such dialogues.\n \nBesides, in order to achieve the main objective the RELAC platform focuses on the exchange of knowledge and best practices (between partner agencies and member countries) in the integration of renewable energies into electricity grids, together with the channeling of financial resources to support capacity building, sector reform and the acceleration of RE investments.


name: Risk-informed Early Action Partership
alt_names: REAP
web_url: https://www.early-action-reap.org/
description:
Launched at the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019, the Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) brings together an unprecedented range of stakeholders across the climate, humanitarian and development communities with the aim of making 1 billion people safer from disaster by 2025.\n\nDespite the mounting impacts of climate change, one in three people are still not adequately covered by early warning systems, and early and anticipatory approaches. It is known that early warning and early action can save lives and assets worth at least ten times their cost.\n\nThe initiative creates a space in which partners and aligned organizations use their ambitious targets to drive a systemic shift towards acting earlier to reduce the impacts of disasters, mobilize commitments and inspire action.\n\nThe initiative does not create a new funding mechanism or directly implement ground-level projects; however, they seek to enable coherence, alignment and complementarity of existing initiatives, while learning together what new initiatives are needed to make 1 Billion People Safer.\n\nTheir partners agree that only by working together across sectoral silos and involving those at risk, can global ability to act ahead of climate extremes and disasters be strengthened.


name: Coalition for Sustainable Energy and Access
alt_names: CSEA
web_url: https://climateaction.unfccc.int/Initiatives?id=Coalition_for_Sustainable_Energy_Access
description:
The Coalition aims to benefit rural, remote and vulnerable areas in developing countries, with special emphasis on LDCs and ODCs that would have a high impact on universal energy access rate with the ambition of "leaving no one behind“ through mobilizing competitive energy financing.\n\nThe CSEA is entirely shaped by the principle of South-South Cooperation. It aims to facilitate access to energy for populations located in remote areas of LDCs and ODCs, through the sharing of know-how and best practices in countries with similar environments and the creation of synergies through collaborations between major players in the field in order to build a shared and common vision for LDCs and ODCs.


name: Climate Change Impacts on Cultural and Natural Heritage
web_url: https://ccich.gr/
alt_names:
CCICH,Initiative on Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage from Climate Change,Addressing climate change impacts on cultural and natural heritage

description:
Cultural and natural heritage is increasingly vulnerable to the adverse social and environmental effects of global climate change.\n\nΤhe Greek Government, deeply concerned about this issue, organized an international Scientific Conference, in Athens (Zappeion, 21-22 June 2019), with the participation of more than 300 world-renowned scientists and state representatives from over 40 countries.\n\nThe Conference’s unanimously adopted Conclusions were subsequently circulated as an official document of the UN General Assembly. They also formed the basis of the Greek proposal “Addressing climate change impacts on cultural and natural heritage”, which was launched, with the supporting partnership of UNESCO and the World Meteorological Organization, during the UN Climate Action Summit (September 2019). In addition, a number of NGOs and organisations have also expressed their support (ICOMOS, SDSN, Europa Nostra). So far, more than 70 UN member states are committed to the Greek proposal as well as WMO, UNESCO and the Council of Europe.\n\nThe UN Secretary General has included the Greek initiative in his “Report on the 2019 Climate Action Summit and the Way Forward in 2020” (11 Dec 2019) among the most ambitious initiatives that were presented at the Climate Action Summit. The next steps as presented in the abovementioned report of this initiative encompass, inter alia, beyond outreach, the continuation of the work towards designing, developing and implementing plans and programmes to help mitigate the effects of climate change on cultural and natural heritage as well as the formation of a follow-up committee and the planning of a High Level Meeting on the initiative. This meeting that Greece was planning to host in 2020, due to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic that all countries are currently facing, has been rescheduled and will be conveyed once the international conditions will permit.\n\nFurthermore, the proposal and its follow up was presented by Greece with the participation of UNESCO and the WMO, at a side event in the framework of UNFCCC COP25, in Madrid, in December 2019. In this event, the Greek Minister of Environment has proposed the creation of a follow-up flexible mechanism.\n\nMeantime, Greece is working on the follow up of the proposal by designing the flexible mechanism that will promote and accelerate implementation of practical actions and cooperation schemes. The overarching goal of the flexible mechanism is to bridge scientific knowledge and climate mitigation and adaptation tools with informed decision making by the interested States, in order to facilitate and enhance their efforts, in a coordinated manner, towards the effective protection of cultural and natural heritage from the impacts of climate change. In addition, it is aiming at ensuring the collection and exchange of best practices and other information related to the threats that the cultural heritage faces due to climate change (threat index). Also, this mechanism, will enhance the implementation of the proposed actions and commitments by promoting, among others, the relevant research, the improvement of the quality of critical information, incorporating local and indigenous knowledge, the education and the awareness raising actions, the creation of repositories of best practices and the design and development of projects/programmes, at both global and local levels.


name: Nature-Based Solutions Initiative
alt_names: NbS Initiative
web_url: https://www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/
description:
The Nature-based Solutions Initiative is an interdisciplinary programme of research, policy advice and education based at the University of Oxford. It brings together natural, physical and social scientists with economists, governance and finance experts from across the University and beyond. Its mission is to enhance understanding of the potential of Nature-based Solutions to address global challenges and increase their sustainable implementation worldwide.\n\nFounded in 2017, the Nature-based Solutions Initiative is an international, multi-lingual and interdisciplinary team of natural and social scientists, seeking to apply impactful research to shape policy and practice on nature-based solutions through research, teaching and engagement with policymakers and practitioners.\n\nOur goal is to enhance understanding of the potential of Nature-based Solutions to address global challenges and support their sustainable implementation through the application of good evidence from science and practice.\n\nWe are based in the Department of Zoology and the School of Geography, but we collaborate with economists, engineers, governance and finance experts from across the University of Oxford and beyond. We also work in partnership with international and local NGOs from the conservation and development sectors, business and governments, and have two teams overseas, one in Peru and one in Bangladesh.\n\nIn addition to research and teaching of students enrolled at Oxford University, our portfolio will soon include Executive Education courses for public servants and executives from across the globe. We also offer independent research and advice on nature-based solutions.


name: Global Partnership on Forest and Landscape Restoration
alt_names: GPFLR
web_url: https://www.forestlandscaperestoration.org/
description:
The Global Partnership on Forest and Landscape Restoration (GPFLR) is a proactive global network that unites governments, organizations, academic/research institutes, communities and individuals under a common goal: to restore the world’s lost and degraded forests and their surrounding landscapes.\n\nSpecifically, the GPFLR responds directly to the Bonn Challenge to restore 150 million hectares of deforested and degraded land by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030.\n\nThe Global Partnership on Forest and Landscape Restoration (GPFLR) was launched in 2003 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Forestry Commission of Great Britain. Since then, nearly 35 governments and international and non-governmental organizations have joined. It aims to catalyze dynamic, voluntary action by sharing diverse experiences on restoration efforts that deliver tangible benefits to both local communities and nature through a landscape approach, while also fulfilling international commitments on forests. \n\nThe GPFLR achieves these ambitious goals by:\nCatalyzing support\nMembers of the partnership work together to build support for forest and landscape restoration (FLR) at all levels. This includes raising awareness and securing the interest of decision-makers and opinion-shapers from the government, the private sector, civil society, the media and others. It also involves promoting increased support for FLR in international, regional and national policy frameworks.\n\nCreating knowledge networks to accelerate restoration effort\nAs practitioners of FLR, we are learning all the time, through experience and from each other. The GPFLR Learning Network provides an important vehicle for that process. We aim to raise awareness of real-world FLR experiences and make available the tools and knowledge to support practitioners in the field. By connecting our partners and collaborators around the world in an FLR community of practice we are able to spread best practices, build cooperation and exchange new ideas and solutions, saving both time and resources.\n\nCapacity development\nCourses and workshops are essential to developing individual and collective capacity with respect to the conservation and restoration of forest landscapes. Our partners organize multiple and varied courses and learning opportunities related to FLR all over the world and online.


name: The French Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB)
alt_names: Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité
web_url: https://www.fondationbiodiversite.fr/en/
description:
The Foundation’s mission is to support and act with research to increase and transfer knowledge about biodiversity. The FRB is a foundation for scientific cooperation under private law. It operates independently and has about 20 employees.\n\nThe FRB was created in 2008, following the Grenelle de l’environnement (a series of political meetings organised in France in September and December 2007), on the initiative of the ministries in charge of research and ecology, by eight public research institutions. They have since been joined by LVMH, Ineris and the University of Montpellier, bringing the number of founding members to 11. 


name: Important Plant Areas in Arabia
alt_names: IPA
web_url: http://www.cmep.org.uk/projects/important-plant-areas-in-arabia/
description:
Identifying the most important sites for wild plant diversity, that is the main goal of the Important Plant Areas in Arabia initiative.\n\nOver 100 provisional Important Plant Area (IPA) sites have been identified in Saudi Arabia, Oman & Yemen. CMEP is engaged with project partners in surveying and producing final assessments of these sites as IPAs.\n\nIPA programs are a response to Target V of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. Target V states ‘Protection of 50 per cent of the most important areas for plant diversity assured.’ Data from IPA habitat and species surveys is intended to inform this conservation planning process. In Saudi Arabia, a number of IPA sites have been proposed as protected areas.\n\nTo date, IPA full site assessments have been published, on Jibal Qaraqir, the Farasan Islands, Uruq Bani Ma’arid and Jabal Aja’.\n\nCMEP developed criteria for IPA selection in Arabia with the IUCN Arabian Plant Specialist Group. Criteria for the Arabian region specifically include relict species and refugia for connectivity and climate change mitigation. They also target traditional protected areas (himas in Saudi Arabia, hamiyah in Oman) for inclusion in the network.


name: 2050 Pathways Platform
web_url: https://www.2050pathways.org/
description:
The 2050 Pathways Platform is a multi-stakeholder initiative launched at COP 22 by High-Level Climate Champions Laurence Tubiana and Hakima El Haite to support countries seeking to develop long-term, net zero-GHG, climate-resilient and sustainable-development pathways. Designed as a space for collective problem-solving, the platform will also build a broader constellation of cities, states, and companies engaged in long-term low-emissions planning of their own, and in support of the national strategies.\n\nThe Platform provides financial and technical assistance to support governments in formulating LTS tailored to country priorities and ensuring ownership. The specific activities are identified through dialogue with the government to identify needs and a suitable approach to address them.\n\nThe Platform works via support to local capacity, and thus prioritizes grants to governments, in-country organizations and stakeholders. The secretariat of the Platform ensures that there is sufficient peer-to-peer support for local capacity to undertake the work. In the last few years, countries that partnered with the Platform for their LTS development include Argentina, Bhutan, Costa Rica, Iceland, Indonesia, Marshall Islands, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, The Gambia, and Turkey.


name: African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative
alt_names: AFR100
web_url: http://www.afr100.org/
description:
AFR100 is a Pan-African, country-led initiative to bring 100 million hectares of degraded lands into restoration by 2030. AFR100 aims to connect participating African countries with technical and financial support to scale up restoration on the ground and capture associated benefits. AFR100 provides a platform for: coordinating and streamlining FLR activities across the continent, enhancing knowledge exchanges and cross-learning amongst AFR100 Partner Countries and between AFR100 Technical and Financial Partners, and amplify the impact of FLR activities by encouraging stakeholders to work together in order to realise large-scale FLR in Africa.


name: Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy
alt_names: AEEE
web_url: http://www.aeee.in/
description:
Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE), is one of the leading organizations in India that works on creating awareness about energy efficiency as a resource. It is a policy advocacy and energy efficiency market enabler with a not-for-profit motive. We advocate for data-driven and evidence-based energy efficiency policies and research.\n\nWe foster a culture of energy efficiency in India, working with industry, government and civil society organizations. AEEE advocates for Thermal Comfort for All, and a Lean-Mean-Green philosophy to design and construct net-zero energy-water-waste built environments, sustainable transportation and robust energy data frameworks for better policymaking and implementation, to build a culture of energy efficiency in India. We are committed to achieving India’s energy transition for a climate-resilient and energy secure future and meeting India’s commitments to India’s Nationally Determined Contributions and UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030.\n\nOur Vision\nTo be a Leader in Responsible Use of Energy to Transition to a Climate Resilient and Energy Secure Future\n\nOur Mission\nFoster a culture of energy efficiency in India\nEnable Energy Transition by working across industry, government and research/civil society organization\nAccelerate impact as a policy enabler through thought leadership and research to meet India’s 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDCs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).


name: Alliance for Global Water Adaptation
alt_names: AGWA
web_url: http://alliance4water.org/
description:
AGWA has been working as a global network to develop, crowd-source, and mainstream the emerging practice of climate resilience, especially with regard to water management. Their work includes both technical and policy programs. Through direct engagement with their members, AGWA enables hundreds of institutions and thousands of individuals globally to align their vision, co-construct tools to enable resilience, and intertwine emerging technical knowledge, finance instruments, and policy processes into synthetic, integrated tools and methodologies.


name: Mainstreaming Climate in Financial Institutions
web_url: https://www.mainstreamingclimate.org/
description:
Launched in 2015, the Climate Action in Financial Institutions Initiative aims to provide public and private financial institutions an opportunity to learn from each other, to disseminate good practice and lessons learned and to collaborate on areas of common interest. It helps public and private financial institutions from developed and developing economies mainstream climate considerations into their activities and operations.\n\nClimate mainstreaming is the systematic integration of climate considerations throughout a financial institution’s strategies, and operations. The five voluntary Principles for Mainstreaming Climate Action provide a framework to guide institutions through the process: 1) COMMIT to climate strategies; 2) MANAGE climate risks; 3) PROMOTE climate smart objectives; 4) IMPROVE climate performance; 5) ACCOUNT for your climate action


name: Climate Neutral Now
alt_names: CNN
web_url: https://unfccc.int/climate-action/climate-neutral-now
description:
Climate Neutral Now was launched by UN Climate Change in 2015, encouraging all stakeholders in society to implement action to achieve a climate neutral world by mid-century, as enshrined in the Paris Agreement adopted the same year.\nClimate Neutral Now proposes an immediate set of actions: measure, reduce and offset with trustworthy carbon credits, including those recognized under the United Nations Climate Change Convention. Committing to taking these three steps incentivizes behavioural changes within companies, organizations, individuals, i.e. consumers, whom in turn will drive the change within their industries and networks.


name: EcoMobility Alliance
web_url: https://sustainablemobility.iclei.org/ecomobility-alliance/
description:
The EcoMobility Alliance is a network of ambitious cities, led by innovators and visionaries, supported by experts and businesses, committed to building a sustainable mobility future that is efficient, people-centered, low emission and environmentally-friendly.\nThe EcoMobility Alliance was founded in 2011 with six cities and has since grown to 23 cities from various regions of the world. Since its inception, the EcoMobility Alliance has worked to become a truly global actor by engaging a geographically diverse range of cities and partners. Cities that have joined have shown significant efforts to advance and implement sustainable urban mobility.\n\nThe Alliance reinforces the local governments’ commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by transforming the transportation systems and reconfiguring mobility patterns, with an aim to reduce automobile dependency and increase low-emission and people-centered mobility efforts. To reach this vision, the Kaohsiung Strategies for the Future of Urban Mobility have been formulated to guide cities. These strategies focus on integrated urban planning, improving health and quality of life, reducing dependency on private automobiles and applying sustainability principles in passenger and freight mobility.


name: Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement
alt_names: GLCN
web_url: http://www.glcn-on-sp.org/home/
description:
The Global Lead City Network (GLCN) on Sustainable Procurement is a group of 15 cities committed to drive a transition to sustainable consumption and production by implementing sustainable and innovation procurement.\n\nBy taking strategic procurement decisions, they can reduce negative environmental impacts, achieve financial efficiency, encourage innovation, boost green jobs, and strengthen labour rights.\n\nThe GLCN enables leading cities in the field of sustainable public procurement (SPP) to\nshowcase ambitious, quantified targets and achievements in four priority sectors, meet, share and develop capabilities to implement sustainable purchasing practices, help develop a supportive political framework for implementation, act as global and regional champions of SPP, foster the role of public procurement for global sustainable development.


name: Initiative 20x20
web_url: http://initiative20x20.org
description:
Initiative 20x20 is a country-led effort seeking to change the dynamics of land degradation in Latin America and the Caribbean by beginning to protect and restore 20 million hectares of forests, farms, pasture, and other landscapes by 2020.The initiative launched formally at COP 20 in Lima, supports the Bonn Challenge, a global commitment to bring 150 million hectares of the world’s deforested and degraded land into restoration by 2020, and 350 million hectares by 2030, and the New York Declaration on Forests that seeks to restore 350 million hectares by 2030.17 Latin American and Caribbean countries and three regional programs have committed to begin protecting and restoring more than 50 million hectares (or about 124 million acres, an area roughly the size of France) of land by 2030 through Initiative 20x20. The initiative is supported by more than 70 technical organizations and institutions and a coalition of impact investors and private funds deploying USD 2.5 billion in private investment.


name: RegionsAdapt
alt_names: Regions4,nrg4SD
web_url: https://regions4.org/regionsadapt/
description:
The RegionsAdapt initiative aims to inspire and support regional governments to take concrete action, collaborate and report on climate adaptation. Driven by the governments of Rio de Janeiro and Catalonia, RegionsAdapt was launched at COP 21 in Paris, and now encompasses more than 71 signatory regions from five continents. By joining the initiative, signatories commit to: 1) Adopt a strategic approach to adaptation and prioritise adaptation actions within two years; 2) Take concrete action on adaptation in at least one of the priority areas identified by the regions; 3) Report data on the progress of their adaptation actions on an annual basis through CDP’s states and regions platform.\n\nThrough working in different priority areas, RegionsAdapt aims to exchange information on skills and challenges, adopt common standards and, based on these standards, develop joint projects.\n\nSince its launch, the initiative grew from its 27 founding members to more than 70 signatory participants, which represent a combined population of more than 300 million inhabitants from 26 countries on 5 continents.


name: Climate and Land Use Alliance (CLUA)
alt_names: CLUA
web_url: http://www.climateandlandusealliance.org/
description:
The Climate and Land Use Alliance (CLUA) is a collaborative of foundations with a mission to amplify the power of people and the potential of forests for a just and climate-resilient world.\n\nFor more than a decade, the CLUAs funder collaborative members have aligned around a shared strategy for supporting the world’s tropical forests. In this critical time for humanity and for our planet’s climate, forests, and diversity of life, the alliance is reaffirming their collective commitment. The Alliance seeks to realize the potential of forests and land use to mitigate climate change, benefit people, and protect the environment.\n\nFrom local to global scales, the Alliance is a collaborative of foundations, supporting those working to change the social, economic, and political dynamics that drive tropical deforestation and undermine people’s rights and well-being. They support the power of civil society organizations to advance collective action for a just and climate-resilient world.\n\nThrough the CLUA,  by bringing together their resources and diverse expertise, the alliance seeks to support viable solutions and mobilize greater funding to conserve and restore forests and more sustainably use land. They align diverse expertise, resources, and networks to leverage their support to conserve and restore forests, and advance justice and climate resilience.\n\nTheir teams based in tropical forest regions and around the world support work at the global level and in Brazil, Indonesia, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, and Central America.\n\nThey coordinate with other funders to accelerate progress toward shared goals of raising more support and moving more resources to organizations working to halt and reverse tropical deforestation by hosting Forests, People, Climate, a collaborative of philanthropic donors, civil society, and community-based organizations.


name: Climate,Community and Biodiversity Alliance
alt_names: CCBA,Climate,Community and Biodiversity Standard
web_url: https://www.climate-standards.org/
description:
The CCBA is a unique partnership of leading international NGOs that was founded in 2003 with a mission to stimulate and promote land management activities that credibly mitigate global climate change, improve the well-being and reduce the poverty of local communities, and conserve biodiversity. The CCBA brings together diverse stakeholders through a transparent and inclusive participatory process to develop standards and tools that stimulate, identify, and promote high quality multiple-benefit land management activities.


name: Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF)
alt_names: CPF
web_url: https://www.fao.org/collaborative-partnership-on-forests/en
description:
The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) is an informal, voluntary arrangement among 15 international organizations and secretariats with substantial programmes on forests. These agencies share their experiences and build on them to produce new benefits for their respective constituencies. They collaborate to streamline and align their work and to find ways of improving forest management and conservation and the production and trade of forest products.\n\nThe members are also forming close and valuable strategic partnerships with one another, benefiting from shared expertise and pooled resources.\n\nThe core functions of the CPF are to: 1) Support the work of United Nations Forum  on Forests and its member countries by providing scientific and technical advice to the Forum and governing bodies of other CPF members, at their request; 2) Enhance coherence, cooperation as well as policy and programme coordination at all levels, including through joint programming and the submission of coordinated proposals to members’ governing bodies, consistent with their mandates; 3) Promote the implementation of the UN Forest Instrument and the United Nations Strategic Plan for Forests as well as the contribution of forests and trees to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other major forest-related agreements.


name: Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF)
alt_names: FCPF
web_url: http://www.forestcarbonpartnership.org
description:
The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) is a global partnership of governments, businesses, civil society, and Indigenous Peoples focused on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, forest carbon stock conservation, the sustainable management of forests, and the enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries, activities commonly referred to as REDD+.\n\nLaunched in 2008, the FCPF now works with 47 developing countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean, along with 17 donors that have made contributions and commitments totaling USD 1.3 billion.\n\nThe FCPF supports REDD+ efforts through two separate but complementary funds: 1) The FCPF Readiness Fund helps countries set up the building blocks to implement REDD+. Current funding: USD 472 million (approximately); 2) The FCPF Carbon Fund pilots results-based payments to countries that have advanced through REDD+ readiness and implementation and have achieved verifiable emission reductions in their forest and broader land-use sectors. The current funding is approximately USD 900 million.


name: Forest Stewardship Council
alt_names: FSC
web_url: https://fsc.org/en
description:
FSC is a global non-profit organization promoting environmentally, socially and economically responsible forest management worldwide. Through certification, FSC creates an incentive for forest owners and managers to follow best social and environmental practices and enable businesses and consumers to choose products that come from well managed forests.\n\nFSC has six program areas within the Policy and Standards Unit, through which they manage and develop their activities: 1) Forest Program Tasked with developing, reviewing and maintaining the FSC policies and standards that are associated with the management of forests; 2) Chain of Custody (CoC) Developing, reviewing and revising FSC normative documents for companies that manufacture, process or trade responsibly sourced timber and non-timber forest products; 3) Social Policy The Social Policy Program addresses forest management issues related to small and community-based operations, forest workers and indigenous peoples rights; 4) Monitoring & Evaluation Making use of data generated from within the FSC system, as well as independent studies to identify and understand the impacts of our certification on forests; 5) Controlled Wood Developing, reviewing and revising FSC normative documents providing requirements for supplying and trade of Controlled Wood being used in manufacturing of FSC Mix products; 6) Ecosystem Services The overall objective is to increase the applicability and relevance of FSC certification for forest management activities focusing on the provision of ecosystem services.\n\nFSC strives for Supply Chain Integrity. The FSC system includes more than 20,000 chain of custody certificates. This not only demonstrates the unprecedented success of FSC certification but also highlights the importance of ensuring the integrity of FSC is maintained in a scalable way. 


name: Forest Trends
web_url: http://www.forest-trends.org/
description:
Forest Trends is a Washington D.C.-based international non-profit organization that was created in 1998 by leaders from conservation organizations, forest products firms, research groups, multilateral development banks, private investment funds and philanthropic foundations.\n\nTogether with partners around the world, Forest Trends pioneers innovative finance for conservation, promoting healthy forests, sustainable agriculture, clean water, robust climate action, protected biodiversity, and strong communities. The programs and initiatives publish timely research, bring together diverse actors, and apply these approaches to make a difference on the ground, often blazing trails for bold and far-reaching policies in the process.\n\nTheir mission is to drive innovation in environmental finance to sustain resilient ecosystems and communities. For over two decades, Forest Trends has pioneered the idea that creating economic value in our forests and natural ecosystems is one of the most powerful incentives for sustaining them.   \n\nNature-based solutions are now widely recognized as an essential part of the solution for climate mitigation and resilience. But society needs to move faster to invest in the “natural infrastructure” of the planet, or the world risks hitting climatic tipping points that put Paris Agreement goals out of reach.   \n\nBy 2030, the initiative wants global economic and policy forces aligned with the essential requirements for resilient ecosystems and communities: 1) Conserving and expanding healthy ecosystems;\u202f2) Restoring imperiled ecosystems; 3) Sustainable production; 4) Upholding the rights and livelihoods of indigenous peoples and other local stewards of nature.\u202f 


name: Global Commons Alliance
web_url: http://globalcommonsalliance.org/
description:
The Global Commons Alliance is a network of organizations working towards a shared mission — to safeguard and restore Earth’s life-support systems, equitably, now It is an unprecedented partnership of more than 50 of the world’s most forward-looking organisations in philanthropy, science, business and advocacy. Their goal is to create the most powerful network to scale science-based action to protect people and planet. Their mission is to empower citizens, cities, companies and countries to become stewards of the global commons. Their vision is the triumph of the global that the planet can be restabilized by 2050 by applying decades of accumulated knowledge of effective management of common resources. The future is the triumph not the tragedy of the commons.


name: Interfaith Rainforest Initiative
alt_names: IRI
web_url: https://www.interfaithrainforest.org/
description:
The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative was launched at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, on 19 June 2017. In a first-of-its-kind summit, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu and Taoist religious leaders joined forces with indigenous peoples from Brazil, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Meso-America and Peru to make the protection of rainforests an ethical priority for the world’s faith communities.\nThe Interfaith Rainforest Initiative is an international, multi-faith alliance that aims to bring moral urgency and faith-based leadership to global efforts to end tropical deforestation. The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative is a platform for religious leaders and faith-based communities to work hand-in-hand with indigenous peoples, governments, civil society and businesses on actions that protect rainforests and safeguard those that serve as their guardians.


name: International Development Finance Club (IDFC)
alt_names: IDFC
web_url: https://www.idfc.org
description:
IDFC, created in 2011, is the leading group of 27 national and regional development banks from all over the world, a majority active in emerging markets. IDFC is the largest provider of public development and climate finance globally, with USD 4 trillion in combined assets and annual commitments above USD 600 billion, including USD 150 billion of climate finance.\n\nIDFC members have the unique function of supporting domestic policies while transferring international priorities into their own constituencies\nIDFC members are aligned with and work together to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement agendas.\nThrough IDFC, and in close partnership with other development bank networks, members join forces as a platform to promote and leverage sustainable development investment worldwide.\n\nIDFC offers a practical example of a collective action to shape an interconnected world through a global cooperation that produces results. This outlines the role that such a network of development banks play on the global stage, intermediating resources, providing expertise, and fostering cooperation commensurate to the challenges of sustainability.\n\nBy pooling decades of experience in innovative leadership on development and climate finance, IDFC aims to position itself as a leader in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in implementing the Paris Climate Agreement.\nIDFC fully embodies the form of partnership action endorsed in 2015 at the UN conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa and called for by the SDGs.\n\nThe Club is set to promote dialogue among colleagues that are sharing similar positions within development banks members of IDFC. They aim at sharing best expertise and knowledge among the IDFC members’ expert groups and develop activities of common interest.


name: Rainforest Alliance
web_url: http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/
description:
Since 1987, the Rainforest Alliance has worked to build a global alliance of people who share their vision of a world where people and nature thrive in harmony. Today, they work in more than 70 countries around the world to protect forests, improve the livelihoods of farmers and forest communities, promote their human rights, and help them mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis.\n\nThe Rainforest Alliance does this by creating a more sustainable world through the use of social and market forces to protect nature and improve the lives of farmers and forest communities.


name: SUNx Malta Climate Friendly Travel Registry
alt_names: SUNx,Strong Universal Network
web_url: https://climatefriendly.travel/
description:
SUNx Malta is a not-for-profit programme, partnered with the Ministry of Tourism of Malta, and the Malta Tourism Authority, focused on “Climate Friendly Travel”, tourism that is low carbon, SDG-linked, and nature-friendly. They continue the work of their mentor, the late Maurice Strong, Climate Activist and Sustainable Development pioneer.\n\nThey deliver education, & encourage behavioural change through their Diplomas, Registry, Chapters, travel Club, and Services programmes. They help tourism companies adapt to extreme weather and peak emissions in 2025 for zero GHG 2050. They focus on the world’s poorest countries & small islands, engaging tomorrow’s young leaders. By 2030 they will have motivated hundreds of “Plan B” climate friendly travel communities, thousands of companies and hundreds of thousands of consumers.\n\nAs part of the CFT programme, they have launched a global Registry for 2050 Zero GHG Ambitions to be a catalyst for increased sector carbon reduction and a Travel & Tourism conduit to the UNFCCC Climate Action Portal.\n\nThe CFT Registry is the gateway to the programme, and they encourage all travel and tourism companies from all over the world to join the CFT Programme by listing their company on the CEF Registry.                                                                                                                                                       


name: Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform
alt_names: SAI Platform
web_url: http://www.saiplatform.org/
description:
The Sustainable Agricultural Initiative Platform (SAI) coordinates industries within the agricultural sector to develop solutions for sustainable farming, agri-food systems, and supply chain management. This is done via projects, solutions development, in workshops and on field trips that offer an informal setting for members to have an equal voice in the conversation. These provide members with the opportunity to see the bigger picture, collaborate with innovators and drive change.


name: Sustainable Agriculture Network
alt_names: SAN
web_url: https://www.sustainableagriculture.eco/
description:
The Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) is a coalition of non-profit conservation organizations in America, Africa, Europe and Asia promoting the environmental and social sustainability of agricultural activities through the development of standards for best practices, certification and training for rural farmers around the world. Their vision of the world is one where agricultural activity contributes to biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihoods.


name: Tropical Forest Alliance 2020
alt_names: TFA 2020
web_url: https://www.tropicalforestalliance.org/
description:
The Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA), established in 2010, is on a mission to catalyze the power of collective action to drive the world’s transition to deforestation- and conversion-free agricultural commodities. TFA uses public and philanthropic resources to transform the production and trade of agricultural commodities. It focuses primarily on the four globally-traded commodities such as cattle, palm oil, pulp and paper, and soy, that have the greatest impact on conversion of critical ecosystems and associated greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss and social disruption. 


name: UN-REDD and REDD+
web_url: http://www.un-redd.org
description:
The UN-REDD Programme is the United Nations flagship partnership on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) in developing countries. It was the UNs first interagency climate change initiative combining the technical expertise and convening power of FAO, UNDP and UNEP. With the goal to reduce forest emissions and enhance carbon stocks in forests while contributing to national sustainable development the UN-REDD Programme supports nationally-led REDD+ processes and promotes the informed and meaningful involvement of all stakeholders, including Indigenous Peoples and other forest-dependent communities, in national and international REDD+ implementation.


name: Forest Global Earth Observatories
alt_names: ForestGEO
web_url: https://forestgeo.si.edu/
description:
The Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO), previously known as Center for Tropical Forest Science (CTFS), is a global network of forest research sites and scientists dedicated to the study of tropical and temperate forest function and diversity. The multi-institutional network comprises 73 forest research sites across the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. ForestGEO monitors the growth and survival of approximately 6 million trees and nearly 13,000 species that occur in the forest research sites. ForestGEO also supports initiatives in the forest sites to monitor climate, carbon flux, vertebrates, insects, soil microorganisms, and much more.


name: The Sowing Diversity = Harvesting Security Programme
alt_names: (SD=HS) programme
web_url: https://www.sdhsprogram.org/
description:
SD=HS is the joint effort of Oxfam Novib and the world’s leading civil society organizations with a firm track record in the field of plant genetic resources to empower smallholder farmers. They enter into partnerships and invest in alliances with likeminded NGOs, government institutions, academic bodies and national breeding and research institutes. And they bring together expertise in quality seed development, policies and regulation, local seed enterprise development and public-private partnerships.


name: Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction
alt_names: PEDRR
web_url: http://pedrr.org
description:
PEDRR is the clearinghouse for knowledge, training, advocacy and practice on Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR). Eco-DRR is the sustainable management, conservation and restoration of ecosystems to reduce disaster risk, with the aim to achieve sustainable and resilient development. Well-managed ecosystems. such as wetlands, forests and coastal systems. These act as natural infrastructure, reducing physical exposure to many hazards and increasing socio-economic resilience of people and communities by sustaining local livelihoods and providing essential natural resources such as food, water and building materials.\n\nPEDRR is guided by its vision of: Resilient communities as a result of improved ecosystem management for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA). Its objective is to pool expertise and advocate for policy change and best practice in ecosystem management for DRR and CCA, based on science and practitioners’ experiences. PEDRR also wants to ensure Eco-DRR is mainstreamed in development and DRR planning at global, national and local levels, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The partnership provides technical and science-based expertise on Eco-DRR. PEDRR promotes partnerships at global, regional and national levels and fosters collaboration between the environmental science and development communities.


name: LatinClima
alt_names: Red de Comunicación en Cambio Climático
web_url: https://latinclima.org/
description:
LatinClima seeks to position the issue of climate change in the Hispanic-American public from a point of view of action both on what can be done to reduce greenhouse gases, which cause global warming, and to adapt to the impacts of climate change at all levels. The LatinClima platform allows people to expose and follow up on the main events on climate change in the region and the world; capacity building through forums, seminars, virtual and face-to-face courses; the development of journalistic initiatives and tools; and the generation, dissemination, and exchange of information on climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the vision and reality of their region, beyond national borders and in Spanish.


name: Global Peatlands Initiative
web_url: http://www.globalpeatlands.org/
description:
The Global Peatlands Initiative is an effort by leading experts and institutions formed at the UNFCCC COP in Marrakech, Morocco in 2016 to save peatlands as the world’s largest terrestrial organic carbon stock and to prevent it being emitted into the atmosphere. The current greenhouse gas emissions from drained or burned peatlands are estimated to amount up to five percent of the global carbon budget, in the range of two billion tonnes of CO2 per year.\n\nMembers of the Initiative are working together within their respective areas of expertise to improve the conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of peatlands. In this way the Initiative is contributing to several Sustainable Development Goals, including by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, maintaining ecosystem services and securing lives and livelihoods through improved adaptive capacity


name: Friends of Ecosystem Based Adaptation
alt_names: FEBA
web_url: https://friendsofeba.com/
description:
Friends of EbA (FEBA) is a global collaborative network of organizations with a shared interest in advancing awareness, understanding and uptake of nature-based solutions in adaptation and resilience efforts and planning processes around the world.\n\nSince 2015, the FEBA network has been a hub for organizations and agencies working at the intersection of nature and climate adaptation to share experiences and knowledge, to improve the implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) activities on the ground, and to have a stronger and more strategic learning and policy influence.


name: Climate Security Mechanism
alt_names: CSM,Climate Change and Security
web_url: https://www.un.org/climatesecuritymechanism/en
description:
The CSM is a joint initiative by the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the United Nations Department of Peace Operations (DPO). It aims to strengthen the capacity of the United Nations (UN) and its partners to systematically analyze and address the linkages between climate change, peace, and security (CPS). The CSM leverages partnerships and strengthens its work by drawing on experiences and capacities of its four constituent entities.\n\nThe CSM is coordinated by a Core Team of dedicated staff from DPPA, UNDP, UNEP and DPO headquarters supported by a Secretariat. The CSM Core Team undertakes global workstreams – such as policy development – and coordinates initiatives in climate-vulnerable regions around the world, including through the deployment of climate, peace and security experts and trainings. The CSM has streamlined its work into four priority areas: (1) support to analysis and action; (2) advocacy, partnerships and convening; (3) knowledge co-generation and management; and (4) capacity building.


name: Adaptation of African Agriculture Initiative (AAAI)
web_url: http://www.aaainitiative.org/initiative
alt_names:
l’Adaptation de l’Agriculture Africaine,Initiative AAA,l'Initiative pour l'Adaptation de l'Agriculture Africaine,AAA,

description:
African Agriculture Adaptation (AAA) Initiative aims to reduce the vulnerability of Africa and its agriculture to climate change. Its objective is to place the Adaptation of African Agriculture at the heart of climate debates and negotiations, and to attract a significant part of the climate funds. In terms of proposed solutions, the AAA initiative aims to contribute to the deployment of specific agricultural projects to improve soil management, agricultural water control, climate risk management and capacity building and financing solutions.


name: Clean Cooking Alliance
alt_names: Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
web_url: https://cleancooking.org/
description:
The Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) complements the work of partners to build a dynamic, inclusive, and financially sustainable industry with the goal of achieving universal access to clean cooking by 2030. This will lead to improved health, reduced climate and environmental impacts, empowered women, and improved livelihoods.


name: The Exponential Roadmap Initiative
alt_names: ERI
web_url: https://exponentialroadmap.org/
description:
The Exponential Roadmap is a science based cross-sector collaboration resulting in a report published in three iterations. It highlights 36 solutions with exponential scaling potential to halve global greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Scaling of solutions comes from sharp policy, from climate leadership by companies and cities and from a finance and technology shift towards green solutions with exponential potential. The roadmap shows how we can build a stronger, more resilient and future-proof global economy and increase human prosperity and health – within the planetary boundaries.


name: Japan Climate Initiative (JCI)
alt_names: Alliance for Climate Action in Japan
web_url: https://japanclimate.org/english/
description:
In July 2018, over 100 Japanese companies, local governments, research institutions and NGOs established the Japan Climate Initiative (JCI) and the members increased to more than 6 times as of today. JCI is a network committed to strengthening communication and exchange of strategies and solutions among all actors that are implementing climate actions in Japan.\n\nWe, the members of the Japan Climate Initiative, invite Japanese companies, municipalities, research institutions and civil society organizations that are making serious efforts towards the realization of a decarbonized society to participate in the initiative and help build a decarbonized Japanese society. As a partner coalition of the Alliances for Climate Action, JCI will collaborate with other domestic multi-stakeholder coalitions to accelerate the transition towards decarbonized and climate resilient societies around the world.


name: Health Care Climate Challenge
web_url: https://healthcareclimateaction.org/challenge
description:
An initiative of Health Care Without Harm, the Health Care Climate Challenge engages and equips health care institutions – from small clinics to large health systems to ministries of health – to commit to effective climate action while building collective impact across countries and across borders. The Health Care Climate Challenge Awards recognize outstanding members who excel in the three pillars of climate action: mitigation, resilience, and leadership.\n\nEach and every institution, no matter the size or location, has an important role to play in preparing for climate change by building resilience at the facility, system, and community level while helping to prevent the problem by reducing the health sector’s climate footprint.\n\nThe Health Care Climate Challenge is building a global coalition of health care institutions at the forefront of this transformation. The Climate Challenge has over 400 participants, representing the interests of more than 26,000 hospitals and health centers in 49 countries. \n\nThe Health Care Climate Challenge is also the gateway to the Race to Zero. Throughout 2021 and beyond, were collaborating with the UNFCCC High Level Climate Champions to build a robust coalition of health care institutions that are joining other sectors of society in committing to net zero emissions and creating a more inclusive and resilient economy.


name: SIWI's Source to Sea Action Platform
web_url: https://waterandnature.org/all-initiatives/source-to-sea-platform/
description:
The S2S Platform leverages the voice of its partners to keep source-to-sea action on the agenda. Partners grounded in research, implementation and monitoring strengthen the evidence-base and build the demand for source-to-sea action. They demonstrate that a source-to-sea approach is needed to address persistent and rising issues such as climate change, water and marine pollution, and biodiversity decline.\n\nThe Platform builds capacity in source-to-sea management and works to provide local practitioners with the required resources to plan and act holistically. The global network of partners connects to share learnings and expertise, with each other and beyond, to grow the source-to-sea community.\n\nThe activities of the S2S Platform are supported by a secretariat, hosted by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). The secretariat helps to maintain a vibrant community of committed source-to-sea advocates through facilitating partner engagement activities and supporting collaborative activities.


name: Race to Zero
alt_names: R2Z
web_url: https://www.climatechampions.net/campaigns/race-to-zero/
description:
Race to Zero is a global campaign rallying non-state actors, including companies, cities, regions, financial, educational, and healthcare institutions, to take rigorous and immediate action to halve global emissions by 2030 and deliver a healthier, fairer, net zero world.\n\nRace to Zero ‘Partners’ are the pillars under the campaign. They are the funnels through which individual members can join the Race. Partners are independent initiatives, subject to their own governance structures and decision making process. Partners join the Race to Zero campaign out of a shared commitment to driving high ambition non-state actor leadership, to halve emissions by 2030. Partner initiatives are responsible for helping to bring members to the starting line to credibly race to zero emissions.\n\nTo drive recruitment and create an enabling environment for net zero action, initiatives and networks may wish to support the Race to Zero as Accelerators. Accelerators commit to aligning with Race to Zero’s criteria; accelerating membership; sharing knowledge, hosting events; engaging with the Race to Zero team and enhancing diversity across regions and sectors.\n\nAll members must meet robust science-aligned criteria. To ensure integrity and accelerate meaningful progress towards halving global emissions by 2030, Race to Zero sets out robust criteria for all its members to meet. The Race to Zero criteria are delineated in two categories: ‘Starting line’ criteria lay out common procedural requirements for all individual members to meet, below which members cannot fall if they wish to join and remain in the campaign. Known as the 5 P’s, these criteria require members to Pledge, Plan, Proceed, Publish and Persuade. These criteria apply to all members, who join Race to Zero through Partner initiatives. It is Partners Initiatives who manage the operationalisation and fulfilment of these criteria by their members.\n


name: EcoShape Building with Nature platform
web_url: https://www.ecoshape.org/en/
description:
EcoShape, Building with Nature is a network of organizations and individuals, working together to advance the application of Building with Nature in water related societal issues. Building with Nature is a philosophy about the design and construction of water related infrastructure that harnesses the forces of nature for the benefit of nature and humans, thereby strengthening nature, economy, and society.\n\nEcoShape is a foundation under Dutch law, that facilitates the Building with Nature network. EcoShape coordinates, facilitates, and orchestrates the activities within the Building with Nature network and community. The ambition of the network is to contribute to the realization of the Global Goals (sdgs.un.org/goals), addressing societal challenges through Building with Nature solutions on a landscape scale.\n\nTo make this possible they stimulate knowledge development via pilot projects, to demonstrate and monitor Building with Nature in practice (Nature-Based Solutions). Based on the monitoring results, guidelines for replication and scaling up are developed and disseminated through the website of EcoShape.


name: Nature for Climate
alt_names: Nature4Climate
web_url: https://nature4climate.org/
description:
Nature4Climate is a coalition of organizations across the environmental sector, dedicated to raising the profile of nature as a solution for a more sustainable, equitable and nature-positive future.\n\nOur goal is to accelerate the implementation of nature-based solutions (NbS) on a global scale, using communications, advocacy, and movement building to catalyse government action and private sector investment into the protection, restoration, and sustainable management of ecosystems. The ultimate objective is to unlock nature’s full climate potential to mitigate 10 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually by 2030.\n


name: Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU)
alt_names: FOLU
web_url: https://www.foodandlandusecoalition.org/
description:
Established in 2017, the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) is a community of organisations and individuals committed to the urgent need to transform the way people produce and consume food and use the land for people, nature, and climate. They support science-based solutions and help build a shared understanding of the challenges and opportunities to unlock collective, ambitious action. They build on the work of the Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land Use and Energy (FABLE) Consortium teams which operate in more than 20 countries.


name: Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet
alt_names: GEAPP
web_url: https://www.energyalliance.org/
description:
The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet will accelerate and scale equitable energy transitions in low- and middle-income countries serving as an onramp to opportunity for 1 billion people, while averting carbon emissions, expanding energy access, and creating jobs in the process. GEAPP aims to extend clean, productive-use energy to 1 billion underserved people, create tens of millions of green jobs, and avoid and avert over 4 billion tons of emissions. It will build a transformational pipeline of projects by supporting the decommissioning and repurposing of fossil fuel plants, utility-wide adoption of renewable energy, and reliable, productive-use power for off-grid and underserved communities.


name: Energy Transition Mechanism
alt_names: ETM,Asian Development Bank Energy Transition Mechanism,The ETM Southeast Asia Partnership
web_url: https://www.adb.org/what-we-do/energy-transition-mechanism-etm
description:
The Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM) is a scalable, collaborative initiative developed in partnership with developing member countries (DMCs) that will leverage a market-based approach to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.\n\nPublic and private investments from governments, multilateral banks, private sector investors, philanthropies, and long-term investors, will finance country-specific ETM funds to retire coal power assets on an earlier schedule than if they remained with their current owners.\nCountries participating in ETM will be able to reach more ambitious emissions targets than their current commitments.\n  Speeding up the retirement of coal-fired electricity will increase the demand for clean energy by 2-3 times, lowering overall energy generation costs in the long run.\n\n  ETM will help unlock or “crowd in” investments in cost-effective renewable generation and support and enable technologies such as smart grids, hydrogen, electric vehicles, and other clean technologies.\n  ETM has the potential to be scaled up to other parts of Asia and the Pacific, as well as Latin America and Africa, which could drive significant reductions in global emissions.


name: Power Breakthrough
web_url: https://breakthroughagenda.org/power/
description:
Making clean power the most affordable and reliable option for all countries to meet their power needs efficiently by 2030. The Glasgow Breakthrough on Power brings together the efforts of world leaders to rapidly develop, scale up and deploy clean energy solutions. Without such international cooperation, says the International Energy Agency, the global net zero emissions goal would be delayed by decades.


name: Road Transport Breakthrough
alt_names: Road Transport Breakthrough (under the Breakthrough Agenda)
web_url: https://breakthroughagenda.org/road-transport-initiatives/
description:
The Breakthrough Agenda was launched at COP26 to help the world close the “collaboration gap” and accelerate international action on climate change. \u2028\u2028\n\nThe road transport sector is responsible for 10 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. By following the International Energy Agency’s Net Zero Emissions 2050 scenario, two million lives could be saved annually by halving premature deaths associated with air pollution. The initiative aims at making zero-emission vehicles the new normal, accessible, affordable, and sustainable in all regions by 2030.\n\nThe Breakthrough Agenda provides a framework for countries, businesses and civil society to join up and strengthen collaborative actions every year in major emitting sectors, and a service to support coalitions of leading public, private, and public-private global initiatives to deliver those actions. \u2028\u2028\n\nSince its launch, the Breakthrough Agenda has established an internationally-recognised, annual, COP-centred, collaborative process, backed by 61 countries covering over 80% of global GDP, and more than 150 international initiatives, that enhances global cooperation in seven major emitting sectors: power, road transport, steel, hydrogen, agriculture, buildings, and cement and concrete, covering over 60% of global emissions.


name: Steel Breakthrough
alt_names: Glasgow Breakthrough: Steel; Steel Breakthrough (under the Breakthrough Agenda)
web_url: https://breakthroughagenda.org/steel-initiatives/
description:
Seven out of the ten biggest steel-producing countries have initiated at least one green steel project, while nine companies, representing around 20% of global steel production, have set firm net zero emissions commitments. The Glasgow Breakthrough on Steel brings together global governments to cooperatively accelerate the innovation and create the economies of scale and incentives for investment needed to rapidly create and deploy the solutions to make near-zero emission steel efficient, widespread, and a growing concern by 2030.\n\nThe global steel industry, which employs more than six million workers, is responsible for 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions. To align with the International Energy Agency’s Net Zero pathway, the sector must make a significant shift from coal to electricity in its energy demand use by 2050, from 15% to 70%. To reach the target will require rapid investment and scale-up of innovation, hydrogen and electrification. \n\nBreakthrough: to make near-zero emission steel the preferred choice in global markets, with efficient use and near-zero emission steel production established and growing in every region by 2030.


name: Hydrogen Breakthrough
web_url: https://breakthroughagenda.org/hydrogen-initiatives/
description:
Hydrogen production from fossil fuels is responsible for 830 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year, with 89% of global CO2 emissions coming from fossil fuels and industry. The production of clean hydrogen is not yet at an affordable scale, though projections suggest that, if international roll-out were coordinated, it could be up to 45% cheaper in 2030, and up to 75% by 2050. The Glasgow Breakthrough on Hydrogen is designed to create the international collaboration that will make such affordability scenarios a reality, delivering a clean energy transition that could create up to 99,000 jobs in the sector.\nBreakthrough: to make affordable renewable and low carbon hydrogen globally available by 2030.


name: Energy Transition Council
alt_names: ETC
web_url: https://energytransitioncouncil.org/
description:
The Energy Transition Council (ETC) is a multilateral platform, co-chaired by the UK and the Philippines, that unites over 40 governments and institutions offering global political, financial, and technical leadership in the power sector.\n\nThe ETC aims to make clean and sustainable power the most affordable and reliable option for countries to meet their power needs efficiently and accelerate their clean energy transition, moving away from coal and other fossil fuels, while ensuring a just transition and improved energy access for all.


name: Forest, Agriculture, and Commodity Trade (FACT) Dialogue
alt_names: FACT,FACT-dialogue,Forest Agriculture & Commodities Trade Dialogue,FACT Dialogue
web_url: https://www.factdialogue.org/
description:
The FACT (Forest, Agriculture and Commodity Trade) Dialogue is hosted by the COP26 Presidency and supported by the TFA, to accelerate the transition towards more sustainable land-use practices in a way that opens up new opportunities for investment, for jobs and livelihoods in forests, land use and agriculture, and to ensure that the economies which have a sustainable relationship with forests are the ones that thrive and grow.\nThe FACT Dialogue aims to agree on principles for collaborative action, a shared roadmap on sustainable land use and international trade, and to take action now to protect forests while promoting development and trade. \nIt brings together the countries that together can decisively shift global commodity markets towards sustainability, to seek collective action and collaboration not only to protect our precious forests but also to enhance people’s livelihoods and to support economic development and food security.\nConvened and facilitated by TFA, the Multi-stakeholder Consultations form a key part of the FACT Dialogue, feeding into the G2G meetings, ensuring all relevant parties have a voice and a space to contribute.\nParticipants will come from all sides of the supply chain, balancing voices from consumer countries in the North with those from the Global South producer countries. Participants will include producer companies, consumer companies, growers, finance institutions, local farmers, foresters, forest communities and indigenous peoples, civil society organizations, academics, grassroots practitioners, global and local consumer brands, regional suppliers and processors.\nThese many different perspectives will provide strategic guidance and insights for the Dialogue and help shape ambitious and transformational action designed to accelerate the transition to more sustainable land-use practices.


name: Zero-Emission Vehicle Transition Council
alt_names: ZEVTC,ZEV Transition Council
web_url: https://zevtc.org/
description:
A rapid global transition to zero emission vehicles (ZEV) is vital to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. Road transport accounts for over 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and the total emissions are rising faster than any other sector. We need to dramatically increase the pace of the global transition to meet our Paris Agreement goals, and to keep the limit of 1.5 degrees warming in reach. This will also offer huge opportunities for jobs and growth, cleaner air, improved public health, and could furthermore boost energy security and help balance electricity grids as we make the transition to clean power.\n\nThe Zero Emission Vehicles Transition Council was formed in November 2020, as the world’s first political forum through which ministers and representatives from governments from most of the world’s largest and most progressive automotive markets – that collectively account for more than half of all new car sales globally – meet to discuss how to accelerate the pace of the global transition to zero emission vehicles.


name: Clydebank Declaration
web_url:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cop-26-clydebank-declaration-for-green-shipping-corridors/cop-26-clydebank-declaration-for-green-shipping-corridors

description:
The Clydebank Declaration was launched at COP26 in November 2021. Building on the Zero-Emissions Shipping Mission created in July 2021 by Denmark, Norway and the US, the initiative is designed to drive forward the decarbonisation targets set by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in relation to sustainable shipping. The signatories have committed to establish six “green corridors” by 2025 – entirely decarbonised maritime routes (including land-side infrastructure and vessels) between two or more ports – to accelerate the development of zero-emission fuels, low-carbon enabling infrastructure and effective legislation and regulation. The plan is to then scale up the six pilot corridors by creating more routes, longer routes and/or growing the number of vessels sailing through the same routes. Participation in the Declaration is voluntary, meaning that the corridors will arise from partnerships only between those ports and operators that are willing to decarbonise specific, shared maritime routes. Despite this, signatory nations pledge to collaborate to: 1) Establish partnerships with all stakeholders, including ports and operators along the value chain to accelerate the sector towards a net-zero future; 2) Address the technical and operational challenges of green corridors, including regulatory frameworks, incentives, intra-network collaboration and infrastructure; 3) Include green corridor provisions in the development or review of national action plans; and 4) Ensure that sustainability is at the forefront of plans when implementing green corridors.


name: The International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC)
alt_names: IIPFCC
web_url: https://www.iipfcc.org/
description:
The International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) was established in 2008, as the Caucus for IPs participating in the UNFCCC processes. The IIPFCC represents the IP Caucus members who are present/attending the official UNFCCC COPs and intercessional sessions of the SBSTA/SBI bodies in between COPs. Its mandate is to come into agreement specifically on what IPs will be negotiating for in specific UNFCCC processes. IP representatives attending the meetings have their own organizations at subnational, national and global levels which have their own agenda, priorities and own proposals that they may carry and push for during the IP Caucus meetings.


name: Youth Constituency of the UNFCCC
alt_names: YOUNGO,Youth Climate Movement,International Youth Climate Movement
web_url: https://youngoclimate.org/
description:
YOUNGO is the Youth Constituency of the UNFCCC. It consists of many youth-led organizations, groups, delegations, and individuals working in climate change-related fields.\n\nYOUNGO runs various Working Groups focusing each on specific aspects of the climate change within the UNFCCC negotiations and events to ensure that perspectives of young and future generations are taken into account in the multilateral decision-making processes. Besides that, YOUNGO members observe and report on climate negotiations, and the implications of their outcomes.\nIn 2009, youth participation in UN Climate Change had reached the level at which an official constituency was formed for youth NGOs. The UNFCCC recognized youth as an official constituency called “YOUNGO” (Youth + NGO). After two years operating under provisional status, “YOUNGO” became fully recognized at COP17 in Durban, South Africa. YOUNGO has since served as both the official conduit for youth participation in the UN climate talks and as a global network of youth and youth-focused organizations working on climate change. 


name: Accelerating to Zero coalition (A2Z)
web_url: https://acceleratingtozero.org/
alt_names:
A2Z Coalition,COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans,Zero Emissions Vehicles Declaration

description:
The Accelerating to Zero (A2Z) Coalition was launched at COP27 to support the growing number of signatories and to further accelerate the transition of the global transportation sector.\nA2Z serves as a platform for signatories to coordinate, align activities, and amplify messaging as they fulfill their ambitious pledge that all sales of new cars and vans be zero emission by 2040, and by 2035 in leading markets. We function as the ZEV Declaration’s extension of operations, executing activities to ensure the message of ambition represented by the Declaration is widely heard and turned into action.\nA2Z provides implementation support for signatories to develop and implement ambitious zero-emission transportation policies and plans, showcases examples of leadership within the ZEV community, and monitors progress on the global transition.\nThe A2Z Coalition is a collaboration of the International Council on Clean Transportation, who serves as Secretariat, as well as Ceres, Climate Group, Drive Electric Campaign, and the Government of the United Kingdom, who together comprise the A2Z Steering Committee.


name: Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA)
alt_names: ARA
web_url: https://southsouthnorth.org/
description:
The Adaptation Research Alliance believes that we need a new paradigm of action-orientated research to inform effective adaptation to reduce the risks from climate change, particularly for countries and communities that are most vulnerable – at the scale and urgency demanded by the science.\n\nThat is why as part of the UK COP26 Presidency Adaptation & Resilience campaign, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is working with partners to co-develop an international Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA) for launch at COP26. The ARA is a global, collaborative effort to increase investment and opportunities for action research to develop/inform effective adaptation solutions. \n\n Through diverse stakeholder partnerships and collaborations between funders, researchers and actors that make up the ARA membership, we will co-create, innovate, and find solutions that have tangible effects on people’s everyday lives. We believe that climate-vulnerable countries should not only become resilient – but that they should prosper. Together, we can drive the systemic change that is needed in climate research for this to happen, and ensure that research is radically collaborative, southern-led, and provides long-lasting, real-world solutions. \n


name: Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CLARE) Initiative
alt_names: CLARE,Climate Adaptation & Resilience research framework programme
web_url: https://clareprogramme.org
description:
CLARE is jointly designed and run by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Through long-term commitments and partnerships worldwide, and needs-driven, action-focused research, CLARE is bridging critical gaps between science and action: developing new tools and supporting partner governments, communities, and the private sector to use evidence and innovation to drive effective solutions to the climate challenge, whilst building the capacity of both those carrying out the research and those using the resulting evidence. CLARE is primarily funded by UK aid along with Canada’s IDRC.


name: The Community Resilience Partnership Program (CRPP)
alt_names: CRPP
web_url: https://www.adb.org/projects/53142-001/main
description:
ADB is developing the Community Resilience Partnership Program (CRPP) to support ADBs developing member countries (DMCs) scale up resilience investments (i) targeted at the poor and marginalized population; (ii) implemented at the local level (household, communities, small and micro enterprises, and local governments); and (iii) in the context of wider inclusive development and governance reforms. CRPP is envisioned as a partnership between ADB and a wide range of development partners to collectively support DMCs in scaling up their resilience-building investments at the local level. The implementation of CRPP will support DMCs in achieving their commitments to global agreements: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement of Climate Change, and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.


name: The Capital Markets Mechanism (CMM)
alt_names: CMM
web_url:
https://www.climateinvestmentfunds.org/news/new-cif-bond-offering-could-mobilize-50b-clean-technologies-developing-countries

description:
The Climate Investment Funds’ (CIF) Clean Technology Fund (CTF) has unveiled the CIF Capital Market Mechanism, a groundbreaking effort to issue investment-grade bonds and raise significant new finance for scaling clean energy and sustainable infrastructure in emerging economies. This initiative could mobilize USD 500 million of additional concessional capital every year for developing countries, leading to an estimated USD 50 billion in total investment over ten years.\n\nIt is the first time a multilateral climate fund is leveraging its balance sheet in the capital markets to unlock urgently needed private investment to help narrow the clean infrastructure gap in developing countries. As leaders gather at COP26 to devise ways of containing global temperature rise and increasing financial support for climate-stricken nations, CTF’s access to capital markets will provide an important contribution to scaling up scarce public capital to achieve climate ambition.


name: SteelZero
web_url: https://www.theclimategroup.org/steelzero
description:
SteelZero is a global initiative that brings together leading organizations to speed up the transition to a net zero steel industry.\nSteel is the world’s most widely used material – but despite technologies existing for production to be decarbonized, steelmaking is currently one of the biggest emitters of CO2 globally. \nOrganizations that join SteelZero make a public commitment to procure 100% net zero steel by 2050. By harnessing their collective purchasing power and influence, we’re sending a strong demand signal to shift global markets and policies towards responsible production and sourcing of steel.


name: Food Agriculture Biodiversity Land and Energy (FABLE)
alt_names: Identifying strategic options for nature-based solutions in the land-use space,FABLE
web_url: https://www.foodandlandusecoalition.org/fable/
description:
The Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-Use, and Energy (FABLE) Consortium is a collaborative initiative created in 2017. FABLE is a global network of researchers who develop national pathways that are consistent with global sustainability objectives, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement targets.\n\nThey collaborate on science-based political actions that respond to the global challenges that countries are facing. 


name: Global Alliance of Territorial Communities
alt_names: GATC
web_url: https://globalalliance.me/
description:
The Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (GATC) is a political platform of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities united to defend Mother Earth for all humanity’s present and future benefit. They guarantee their legitimacy and representativeness thanks to democratic processes, ranging from the community to the plurinational level. The alliance represents 35 million people living in forest territories from 24 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, defending over 958 million hectares of land.\n\nThe five organizations that make them are the Indonesian Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of the Archipielago (AMAN); the Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests (AMPB); the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB); the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA); and the Network of Indigenous and Local Populations for the Sustainable Management of Central African Forest Ecosystems (REPALEAC).


name: Youth4Nature: Faces of Forestry
web_url: https://www.youth4nature.org/faces-of-forestry
description:
Youth4Nature is a youth-led, international initiative advocating for nature-based climate solutions which intends to mobilize its network around UN Secretary-General’s Climate Summit. They intend to hold political leaders to account on the urgent need to reset the relationship with nature, as well as to mobilize young people around the world to be champions of nature-based solutions by providing a platform to share their stories and build their capacity as advocates.\n\nFaces of Forestry initiative is a Living Library, existing to close this gap, to showcase a human side to this sector, and to amplify the diversity of forests and the people and practices that keep them sustained and healthy. 


name: The Declaration of Tlaxcala
web_url:
http://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/29312/Takahiwai_Decl_EN.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

description:
It can be affirmed that Corn has its own ancestral knowledge that has enabled it to adapt to many climates and eco-systems. This knowledge is key to the worlds ability to adapt to and survive climate change as long as people remember how to listen and talk to the corn as our ancestors did. Corn speaks to us about the spirit, generosity and richness of the land. The Corn reminds them that the winds, the colors and energies of the four directions, the abundant gifts of Mother Earth, the air and fire, the balance and integration of the male and female energies, the rains, the heat and cold of the natural climate cycles, the sun and its life-giving warmth and light, the moon and its affinity with the female nations, the oceans and fresh waters, the stars that guide them, all the large and small life forms that live on and in the earth, and their ceremonies, cultures and spiritual practices are all essential parts of their traditional food systems. Just as these elements sustain them, they have a sacred responsibility to protect, respect and defend them. This is their understanding of agro-ecology.


name: Declaration of Takahiwai
web_url: https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/28942/SecureIP.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
description:
In 2019 there was a gathering for the Pacific Food Sovereignty and Traditional Knowledge Conference hosted by Takahiwai Marae. They expressed their heartfelt appreciation to the hosts for their warm and wonderful hospitality. They also thank Te Rau Matatini, Te Kopu and the International Indian Treaty Council for bringing them together for vital discussions and knowledgesharing about Food Sovereignty, Traditional Knowledge and Climate Change.\nThey were reminded at this gathering by the elders that the treasures that god gave us to sustain our lives, the gifts of the Sky Father and Earth Mother like the tuna (eel), plants and fish, fauna and forests still belong to us, as Te Tiriti o Waitangi also affirms.\nThe Indigenous Peoples of Aotearoa, the Americas and the world have been given the\nresponsibility to take care of these sacred treasures, to protect and care for them, to learn from them and use them in a way that ensures their health and survival so that the future generations will also be strong and healthy. They were also reminded by their youth about the fears they have for their futures as a result of the changes they are seeing in their natural environment. 


name: The International Platform for Insetting (IPI)
alt_names: IPI
web_url: https://www.insettingplatform.com/
description:
The IPI was founded as a non-profit organisation in December 2013 in Paris, by PUR Projet and Adaptogether. IPI is a collaborative membership organisation for businesses implementing insetting projects that achieve positive impacts for the environment and communities along their value chains. \n\nTHEIR GOAL is to achieve scaled positive impact towards the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement through building an inspiring business community that values and protects nature. \n\nACTIVATE the implementation of insetting projects through facilitating a knowledge exchange between experts, practitioners and pioneers. At the centre of the community of practice is the IPI Interactive Knowledge Hub. The Hub presents a facilitated exchange of knowledge to inform strategic decision-making and accelerate the practical action of individual members as well as the collaborative initiative.\n\nDEMONSTRATE how investing in nature is an effective and strategic approach to achieving ambitious corporate targets and makes economic sense. The IPI uses member and partner case studies to demonstrate how businesses can turn ambition into action, contribute to global goals and reach industry driven commitments with the help of nature-based solutions. This inspires others to act, scaling action towards the SDGs.\n\nCATALYSE the transition to a climate resilient and regenerative economy through engaging with key stakeholders that help businesses implement nature-based adaptations to climate change. As part of the Business for Nature coalition, the IPI is helping to amplify a powerful business voice calling for governments to reverse nature loss. The IPI also engages with relevant stakeholders to inform the development of guiding frameworks and tools.


name: Global Soil Partnership
alt_names: Recarbonization of Global Soils (FAO)
web_url: https://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/en/
description:
The Global Soil Partnership was established in December 2012 as a mechanism to develop a strong interactive partnership and enhanced collaboration and synergy of efforts between all stakeholders. From land users through to policy makers, one of the key objectives of the GSP is to improve the governance and promote sustainable management of soils.  \n\nSince its creation, the GSP has become an important partnership where global soil issues are discussed and addressed by multiple stakeholders. Key outputs demonstrate that the partnership was needed to fill an existing gap in the promotion of sustainable soil management.


name: Fearless Fund
alt_names: Macroalgae Farming: An Ocean-Based Solution to Reduce Climate Change (Fearless Fund)
web_url: https://www.fearlessfund.org/
description:
Our oceans contain 97% of Earth’s water; they also have absorbed approximately 26% of our CO2. Oceans are experiencing warming and lower pH (known as ocean acidification) and are a likely candidate for multi-faceted solutions to avoid climate change while benefitting marine ecosystems. Marine macroalgae utilize CO2 through photosynthesis to build biomass and have the potential to provide a source of carbon-neutral fuels or a carbon removal/sequestration strategy. This solution focuses on the use of floating marine macroalgae, known as Sargassum Natans and Fluitans with a broad distribution in the\nwestern Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico to accomplish these goals. Recently, the US\nDOE ARPA-E funded research to explore the scaling of macroalgae farming, including this\nSargassum project, for conversion to carbon neutral fuel to diversify our energy sources and\npotentially reduce/replace some portion of fossil fuels. Concurrent with the DOE effort,\nSargassum has arrived in unusually large quantities in recent years on beaches in the Caribbean causing expense to protect beaches for tourism-dependent island economies. Solutions to the “beaching” problem have been elusive due to the variable nature of Sargassum locations, quantities and timing.\n\n


name:
Fishing for Climate Resilience: Empowering vulnerable, fisheries dependent communities adopt ecosystem-based-adaptation measures to secure food and livelihoods

web_url:
https://www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/project/fishing-for-climate-resilience-empowering-vulnerable-fisheries-dependent-communities-adopt-ecosystem-based-adaptation-measures-to-secure-food-and-livelihoods-19-ii-162-asia-a-fishing-for-climate-resilience/

description:
Healthy coastal ecosystems are critical to ecological, social, and economic resilience of local communities. The alignment of the small-scale fishery sector with sustainable natural re-source management and climate change adaptation plans is needed to protect ecosystem integrity. Across five target countries, the project enhances coastal resilience while restoring critical habitat. Small-Scale Fishers are empowered to identify and adopt Ecosystem-based-Adaptation measures. Instructing local leaders in behavioural change methodology and technical trainings ensures that capacity stays within the communities and enables replication. By supporting climate resilient microenterprises in the Philippines and Indonesia through the corona response package, the project will inform (green) economic recovery and climate plans. Collaboration with partner networks will ensure that solutions are mainstreamed into community practices, relevant national strategies, and international processes.


name: Sustainable Rice Landscapes Initiative (SRLI)
alt_names: SRLI
web_url: https://www.wbcsd.org/actions/sustainable-rice-landscapes/
description:
Launched in 2018, during the 6th GEF Assembly meeting in Danang, Viet Nam, the Sustainable Rice Landscapes Initiative has created a unique consortium of public, private and civil society partners, bringing together technological, ecological, policy and market-led approaches to the challenges of rice sustainability.\n\nThe main objective of the partners in this initiative is to harness multiple opportunities to meet the growing global demand for sustainable rice, using a public-private partnership approach towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).\n\nThis will require transformation of rice-based production landscapes for which collaborative action, especially with the private sector and multilateral organizations, is urgently needed to mobilize required resources and drive mainstreaming of sustainable best practice at farm and policy levels. At scale, these approaches will contribute to meeting national greenhouse gas reduction targets under the Paris Agreement, as well as restoring degraded landscapes and conserving biodiversity.\n\nThe initiative builds upon the efforts of the Sustainable Rice Platform to drive transformative change in the rice sector, initially through a programme to be submitted for funding via the Global Environment Facility under the GEF-7 Global Impact Programme on Food Systems, Land-use and Restoration.\n\nThe initiative will work with governments and value chain actors at landscape and policy levels to drive adoption of proven climate-smart best practices and innovative technologies to reduce the environmental footprint of rice, as well as link farmers to markets.\n\nAdoption of these practices by rice smallholders is expected to generate multiple social, environmental and economic benefits, including the following: 1) Healthier watersheds and biodiversity protection; 2) On-farm and landscape resilience; 3) Increased water and fertilizer use efficiency; 4) Lower greenhouse gas emissions from rice production; 5) Reduced agrochemical pollution; 6) Improved farmer health and livelihoods; 7) Strengthened consumer markets for sustainably produced rice.\n


name: Community Conservation Resilience Initiative in Nepal
alt_names: Community Forestry Campaign for Restoring Degraded Lands in Nepal
web_url: https://globalforestcoalition.org/community-conservation-nepal/
description:
The user groups have made significant contributions to reducing deforestation and forest degradation through natural regeneration processes that promote ecosystem regeneration and are resulting in an increase in wildlife species in Nepal. They are conserving biodiversity and eco-systems, including in the new areas of national forest that have been handed over. For example, the communities’ efforts in the Panchase landscape have reduced soil erosion, landslides and floods and contributed to conserving the Phewa Lake of Pokhara valley, which is highly important for the promotion of eco- tourism in Nepal. Likewise, the community forests have contributed to controlling the encroachment of forests for other purposes.


name: Bankable Water Solutions Initiative
web_url: https://asiapacific.panda.org/our_work/freshwater/bankable_water_solutions/
description:
Investors, banks and private companies are investing heavily in water-related infrastructure and they are hungry to invest in more sustainable water projects, but there is no pipeline of viable projects. WWF is taking action to support the development of a pipeline of investable or ‘Bankable Projects’ and to ensure that these are delivering against a broader landscape finance plan to support the development of more climate resilient and sustainable landscapes and economies. A bankable project 1) in many cases uses blended finance, 2) has a positive environmental impact and 3) generates a positive return for certain stakeholders.\nWe look beyond the individual project and create an enabling environment for investors to support the sustainable financing of landscapes. Since WWF operates at the landscape level, we can create projects at the right scale to attract investors and crucially link the cumulative impacts of these projects. We have developed relationships with various Financial Institutions, including public and private institutions, banks and investors.


name: Resilient Asian Deltas (RAD) Initiative
alt_names: RAD,RAD Initiative
web_url:
https://wwf.panda.org/discover/our_focus/freshwater_practice/freshwater_inititiaves/resilient_asian_deltas_initiative/

description:
WWF’s Resilient Asian Deltas (RAD) initiative aims to stop the continent’s six largest delta systems; GangesMeghna-Brahmaputra, Indus, Irrawaddy, Mekong, Pearl and Yangtze – from sinking and shrinking. Targeting common challenges, the initiative has been designed to reduce barriers, respond to opportunities, and scale-up solutions that will transform attitudes and approaches to defending deltas and ensure that the: Long term resilience of Asia’s delta systems is improved through unprecedented political and financial investment in ‘building with nature’, which will protect and restore the natural river and coastal processes that replenish deltas and will keep them, and the societies, economies and nature that depend on them, above the rising seas. RAD is built on three pillars, with actions being implemented at both national and regional levels. These levers will support achievement of the RAD milestones and outcomes: 1) Secure political leadership, commitments and action; 2) Implement building with nature solutions; 3) Mobilize financing to turn vision into actions.\n


name: Year of the Tree: Seeding the Age of Restoration
web_url: https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/28865/Year_Tree.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
description:
Year of The Tree: Seeding the Age of Restoration is a call to action for citizens, businesses,\ngovernments and organizations to give back to nature. It is a global campaign to reseed trees in\nthe hearts and minds of humanity through outreach, media, and mobilization through people\nsharing educational resources. This contribution consists of two overarching components:\nawareness raising and resource sharing.\n1) Year of The Tree campaign puts our relationship with understanding trees at center\nstage as a solution for global efforts to combat climate change, provide safe drinking\nwater, alleviate poverty, empower women and meets sustainable development goals.\n2) Provide an online platform for information exchange around local species, planting\npractices, social inclusion, ethical and legal frameworks alongside practical support to\nturn around deforestation and degradation\nThis is a massive, multi sector, collaborative initiative designed to create:\n● awareness and adoption of seeing our human function as restorers\n● shared goals, coherence and mutual support within the tree sector\n● mapping tools for easy navigation of available lands, methods and planting partners\n● significant celebrity support and social reach\n● planet wide education that touches all levels of society\n● shared public ownership of personal role within a planetary solution\n● global mobilisation around forest protection and restoration, and\n● appropriately scaled forest restoration and the end of the destruction of ancient forests\n\nAt its core, Year of The Tree is setting a new precedent for the human relationship to nature. It is a mass awakening to the human reciprocal relationship with the preservation and health of living natural systems. It recognizes that nature-based solutions are the most cost-effective, have beneficial outcomes for the well-being of rural communities, supporting food production, and sustainable and inclusive economies.\nThrough resource and information sharing, the wisdom and local practices to enhance living\nnatural systems will be expressed to a global audience. This will support individual and local level leadership to support landscapes in a way that is appropriate for local ecosystems and communities. The collaborative infrastructure for this is already being established.


name: Securing Rights to Secure Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change
web_url:
https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/28890/Securing_rights.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

description:
The 370 million indigenous people constitute only 5 percent of the world’s population, but 15 percent of the world’s poorest. 80 percent of the planet’s biodiversity is found on their lands and territories. Insecure, contested, and unjust land, ocean, and forest tenure undermine efforts to protect, sustainably manage, and restore ecosystems essential to the realization of climate solutions and sustainable development goals. Research shows that lands managed by Indigenous Peoples with secure rights experience lower rates of\ndeforestation, store more carbon, hold more biodiversity, and benefit more people, including women, than lands managed by either public or private entities.\nIndigenous Peoples customarily manage over 50 percent of the global land mass, but legally own just 10 percent. Securing land rights and closing this gap represent the greatest opportunity to increase carbon storage, restore degraded land, reduce emissions, improve\nfood security, diminish the likelihood of climate-related conflicts, and enhance ecosystem resilience. \n\nIndigenous Peoples knowledge systems are nature-based and honor the complex interdependence of all life forms. This is the root of success for the sustainable management of their resources, including waters, rivers, oceans, peatlands, forests, deserts, prairies and savannas, developing effective solutions and practices for biodiversity\nconservation and climate change adaptation and mitigation.\nSecuring the rights of Indigenous Peoples to their lands, territories and resources can conserve and restore our most vulnerable ecosystems, increase the storage of carbon, scale-out agroecosystems for sustainable food production, and restore harmony with nature and all life forms in partnership with states, donors, civil society organizations, and others, using a human-rights based approach.


web_url: https://www.proamazonia.org/
name:
PROAmazonia - Utilizing forest conservation and sustainable production practices to address climate change and strengthen local livelihoods in Ecuador

description:
Forests are a natural solution to address climate change and their conservation involves a number of significant transformations in natural resource management, production and land use policies. PROAmazonía strengthens forest conservation; through the financing of areas of the Socio Bosque Project, incentives for restoration actions, promotion of bio-enterprises, sustainable forest management and forest traceability, as well as basin vision management. Ecuador completed its preparation phase for REDD+ in 2016 and to ensure its PROAmazonía operation supports the preparation of reports for the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).\nPROAmazonía promotes coordinated efforts between the different institutions involved and supports the establishment of financial echanisms to channel REDD+ resources and private sector involvement.


name: Food System Transformation: A sustainable and healthy nature-based solution
alt_names: EAT Lancet Commission,EAT Forum
web_url: https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/28923/Food_System.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
description:
Transforming food systems to provide sustainable and healthy foods in alignment with the planetary boundaries, is essential for the future of the planet and humanity. With consensus on the scientific targets for healthy diets and sustainable food production that has emerged from the EAT-Lancet report, they have clear guidance on how to produce food that is good for people and planet.\nThe global food system exerts enormous environmental pressures accounting for around 30% of GHG emissions, over 70% of freshwater withdrawals, and 40% of land use. It is also the principal driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss. By 2050, global red meat demand is expected to rise by 76%, a trend that will make it impossible to achieve the 1.5◦C Paris Agreement target. Beyond red meat, food production needs to transform from a major CO2 emitter to a major carbon sink to achieve the Paris Agreement.\nUnsustainable and unhealthy diets also present major threats to human health worldwide.\nGovernments around the world face rapidly increasing public health costs due to poor nutrition. One in nine people (approximately 821 million) are hungry with children among the most vulnerable.\nTo date, limited attention has been given to food systems as an arena for climate action. Herein lies a critical opportunity to combat climate change while improving human health and reducing economic and social costs associated with disease and poor health. A global shift to healthy diets will not only save lives, it will also reduce land use pressure from food production, thereby opening up opportunities for reforestation and afforestation and reducing CO2 emissions by nearly 37%. A transformation of the global food system has the potential to sequester nearly 10 Gt of CO2 by 2100 which is fundamental to achieving the Paris Agreement.\n 


name:
Protected Areas and Resilient Landscapes – Project Finance for Permanence in Colombia, Perú and Bhutan

web_url:
https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/28925/Protected_Areas.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

description:
Protected areas and other conserved areas, such as indigenous and community conserved lands and sacred natural areas, have played a critical role in biodiversity conservation for the past century. Beyond providing a haven for species, these areas also provide vital ecosystem services that sustain livelihoods, connect landscapes, capture and store carbon, and inspire people to value the natural world. Governments, protected area managers and conservation groups alike often neglect the increasing risk that climate change poses to protected areas and the ecosystem services they provide. Most planners and managers of the world’s protected areas do not consider climate risks, instead relying on traditional approaches to conservation that are rapidly becoming obsolete with increased warming and climate variability. WWF believes that a viable future for people and nature mandates that conservation efforts and strategies– including the management of protected and other conserved areas–are continuously updated to account for unavoidable climate change risks to biodiversity, ecosystems and ecosystem services. National governments have a vested interest in doing so to ensure that protected areas continue to deliver on commitments to\ntheir citizens and to the UNFCCC, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This contribution will focus on guiding Parties to centrally incorporate these ideas into revised NDCs for 2020.


name: SeaForester
alt_names: Seaforesting the world’s seas
web_url: https://www.seaforester.org/
description:
Seaforests are major natural carbon sinks that have been shrinking in several places of the world. This is worrisome not only because of the critical function these ecosystems perform in the carbon cycle and in fish production, but also because many of these ecosystems are also important biodiversity hotspots. This is especially true in places like the Portuguese coastline which has been an important refuge over the last glaciations and, thus, supports\ntoday a rare and ancient biodiversity. Along the Portuguese coastline many\nspecies from different taxa find their southern limit, while other have their northern\nlimit, and this diversity has contributed to complex and biodiverse trophic networks\nthat play an important role as biodiversity sources and climate regulators. The\nstrategic goal of this proposal is threefold: to protect coastal and marine seaforests;\nto restore degraded coastal and marine ecosystems through the translocation of\nseaweeds which may act as the propulsor of natural recovery; and to test management regimes that may contribute to greater knowledge of ecosystems’\nfunctioning and best practice guidelines.\nIn the first phase of this proposal the aim is to produce some macroalgae species in the lab, with innovative methodologies based in aquaculture techniques, and to transplant the algae individuals to natural habitats along the Portuguese coast. In a second phase, this approach shall be used to restore natural habitats in other places of the world that have also undergone biodiversity loss or a decline of seaforest distribution area. The proposal also focuses on seaforests’ protection and awareness-raising.


name: Natural Climate Solutions Alliance
alt_names: NCSA
web_url: https://www.wbcsd.org/actions/the-natural-climate-solutions-alliance/
description:
The Natural Cimate Solutions Alliance is a CEO-led group of stakeholders committed to applying the principle above to the acivities in their sphere of inluence to deliver NDCS with integrity at scale. They are convened by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the World Business Council of Sustainable Development (WBCSD) with the support and advice of Nature4Climate. \nTheir vision is to enable NCS to contribute its full potential to helping deliver the Paris climate goals as well as solutions to some of the worlds most pressing and intractable environmental and social challenges, including biodiversity and forest loss, sustianable water management and sustainable community livelihoods. 


web_url: https://futureoffood.org/
name:
Building a global soil movement through philanthropic investment (Global Alliance for the Future of Food)

description:
The Global Alliance for the Future of Food is an alliance of 25 philanthropic foundations, which invests in projects on all five continents. The Global Alliance works with its members and with others to transform global food systems. Their program area on climate aims to reduce GHG concentrations by transforming food systems globally and improving the climate resiliency of food systems. One of their focus areas is fostering a global movement on healthy soils in order to unlock the multiple co-benefits, including soil carbon sequestration. They do this by: 1) convening key system actors representing a  Diversity of local, regional, international, sectoral and socio-economic perspectives and facilitating dialogue around a shared vision and action plan; 2) forging new insights based on diverse and emerging evidence; 3) facilitating a global movement amongst their foundation members and their vast international network of grantees and partners; and 4) supporting the alignment and utilization of all forms of capital via impact investing.\nTheir philanthropic members and partners represent over USD 60 billion in assets and support more than 40 soil-related projects in over 20 countries, such as Madagascar, Malawi and Senegal in Africa; Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia; Peru and Bolivia in Latin America; California, Chesapeake Bay Region and the Mississippi River Basin in the United States. 


name: Agroecology Fund
alt_names: Agroecology: A Nature-based Food System (AgroEcology Fund)
web_url: https://agroecologyfund.org/
description:
In India, the state of Andhra Pradesh is investing USD 200 million to convert its farmers to the agroecological practice known as zero budget natural farming, which uses from-the-farm nutrients to grow crops without using costly chemical fertilizers or pesticides, which can push farmers into debt.\nMore than 100,000 farmers there are already using this method, and an estimated 500,000 farmers in 3,000 villages will have moved to this method by the end of 2019.\nIn Africa, the African Centre for Biodiversity, a research and advocacy organization, urges the Tanzanian government to phase out subsidies for chemical fertilizers and speed a transition to agroecology through support to locally manufactured inputs.\nIn the Americas, the Agroecology Collective in Ecuador strengthens municipal farmers’ markets sourcing from local agroecological producers to achieve a national goal of food sovereignty. The new Mexican president is making agroecological principles a guiding force behind Mexican agriculture.\nWithin the FAO, there is growing support for agroecology, as evident by recent symposia and intergovernmental support for the Scaling Up Agroecology Initiative


name: The Restoration Initiative (TRI)
alt_names: TRI,Ecosystem Restoration as a nature-based solution for climate action (FAO, UN Environment, IUCN)
web_url: https://www.therestorationinitiative.org/
description:
FAO is engaging in the Climate Action Summit at many levels, and has been an active participant in the discussion since the first inception workshop in early 2018.They are well aware of the critical moment the world is facing and the need to stimulate significantly increased ambition at a time when so many climate indicators are not pointing in the right direction. While FAO is also closely engaging with other coalitions, such as Resilience and Infrastructure & Cities, the bulk of FAO’s expertise and mandate lies within the NBS area. FAO estimates that 24% of all greenhouse gases are caused by the AFOLU sector, however at the same time 44% of the existing, scalable and operationally feasible solutions to bend the curve and stay within the agreed climate goals come from the same sector.\nVirtually every sector FAO works on contains important elements that are helping countries to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change. For this first round of discussions and prioritization, FAO has opted to highlight seven major technical areas that do not yet receive sufficient attention, despite the fact that they provide some of the quickest impact solutions available. FAO is also working closely with a wide range of partners, contributing to other joint proposals on a wide range of topics, and looks forward to backing up the NBS coalition with its full technical experience, its strong in-country linkages, and its normative and convening role.\nThe seven priority areas of FAOs contribution are: 1) Ecosystem Restoration as a nature-based solution for climate action; 2) Low Carbon Livestock Coalition; 3) Recarbonization of Global Soils; 4) Climate Change and the Ocean - adaptation strategies for fisheries and aquaculture; 5) Food Loss and Waste Reduction for Climate Action; 6) Forests and trees: a nature-based solution to global urban challenges; 6) Climate Change and Plant Health: Biodiversity to the Rescue.\nSeveral of these areas are relatively new for the entire climate community, and FAO is working hard to collect examples of scalability, potential impact prediction and costs. This is especially true for the areas of plant health and of food loss & waste.


name: Forests and trees: a nature-based solution to global urban challenges (FAO)
web_url: https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/A-Great-Green-Wall-for-Cities/en
description:
Urbanization is accelerating—the proportion of people living in cities will be 60% in 2030 and 66% in 2050. Nearly 90% of this increase will occur in Africa and Asia. Cities are major contributors to climate change, but are also vulnerable to its effects. They are also uniquely positioned to adapt to these effects and mitigate some of their causes. In drylands, in particular, the increasing effects of climate change and landscape degradation are expected to increase exposure of city-regions to severe droughts, heatwaves, extreme winds, floods and landslides, affecting hundreds of millions of urban dwellers. Forests-based solutions (FBS) are a valuable tool to strengthen cities’ resilience and support sustainable urban\ndevelopment. \nThe Great Green Wall for Cities (GGWC) aims to use FBS to improve ecological continuity within urban areas and, by 2030, create up to 500,000 hectares of new urban forests and restore/maintain up to 300,000 ha of existing natural forests in and around cities in the Sahel and Central Asia. At least three cities in each of 30 countries will develop an integrated forestry strategy and implement it on a substantive scale.


name:
Restoring forests and lands as a crucial response to climate change and sustainable development (Bonn Challenge +) (IUCN)

web_url:
https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/28781/restoring_forest.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

description:
This initiative is directed to bringing 350 million hectares under restoration by 2030. It will use the already significant progress on the Bonn Challenge (BC) and New York Declaration on Forests Goal 5 as a springboard for additional commitments and to accelerate action on the restoration of deforested and degraded lands with quantified progress on area brought under restoration, carbon sequestered, jobs created and biodiversity benefits. The BC aims to bring 150 million ha into restoration by 2020 and 350 million ha by 2030, based on the forest landscape restoration (FLR) approach. To date 58 contributors have pledged more than 170 million ha (almost the size of Indonesia). Measurable progress in countries has been assessed by the BC Barometer of Progress. For additional information, see below and\nhttp://www.bonnchallenge.org/ and https://infoflr.org/\nThis initiative is directed to bringing 350 million hectares under restoration by 2030. It will use the already significant progress on the Bonn Challenge (BC) and New York Declaration on Forests Goal 5 as a springboard for additional commitments and to accelerate action on the restoration of deforested and degraded lands with quantified progress on area brought under restoration, carbon sequestered, jobs created and biodiversity benefits. The BC aims to bring 150 million ha into restoration by 2020 and 350 million ha by 2030, based on the forest landscape restoration (FLR) approach. To date 58 contributors have pledged more than 170 million ha (almost the size of Indonesia). Measurable progress in countries has been assessed by the BC Barometer of Progress. For additional information, see below and\nhttp://www.bonnchallenge.org/ and https://infoflr.org/\n\n


name: Coral Vita
alt_names: Developing a scalable business model to support large-scale global coral reef restoration
web_url: https://www.coralvita.co/
description:
Coral Vita’s land-based farms integrate breakthrough methods to accelerate coral growth up to 50x (microfragmenting) while enhancing their resiliency to warming and acidifying oceans (assisted evolution). And their model scales: one land-based farm can potentially supply an entire nation’s reefs.\nUnderpinning this high-tech coral farming is a business model to sustain large-scale restoration. Given reefs’ tremendous value, they’re working to transition the restoration space to a commercial industry. This facilitates diverse revenue generation and better scalability than existing restoration practitioners. Their farms not only grow coral for restoration projects, but also function as eco-tourism attractions and education centers for local communities. By proving out this financial model, they can help inject the capital needed into solving this global problem.


name: Xingu Seed Network
alt_names: From Native Seeds to New Rainforest.
web_url: https://sementesdoxingu.org.br/
description:
\nThe Xingu Seed Network is a communitybased network in the Brazilian Amazon\nthat has developed a business model for native seed supply. The initiative involves indigenous communities, farmers, landowners, local governments and non-governmental organizations including Brazilian Instituto Socioambiental  and Rainforest\nFoundation Norway. \n\n\nLa Rede de Sementes do Xingu es una asociación no gubernamental sin fines de lucro, estructurada por pueblos indígenas, agricultores familiares y residentes de ciudades ubicadas en los territorios de la Amazonía y Cerrado en el estado de Mato Grosso, Centro-Oeste de Brasil. Una iniciativa formada por recolectores de semillas cuya mayoría (80%) son mujeres, unidos por dos objetivos comunes: la restauración de bosques a través de la recolección y comercialización de semillas de diferentes especies, y la valorización de la autonomía de los pueblos y culturas tradicionales que forman parte de la Rede de Sementes do Xingu, la más grande y más inspiradora red para recolectar semillas nativas en Brasil.\n\nMás de 600 recolectores de diferentes orígenes, historias, culturas y lenguas, situados en diferentes territorios a lo largo de las cuencas de los ríos Xingu, Araguaia y Teles Pires, en Mato Grosso, recolectan semillas año tras año para reforestar zonas de la Amazonía y el Cerrado brasileño y para estimular la autonomía y generar renta en las comunidades. Entre los tres macrogrupos que recolectan semillas en la Rede de Sementes do Xingu (pueblos indígenas, agricultores familiares y comunidades urbanas), los pueblos indígenas son mayoría. Constituyen el 60% de la fuerza laboral de recolección de semillas. Viven en tres territorios indígenas: Marãiwatsédé, Pimentel Barbosa y Xingu. Hay recolectores de semillas nativas en 12 Grupos de Recolectores de los pueblos Ikpeng, Kawaiwete, Matipu, Xavante, Waujá y Yudjá. También forman parte de la Rede los agricultores familiares, que componen siete Grupos de Recolectores repartidos por asentamientos de Mato Grosso, además de cinco grupos mixtos (con recolectores de asentamientos y ciudades). Representan cerca del 39% de los trabajadores. El 1% restante son de dos grupos formados por comunidades urbanas de Mato Grosso, personas que son sensibles a las causas socioambientales y, como los demás, están dotados del conocimiento necesario para la recolección de semillas de los árboles matriz urbanos y en zonas alrededor de los municipios. 


name: Benefit Accounting of Nature-Based Solutions for Watersheds
alt_names:
Building the business case for nature-based solutions for watersheds (UN Global Compact CEO Water Mandate corporate network)

web_url:
https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/28834/48.Nature_Based_Solutions_for_watersheds.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

description:
A private-public initiative to scale private investment in nature-based solutions by developing: 1) a standardized framework to demonstrate and value stacked water-carbon benefits associated with the implementation of nature-based solutions for watersheds, which interfaces with established voluntary carbon markets; and identifies a range of locally\nrelevant mechanisms for marketing water benefits (leveraging existing models); and 2) a platform to match investment opportunities with potential projects.\n


name: Blue Lifelines for a Secure Sahel (BLiSS) (Wetlands International)
alt_names: BLiSS
web_url: https://www.wetlands.org/case-study/bliss/
description:
BLiSS will connect interventions for wetlands and drylands to reverse land degradation and build community resilience to climate change in the Sahel.\nThe vision is that Sahelian communities become more secure and resilient to climate change by restored inter-connected wetland and dryland ecosystems and economies.\nGoal by end 2030: 20 million hectares of Sahelian wetlands safeguarded and restored in at least 6 major systems improving adaptive capacity and safety of 10 million people across the Sahel. The initiatives objectives ae as follows: 1) Commitment by Sahelian nations to improve the condition of wetlands to enhance community resilience to climate adaptation;\n2) Policy development and adjustment at Sahel, river basin and national levels, through\nrelevant African Union fora and bottom-up policy processes; 3) Access for local wetland communities to knowledge and innovative micro-credit finance; 4) Early-warning systems embedded to enable optimal livelihood choices to be made . 


name: Produce, Conserve, Include
alt_names:
Produzir, Conservar e Incluir (ou Instituto PCI),Produce, Conserve, Include Strategy: Providing Proof of Concept of the Jurisdictional Approach in Mato Grosso, Brazil

web_url:
https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/28871/Produce_Conserve.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

description:
 One jurisdictional initiative, the “Produce, Conserve, Include (PCI) strategy,” aims to increase productivity while maintaining native vegetation cover and including smallholders and indigenous and traditional populations across Mato Grosso, Brazil—which produces nearly 30% of Brazil’s soy and has the largest cattle herd in the country. Meeting these aggressive\ntargets requires a multistakeholder effort that brings together government, civil society, producers, and companies. Stakeholders ensure that local laws, regional efforts, and corporate policies work in concert to catalyze reduced deforestation at scale. \nAchieving the PCI’s goals would prove that enhanced productivity and deforestation reductionare compatible, and position Mato Grosso as a sustainable development leader in the context of a federal government largely averse to sustainability initiatives. To get there, the PCI is supporting strong governance, leveraging financial mechanisms, and supporting corporate supply chain sustainability. The Climate Action Summit offers an excellent opportunity to showcase the PCI’s success to date and future implementation plans, effectively bolstering sustainable development and encouraging other regions to\nfollow Mato Grosso’s lead. 


name: Building with Nature Asia
web_url: https://www.wetlands.org/case-study/building-with-nature-in-asia/
alt_names:
Accelerating adaptation by spurring a paradigm shift in water engineering in Indonesia, with replication in Asia and globally

description:
The initiative “Building with Nature Indonesia” aims to build stable coastlines with reduced erosion risk through a unique integration of mangrove restoration, small scale hard-engineering and sustainable land use. In doing so they enhance coastal security for 70.000 vulnerable people by avoiding further coastal flooding and erosion in Central Java and provide them with a long term perspective for sustainable economic development.\n\nBuilding with Nature is a comprehensive engineering approach that seeks to enhance the use of natural ecological processes to achieve efficient and sustainable hydraulic infrastructural designs. It strives for a flexible integration of land in water and water in land using interactions and materials present in nature. EcoShape members, including Wetlands International develop Building with Nature pilots, and share their concepts, knowledge and guidelines widely to stimulate replication and upscaling.\n\nBuilding with Nature is now being used in the Netherlands on a large scale for managing its extensive coastal and river works. Wetlands International managed the first large-scale international pilot project in Demark in Indonesia.


name: Acción Andina
alt_names: Andes Action: Restoration of one million hectares of High Andean Forest Ecosystems
web_url: https://accion-andina.org/
description:
Andes Action is a new Latin American-led large-scale restoration initiative, aiming to\nrestore one million hectares of high Andean ecosystems (mostly Polylepis forests) in\nColombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile in the next 25 years. Andes\nAction works with a growing and scalable network on-the-ground conservation/restoration leaders in six countries with proven, effective models to partner with indigenous communities to reforest priority watersheds, mainly for local climate resilience and water security reasons. Based on a model developed in Peru over the last 18 years, Andes Action’s\non-the-ground leaders harness ancient Incan traditions in indigenous communities\nto provide effective restoration: In the spirit of Ayni (reciprocity), communities\nunite by donating their time to reforest each others’ watersheds, creating a growing,\nculturally enhanced, cost-effective restoration movement to be replicated and scaled\nacross Latin America. To date, approximately two million native Polylepis trees have been planted, with an additional 500,000 trees per year. The goal is to double tree planting every year to reach 5-10 million trees planted yearly at the end of phase 1 (2019-2024).


name: Forests for a Just Future
web_url: https://www.iucn.nl/en/project/forests-for-a-just-future/
description:
The ‘Forests for a Just Future’ programme of the Green Livelihoods Alliance (GLA) will contribute to the protection of tropical forests and the people who directly depend on those forests. With partner organisations in Africa, South East Asia and South America the GLA works to govern tropical forests in a sustainable and inclusive way.\n\nThe focus areas include indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) whose lives and livelihoods are directly affected by deforestation. They are often lack the power to end it, nor are they positioned and equipped to claim their right to sustainably govern and manage their territories, tropical forests and natural resources.\n\nCombating deforestation and related human rights violations require the ability to stand up against vested interests. But IPLC leaders, environmental human right defenders and CSOs are confronted with medium to severe obstruction of civic space in the countries where GLA will operate.\n\nIn twelve tropical forest countries and internationally the GLA work with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), IPLCs and social movements to increase the participation of IPLCs in policy and decision-making regarding land rights and forest governance and to strengthen lobby and advocacy to hold governments and agro-commodity, extractives, energy and infrastructure industries accountable for deforestation and human rights violations\n


name: Healthy forests and resilient communities in the Congo
web_url:
https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/28935/Healthy_Forests.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

description:
ENABLING LOCAL AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE Congo Basin to take over forest management has the potential to restore natural forests, conserve biodiversity, combat illegal logging, address climate change and secure sustainable livelihoods. By managing forests sustainably and inclusively, community forestry can help curb deforestation and reduce associated greenhouse gas emissions, as well as supporting sustainable resource management and development.\n\nThrough scoping studies, policy dialogues, awareness raising through films and practical guides, regional learning and pilot field projects, Fern, CED, CIEDD and OCDH have gained\nmore in-depth understanding of viable and sustainable options for community forest management which empower communities directly\nFern, CED, CIEDD and OCDH have contributed to the Brazzaville roadmap, a regional policy document for implementing participatory forestry in the Congo Basin. They have also engaged in policy discussions at regional and local levels including putting community forestry on the agenda of The Congo Basin Forest Partnership, a regional initiative supporting the implementation of REDD+ strategies in the Congo Basin. \nThrough community forest management, local communities in the Republic of Congo, Cameroon and CAR will protect land from plantations for palm oil, rubber and cocoa, and mining. These activities are already damaging forests in the Congo Basin, and are driven by demand largely from the EU and China. By getting decision-makers to listen to the need for community forest management from both a climate and social perspective, they can reduce the amount of land taken up by these extractive industries, and in the process reduce emissions associated with global production chains


name: Dairy Sustainability Framework
alt_names: DSF,Dairy Sustainability Framework and Indicator Metrics
web_url: https://www.dairysustainabilityframework.org
description:
The Dairy Sustainability Framework (DSF) monitors and reports evidence of the dairy sector’s progress. This evidence enables dairy to provide a narrative that is underpinned and supported by quantitative data.\n\nThis Strategy focuses on supporting existing DSF membership to help solve common sustainability challenges and incorporate the DSF high-level indicator metrics. While growth in membership remains an important ambition, the Governors want to ensure that the DSF focuses on core issues such as sharing best practices and streamlining reporting so the dairy sector is seen as a responsible producer of high-quality nutrition. During the life of the plan, an area for growth will be in helping emerging dairy economies to implement the DSF model.


name: The Brazilian National Plan for Low Carbon Emission in Agriculture (ABC Plan)
web_url: https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/29868/195sustag.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
description:
The ABC Plan (Brazilian National Plan for Low Carbon Emission in Agriculture) is a government initiative launched in 2010 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil’s agricultural sector, aligning with the countrys commitments under the Paris Agreement. Its goal is to promote sustainable agricultural and livestock practices that reduce climate impact and prevent the expansion of agricultural frontiers, conserving forested areas and enhancing productivity without resorting to deforestation.\nThe plan primarily targets agricultural producers and ranchers, offering them access to financing through the ABC credit line to adopt low-carbon technologies, such as the restoration of degraded pastures, integrated crop and forest systems, and the use of biodigesters. Despite its positive impact, the ABC Plan faces challenges, including a lack of financing for small farmers and a need for technical assistance. It serves as a key mitigation strategy, aiming not only to cut emissions but also to increase resilience in Brazil’s agricultural sector in the face of climate change.


name: Forest of the world
web_url: https://www.forestsoftheworld.org/
description:
Forests of the World is a Danish green development organization founded in 1983 by a group of biology students under the name "The Rainforest Group Nepenthes." In 2011, it became known as Forests of the World. The organization focuses on preserving and developing biodiverse forests globally. It has headquarters in Denmark (Aarhus and Copenhagen) with regional offices in East Africa (Ethiopia), South America (Bolivia), and Central America (Honduras).\nForests of the World works closely with Indigenous Peoples and local communities to protect forests, promote sustainable development, and address global crises like climate change, inequality, and biodiversity loss. The organization relies on contributions from members, donors, foundations, businesses, and public funds. Since 2022, it has been a Strategic Partner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Denmark.\nKey initiatives include practical conservation efforts in tropical forests, knowledge development through research projects aimed at enhancing forest management practices globally. 


name:
Perverse incentives for agri-business and deforestation: a love affair that must end (Global Forest Coalition, CLARA)

web_url:
https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/28838/deforestation.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

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THIS ACTION FOCUSES ON ENDING THE PERVERSE incentives provided to agri-business in the EU and Mercosur countries. Direct and indirect incentives and subsidies in areas\nwith the highest deforestation rates, such as the Paraguayan Chaco, Brazilian Cerrado and Northern Argentina, harm forests, biodiversity and communities, while large agribusinesses receive all of the economic benefits. Such incentives are harmful to biodiversity and contradict the SDGs and other globally-agreed targets. GFC members are working on tackling these incentives in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.


name: Protecting Primary Forests is Essential for a Safe Climate (Wild Heritage, CLARA)
web_url:
https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/28839/primary_forest.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

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 FORESTS STORE MORE CARBON THAN IS CURRENTLY IN the atmosphere (and more than known oil and coal reserves combined). Forests are therefore a critical component of climate solutions because there is enough carbon in forests that if burned or otherwise released into the atmosphere, it would trigger dangerous warming, even if we eliminate fossil fuel emissions\n\nAlthough industrial activity is incompatible with the maintenance of primary forest values, we do know the range of activities that are compatible with primary forest protection–from\nprotected areas to indigenous and community conservation to payments for ecosystem service schemes. It is vital that climate funding shift to primary forest protection, ecological restoration and natural regeneration. Improved logging practices or plantations will not generate the mitigation necessary to avoid 1.5°C of warming and is only helpful if it linked to improved primary forest protection and restoration and does not have adverse impacts on indigenous or local communities.


name: Sustainable financing mechanism for Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas (Principality of Monaco)
web_url: https://www.iwlearn.net/iw-projects/organizations/902
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The Principality of Monaco has a long-standing commitment to develop and promote MPAs.\nAmong the initiatives undertook, Monaco set regional tools in cooperation with its neighboring countries such as the Pelagos Agreement1, establishing the Sanctuary for Mediterranean Marine Mammals in Mediterranean Sea, for which Monaco is the depository.\nThe Principality would be willing to help duplicate some of the tools already implemented in the Mediterranean region to enhance support to MPAs in the world.\nIn particular, a sustainable financing initiative for MPAs in the Mediterranean region could be\nbuilt on in other regions. Indeed, while the financial resources of MPAs in the Mediterranean\nregion today depend on rather conventional mechanisms (public funds, European projects, bilateral aid or international donors), there are other more innovative mechanisms that could contribute to perpetuate financial stability.\n One was signed in Rome in 1999 by France, Italy and the Principality of Monaco.\nIn the light of the absence of long-term financial mechanisms in the region, an initiative was\nlaunched jointly by France, Monaco, and Tunisia during the high-level session of the International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC3), in October 2013, to fill this gap. It was also raised at the Network of MPAs Managers in the Mediterranean (MedPAN) workshop in Albania in November 2014.


name: A Global Initiative for the protection of forest carbon sinks and reservoirs
web_url: https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/28790/carbon_sinks.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
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Maintaining the integrity of intact, primary forests is essential to achieving global climate and sustainable development goals, since these forests: 1) hold immense carbon stocks, totaling nine times annual anthropogenic emissions, 2) absorb over a quarter of global anthropogenic emissions annually; 3) are biodiversity strongholds, vital for adaptation and resilience; and 4) are home to many Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC).\nLong-term protection of intact, natural forest carbon sinks and reservoirs should be key in countries’ climate NDCs. However, most climate action focuses only on near-term emission reductions. This contribution aims to promote a prominent role for intact, natural forest sinks in enhanced commitments (e.g. 2020 NDCs) by tropical and boreal governments, in collaboration with IPLC, and supported by innovative, enhanced finance.\n\nThe Initiative will promote global recognition of the critical role of intact forests through (1)\ncommitments from stewards to monitor, manage, and protect them, (2) support from other\nstakeholders in the form of capacity, technology, and resources. The outcome will be implementation of commitments by High Forest Low Deforestation (HFLD) and other intact forest countries, standing together with IPLC, private sector, and civil society organizations. To enable these commitments, the Initiative will facilitate dialogues, technical support, and cooperation, building on the political will demonstrated by 27 countries through two major recent declarations (Section ix).


name: The High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA)
alt_names: HCSA,Putting No Deforestation into Practice
web_url:
https://highcarbonstock.org/#:~:text=The%20High%20Carbon%20Stock%20(HCS,values%20that%20may%20be%20developed.

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The High Carbon Stock Approach began in 2014 as a collaborative initiative between pulp and palm oil producers and environmental and social justice NGOs to develop a methodology that would identify forests in need of protection from deforestation.\n\nToday the HCSA is a global not-for-profit membership led organisation dedicated to stopping commodity-driven deforestation in tropical rainforest landscapes while respecting the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities. Collaboration has shaped the development of the High Carbon Stock Approach both as a methodology for implementing no deforestation commitments and as a multi-stakeholder organisation.\n\nHCSA members have an equal voice in the development of the HCSA methodology. The broad range of interests represented in its membership results in a powerful and collective impact in key sectors, including agriculture and forestry sectors that are significant drivers of tropical deforestation


name: Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests (AMPB)
web_url: https://www.alianzamesoamericana.org/en/
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The Mesoamerican Alliance of Pueblos y Bosques (AMPB) is a space for coordination and exchange of territorial authorities that administer or influence the main forest masses of Mesoamerica. Indigenous governments and community forestry organizations that in the Alliance seek to strengthen their own dialogue, focused on community management of their natural resources, jointly seeking to influence governments and international cooperation so that biodiversity conservation strategies and for the climate balance, appropriately integrate the rights and benefits of Indigenous Peoples and Forest Communities.\n\nThe AMPB works on two clear advocacy routes: the Community Forest Management agenda and the Territorial Rights agenda. Both are based on the global Climate Change agenda.\nConvinced that the only way of survival for our Indigenous Peoples and Forest Communities in the face of massive deforestation threats, the impact generated by climate change and the threats of megaprojects is through the union between the peoples, the Mesoamerican Alliance of Pueblos y Bosques (AMPB) in the context of COP16, in order to make visible the successful management of communities in the management of their natural resources to influence governments and instances that daily make decisions on issues that directly affect communities.


name: Coral Reef Rescue Initiative
alt_names: CRRI,Coral Reef Rescue - Building climate change resilient reefs and communities
web_url: https://coralreefrescueinitiative.org/
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The Coral Reef Rescue Initiative (CRRI) is a global programme, established to protect and regenerate the world’s rapidly degrading tropical coral reefs for the benefit of people through nature-based solutions.\n\nWe are a group of leading scientists, NGOs and influential partners, working in collaboration with governments and communities to safeguard reefs, food security and livelihoods against climate change.\n\nThey have initially identified seven countries with resilient reefs, chosen for their potential to survive in a warming ocean and withstand the threats of climate change. This initiative offers essential support to communities on the frontline in developing countries where these reefs can be found.\n\nIn all seven countries, their partners have a longstanding relationship with local communities and different levels of government.


name: Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative
web_url: https://sacredheadwaters.org/
description:
In 2017, during the 8th Pan-Amazon Social Forum (FOSPA) in Tarapoto, Peru, representatives from various organizations in Ecuador and Peru decided to create the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative. This effort, led by strong Indigenous representation, emerged in response to growing threats to territories and with the goal of proposing solutions to improve the quality of life for communities and mitigate biodiversity loss in the Amazon. After a process of ideation and research, a collective vision for 2030 was developed.\n\nThe Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative is building a shared vision among indigenous peoples, NGOs, the philanthropic community, social entrepreneurs and governments towards establishing a bi-national protected region – off-limits to industrial scale resource extraction, and governed in accordance with traditional indigenous principles of cooperation and harmony that foster a mutually enhancing human-Earth relationship.\n\nThe Initiative is led by Amazonian indigenous federations CONFENIAE (Ecuador),  AIDESEP (Peru), ORPIO, and COICA, in partnership with Pachamama Alliance, and Fundación Pachamama.


name: Vision Amazonia
web_url: https://visionamazonia.minambiente.gov.co/
alt_names:
Conservation Opportunities under Climate Change Considerations: the experience from the Amazon biome

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The Vision Amazonia initiative is a program by the Colombian government aimed at reducing deforestation in the Amazon region while promoting forest conservation and sustainable development. It focuses on five pillars: forest governance, sustainable sector development, agro-environmental agreements, community participation (including indigenous peoples), and results-based financing, incentivizing local communities with resources in exchange for reducing emissions from deforestation. With international support from countries like Norway, the United Kingdom, and Germany, this initiative seeks to protect biodiversity, mitigate climate change, and improve the living conditions of local communities through sustainable economic alternatives.


web_url: https://www.greenclimate.fund/project/fp203
name:
Heritage Colombia (HECO): Resilient landscapes that maximizes contribution to Colombia´s mitigation and adaptation goals

description:
Taking into account that Colombia is highly vulnerable to climate change but also that it is a megadiverse country, there is a growing recognition and awareness in Colombia that nature can help to find solutions to climate change. Therefore, any national climate change strategy in Colombia should consider the participation of protected areas, particularly in a country whose territory is half covered by forests. In this context, the declaration and effective management of protected areas is needed in order to allow the reduction of land use change and to safeguard biodiversity and ecosystem services. In addition, it is necessary to promote the management of protected areas in the wider landscapes in order to guarantee the function of ecosystems and their services. However, it will not be possible to achieve a significant contribution from PAs and landscapes if we do not aim for the financial sustainability of the PAs system and other conservation strategies in landscape scenarios. For this reason, the initiative Heritage Colombia (HECO) will ensure in the long term the necessary funds and capacities of the National System of Protected Areas and other conservation strategies.


name: Business Declares
web_url: https://businessdeclares.com/
description:
Business Declares is a not-for-profit organisation formed by senior leaders with a vast range of experience from the SME, B Corp and FTSE100 sectors. They are official members of the Race to Zero Campaign UNFCCC team, since COP26.The initiative believes that business has a major part to play in tackling the climate, ecological and social emergency. \n\nThey exist to raise awareness across the business sector of the imperative to accelerate action to address climate change, biodiversity loss and social injustice: the imperative to future proof every business by balancing profits with people and ethics, to live within planetary boundaries.  \n\nThey exist to galvanise the voice from the business community advocating for regulatory change, to build a resounding voice from business to propel a greater political will for urgent action. Convening dialogues, acting as an agitator and critical business friend, to explore the difficult challenges which we know will take collective effort to solve.


name: International Wineries for Climate Action (IWCA)
alt_names: IWCA
web_url: https://www.iwcawine.org/
description:
Founded in 2019 by Familia Torres (Penedes, Spain) and Jackson Family Wines (California, USA) to galvanize the global wine community to tackle the climate crisis, the International Wineries for Climate Action (IWCA) is a collaborative working group of environmentally committed wineries taking a science-based approach to reducing carbon emissions across the wine industry. The International Wineries for Climate Action (IWCA) is member-driven, and all member wineries are committed to the same goal: reaching Net Zero by 2050, while meeting intermediate emissions reduction targets by 2030. To support them, the Initiative offers tools and guidance on emissions reduction, accelerate learning among peers and with outside experts on climate actions strategies, and champion the voices of wineries as leaders for climate action.


name: Pledge to Net Zero
web_url: https://www.pledgetonetzero.org/
description:
‘Pledge to Net Zero’ is the environmental industry’s global commitment, requiring science-based targets from its signatories to tackle greenhouse gas emissions within their organisations.\n \nThe pledge recognises the need for those in the environmental sector to demonstrate leadership and take strong actions to mitigate the most significant impacts of climate change. \n\nPledge to Net Zero has been established to commit organisations from the environmental sector to take a leadership role in the transition to a Net Zero carbon economy.\n\nPledge signatories commit to the following: 1) Set and commit to deliver greenhouse gas reductions in line with Science Based Targets’ 1.5°C climate change scenario.  For those in the environmental consultancy sector it must cover buildings and travel as a minimum; 2) Publicly report greenhouse gas emissions and progress against this target each year; 3) Publish one piece of research/thought-leadership each year on practical steps to delivering an economy in line with climate science and in support of net zero carbon. Alternatively, signatories may choose to provide mentoring and support for smaller signatory companies in setting targets, reporting and meeting the requirements of the pledge.


name: CBN Expert Community
web_url: https://www.cbn.expert/
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The CBN Expert Community is an initiative focused on supporting businesses in their journey towards achieving net zero emissions. It aims to provide expertise and resources for carbon accounting and management, helping organizations measure their carbon footprint and tackle climate change effectively.


name: Planet Mark Net Zero Programme
web_url: https://www.planetmark.com/services/net-zero/
description:
Planet Mark is a sustainability certification and net zero provider for organisations and the built environment. For over a decade, they have supported organisations to radically reduce carbon emissions, create operational efficiencies, enhance profits and work towards the global transition to net zero. This critical period between 2023 and 2033, the Decade of Action, requires bold and ambitious commitments to tackle the climate crisis, and that means shifting to net zero carbon. 


