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Have you checked out the outcomes and publications from the recent Fair and Equitable REDD+ Agreements project?

You can find them online! ⬇

📝 Policy Brief (Available in English & Spanish) ➡https://bit.ly/FERDDAPB
📖 Guide (Spanish Only) ➡https://bit.ly/ARJEP1GN
📄 Pedagogical Model (Spanish Only) ➡https://bit.ly/ARJEPPM

The Fair and Equitable REDD+ Agreements project aims to strengthen the governance processes of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) with regards to the voluntary (VCM) in the Amazon and Pacific regions of . It entails research, analysis, capacity-building, and stakeholder engagement to support IPLCs’ capacities, knowledge and governance structures to improve and in VCM REDD+ projects. 🌳

The project was implemented by and WWF Colombia with support from UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions) through the UK in Colombia.

During , Climate Finance Director Sebastian Lema presented the progress of the Dashboard and Report for the operationalization of Article 6 in Latin America. This is a project under development with the Regional Collaboration Center for Latin America that seeks to provide updated and in-depth information on the level of progress and support needed by countries in Latin America for the implementation of the cooperative approaches under Article 6.

Thank you to and for also inviting us
to present the results of the Fair and Equitable REDD+ Agreements project.

Among the main challenges that limit the fair distribution of benefits in REDD+ projects are the lack of transparency of information regarding benefit-sharing schemes and the asymmetry of information between communities and developers at the time of signing benefit-sharing agreements.

The Fair and Equitable REDD+ Agreements project is implemented by WWF Colombia and and supported by the British Embassy in Colombia and UK PACT.

📰 Read the key recommendations and takeaways from the Fair and Equitable REDD+ Agreements Policy Brief, and download the PDF available in both English and Spanish here ➡ https://bit.ly/FERDDAPB

CCAP will head to from June 25-27, hosted by & !

and Director Sebastian Lema & Policy Associate Santiago Uribe will be making the trip to Cartagena, , to be a part of the ongoing discussions surrounding the evolving landscape across the region! 🌿

If you’re heading to the event, don’t miss these sessions where Sebastian will be presenting! ⬇

📅 June 25 | Catalyzing Climate Action under Article 6 in Latin America - 17:00-18:30

📅 June 26 | Plenary 3 – Indigenous People and Local Communities: Safeguards, Benefit Sharing, and Just Transition - 17:30-18:30

💡 Key topics our policy staff will be following include:

✅ Safeguards and benefits sharing for REDD+ projects
✅ The Voluntary Carbon Market and Article 6
✅ and management
☑️ And More!

Learn more and register for hashtag ➡ https://reg.eventmobi.com/LACS2024

📰 Ahead of our sessions, be sure to check out our new policy brief that provides recommendations to build integrity in the Colombian Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) as part of the Fair and Equitable REDD+ Agreements project ➡ https://bit.ly/FERDDAPB

This report aims to disseminate adaptable and innovative management strategies that incentivize and encourage waste source separation.

Read the key takeaways and download this new report! ⬇

💡 Did you know? The waste sector is responsible for nearly 20% of global anthropogenic emissions, heavily contributing to the .

To raise awareness about the importance of separation at the source, the Recycle Organics Program—with support from Environment and Climate Change Canada—has published a new report that showcases innovative management incentives to promote and encourage waste sector solutions. ♻️ 🍏

📈 Key takeaways from the report ➡ https://recycleorganics.org/new-report-sustainable-solutions-incentives-for-promoting-organic-waste-source-separation/

The report analyzes successful case studies from Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries and communities that can be scaled and replicated across the region and around the world. By highlighting successful strategies, outreach campaigns and incentives, the goal is to inspire the adoption of effective practices that contribute to a greener, more sustainable future for managing organic waste in the region and beyond. 🌎

The case studies presented in this report have proven to create positive behavioral changes regarding the ways in which the communities involved view the waste they produce, transforming it into a source of income or valuable commodity that helps reduce emissions, rather than something that solely needs to be disposed of. 🌱CCAP

📈 Read the key takeaways from our latest on Organic Waste Management Initiatives!💡

📝 ➡ https://recycleorganics.org/recycle-organics-publishes-new-report-on-organic-waste-management-initiatives/

With support from Environment and Climate Change , the Program has published a new report that provides valuable insights into large-scale , and , along with practical recommendations for implementing these projects. 🌱

Developed by and CCAP, the report presents and analyzes successful and innovative case studies and initiatives happening around the world 🌎 to showcase how countries and municipalities can implement, replicate and accelerate green waste management projects on the ground to create co-benefits for communities.

The and benefits of each technology are emphasized, showcasing their importance beyond reducing . Implementing these technologies can create jobs in the waste management sector, restore degraded soils and consumption, to name a few. This comprehensive approach demonstrates that these technologies not only treat organic waste but also provide a multitude of opportunities. ♻️ 🍏

The road to COP29 Azerbaijan brings us to Bonn, Germany, in June! 🛣️

The annual Bonn Climate Change Conference presents a crucial opportunity for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to take the spotlight and assert their unique challenges and existential threats induced by .

Read our 4th blog from our series on in SIDS! ⬇ 🌎 🌴 🌊

📰 “All Eyes on Bonn: The Global Stocktake and its Role in Shaping the New Collective Quantified Goal for SIDS” ➡ https://bit.ly/SIDSBlog4Bonn

💡 The unified voices of members and allies to SIDS will be key in determining the outcomes of and the progress towards the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG) ahead of in Baku, Azerbaijan.

💡 Since 2009, developed countries have fallen short of their commitment to mobilize and channel $100 billion annually in climate finance toward developing countries, impeding its delivery and increasing the level of uncertainty on whether the timelines defined in the can still be achieved.

💡 While the Global Stocktake failed to deliver on the phaseout of fossil fuels—further narrowing pathways to the 1.5°C threshold—it also identified areas for improvement, including enhanced access to climate finance and streamlined processes by international climate funds and multilateral development banks, which SIDS can leverage to address funding gaps and needs.

💡 Integrating a loss and damage sub-goal under the NCQG is important for distinguishing itself from other climate financing thresholds, such as adaptation and . It is also essential for SIDS to lead the conversation to establish a common definition, as the provision of support hinges on whether “loss and damage” is quantifiable, perhaps through a new reporting mechanism or scheme.

Blog | All Eyes on Bonn: The Global Stocktake and its Role in Shaping the New Collective Quantified Goal for SIDS The upcoming 60th Session of the Subsidiary Bodies in Bonn, Germany, presents a crucial opportunity for Small Island Developing States.

💡 Have you ever asked yourself what the voluntary carbon market (VCM) is? How does it contribute to and ? And what and how does it sell?

📰 Read “The Voluntary Carbon Market in Colombia: A World to be Known” ➡ https://bit.ly/ARJEP1GN

As its name implies, the VCM is a market where commercial transactions are carried out for the purchase and sale of certificates (also referred to as carbon credits). It is called “voluntary” because it allows individuals and companies to acquire certificates to offset or willingly contribute to the reduction of gas emissions.

Colombia's mitigation goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030. To achieve adequate emissions reduction at the national level, a strategy was designed with actions, including a . This tax includes a mechanism called “non-causation” that aims to stimulate , especially nature-based mitigation projects that combat the country’s alarming rates of in ecosystems such as the Amazon and Pacific . 🌳

UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions) through the British Embassy in Colombia (UK in Colombia funded and WWF Colombia) to develop a guide and policy brief as part of the Fair and Equitable REDD+ Agreements project that provides tools, resources and recommendations to improve the participation and well-being of ethnic and local communities in Colombian VCM REDD+ projects—projects that reduce emissions from and degradation in developing countries. 🌱

The Fair and Equitable REDD+ Agreements guide highlights potential risks that impact community well-being and environmental integrity from VCM REDD+ projects. It further develops best practices and guidelines to ensure that these projects are developed on fair and rights-based agreements that guarantee meaningful participation and equitable benefit-sharing schemes for ethnic and local communities.

Read the Fair and Equitable REDD+ Agreements guide (available in Spanish) here ➡ https://bit.ly/ARJEGESP

In this context, voluntary carbon market projects have the potential to contribute to national climate goals as long as they are implemented within a framework of environmental and social integrity.

Read the key recommendations and takeaways from the policy brief here ➡ https://bit.ly/FERDDAPB

We’re pleased to announce our new policy brief that provides recommendations to build integrity in the Colombian Voluntary (VCM) as part of the Fair and Equitable REDD+ Agreements project! 🌳

📰 Read the key recommendations and takeaways from the Brief, and download the PDF available in both English and Spanish here! ➡ https://bit.ly/FERDDAPB

The project provides tools that support safeguards for ethnic and local communities in the territories where agreements are currently initiated.

The Colombian and regions span across 42 and 10% of the country’s continental territory, respectively, and hold vast extensions of natural . These ecosystems are essential sinks, rich with a wide network of . Additionally, they share a vital relationship with the ethnic and local communities that call these lands home. However, these two regions face alarming rates of that impact the country at large, which at the national level reached 123,517 ha in 2022. This massive forest clearing has been driven by activities like mining, cattle ranching and illegal logging.

In this context, REDD+ projects (projects that reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries) funded through the VCM have become a widespread tool used to combat these shocking deforestation rates, while providing resources to biodiversity and ecosystems, as well as to improve the living conditions for local communities. However, the implementation of these projects in Colombia—as well as in other developing countries—pose significant challenges in terms of guaranteeing that the participating communities in carbon credit projects, do so under fair agreements that include equitable access to decision-making processes and resources generated by those projects.

This Policy Brief gathers the main recommendations from the Fair and Equitable REDD+ Agreements project, implemented by and WWF Colombia with support from UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions) through the British Embassy in Colombia (UK in Colombia).

Special thanks are due to the non-governmental, international and community organizations and experts who partook in the development process of these recommendations (WCS Colombia, Plataforma Diálogos Improbables, Fondo para la Accion Ambiental y la Niñez, Fundación Natura, Fundación Etnollano, Ambiente y Sociedad, The Nature Conservancy, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and Facultad de Derecho | Uniandes).

This initiative seeks to improve the participation of ethnic and local communities in Colombian VCM REDD+ projects, including communities’ access to the economic benefits of these projects and directly involving local community members in the design and implementation phases.

Explorando los beneficios y retos del compostaje: Webinar MetLAC destaca experiencias de Brasil, Chile y Colombia - LEDS LAC Por motivo de la Semana Internacional de Concientización sobre el Compostaje ICAW 2024, La Comunidad de Práctica MetLAC organizó este webinar para conocer experiencias desde Brasil, Chile y Colombia.

Happy International Awareness Week! 🌱

💡 Why should we all be and separating the organic fraction of waste?

Composting is a practice that limits the amount of that ends up in landfills (by up to 50%) and reduces harmful gas emissions, such as . It also produces a high quality fertilizer that can be used to enrich the soil for plants and reduce the need for chemical fertilizers. Additionally, composting generates savings for municipalities in the transportation and final disposal of waste. ♻ 🍏

currently uses composting as one of its 3 core technologies to help 20+ developing around the world reach their goals and achieve the .

Learn more about the benefits of composting by visiting the Compost Research & Education Foundation (CREF) and/or heading to our website: https://recycleorganics.org/technologies/

🌱 The Community of Practice on the Reduction of Emissions from Organic Sources in Latin America and the Caribbean (CoP MetLAC) invites you to join this to learn more about and its benefits, based on experiences from the region.

This activity will take place during International Composting Awareness Week 🌍 We look forward to seeing you there!

🗣️ Simultaneous translation Spanish - English available
🗓 Date: Wednesday, May 8th
⏰ Time: 09:00 AM Costa Rica. 10:00 AM Peru / Colombia. 11:00 AM Chile. 12:00 PM Argentina.
🔗 Register here: https://bit.ly/3xViFXC

CCAP LEDS LAC

was in São Paulo last week for IFAT Brasil, which featured a panel on "Too Good to Waste”—an initiative led by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) aimed at mitigating emissions from in Latin America and the Caribbean. Climate Policy Associate Santiago Uribe served as the master of ceremonies for the event.

Focusing on the management of solid waste, the event agenda included 3 sessions and a panel discussion covering topics such as Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV), public policies, operationalized solutions, and financing.

In the panel, "Regulation as a Tool for Methane Mitigation in the Solid Waste Sector," Climate Policy Associate Caio Raposo showcased some of our ongoing initiatives in Caribbean countries. He highlighted the development of policies, plans, and studies aimed at the proper treatment of waste and diverting these materials from landfills.

Learn more about our work in ➡ https://www.ccap.org/methanemitigation
Learn more about Too Good to Waste ➡ https://bit.ly/44iKqFm

As part of the "Too Good to Waste" project led by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), visited “Usina Verde,” accompanied by representatives from the and . “Usina Verde” is an exemplary plant that follows an innovative approach aimed at creating a ecosystem for managing urban and solid in the city of Campinas, state of . This initiative emerged in 2017 as a result of an interinstitutional Agreement between the Municipal Secretariat of Public Services of Campinas (SMSP - Prefeitura Municipal de Campinas), the city's wastewater treatment company (SANASA), the Central Supply Market (CEASA), and the Agronomic Institute (IAC).

This successful partnership, stemming from intensive collaboration among these institutions, has enabled the sustainable management of solid waste and sludge generated in the wastewater treatment process, with a current processing capacity of 215 tons per day and has potential for expanding in the future (up to 300 tons per day). The treated waste includes city park and garden prunings (40 tons/day), fruit and vegetable waste from open-air markets and CEASA’s operation (35 tons/day), eco-point waste from the city’s garden operations (50 tons/day) and wastewater sludge provided by SANASA (90 tons/day).

This initiative produces a total of 95 tons of matured per day from the daily waste processed, which has been quality-approved by the IAC and certified, ready for commercialization.

This proves to be an excellent example that we hope more municipalities from other countries can adopt in the future as a business model, achieving sustainable initiatives aimed at reducing emissions and promoting sustainable, low-emission development.

IFAT Brasil Recycle Organics

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✅ Waste Strategy Consultant – Francophone Africa

The Waste Strategy Consultant will support CCAP’s international and work with a focus on effective strategies to reduce sector emissions in the West African and Francophone African context. The consultant will have contact with high-level, developing-country policymakers and sector experts and will participate in cutting-edge climate change work.

Learn more and apply today! ➡ https://www.ccap.org/wastestrategyconsultantfrancophoneafrica

Today is the annual . According to climate scientists, we must reduce emissions by 30% by 2030–less than 6 years–to mitigate the worst effects of .

Cities produce between 2.1-2.3 billion tons of municipal solid every year. This waste decomposes in landfills and generates harmful methane emissions that permeate our atmosphere and substantially contribute to and .

Methane is responsible for 40% of the Earth’s warming since the Industrial Revolution.

3 key benefits of sustainably managing the organic fraction of waste through actions like composting:

✅ Reducing Gas Emissions 🏭
✅ Reducing the demand for synthetic fertilizers 🌱
✅ Generating through the production of ⚡🔌🔋

We work with more than 20 countries around the world to reduce both and emissions. Instead of waste being sent to landfills, we directly support governments, cities, communities and companies to separate the waste they produce at the source and put it to good use through and waste to energy projects.

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The first international poll on and methane emissions by the Global Methane Hub provides new insight into public support for solutions across 17 countries worldwide.

emissions have contributed to about half of the warming we are experiencing today, causing harm to communities around the globe.

The data shows a strong appetite for action, even amongst those with lower levels of knowledge about methane’s harmful impacts. And as awareness increases, public support for action to reduce methane emissions increases even further.

Read More Here! �https://www.globalmethanehub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/FINAL-GMH-Survey-Results-Release-032524.pdf

Learn how is working to address the 20% of global emissions stemming from the sector 👉https://www.ccap.org/methanemitigation

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On this , we’re thinking about our projects within the “REDD+” framework that work towards protecting forests and reducing as part of the . 🌴

“REDD+” stands for Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, in addition to other forest-related activities that protect the , namely the management of forests and the and enhancement of forest carbon stocks (UN Climate Change).

Through our current carbon markets projects, we’re developing guides to create fair agreements and analyze trends, with the goal of empowering and supporting local and communities to access voluntary carbon markets in an informed way, promoting and seeking .

Under the framework of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, we have partnered with organizations such as the WWF Colombia to support local communities in rural regions, including Colombia’s Amazon and Pacific, to improve their understanding and strengthen their capacities regarding projects that protect the climate, reduce emissions and create carbon credits.

🌲 Learn more here ➡ https://www.ccap.org/post/ccap-and-wwf-colombia-launch-fair-and-equitable-redd-agreements-project

📅 Last chance to register!

This Wednesday, we’re hosting a on successful and innovative management strategies, focusing on the organic fraction of waste, separation at the source, raising awareness and the power of effective communication outreach. The webinar will outline a set of general strategies and present two specific case studies/examples from the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region. ♻ 🍏

📅 Wednesday, March 20
⏰ 11:00 AM (GMT-4)

🎙 Featuring: Myrna Julien (Communications Manager, Grenada Solid Waste Management Authority) & Tiago Gorski Lacerda (Mayor, City of Santiago, Rio Grande do Sul)

Our webinar series taking place this month is supported by Environment and Climate Change and jointly coordinated by CCAP and ImplementaSur.

📝 Learn more and register today! ➡https://bit.ly/ROMarWReg

Recycle Organics Webinar - "Unveiling Success in Organic Waste Management" This Recycle Organics webinar was held on March 13, 2024. With support from Environment and Climate Change Canada, it highlighted case studies and man...

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📢 Join us for a discussion on successful and innovative management strategies, focusing on the organic fraction of waste, separation at the source, raising awareness and the power of effective communication outreach. The webinar will outline a set of general strategies and present two specific case studies/examples from the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region.

📅 Wednesday, March 20
⏰ 11:00 AM (GMT-4)

🎙 Featuring: Myrna Julien (Communications Manager, Grenada Solid Waste Management Authority) & Tiago Gorski Lacerda (Mayor, City of Santiago, Rio Grande do Sul)

Our webinar series taking place this month is supported by Environment and Climate Change and jointly coordinated by and .

📝 Learn more and register today! ➡https://bit.ly/ROMarWReg