After COP27, the time has come for community-led climate change action.

Now that the dust has settled on COP27 in Egypt, many of us working in climate change are asking what was achieved, and many observers are asking “what is the climate COP really meant to achieve anyway”. To paraphrase Christiana Figueres in the most recent episode of the excellent climate change podcast “Outrage and Optimism”, COP is […]
What is resilience in the context of climate change?

There is no word in the Hadza language for hunger or famine. This is no linguist omission. It reflects a culture in which food can always be found in the natural world. While many in Western societies may not question the apparent abundance of resources, this is different: the Hadza and many other Indigenous Peoples do […]
Can Carbon Finance Pay for the Protection of Forests?

Let’s celebrate Nature! Last month the world celebrated Earth Day, 51 years after the first mass gatherings were held recognising the fundamental importance for human societies of our planetary life-support system. On the 5th June we are urged by the United Nations Environment Programme to celebrate World Environment Day, being promoted as a chance for our generation to […]
Responding to Covid-19, Climate Change & Biodiversity Loss

Responding to the Covid-19 crisis informs how we deal with the dual challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss. I am writing this blog over an Easter Weekend like no other. In common with over half of the world’s population, I am with my family and under “lockdown” conditions due to the outbreak of the […]
How do Masai Herders Learn about Carbon Forestry

In 2018 Carbon Tanzania rolled out its “Carbon Champions” programme, an experimental scheme designed to communicate the complex nature of carbon forest projects to the communities of Makame WMA. We wanted to address the challenge, common to many rural development initiatives, of communicating complex plans and activities to local people who are both participants in, […]
Carbon Tanzania – 2016 Impact Report

Carbon Tanzania’s 2016 Annual Report – Click here download our interactive 2016 Annual Report poster.
Sharing the Revenue from Carbon Credits – What Really Happens?

As part of our contractual agreement with the communities in Yaeda Valley, the Carbon Tanzania team heads to Yaeda for meetings in May and November every year. These scheduled meetings are attended by the ward government, village government, partner organizations and members of the Hadza communities, some of whom can walk for a day or […]
Beyond Philanthropy – Carbon Credits and Risk Mitigation

This month we review the major findings of the recent Ecosystem Marketplace report into carbon offsetting, and present a compelling summary of why companies around the world are committed to purchasing carbon offsets as part of their broader emission reduction strategies. Far from being akin to buying religious indulgencies, carbon offsets are now understood to […]
Achieving the Global Goals with Forest Conservation

“A world reconnected with nature – the global community, that’s you, working with local communities, that’s us, to address climate change”. This was my opening statement to the Plan Vivo stakeholder workshop in Stockholm, Sweden last week. This simple phrase was immediately tweeted around the world, emphasising yet again that what we do at Carbon […]