Climate Action East Africa

Climate Neutral Now – Nature-based solution Summary of Carbon Tanzania’s Nature-based solutions Preventing deforestation can mitigate 31% of global emissions, while safeguarding important biodiversity. REDD projects can link sustainable management of biodiverse forests to economic and livelihood improvements. Tanzania currently looses approx 1-2% of forests every year, contributing to approximately 70% of the country’s national emissions. […]
The Impact of our Natural Climate Solutions in 2020

Following 10 years of experimenting and innovating, Carbon Tanzania’s approach to community conservation has reached 16 forest communities in Tanzania, protecting over 650,000 ha of forest and avoiding over 1.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. View and download our 2020 impact report for an in-depth analysis of Carbon Tanzania’s impact in 2020.
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 […]
Biodiversity loss and Covid-19

“We need to save the planet” is an exhortation that I hear frequently, from family, friends and peers in the world of conservation and environmental action, and even more widely across the morass of social media. But my response is, and always has been, the same: “The planet is fine, it will be here long […]
The Wisdom of Youth

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children” This much-quoted aphorism is dear to many environmentalists, although there is some confusion over who first coined the saying*. Nonetheless, it neatly captures Carbon Tanzania’s aspirations for giving the earth back to our children in a recoverable state, or at […]
2020, the “Super Year”

A big year for both climate change and biodiversity action. It’s official, 2020 is going to be a big year for climate change! Throughout the final months of 2019 we read about a whole host of reports, articles and stories that made it clear that time is running out for the global community to act […]