CLUA seeks to realize the potential of forests and lands to mitigate climate change, benefit people, and protect the environment. Photo: © Joel Redman

San Francisco, California
Joined June 2014
2/2 The fund, administered by Re:wild and constructed w/the support of diverse Indigenous and local community reps, provides a trusted source of financial support in the carbon space. It’ll also provide support to NGOs & gov’s working to ensure integrity in forest carbon markets
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1/2 A new fund, called the Kawari Fund, aims to help the carbon market scale by ensuring that the rapid development of carbon initiatives does not threaten the rights and sovereignty of the Indigenous peoples and local communities. kawari.earth
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#NewReport: Building Bridges: Innovations and Approaches to Increase Financing to #Indigenous and Afro-descendant Peoples and Local Communities for #Climate and #Conservation Goals Link: rightsandresources.org/publi…
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#DeepRoots Watch "Why direct and local climate financing for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities is urgent now", a discussion at #COP27 on strategic action for direct climate finance to secure and protect IPLC territories + achieve climate goals: youtu.be/lgd3PRwe7A0
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Women from Indigenous and local communities are the key to stop climate change. 👩🏽‍🦱👩🏽‍🦰👩🏿 📣 Their knowledge and resilience have to be recognized in decision-making spaces. This #GenderDay at #COP27, we urge global leaders to eradicate the discrimination against them.💜
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Want to see what is going on in indigenous territories while world leaders continue with the usual blah blah at #COP27? We demand land rights to better protect Mother Earth against extensive oil plantation and mining. It’s time for transformative action. #GuardiansOfTomorrow
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Climate change is filled with uncertainty and complexity - not only regarding impacts but also the solutions. Philanthropy can play a role in taking risks, promoting social justice and restoring biodiversity - Carolina Zambrano @ClimateLandUse #PhilanthropyForClimate #COP27
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"A key challenge for us is to descentralize, decolonize the way the funds are going to the ground" Kevin Currey, Ford Foundation (@ktcurrey)
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"@FordFoundation, @PackardFdn, @christensenfund and others are already partnering with us. We want these type of partnerships, so that instead of the funds going to big organizations, they reach the ground and strengthen our capacities" - Basiru Isa
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#COP27 | One Year On: Delivering the Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Forest Tenure Pledge with the @globalalliancet and the @FordFoundation just finished. Get to know the main ideas within the pamelists' speeches below 👀
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🚨: The climate crisis demands more from #philanthropy. That's why @ClimateWorks is proud to join 12 other philanthropies in committing $400 million of new funding to end & reverse deforestation and protect #Indigenous peoples & local communities.🌳 #COP27 bit.ly/3zXudHN
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The time for #ClimateAction is now, and everyone must listen to those who have been protecting mother Earth for millennia. At the World Leader's Summit, here's one truth worth sharing: there's no future without the #GuardiansOfTomorrow. 🌳 Watch now 👉 bit.ly/3WD7H0B
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Indigenous leaders of the @globalalliancet Levi Sucre (Costa Rica) and Marleine Saira (DRC) kick off #COP27 by presenting the voices of indigenous peoples and local communities to world leaders at the Forest & Climate Leaders Partnership (FCLP) ⬇️
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At #COP26, world leaders committed to halting and reversing forest loss and land degradation by 2030. A new Forests and Climate Leaders' Partnership will be launched at #COP27 today, designed to deliver on this essential goal 🌳 Watch the video to find out more 👇
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#RaicesProfundas With an urgent call to listen to the knowledge of indigenous peoples and local communities, a delegation of territorial leaders from Mesoamerica will arrive in Sharm El Sheikh for #COP27. Meet our delegation and check out our events: bit.ly/3zLM9VN
"Countries are turning to land-based solutions instead of doing the hard work of reducing emissions from fossil fuels, decarbonising food systems & stopping forest destruction and other ecosystems” - @katedooley0 @MCFunimelb #LandGapReport #LGR2022 ft.com/content/6db18a31-5600…
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Conserving primary forests, transforming food systems towards agroecology and securing the land rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) are among the key complementary measures examined in a new study. news.mongabay.com/2022/11/th… a través de @Mongabay
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JUST LAUNCHED: The 2022 Forest Declaration Assessment tracks progress toward 2030 forest goals, one year after 145 countries endorsed the Glasgow Leaders' Declaration at COP26. Read the #GlobalForestAssessment now: bit.ly/forests2022
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Forests have significant—and overwhelmingly positive—effects beyond carbon storage & removal on local, regional & global climate stability. Policymakers should urgently recognize & address the full range of forests’ climate regulation services. ➡️ ow.ly/EvzN50Lk6M2 #COP27

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Besides sequestering carbon, tropical forests can cool nearby areas by creating clouds, humidifying the air and releasing cooling molecules. They provide a massive boost to global cooling that current policies ignore. Now reading - ow.ly/RLF850Lk71a via @Nature #COP27
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