Changing the Economic Incentives
Emergent is a non-profit working to mobilize large-scale public and private finance to support government-led programs that reduce deforestation across entire countries and regions.
Using high-integrity carbon credits as a tool to channel public and private finance at scale, we support lasting impacts and sustainable economic opportunities for forest countries, including Indigenous Peoples, local and Afrodescendant communities.
By connecting forest governments with buyers, we help create long-term value for forests, people, and climate.
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Our Partners and Supporters
Emergent convenes public, private, community and civil society actors to deliver collective impact.
Voices Shaping Forest Protection
Hear perspectives from across the forest ecosystem.
Simon Hall - Walmart Foundation
Simon Hall - Walmart Foundation
Jamey Mulligan - Amazon
Côte d'Ivoire: Where Forest Preservation Meets Corporate Climate Action.
Simon Hall - Walmart
Why Forests?
Impacts for climate, people and nature
30%
Halting and reversing tropical deforestation could contribute up to 30% of required climate change mitigation.
3rd
If tropical deforestation were a country, it would be the world's third-highest emitter of CO₂, after the US and China.
1°C
Tropical forests are estimated to hold back more than 1 degree Celcius of atmospheric warming.
80%
20%
Up to 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions are driven by land use changes - principally deforestation.
1.6B
1.6 billion people, including 70 million Indigenous Peoples, depend on forests for their livelihoods.
