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.
Voices of the Forest: Afro-Ecuadorian, Indigenous, and Local Perspectives on forest protection
Voices of the Forest: Afro-Ecuadorian, Indigenous, and Local Perspectives on forest protection
GloboNews COP30: Pará advances jurisdictional REDD+ through its partnership with the LEAF Coalition
Why Salesforce Joined the LEAF Coalition: Tim Christophersen, VP Climate Action
Why Bayer Joined the LEAF Coalition: Matthias Berninger, EVP, Head of Public Affairs, Sustainability
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.
