Our Approach
There is no pathway to meeting global climate and nature goals without halting and reversing tropical deforestation.
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Yet today, deforestation continues at an alarming pace, driven by agriculture, logging, extractive industries and land conversion.
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Emergent works to shift this model, changing these perverse economic incentives to making forests worth more alive than dead.
How We Work
​​Working With Forest Governments
Supporting large-scale, government-led programs to reduce deforestation.
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Mobilizing Private Sector Demand
Connecting corporates to high-integrity forest carbon at scale.
Bridging the Gap
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Simplifying transactions to unlock finance and accelerate impact.
A Model Designed for Impact
Connecting Markets
We connect forest governments with our wide network of buyers to support Jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD+) programs.
Our model simplifies and faciliates transactions, enabling the flow of high-integrity carbon credits at scale.
Delivering at Scale
These programs reduce deforestation across entire countries and states.
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Operating at the jurisdictional level enables impact at the scale and pace required to address the climate crisis.
Creating Long-Term Value
​This approach generates stable, long-term revenue that aligns economic growth with keeping forests standing.
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​Funds are reinvested through Benefit Sharing Plans and government-led strategies supporting sustainable development and the communities at the forefront of forest protection.​
Why This Matters
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 COâ‚‚, after the US and China.
1°C
Tropical forests are estimated to hold back more than 1 degree Celcius of atmospheric warming.
80%
Tropical forests are home to over 80% of terrestrial species of animals, plants and fungi.​
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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.
Why JREDD+?
How JREDD+ Works
Government Implementation
Governments lead jurisdictional REDD+ programs to reduce deforestation across entire regions.
Funding
​Public and private buyers fund impact through high-integrity emissions reductions and removals.
Revenue Sharing
​Communities participate as partners and receive a fair share of proceeds through Benefit Sharing Plans.
Social Safeguards
​Strong safeguards allow high social integrity, aligned with the Cancun Safeguards.