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What is the impact of football matches and fans on climate change? How aware is the football business of environmental and climate issues? An interview on German radio station Deutschlandfunk gives insight. It also includes analyses by Patrick Fortyr, our CO2OL expert for eco-balances. To go to the article and podcast of the interview (both in German): https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/endspiel-ums-klima-1-klimasuender-fussballfan.1346.de.html?dram:article_id=437166  

We are glad to announce that we will support the Government of Guatemala for the next two years to further develop the country’s REDD+ strategy. REDD stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, a programme promoted by the UN. Together with our partners GOPA and Sudaustral, we will assist to integrate Guatemala’s REDD+ strategy into other national policy and planning frameworks thus coordinating with ongoing initiatives by the Forest Investment Program (FIP) and the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) administered by both the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and World Bank.  The project is financed by the FCPF Readiness... Read More

ForestFinest Consulting/CO2OL supports the initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Development Minister Gerd Müller to establish an „Alliance for Development and Climate“. The aim of the alliance is to make it easier for companies and organisations to voluntarily, vigorously and effectively finance CO2 offset projects in developing countries – for example biogas plants, wind power, solar energy or reforestation – and thus make their own CO2 balance climate-neutral. The financed projects avoid CO2 emissions or remove them from the atmosphere; at the same time they promote economic and social development locally. The Alliance... Read More

Today, CO2OL has joined the Gold Standard Network Platform. The project of the international certification body uses a collaborative approach between companies, project developers, government agencies and NGOs to promote more ambitious steps for climate action and sustainable development. The network seeks to mobilise partnerships and drive new ideas that aim to achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement as well as the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For more information: https://www.goldstandard.org/get-involved/join-platform

We are pleased to announce that Germán Rodriguez, Regional Director LatAM, will present at the DANA Forest Investment Conference in Cancún, Mexico on 14th November at 2.30p.m. This year’s conference includes agroforesty and agribusiness topics as funds that invest in forestry are increasingly looking to include agroforestry and agribusiness projects. There will be more than 20 speakers and panellists from different regions of the world. Germán’s talk will be on Investment opportunities in agroforestry systems – new horizons through the intensive use of new technologies.