Ceibo Alliance
Climate Transformation Fund • Colombia + 2 countries
Enabling Indigenous communities to combat deforestation
The Ceibo Alliance, an Indigenous-led organisation operating in the Upper Amazon across Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru, empowers Indigenous communities to combat deforestation and protect vital carbon sinks within their territories. A key element of their strategy involves mapping and monitoring forests, where they support community land patrols in detecting and deterring activities that threaten the rainforest in real time. They also gather evidence of these illegal activities, leveraging legal channels to stop future encroachments and protect their territories.
Nature protection and restoration
Protecting and restoring nature is of paramount importance for addressing climate change. Deforestation and forest degradation result in substantial carbon emissions as forests are destroyed. Preserving the carbon stored in existing ecosystems and restoring carbon to areas that have lost it are critical steps in mitigating climate change. These actions not only help reduce greenhouse gas emissions but also have significant co-benefits for both human societies and biodiversity.
Tenure security
Tenure security in this context refers to the legal and customary rights of these communities to own, access, and control their forest lands. Secure tenure is crucial for CFM's success, as it empowers communities, ensures long-term stewardship of the forests, and provides them with incentives to manage resources sustainably.
Nature protection and restoration
Canada + 1 countries
Backwater introduces an innovative, shallow-depth geological storage method for dissolved CO₂. This novel approach expands geographic accessibility, enabling co-location of CO2 capture and underground storage. By eliminating transport and reducing well costs, Backwater makes smaller projects cost-effective and unlocks untapped CDR potential in storage-constrained regions.
Nature protection and restoration
South Africa
CHAI will work on the high impact project of transitioning a portfolio of hospitals in South Africa's Western Cape Province to renewable energy. This could be a high impact measure that is currently not occurring due to the limited capacity of the department of health and because of bureaucratic hurdles to innovative financial and energy contracts. The project has the potential to reduce emissions by hundreds of thousands of tons, and leverages CHAI's extensive experience in health sector procurement and innovative finance.
Nature protection and restoration
Tanzania
This project develops a mobile app for regreening techniques like Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR). The app delivers real-time, location-specific advice directly to farmers' phones. This approach reduces intervention costs by eliminating the need for in-person visits to every location. We already support Justdiggit’s regular work since 2021, and now added this project because it builds on proven FMNR methods, increasing cost-efficiency and potential for rapid scaling in dry landscapes.