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As the world’s only crowd-sourced report on renewable energy, the Renewables 2023 Global Status Report (GSR) is in a class of its own. It covers policies, markets, and much more, while telling the most up-to-date global story on renewable energy. Since 2005, the GSR has worked with its many contributors to put the spotlight on ongoing developments and emerging trends that shape the…

This report was commissioned by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) as part of its efforts to support the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration through the implementation of the project ”Support for the Design and Implementation of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration“. The report provides an overview and assesses funding sources that are relevant for local non…

The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030 (hereafter “UN Decade”) recognizes the critical need to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of the world’s ecosystems. Effective restoration of degraded ecosystems is of paramount importance for recovering biodiversity, ecosystem health and integrity, ecosystem goods and services, climate-change mitigation and human health and…

Mountains play a crucial role for both the highlands and lowlands, but are particularly vulnerable to climate change and human interventions. This policy brief focuses on ecosystem restoration in the mountains. It highlights the role of healthy mountain ecosystems and their services and provides a set of recommendations to help design effective restoration plans. It also reflects on the…

Natural climate solutions (NCS) offer one of our most valuable tools for tackling climate change. Researchers estimate that NCS alone could contribute close to 40% of the CO2 mitigation we need to achieve by 2030 in order to limit warming. Reforestation is a key part of this solution; it could represent up to one-third of all climate mitigation from NCS (Exhibit 1, cost-effective scenario).1

Designing restoration projects requires integrating socio-economic and cultural needs of local stakeholders for enduring and just outcomes. Using India as a case study, we demonstrate a people-centric approach to help policymakers translate global restoration prioritization studies for application to a country-specific context and to identify different socio-environmental conditions restoration…