You can support 18 projects for a global impact

Forest owners in the Prättigau and Davos region are voluntarily relinquishing the use of potential timber stocks as a measure to climate-optimise forestry management and to help permanently remove CO₂ from the atmosphere. The forest owners also pledge to invest the income from climate protection contributions into the forest in order to make the forest more resilient, promote biodiversity and raise awareness.

The climate protection project is located in Vichada in the Orinoquía region of Colombia and supports the reforestation of degraded land. The project aims to create forests that are as natural as possible, plant high-quality hardwoods and, as a result, sequester carbon. At the same time, fragile, degraded areas will be stabilised and restored in an economically, socially and ecologically viable manner. Historically, Vichada was used intensively for livestock grazing and regularly devastated by fires, which led to the landscape being transformed into a savannah with severely degraded soils.

This pioneering project is working with Mongolian nomads in the mountains and steppes of a globally important biodiversity hotspot. The aim is to support the recovery of the ecosystem and carbon uptake in grasslands that typically suffer from degradation. Overgrazing, the main cause for degradation, will be addressed by improving land and herd management practices, protecting key wildlife species and habitats and generating alternative sources of income.

Biochar stands out as one of the most scalable solutions for permanently removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This project is located on the East Coast of the USA and utilises municipal garden and forestry waste, transforming it into biochar through a process of pyrolysis. This involves heating biomass in an oxygen-free environment, which produces a charcoal-like substance (biochar) that sequesters the carbon content of the biomass for centuries. The synthetic gas generated by this process is harnessed to sustainably reheat the pyrolysis system. The biochar serves as both a long-term carbon sink and an environmentally friendly substrate, enriching soil quality, boosting crop yields and enhancing the soil’s ability to retain water.

Varaha’s biochar project turns an ecological threat into a climate solution by converting the invasive Prosopis juliflora in India into biochar. This process locks CO₂ into the soil for over 1,000 years, improves soil health, conserves water, and boosts crop yields. The project restores grasslands, supports biodiversity, and empowers local communities—especially women—through job creation and training.
 

The ‘Märchenwiese’ moorland in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is being restored as part of this climate protection project. The process of rewetting could help typical moorland vegetation to re-establish itself here in the long term. This will efficiently sequester carbon and create a valuable habitat for many endangered species.

To reduce CO₂ and counter the rapid deforestation in Madagascar, myclimate is assisting with the manufacture and distribution of efficient cookers and climate-friendly solar cookers. The key elements of this project are raising awareness among schoolchildren about environmental protection and climate-friendly cooking, as well as the reforestation of two trees per cooker sold.

In Uganda, the majority of the population has no access to clean cooking facilities. As a result, many people cook over open fires using wood they have collected, which is harmful to both the environment and to human health. The resulting household pollution poses a major risk to health, especially for women and children, and the scarcity of wood for fuel leads to deforestation. This climate protection project provides energy-efficient biomass cookers to communities all over the country. These improved cookers use considerably less firewood, thereby reducing the amount of air pollution and environmental degradation, while limiting greenhouse gas emissions at the same time.

The main aim of this climate protection programme is to distribute water purification systems to low-income households and institutions, such as schools, in Uganda. The resulting reduction in the consumption of non-renewable firewood and charcoal not only cuts carbon emissions, but also has a positive impact on the health and living conditions of thousands of people.

This climate protection project is replacing inefficient cooking stoves that are being used by the majority of the Nigerian population with efficient cooking stoves. The aim of the project is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, improve health and reduce deforestation.

As part of this climate protection project, improved cooking stoves are being installed and maintained in households in remote areas of the Garo Hills in India. The cookers ensure better combustion, meaning that less wood is used for cooking, with lower carbon emissions and a simultaneous reduction in indoor air pollution and deforestation.

Limited access to tap water in Nigeria (11.7%) and Kenya (36.8%) means many households are forced to boil their water over open fires, which causes carbon emissions and indoor air pollution. This project has seen water purification systems installed in 40,000 schools, providing clean drinking water for 16 million schoolchildren and teachers. This eliminates the need to boil water over open fires, thereby reducing carbon emissions.

In rural Siaya, Kenya, open-fire cooking consumes vast firewood. Thanks to community savings and loan (CSL) groups, women can afford efficient cookers, reducing firewood use, protecting forests and cutting CO₂ emissions. CSL groups also empower women financially and socially. This project supports five SDGs, improving air quality, saving time and money, and benefiting over 580,000 people.
 

In rural Cambodia, people traditionally cook on simple wood stoves. This results in respiratory diseases, deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions. This programme enables families to buy small biogas units, thereby helping to preserve forests and improve people’s quality of life.

CarbonCure has developed a carbon removal technology for the concrete industry, a sector that is difficult to decarbonise and is responsible for approximately 7% of global carbon emissions. The solution offers permanent, verifiable and scalable carbon removal and reduction for this industry. CarbonCure’s technology injects captured CO₂ into concrete, where it is chemically transformed into a mineral that permanently removes carbon from the atmosphere. As well as permanently storing carbon, this process strengthens the concrete and helps to reduce cement consumption, the most carbon-intensive element in concrete.

Climate Austria is one of the leading carbon offset providers in Austria and is managed by ‘Kommunalkredit Public Consulting’ (KPC). The Climate Austria portfolio strategy ensures a regionally and technologically balanced mix of climate protection measures. All of its activities undergo regular external evaluation and receive support at the national level by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology. Climate Austria supports high-quality projects that reduce emissions. Priority is given to renewable energies, energy efficiency, buildings and production processes.

This project reduces CO₂ emissions by replacing a gas boiler with a biomass boiler at a pulp and paper mill in Caieiras, Brazil. Biomass waste gains new value, and ash is used as fertilizer for the first time. The project produces 793 GWh of thermal energy, avoids 87.5 million m³ of natural gas, creates 29 jobs, and supports five SDGs.
 

The Zwarte Beek Valley in Flanders, Belgium, hosts the region’s largest peatland, vital for biodiversity and climate. Decades of drainage turned it from a carbon sink into a CO2 source. This project restores 100 hectares by rewetting peatlands, improving habitats, and reducing emissions. Certified under MoorFutures, it will cut 2,500 tons of CO2e over 50 years.