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What does it take to turn climate ambition into real change--especially in complex sectors like Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses (AFOLU)? Our regional stocktake reveals the barriers, gaps, and opportunities shaping how countries implement their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in agriculture, forestry, and land use.
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Guajajara women blend ancestral ecological knowledge with modern tools to defend their land and culture.

Indigenous women fight flames and deforestation in Brazil
President Lula and Minister Marina Silva announce expansion of payments to farmers conserving 14,000 hectares of forest in the Amazon.
President Lula Floresta+ Amazon deforestation
The nomination is in recognition of its efforts to tackle forest loss resulting from agricultural expansion of coffee.
UNDP Lavazza deforestation free coffee
Despite promising results, results-based payments can be further improved to deliver both climate action and sustainable development.
Results based payments in Indonesia and Costa Rica
The GCF financed GSLERP, led by the Forestry Commission of Ghana, in partnership with the Global Shea Alliance and the UNDP, is helping to fight climate change through the restoration of degraded shea parkland.
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Carbon markets are a crucial tool in the fight against climate change. We explain how they work and why they are important.
What are carbon markets and how do they work?

After more than a decade of struggle, Shuar communities in Ecuador receive the titles to their ancestral lands.

Centro Shuar Tunants
In Ecuador, purple working boots have become a symbol of women's economic and social empowerment.
Ecuador’s forests, from the lush Andean river basins to the southern dry forests, are under threat, mostly from agriculture.
Irma Tsahuanda is a Shuar leader from the Yamanunka community in Ecuador, serving as treasurer and administrator of the Nua Kakaram (Brave Women) Association.
Shuar leader Irma Tsahuanda