Supporting nature positive, cost-effective climate actions

To meet the Paris Agreement targets, decarbonization needs to take place across the whole economy and needs to be supported by carbon sinks to balance non-abated emissions.

 Natural climate solutions (NCS), such as maintaining and restoring healthy forests, agricultural land and coastal ecosystems, can provide around 30% of the emissions reductions needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C by 2030. In addition, they provide many socio-economic & environmental benefits, such as the preservation and restoration of biodiversity, the provision of ecosystem services and supporting sustainable livelihoods. But despite their vast potential, NCS attract very little public and private investment.

To mobilize natural climate solutions, the NCS Alliance (NCSA) conveys the voice of businesses, NGOs and solution providers on the need to mobilize a high-integrity demand for high-quality NCS. The Alliance focuses on identifying opportunities and barriers to investment in the NCS voluntary carbon market and also serves as a forum for knowledge sharing and technical capacity building to ensure natural climate solutions reach their full potential in abating climate change.