Changing the Economic Incentives
Emergent is a non-profit working to mobilize large-scale public and private finance to support government-led programs that reduce deforestation across entire countries and regions.
Using high-integrity carbon credits as a tool to channel public and private finance at scale, we support lasting impacts and sustainable economic opportunities for forest countries, including Indigenous Peoples, local and Afrodescendant communities.
By connecting forest governments with buyers, we help create long-term value for forests, people, and climate.
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Our Partners and Supporters
Emergent convenes public, private, community and civil society actors to deliver collective impact.
Voices Shaping Forest Protection
Hear perspectives from across the forest ecosystem.
Noble women with disabilities group, Ghana
Noble women with disabilities group, Ghana
Rose Ahou, Cote d'Ivoire
Nikiema Souleymane, Cote d'Ivoire
Kweku Duah Community Farmers, Ghana
Why Forests?
Impacts for climate, people and nature
30%
Halting and reversing tropical deforestation could contribute up to 30% of required climate change mitigation.
3rd
If tropical deforestation were a country, it would be the world's third-highest emitter of CO₂, after the US and China.
1°C
Tropical forests are estimated to hold back more than 1 degree Celcius of atmospheric warming.
80%
20%
Up to 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions are driven by land use changes - principally deforestation.
1.6B
1.6 billion people, including 70 million Indigenous Peoples, depend on forests for their livelihoods.
Events
The role of JREDD in Supporting Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Brazil
Webinar, October 2025
Join NCSA and Emergent to hear perspectives from Indigenous and local comminity leaders, government representatives and civil society to explore how Jurisdictional REDD+ can deliver large-scale forest protection in Brazil while ensuring IP&LC leadership, rights and livelihoods are at the center.