Emergent has strengthened and broadened the expertise of its board with the appointments of two highly experienced new board members, Joaquim Levy, former Minister of Finance for Brazil and Werner Baumann, former CEO of Bayer.
Emergent has appointed Dr. Naoko Ishii to its board of directors, where she joins a global group of experts who provide strategic advice and oversight for the U.S. based non-profit that coordinates the LEAF Coalition.
The world’s forests are disappearing. Science tells us that if we don’t reverse deforestation in the next decade – in addition to taking urgent action to decarbonize our economies – our climate goals will be out of reach.
The LEAF Coalition today announced that it has mobilized $1 billion USD for countries and states committed to increasing ambition to protect tropical and sub-tropical forests and reduce deforestation.
As the world reaches for solutions to meet globally-agreed targets for climate, biodiversity, and land degradation, the LEAF Coalition has received more than 30 proposals by sub-national governments that together encompass over half a billion hectares of forest.