Navigating the EU Deforestation Regulation: challenges and opportunities for sustainable coffee supply chains
The global agriculture commodities sector stands at a critical crossroads. The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), adopted in 2023, applies to a range of high-risk products — including cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soy and certain timber products — and marks a significant turning point for sustainability requirements in global supply chains. In this context, we focus on coffee, which represents livelihoods for millions of smallholder farmers across trop
Nov 27, 2025
Challenges of crafting ambitious and transformational climate action projects
Based on the provision of technical support to several project applicants in the preparation of so-called project outlines on behalf of...
Feb 5, 2025
Acceleration of (rural) SME climate action - ramping up smart solutions, technologies and practices & addressing shortfalls in the low-carbon transition and resilience of supply chains
On the one hand, the contribution to global GHG emissions of SMEs - comprising MSMEs (incl. smallholder farmers) as micro enterprises are...
Sep 5, 2024
Realizing the environmental potential of the East Alexandria wastewater treatment plant
According to a very recent report by UN-Habitat from 2023 wastewater reuse, treatment and reclamation alone has been estimated to cause...
Feb 8, 2024
Innovative climate finance instruments – market readiness in Uganda and the East African context
Approaching COP28 in December in Dubai with climate finance on the agenda big time yet again, we would like to provide further insights...
Nov 20, 2023
Climate finance MRV: a practicable way forward for developing countries - the case of Laos
“Fixing” climate finance: from Bonn to Dubai and in the trenches of measuring financial flows at the national level Whilst climate...
Aug 31, 2023
Paving the way to sustainable, deforestation-free and low-carbon supply chains, part 2
Scroll down for the German version Deforestation-free supply chains for climate action #9 Against the background of the forthcoming...
Dec 28, 2022
Paving the way to sustainable, deforestation-free and low-carbon supply chains, part 1
Scroll down for the German version Deforestation-free supply chains for climate action #8 In light of the upcoming EU due diligence...
Dec 20, 2022
Deforestation-free and decarbonized rubber supply chains: German case studies
Scroll down for the German version Deforestation-free supply chains for climate action #7 To what extent does rubber production impact...
Dec 8, 2022
Deforestation-free and decarbonized palm oil supply chains: German case studies
Scroll down for the German version Deforestation-free supply chains for climate action #6 To what extent does palm oil production impact...
Dec 1, 2022
