Rainforests are nature’s first line of defense against climate change. They absorb the emissions that we create through burning fossil fuels. Twenty-nine of our rainforest countries, including the Republic of Congo, Belize, Suriname, and Papua New Guinea have become true climate heroes because they actively remove more carbon from the atmosphere than they release. And their impact goes beyond their borders. These nations absorb nearly one billion tons or a gigaton of greenhouse gas emissions per year for us. To put that into perspective, that’s the same amount of carbon emitted by Japan every year.

1. Net carbon remover countries provide an invaluable contribution by removing CO2 from the atmosphere – directly impacting global atmospheric CO2 concentrations
2. These countries are already in a GHG balance, exactly what the Paris Agreement intends by 2050 at a global scale
3. These countries are leading the way in climate action through forest conservation
4. Countries that are net carbon removers have achieved this with little support from the international community through climate finance
5. CfRN’s intention is to help other countries that are net emitters to become net removers, in line with the Paris Agreement’s goals