How is the carbon market transition and CCP labels reshaping nature finance investments?
Back in 2011, when Marc and I were piecing together how to develop Carbon Tanzania’s flagship project in the Yaeda Valley, our days were mostly spent in the field, in villages, camping in the bush.. We were measuring trees, sitting down with village leaders, and figuring out how to combine the informal support of friends, […]
Reflecting on the origins of REFLECT
Conservation doesn’t work unless it works for people. Jo Anderson, CEO of Level and co-founder of Carbon Tanzania, shares how this insight led to the creation of REFLECT – a new approach to understanding how conservation finance is experienced by the communities at its heart.
Listening differently: What REFLECT taught my community
Reflecting on impact starts with listening. Kisaro Thomas Lombutwa, Makame Savannah Project Manager at Carbon Tanzania, shares how his community helped test REFLECT – a new approach to understanding the lived experience of conservation.
Level’s new REFLECT solutions tackle the social blind spot in climate and nature funding
REFLECT addresses a long-standing challenge in climate and nature finance: understanding whether projects and programmes are delivering fair, lasting benefits for people. REFLECT offers a credible, community-informed alternative to top-down monitoring, making social outcomes visible, participatory and grounded in lived experience. REFLECT launches with two solutions — a participatory evaluation service and a […]
UNDERSTANDING THE “S” IN ESG
In the face of a global environmental crisis, our article“Understanding the ‘S’ in ESG” examines the challenges in measuring and communicating the benefits of the social impact in nature-based solutions (NBS) projects. While there is an increasing acknowledgment of the significance of Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPs and LCs) in conservation, there is […]